<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Dear all,</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">The project </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Echoes from the Past: Unveiling a Lost Soundscape with Digital Analysis</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">(ECHOES) at the <span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Centre for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music (</span>CESEM) of the NOVA University of Lisbon seeks an undergraduate student in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Computer Engineering or equivalent course. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">This 12-month research fellowship has a </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">fixed term (1/11/2023 – 31/10/2024) and is non-renewable.<span style="background-color: rgb(254, 199, 0);"> The deadline to apply is <b>10th September.</b></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">ECHOES is a three-year research project funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, headed by Elsa De Luca, Principal Investigator. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">ECHOES aims to fully understand the history and evolution of the monophonic liturgical chant of Braga (in northern Portugal) from the 11th to the 17th century.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">This project involves a large component of information technologies related to the development and application of techniques such as OMR and MEI to early music scores. ECHOES presents an example of truly interdisciplinary research where musicologists and music-technology scholars feed into each other’s research while working towards a common goal.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">ECHOES requires technical assistance from an undergraduate software engineer to implement the algorithm for automatic analysis.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> The research fellow will assist the research team in carrying out the tasks performed during the term of the project, with particular emphasis on the implementation of the algorithm for automatic musical analysis. The research fellow will work under the supervision of Dr. Martha Thomae (the post-doctoral research fellow in music technology within the same project), the PI and external project collaborators: Prof. Ichiro Fujinaga (McGill University) and Dr. Craig Sapp (<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Stanford University, CCARH/PHI</span>). </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Required Qualification:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Enrolment </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">in a Bachelor’s Degree Course in Computer Engineering or equivalent. Basic knowledge of music (reading and writing). Fluency in English (written and spoken).</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Experience with music21. S</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">econd year completed by the beginning of the studentship. <span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">This research will be carried out in an interdisciplinary and cosmopolitan environment. It is expected that the selected candidate is able to </span>communicate in a clear, efficient way w<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">ith a </span>group of individuals with a diverse set of skills and talents.</span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Interested people should apply even if they do not feel that their background is a 100% match with the position description. All candidates will be given full consideration.</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Practicalities:</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">The research fellowship corresponds to €</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">541,12 </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">monthly (net wage), according to the table of scholarships awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in Portugal. (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). Added to this amount is the voluntary social insurance corresponding to the first category, if the candidate so chooses, as well as a personal accident insurance.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The candidate will work part-time (15 hours per week) and <span style="background-color: rgb(254, 199, 0);">collaboration can be done remotely if the research fellow is based abroad</span>. Working hours are flexible, with some obligation to participate in scheduled meetings. A shared office space will be provided to the research fellow, as well as access to university services. The work location is the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Centre for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">CESEM) – NOVA University Lisbon; <strong><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0cm; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Colégio Almada Negreiros, </span></strong><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Campus de Campolide, 1099-032 Lisbon, Portugal.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;"></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Applications</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">The candidate must send an application letter, including identification and contact details, accompanied by the following: <i>Curriculum Vitae</i>, proof of enrolment in a Bachelor´s Degree Course in Computer Engineering or equivalent, declaration by the candidate that she/he does not exceed, with the conclusion of the studentship contract in question, an accumulated period of one year in this type of scholarship, followed or interpolated, and has not already been a beneficiary of any other research scholarship directly or indirectly financed by the FCT and, optionally, other supporting documents deemed relevant.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">In the case of academic degrees obtained in foreign higher education institutions, it is necessary to present the recognition of the degrees obtained, in accordance with DL Nº 66/2018, of August 16; or, in the absence of recognition at the time of application, declaration under oath that the candidate will provide this this recognition before contracting the Scholarship in case one is the selected candidate.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">However, it is mandatory to present the acknowledgment by the time the scholarship is contracted.</span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Applications should be sent by e-mail to cesem@fcsh.unl.pt, with the reference “<b>ECHOES - </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">– BII MT</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">” in the subject line. The chosen candidate will be notified via e-mail.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span></b></div><p style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">For further information on ECHOES (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">2022.01957.PTDC</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">) and this job post, please contact the project PI, Dr. Elsa De Luca (</span><span lang="PT"><a href="mailto:elsadeluca@fcsh.unl.pt" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">elsadeluca@fcsh.unl.pt</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">).</span></div></div></body></html>