Ref. 1494 Heraklion 18 /06/2018 The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit five Ph.D. candidates. Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which ICS‐FORTH excels both on the national and the international level (www.ics.forth.gr). Eligibility Criteria
B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics or related areas
M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics or related areas
Previous experience in one or more of the following: Human‐Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Psychology, Interaction Design , Computer Vision, Robotics, Internet of Things , Cultural Information Systems, Data and knowledge management for cultural informatics Signal Processing, Sound Processing, Speech Processing, Advanced hybrid molecular imaging techniques,Computational techniques in medical imaging, Clinical and Pre‐clinical Hybrid Molecular Imaging Techniques
Very good knowledge of Greek and English language
Desirable qualifications
Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies (25%)
Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the M.Sc. studies (25%)
Publications in high impact peer‐review journals and participation in national and international conferences (20%)
Quality of the proposed project (30%)
Location: ICS‐FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 01/09/2018 Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).
Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 02/07/2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address chrys@ics.forth.gr. In order to be considered, the application must include:
Filled‐in Application Form
Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub‐area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific advisor (maximum 2 pages)
Copies of academic titles/transcripts
Language certificates
At least one reference letter
Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection
Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact: Mrs. Chrysoula Iliaki Email: chrys@ics.forth.gr Tel. +30‐2810‐391603 Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of ICS‐FORTH. Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the ICS secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of ICS‐FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
Handling of personal data FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law. FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws. We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr. You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.
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Ref. 1493 Heraklion 18/06/2018 The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit five postdoctoral fellows.
Job Description
These Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which ICS-FORTH excels both on the national and the international level (www.ics.forth.gr).
Eligibility criteria
1.PhD degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics or related areas
2.Previous experience in one or more of the following:
o Human-Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Psychology, Interaction Design
o Computer Vision, Robotics
o Internet of Things
oCultural Information Systems, Data and knowledge management for cultural informatics
o Signal Processing, Sound Processing, Speech Processing
o Advanced hybrid molecular imaging techniques
o Computational techniques in medical imaging
o Clinical and Pre‐clinical Hybrid Molecular Imaging Techniques
3. Very good knowledge of Greek and English language
Desirable qualifications
Publications in high impact peer‐review journals and participation in national and international conferences (40%)
Quality of the proposed post‐doctoral project (30%)
Ability and motivation to perform independent research (20%)
Previous post‐doctoral research experience (10%)
Location: ICS‐FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE Start Date: 01/09/2018 Duration of appointment:
12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).
Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 02/07/2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address chrys@ics.forth.gr.
In order to be considered, the application must include:
Filled‐in Application Form
Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub‐area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages)
Copies of academic titles/transcripts
Language certificates
At least one reference letter Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for selection
Contact for information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact: Mrs. Chrysoula Iliaki Email: chrys@ics.forth.gr Tel. +30‐2810‐391603 Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of ICS‐FORTH. Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the ICS secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of ICS‐FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
Handling of personal data FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law. FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws. We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr. You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.
Speaker: Dr. Nikolaos Koromilas
Affiliation: Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT)
Title: Development of Polymeric Membranes for water purification
Place: A. Payatakes Seminar Room
Date: 12/06/2018
Time: 16:00 (coffee & cookies at 15:45)
Abstract: Water pollution is one of the most critical global challenges in the modern era. The need for an adequate supply of clean water has led to new emerging technologies. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane technology has become the most effective platform for water purification, including seawater as well as municipal or industrial wastewater treatment. Among them, organic polymeric membranes possess several advantages against inorganic membranes. In the present work, polymeric membranes based on a polysulfone-based polymeric matrix were successfully prepared via non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method.
The polysulfonetype polymer poly[2-(4-(diphenylsulfonyl)phenoxy)-6-(4-phenoxy)pyridine] (PDSPP) was used as the hydrophobic matrix and combined with its sulfonated derivative (SPDSPP) and a polymeric porogen in order to enhance the hydrophilicity and increase the porosity of the overall membrane system. The variables tested included PDSPP/SPDSPP/porogen w/w composition, type of porogen, type of solvent, type and temperature of nonsolvent, etc. Scanning Electron Miscroscopy (SEM), Scanning Electron Miscroscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Water Uptake % (WU %), Porosity %, Pure Water Flux (PWF), Pure Water Permeability (PWP), Attenuated Total Reflectance-Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-IR) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) were the driving procedures and techniques used to evaluate the impact of the different parameters. The results shown that using different conditions the morphology of the membranes can be altered and therefore optimized, making them ideal candidates for water purification membranes.
