DC03 - Privacy preserving and anonymisation technology for farming data to allow data sharing

The objective for this position is addressing the technical challenge of weak verification and provenance of the data by developing a privacy preserving technology for agri-data. Engineering offers access to MLOps; a set of practices that aims to deploy and keep reliably and efficiently machine learning models.

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Host Organisation: SingularLogic, Greece

PhD awarding University: Università Degli Studi Di Palermo (UNIPA), Italy

SingularLogic, a Space Hellas Group member, is a leading Software and Integrated IT Solutions provider in Greece.

The R&D department sets as a strategic goal to increase know-how of the company in data platforms federation, data governance and sovereignty.

In this line, the key research areas for our activities relate to data management, cloud technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) targeting different application domains, such as energy, government, agriculture, health and other.

Singular Logic has its headquarters in Athens. The company has been significantly investing in technical equipment and training, by providing adequate computing/middleware infrastructure and training in cutting-edge technologies to its employees.

The PhD will have the opportunity to research in the field of privacy preserving technologies, with the aim of protecting the privacy of individuals and data coming from the agricultural domain. He will be trained on MLOps best practises to be able to deploy the developed algorithms and models according to the industry standards. The student is expected to carry out and independent research activity, coordinate activity with other experts on research/development projects and carry out communication activities at an international level.

Eligibility

The applicants need to meet several requirements to be eligible for this position.

Mobility rule: Researchers can be of any nationality, but they are required to undertake physical, transnational mobility (i.e., move from one country to another) when taking up their appointment. Consequently, applicants for this position will have to move their centre of life to the greater area of host beneficiaries’ country. Additionally, researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of their host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date. Time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention97 will not be considered for the mobility rule.

Doctoral Researchers (DRs) rule: Applicants at the date of recruitment, must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.

Criteria

  • Possession of a Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
  • Meet the admission requirements of the doctorate degree program of the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • Language Skills: Applicants should have professional knowledge in (Scientific) English language.
  • Working knowledge of the following will be considered preferential: Big Data, Cloud Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Data Privacy preserving technologies.

How to apply?

All Candidates must apply electronically and follow the instructions to fill the details and compile the documents in one pdf file, following the order:

  • Completed application form (available at above online link)
  • Cover Letter
  • A detailed Curricula Vitae (CV) of maximum 3 pages
  • Master’s degree transcripts that are validated
  • Any additional documents that prove the eligibility for the corresponding doctorate degree program
  • Proof of sufficient English language skills
  • Two Letters of Recommendation
  • Proof of current residency/residence country (i.e., official document with the applicant’s name, surname, and address).

Note 1: Please be informed that the application must be written in English.
Note 2: Applicants can apply for up to a maximum of three Doctoral positions.

Employment

All Entrust DCs will be internationally recruited for a period of 36 months, will receive full-time employment contracts, will be enrolled in a PhD programme and actively participate in the Entrust Training Programme. Entrust will provide training equivalent to 30 ECTS over the duration of the programme.
The candidate is supposed to study and pass successfully numerous of doctoral courses and to design and execute an advanced research project that will constitute the doctoral dissertation

Supervisors:

Dr. Stamatia Rizou, Singular Logic (SL)
Mr. George Lagogiannis, Singular Logic (SL)

Secondment Plan:

Secondment to National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) in month 12 for 3 months to define and implement metrics and to validate compliance among farmers’ needs.

Intersectoral Secondment supervisors:

Dr. Peter Mooney- National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), Ireland
Francesca Benanti, Researcher, Università Degli Studi Di Palermo (UNIPA), Italy

Contract Type: Fixed term – 36 months
Contact Term: Full-time

Opening of the Online Application: 14 March 2023
Application Deadline: 07 May 2023
For more information, please contact Salvatore Cipolla via salvatore.cipolla@eng.it