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PhD Fellowship 5

Enabling Technology to conduct evidence-based co-creation at National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos & University of Piraeus

NCSRD/Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications

Contact: Dr Papadopoulos Homer – homerpap@dat.demokritos.gr
& Dr Pappa Dimitra – dimitra@dat.demokritos.gr

University of Piraeus/ Department of Digital Systems

Contact: Prof George Efthymoglou – gefthymo@unipi.gr

Project Description:

The research project will revolve around the study of enabling technologies (Big data, AI and knowledge management ) to support evidence-based co-creation for health promotion. Under the supervision of a team of top scientists in public health and health promotion (i.e. a local supervisor, a supervisor from another academic partner and a non-academic mentor), the candidate will experiment and validate open-source disruptive technologies, platforms and tools, and develop technology prototypes, in order to facilitate evidence-based co-creation practices. A multidisciplinary and multi-environment training will be offered, featuring complementary joint education activities with other ESRs, and local/individual activities. Practical work experience on large Health projects will be gained through a non-academic secondment at SingularLogic and Neotrope.

Key facts about this project: 

  1. Develop, experiment and test cutting edge enabling digital technologies (e.g. AI, knowledge management and cloud-based platforms), applications and tools to assist conducting/evaluating co-creation.
  2.  Validate open-source disruptive technologies, platforms and tools to enable Big data, AI and knowledge management techniques to facilitate evidence-based co-creation services in Public Health
  3. Contribute to developing evidence based co-creation

We are looking for:

  1. The candidate must already have earned a Bachelor of Engineering (preferably in Information Technology or Computer Science) or Bachelor of Sciencein Information Systems 
  2. The candidate must already have earned a master’s degree (preferably in Information Technology or Computer Science) or Bachelor of Sciencein Information Systems 
  3. Experience in web technologies and machine learning would be desirable.
  4. Fluency in English is essential and background in programming, competency in technical writing and technical communication would be desirable.

Full Project Description:

NCSRD will recruit a Phd Student jointly with the University of Piraeus. The student will be enrolled in the doctoral program of the University of Piraeus/ Department of Digital Systems and will sign an employment contract with NCSR Demokritos.

The student will focus on enabling digital technologies (e.g. AI, knowledge management and cloud-based platforms), applications and tools to assist conducting/evaluating co-creation. Aim of their research project will be to develop, experiment and validate open-source disruptive technologies, platforms and tools to enable Big data, AI and knowledge management techniques to facilitate evidence-based co-creation services in Health Cascade use cases.

Within the realm of their doctoral program the student will:

  • Participate in the requirements analysis of the needs of the evidence-based co-creation use cases in the different settings (school, work, healthcare, community).
  • Will conduct an in-depth literature review to identify the state of the art of the technologies and define the research question of the Phd thesis. The student will explore and understand the capabilities of cloud-based technologies and AI techniques as enabling technologies to conduct evidence-based co-creation methodologies.
  • Will participate in the definition of architecture design of the enabling co-creation tools and the relevant methodologies for testing and evaluation (baselines, quality of service and others) of these tools.
  • Will participate in the development of the enabling tools to support the co-creation process. The development process will utilize open-source tools and platforms since the student will develop, experiment and validate open-source disruptive technologies, platforms and tools to enable Big data, AI and knowledge management techniques to facilitate evidence-based co-creation services in Health Cascade use cases (education, workplace , health care and community).
  • Part of the Phd thesis will include prototypes to facilitate the evidence-based co-creation practices. We expect the students research activities to demonstrate the ability of disruptive technology to impact the co-creation and evidence-based processes in the civil and private sectors of life (education, workplace, health care and community)

 

The student will gain experience by working on large Health projects using intelligent digital environment and platforms to co-design and validate use cases (for two months (Month 12) in the SingularLogic company https://portal.singularlogic.eu/en and for two months (Month 24) in the Neotrope company https://neotrope.fr/) and will gain experiences for three months (M31) on e/mHealth applications in Umea.

The student will be based in the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (www.demokritos.gr)/ Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications (https://www.iit.demokritos.gr/) premises in Athens/Greece.

The National Center of Scientific Research Demokritos is the largest multidisciplinary Research Centre of Greece with approximately 180 Researchers in tenured and tenure-track positions and over 500 Research Personnel working in projects funded mainly by grants from State Funds, the European Union and Private Industries.

