Vacancies
Open positions
We are always looking for new group members with passion, talent, and grit!
You will have the chance to work on the grand challenges of computer and social sciences. You will be involved in determining the important and interesting questions, creating and improving state of the art work, performing measurements, building systems etc. We have close collaborations with top European universities such as University of Cambridge, UPC BarcelonaTech, University of Bologna, Uppsala University, IST Lisbon, KTH Stockholm, University of Ljublana, etc.
Intern: A limited number of internship positions (3-4) are available each year. Candidates are selected based on their academic achievements (e.g., honors, course grades, prior project experience) as well as their interest and motivation in pursuing original research in different areas of computer and social sciences.
Selected applicants receive monthly stipends during their stay at the MVDSI. Take a look at the H2020, Erasmus+ and national projects we are currently working on.
Summer School in France (ESPLORADO Project)
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CLA) of the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon has partnered with Campus France and the Graduate School EIPHI of the Federal University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté to provide a new program of the French + Sciences in Besançon, Dijon and Belfort. The program will be offering language, cultural and scientific immersion focus on micro and nanotechnology for industrial applications.
Designed for English-speaking students, the program includes classes in French as foreign language (FLE) from A1 to B2 level, meetings with researchers, visits to laboratories such as FEMTO-ST, ICB and IMB organized by Phd students and a wide range of excursions and cultural activities.
Summer School period: June 7th – 1st of July 2022
Course Program: https://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/brochures/brochure-french-sciences_v2.pdf
Course modules: https://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/formule/fle-fle-%E2%8A%95-sciences/
Skills and Qualifications:
– 3rd or 4th year bachelor student (Computer Science)
– Language proficiency: English level: B2, French level: none
– Self-motivation and a high level of responsibility
– High GPA score (> 9.00)
Application:
– CV+Transcript of Records
– Send documents to: mvdsi@seeu.edu.mk
– Deadline for application: April 29th 2022 (10.00 CET)
Note: As a reminder, the travel cost as well as the summer school tuition fees which include the courses, the cultural visits and the student’s room will be taken on the ESPLORADO project as planned. The students will thus just have to pay for the meals (2.5€/meal at the university restaurants, 5 to 10€ in classical fast-food/snacks).
Technical/Research Assistant
Job: Full-time technical/research assistant (1 year) for a key role in a research project supported by University of Birmingham (UK) and IOM (The United Nations Migration Agency)
The project: The Air Quality Monitoring System for the city of Tetova will be a facility to measure concentration of air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10 etc) temperature and other weather parameters, and particulate matters continuously all year round. The system will consist of 5 professional air quality sensors that will be distributed across the city of Tetova.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
Start-date: 01/04/2022
Skills and Qualifications:
– Ability to learn new software and research techniques as needed.
– Self-motivation and a high level of responsibility
– Master Degree students preferred
Application:
– CV
– Transcript of Records
– Send documents to: mvdsi@seeu.edu.mk
– Deadline for application: March, 15, 2022
Applications for PhD and Master thesis projects (DSG Group)
We are always looking for bright and enthusiastic people to join our group. We’re opportunistic, and will work to accommodate outstanding candidates. If you are looking to do a PhD with some of us, please send us an email. State briefly why you are interested and attach a CV, including information about the grades you had as an undergraduate.
There are PhD and Master scholarships available. We would be happy to support you after you apply to our group. Take a look at the H2020 and Erasmus+ projects we are currently working: Fed4Fire, Smart4All and six different Erasmus+ projects.
If you are a Master student at South East European University looking for a Master project, contact me (or any group member) per email or stop by my office.
If you are interested in pursuing a Master degree at South East European University, see SEEU Postgraduate Programs. Sometimes, we take master students or summer interns from other universities if we get exceptional applicants (this usually means very good grades and a personal recommendation).
Available PhD topics at MVDSI
Below you will find information about available PhD projects (Updated: June 2023). Please contact the principal investigator of each project to know more about the topic.
- DSG group
- Air Quality Prediction using Machine Learning: The case of Tetova Municipality
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- Project: Air Pollution Monitoring – University of Birmingham
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- A Federated Machine Learning Framework for Medical Data
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- Project: H2020 Fed4Fire+
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- Blockchain-enabled Payment Systems in Wireless Mesh Networks
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- Project: H2020 Fed4Fire+
- Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mennan Selimi
- Air Quality Prediction using Machine Learning: The case of Tetova Municipality
- SSG group
- Media and Information Literacy Education in the Age of Disinformation
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Albulena Halili
- Project: Erasmus+ Fakespotting, SEE U Students 5.0
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Albulena Halili
- Media and Information Literacy Education in the Age of Disinformation