Speaker: Dr. Emmanouil Glynos
Affiliation: Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
Title: High Performance Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Storage via Macromolecular Engineering
Place: A. Payatakes Seminar Room
Date: 05/06/2018
Time: 16:00 (coffee & cookies at 15:45)
Abstract: Climate change, pollution and declining fossil resources are overwhelming challenges to humankind. Gaseous emission from burning fossil fuels pollutes the air in large modern cities creating a global warming with alarming climate changes. These concerns have led to national initiatives to reconsider the use of alternative energy sources such as solar radiation, wind, and waves. However, the intermittence of these resources (their variability in time and wide distribution in space) requires high energy storage systems. To this end, secondary batteries based on lithium metal anodes are the most sought-after candidates for next-generation storage systems since they can store a large amount of energy per unit mass or volume. However, unstable electrodeposition and uncontrolled interfacial reactions occurring in conventional liquid electrolytes cause unsatisfying cell performance and major safety concerns.
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) could be a “real game-changer” as they hold the promise to solve most of the problems of liquid electrolytes. SPEs are inherently safe, nonflammable and compatible with lithium metal anodes. Despite the considerable research effort in SPEs, the primary challenge is the development of solid materials with good mechanical properties without sacrificing ionic-conductivity. In this talk, the use of novel polymer nanostructured nanoparticles will be introduced as additives to liquid electrolytes for the synthesis of SPEs that exhibit an unprecedented combination of high modulus and ionic conductivity. The nanoparticles are composed of high functionality mikto-arm star copolymers in which stiff insulating arms complement ion conducting arms. Because of their molecular design and their colloid-like structure, the materials constitute the first example of allpolymer nanostructured materials where each and every building block is a nano-sized polymeric nanostructured “molecular material”. It will be demonstrated that the final/desired morphology and phase dimensions of the SPEs may be precisely controlled as is encrypted within the macromolecular characteristics and the chemical composition of the “nanoparticles”. As the synthesis of mechanical robust electrolytes with superior ion-conductivity has been the subject in a wide variety of solid-state electrochemical devices, this approach may significantly contribute to other applications, beyond lithium metal batteries, such as anion exchange membranes for fuel cells, efficient active layers in dye-sensitized solar cells, electrochromic devices and water desalination systems.
Speaker: Dr. George Tserevelakis
Affiliation: Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
Title: Listening to laser light interactions with objects of art: A novel photoacoustic diagnosis approach
Place: A. Payatakes Seminar Room
Date: 29/5/2018
Time: 14:00 (coffee & cookies at 13:45)
Abstract:
Photoacoustic imaging constitutes a novel, rapidly expanding diagnostic technique, which has been predominantly developed in the context of contemporary biomedical research. Recent implementations of various photoacoustic imaging systems have enabled high resolution in vivo imaging of intrinsic biological absorbers such as hemoglobin, melanin and lipids at various spatial scales ranging from cells and tissues to small animals.
In this presentation, I will demonstrate how photoacoustic imaging can break the barriers of biomedicine, and find innovative applications in cultural heritage (CH) diagnostics. Having over three orders of magnitude higher transmission through strongly scattering media compared to light in the visible and near infrared, the photoacoustic signal offers substantially improved detection sensitivity and achieves excellent optical absorption contrast at high spatial resolution.
In the first part of the talk, I will show that such a unique combination of advantages can be exploited to establish a radically new non-destructive methodology for the uncovering and differentiation of well-hidden features in multi-layered CH objects such as paintings and documents. Furthermore, I will demonstrate that the attenuation of the generated photoacoustic signals during their propagation through optically opaque media (e.g. paints) can be used to determine the thickness of thin layers, providing, in this manner, micrometric precision stratigraphic information on the artwork under investigation. Finally, I will present the capabilities of photoacoustic signal detection on the in situ real-time monitoring of laser cleaning interventions, which has the potential to promote an improved conservation outcome by safeguarding artworks’ original surfaces.
Speaker: Dr. Petra Bacova
Affiliation: Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics
Title: Computational Modeling of Nanostructured Materials with Applications in Energy
Place: A. Payatakes Seminar Room
Date: 15/5/2018
Time: 16:00 (coffee & cookies at 15:45)
Abstract: We design nanostructured single-molecule nanoparticles by means of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. The nanoparticles consist of star-shaped polymers with two types of chemically incompatible arms attached to the star core. This unique structural feature allows us to combine two materials with distinct properties in one single molecule. The immiscibility between the two components gives rise to a nanosegregation into domains and a formation of different intramolecular patterns. We explore wide range of star compositions and the behavior of the particles in two types of media in order to study the relation between the internal structure and final properties of the material. These polymer nanoparticles may serve as the building blocks for hierarchical bottom-up fabrication of targeted nanostructured materials for the realization of new emerging applications, as for example energy storage.
