Postdoc Researcher in Computational Archaelogy

**Job Reference**:

- 852_24_DIR_CSSH_R2**Position**:

- Postdoc researcher in Computational Archaelogy (R2)**Closing Date**:

- Wednesday, 04 December, 2024**Reference**: 852_24_DIR_CSSH_R2**Job title**: Postdoc researcher in Computational Archaelogy (R2)**About BSC**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.**Context And Mission**

In our pursuit, we focus on a wide range of key societal research areas such as Population and Household changes, Democratic Quality, Social Media, Public Opinion and Political Communication, Equity and Welfare in Education and Labor Market, legal systems and Legislation, Social-Ecology, Science of Science, and History, Archeology and Cultural Heritage. Employing a mixed of advanced statistical models, AI/Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agent-Based Modeling (ABM), Social Network Analysis (SNA), high-performance computational methods are applied to a wide range of large datasets from official statistics, surveys, social media, news, laws, historical archives, current data archives, archaeology data, citizens' volunteered and web-scraping data, and public administration and industry data.

**Key Duties**
- Review the relevant literature and related works.
- Design and implement an automatic detection system to process efficiently big volumes of multispectral images. This includes developing a web-based front-end to download and manage the data to be processed and conceiving back-end algorithms to automatically extract information from the data using high performance computing resources.
- Lead and coordinate the dissemination of the project results, including writing submissions to top journals and conferences.
- Write deliverables and technical reports.
- Engage with collaborators, participate in research discussions, and contribute with new ideas.
- Participate in training activities.

**Requirements**:

- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Remote Sensing, Mathematics, Physics, Geospatial Analyses, Geosciences, Telecommunications, or any other relevant field related to remote sensing, spatial and temporal statistical analysis and Machine Learning.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience in applied remote sensing, involving multi/hyperspectral image processing, supervised and unsupervised classifiers.
- Knowledge of geostatistical analyses.
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
- Excellent programming skills in Python.
- Experience in web programming and app development.
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Two or more years of experience in public or private applied research.
- Experience in technology transfer, industrial research and/or research projects with both academic and industrial partners.
- Programming experience in R.
- Programming experience in Google Earth Engine.
- Experience in the preparation of research proposals for funding agencies and writing technical reports.
- Competences
- Self-motivated and dedicated, with a strong commitment to excellence in all aspects of work.
- Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and projects, and to engage with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional organizational and time-management abilities, ensuring the efficient delivery of research outputs and project milestones.
- Innovative and proactive mindset, consistently contributing creative ideas to advance research goals and methodologies.

**Conditions**
- The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
- We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Holidays: 23 paid