As a Public Institution in the national agenda for a Unified Higher-Education/Research Space, Demokritos participates in accredited Graduate Programs in collaboration with University Departments in Greece and abroad. Doctoral students at the Centre benefit from a multidisciplinary research environment and funds originating either from National or European research programs or Fellowships from the State, or directly from Demokritos in collaboration with Public Benefit Organizations such as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Industries. The Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT) within NCSR focuses on research and development in the areas of Telecommunications, Networks, Web Technologies and Intelligent Systems. The Institute pursues both long-term basic research as well as applied research by implementing well defined R&D projects. It plays an active role in training new research personnel providing scholarships at graduate and post-doctoral level and their employment in research projects. Particular emphasis is given to the exploitation of research results and its dissemination to the public.

The Student will be enrolled in the doctoral program of the University of Piraeus/ Department of Digital Systems.

The University of Piraeus https://www.unipi.gr/unipi/en/ was founded as a “School of Industrial Studies” in 1938 by the Association of Industrialists and Craftsmen, in association with the Federation of Public Limited Companies Greece intending to provide economic, legal and technical education to industrial executives. The ICT School, one of the four Schools composing University of Piraeus, was established in 2013 and consists of two departments, the Department of Informatics and the Department of Digital Systems. The vision of the school is to establish the School as a top choice for young people willing to study high-standards ICT, for research groups seeking high-quality collaborators in ICT-related research fields, for the community, in general, towards the social good.

The Department of Digital Systems (https://www.unipi.gr/unipi/en/psif-home.html) offers a four-year Undergraduate Programme in “Digital Systems” (240 ECTSs), two Postgraduate Programmes in “Technology Education and Digital Systems” (90 ECTSs) and in “Techno-economic Management and Digital Systems Security” (90 ECTSs) and Ph.D. studies. The Ph.D. Programme is a research program leading to a Ph.D. degree in the following main areas:

  • Network-Oriented Systems and Services
  • Digital Health Services
  • Telecommunication Networks and Integrated Services
  • Security Systems
  • Intelligent Systems and Multimedia Technologies
  • Telecommunication Systems
  • Technology – Enhanced Learning

 

The student will be supevised by Dr Padadopoulos Homer (NCSRD), Dr Pappa Dimitra (NCSRD) and Prof Efthymoglou George (UNIPI), togehter with epxerts from the SingularLogic, Neotrope and Umea.

Dr. Homer Papadopoulos (MBA, PhD) is an expert data scientist, Research Director of Applied Science for the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications networks in NCSR D and startup co-founder of Syndesis Ltd living and working in Athens. A natural polymath, with degrees in Physics, Telecommunications, Management, Biotechnology design and a PhD in Information Systems Science he loves using his broad skillset to solve difficult problems. He has over 17 years of experience creating multidisciplinary research programs. His main research topic is intelligent electronic services in health.

Dr. Dimitra Pappa (MBA, PhD) is an Electrical Engineer. Her research focuses on Information Systems and Innovation, particularly knowledge co-creation and management, technology-enhanced learning, organisational learning etc. Her main research topic is the study of collaborative, information-driven processes for medicines safety (pharmacovigilance). She has taken part in numerous European and national research and development projects in the fields of e-learning, e-health, e-government and e-commerce, as project coordinator, scientific supervisor, project manager and/or member of the work team.

Prof. George P. Efthymoglou received the B.S. degree in physics from University of Athens, in 1991 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University, USA, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. From 1993 to 1997 he worked as a telecommunications consultant and gave lectures on the theory and simulation of digital communication systems to employees of companies such as Motorola, Lucent, Harris Corporation, AT&T, and IBM.  In 2002, he joined the Department of Digital Systems at the University of Piraeus where he is currently a Professor.

Required Criteria:

Essential 

  • The candidate must already have earned a Bachelor of Engineering (preferably in Information Technology or Computer Science) or Bachelor of Sciencein Information Systems 
  • The candidate must already have earned a master’s degree (preferably in Information Technology or Computer Science) or Bachelor of Sciencein Information Systems 
  • Fluency in English

 

Desirables

  • Experience in web technologies and machine learning would be desirable.
  • Experience in collaborative platforms would be desirable
  • Background in programming, competency in technical writing and technical communication
  • Basic Greek understanding
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Conditions :

  • Salary : 2.900 Euros
  • Mobility allowance: 600 euros
  • Family Allowance: 250 Euros
  • Other host specific benefits: Free access to all NCSRD training events, workshops and conferences and electronic libraries.

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Health CASCADE is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement n° 956501

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