Ref. 261 Rethymno 21/03/2018
The Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit 1 post-doctoral fellow. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.
Job Description The Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH -IMS excels both on the national and the international level www.ims.forth.gr. More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment as well as the societal implications of innovation in these sectors.
Part 1: 1 Post – Doctoral Fellow satisfying the below eligibility criteria
Eligibility criteria
PhD degree in Landscape Archaeology, Geoinformatics & Methodologies in Cultural Heritage.
Good knowledge of Greek and English language
Evaluation Criteria
• Publications in peer review journals and/or international conferences. • Experience in the organization of Workshops.
• Participation in national and international conferences
• Quality of the proposed post-doctoral project
• Ability and motivation to perform independent research
• Previous post-doctoral research experience
• Experience with computer programming
• According to international practice, the academic age (number of years after the Ph.D. degree award year) will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion; preference will be given to PostDoctoral researchers with an academic age less or equal to 10 years.
Location: IMS-FORTH, Rethymnon Crete GREECE
Start Date: 1st June, 2018
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).
Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than theApril 15th 2018, , 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address: info@ims.forth.gr
In order to be considered, the application must include:
• Filled-in Application Form www.ims.forth.gr
• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
• Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub-area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages)
• Copies of academic titles/transcripts
• Language certificates
• At least three referees
Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Ms. Georgia Papadaki (info@ims.forth.gr, tel. 0030 – 2831025146)
Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IMS-FORTH (www.ims.forth.gr). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IMS secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IMSFORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
P.N. 10241 Heraklion, 30/10/2017
The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit 4 Ph.D. candidates. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.
Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IMBB excels both on the national and the international level (www.imbb.forth.gr). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health. Fellows selected by IMBB are expected to join a research group working in one of diverse areas of the Biosciences.
Eligibility Criteria
i. B.Sc. or M.Sc degree in Biomedical Sciences or related fields
ii.Good knowledge of Greek and English language
Evaluation Criteria
i.Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies
ii.Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the M.Sc. studies
iii.Publications in scientific journals
iv.Participation in national and international conferences
v.Quality of the proposed project
vi.According to international practice, the academic age will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion. The fellows should have started/or be about to start their Ph.D. studies. Preference will also be given to Ph.D. candidates, who are under 30 years old.
Location: IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion Crete and Ioannina Epirus, GREECE Envisage Start Date: 01/01/ 2018
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project). Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 27 of November 2017, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address (snf0048@imbb.forth.gr).
In order to be considered, the application must include:
i.Filled-in Application Form
ii. Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
iii.Research Proposal (maximum 5 pages, excluding references)
iv.Copies of academic titles/transcripts
v.Language certificates
vi.Two reference letters
Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection
Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Mrs. Georgia Choulaki, strictly between 11:00 and 13:00 (gh@imbb.forth.gr, tel. +30 2810 391110).
Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IMBB-FORTH (www.imbb.forth.gr). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IMBB-FORTH secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IMBB-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
Dr. Emmanouil Glynos is a Stavros Niarchos Research Fellow at FORTH/IESL. He received his PhD in 2007 in polymer physics at the University of Edinburgh. Until 2012, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Michigan and in 2013 he was appointed as a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan. The main objective of his current research is to develop a fundamental understanding of, and controlling, the structure and properties of nanostructured soft-materials that can be used as solid electrolytes in lithium-metal batteries and as active layers in organic photovoltaics. He has published 35 papers in referred international journals, 1 book chapter and 6 in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings and since October 6, 2017 his work has received 639 citations with an h-index of 17. His work has been presented in more than 50 times through invited talk and presentations in Conferences and Colloquia.
OPENING for Four (4) “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph.D. candidates For IACM
The Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit four (4) Ph.D. candidates. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.
Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IACM excels both on the national and the international level (www.iacm.forth.gr). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health. Within IACM, preference will be given to projects in Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Eligibility Criteria
- B.Sc. degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering and related fields
- M.Sc. degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering and related fields
- Good knowledge of Greek and English language
Evaluation Criteria
- Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate and M.Sc. studies
- Publications in high quality journals
- Quality of the proposed project
- The fellows should have started/or be about to start their Ph.D. studies but should not have completed their 3rd year. Preference will also be given to Ph.D. candidates, who are under 30 years old.
Location: IACM-FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 1st of January, 2018
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).
Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 16th of October 2017, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address mariapap@iacm.forth.gr with cc. to the address yiota@iacm.forth.gr.
For more Information please visit our website: http://www.iacm.forth.gr/_docs/jobs/2017-09-12_PhD_Niarchos_IACM_4.pdf