As part of the Smart Dublin initiative, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Adapt centre is working on two projects to create more inclusive, sustainable and citizen-focused services in Dublin.
The Digital Twin and Smart D8 projects will explore how data can be used to address social and environmental issues. They will both be two years long and researchers are needed to help further the projects.
Jamie Cudden, smart city lead from Dublin City Council, and Prof Aphra Kerr, co-PI at the Adapt centre and professor in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University, told about the researcher roles available.
They said the Smart D8 programme is seeking a smart city ecosystem manager. “The successful candidate will coordinate the development of a vision for developing the Smart D8 district as a world-class ‘smart health and community wellbeing’ testbed that offers the opportunity for R&D with the ability to test products and services locally.”
Meanwhile, the Digital Twin project is looking for a digital twin and smart city lead. “The core research objective is to identify potential new models for engagement with digital twin technologies and to develop and trial proof-of-concept engagements to optimise the proposed models,” they said.
“This programme of engaged research will generate new data around the interaction between Digital Twin and stakeholders and citizens, providing insights and new knowledge relating to the Digital Twin programme and to collaborative engagement with the community.
Candidates should have a postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline or field, and knowledge of technology ethics and good data management practices.
Applications must be made via the Maynooth University recruitment portal. Informal queries can also be made to info@adaptcentre.ie with the job title in subject line.
For researchers who don’t quite fit the criteria for these two roles, the Adapt centre has a wide variety of research projects for which recruitment regularly takes place. All positions are posted on the careers section of Adapt’s website.
News source: SiliconRepublic