Excerpt from the Rector's decree n. 3261 del 16 gennaio 2019
Call for the selection of 1 Senior Research Fellows 
 (Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 24, subparagraph 3, point b) 
The University of Pisa announces a call for 1 Senior Fixed-Term Research Fellows for: (Annex A).
The fixed-term contract is to carry out research activities, teaching, integrative teaching activities and services for students, for a 350 hours commitment, on a full-time basis. 
The Senior Research Fellow is required   to perform lectures for 80 hours per academic year, with a 10% variability, allocated as an institutional assignment for Bachelor’s and Master's degree programmes, Specialization Schools and PhD programmes. It is possible to provide a further 10% extra derogation, up to a maximum of 96 hours, in order to avoid an excessive partitioning of teaching modules.
Contract duration: 3 years
Gross annual salary: € 41.877,68 
Deadline for application: 18 marzo 2019, 1.00 p.m.
Admission requirements:  
PhD or equivalent academic qualification awarded in Italy or abroad and recognised as eligible for admission 
As for a qualification awarded abroad, equivalency or comparability documentation has to be provided as stated under:
 D.Lgs.165/2001, article 38:  http://www.funzionepubblica.gov.it/sites/funzionepubblica.gov.it/files/modulo_equivalenza_Titoli_Accademici.pdf 
Or under: 
D.P.R. 382/1980, article 74: http://www.miur.gov.it/documents/20182/0/Equipollenza_Dottorato_ricerca_dpr382.pdf/f5ff98ae-ddff-4166-a822-83ef1b57c7f0

As for an equivalent or comparable academic qualification, the candidate shall be admitted within the application’s deadline and shall provide the qualification equivalency or comparability before the signing of the contract.

Candidates are required to declare what follows:
1. To enjoy the full rights of citizenship in their home State 
2. Not  to have been convicted or found guilty of any criminal offence;   in the event of any conviction, it is mandatory to provide the details of the relevant judgments and any pending criminal proceedings;
3. Not to have been dismissed or dispensed from employment by a Public Administration for persistent unsatisfactory  performance;  not to have been lapsed from  State employment, in compliance with art. 127, first paragraph, point d) of the Consolidation Act of  Provisions concerning the State civil servants approved by Presidential Decree no. 3 of 10 January 1957;
4. to be registered on the electoral roll;

 Required qualifications:
to have been employed as a Fixed-Term Research Fellow for a three- year period already completed by the application’s deadline; (Under the Italian Law 240/2010, article 24, subparagraph 3, point a) 
           or
to be a researcher, a scholar or a scientists holding the Italian National Certification for Full or Associate Professor (Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 16 );
             or
to hold a Medical Specialty School qualification for the relevant medical fields;
               or 
 to have had at least a three-year period of contracts, even when not consecutive and already completed by the application’s deadline,  performed with:
-	research grants (under the Italian Law 449/97, art 51, subparagraph 6 or the Italian Law 240/2010 article 22 or comparable academic contracts abroad) 
-	post PhD grants (under the Italian Law 398/1989, article 4 or comparable academic contracts abroad) 
-	contracts concluded in compliance with the Law no. 230 of  4 November 2005, art. 1, paragraph 14.

Please note: the above–mentioned three-year period could aggregate: Fixed-Term Research Fellowship, post PhD research grants and fellowship in foreign Universities (under DM 662/2016). 

No admission to this selection for:
•	Professors or Research Fellows with permanent position at the university,  currently employed or currently retired;
•	Fixed-term Research Fellowship or Post PhD research grants at the University of Pisa or other Italian universities, either public, private or online, and other public institutions (Under the Italian Law Italian Law n. 240/2010, articles  22 and  24) for a period that, totalled over this contract, would exceed 12 years altogether, even when  not consecutive. As for the duration of the working period mentioned above, parental leave or medical leave, are excluded (under the existing legislation).

Applications: 
Applications are to be submitted online only, using the following link:	https://pica.cineca.it/unipi/
or shall be invalid. It is necessary to have an email address to login and complete the application. 
Applicants should fill in all the required data and upload all documents in PDF format.
The system allows saving a draft of the application within the application deadline. The system will register the online application date and send a receipt with an automatic e-mail reply.  After deadline, the system will not allow login nor application submission.
In order to be valid, application shall include all the required data, applicant’s signature and a valid identification document.
Please forward to the Rector by the submission deadline any further variation, by the Italian certified e-mail system address ( P.E.C. Posta Elettronica Certificata): protocollo@pec.unipi.it or by e-mail address concorsi_ricercatori@unipi.it, (only PDF documents are allowed, dated and signed ; a candidate’s valid ID card copy is required in attach).
For further information on application submission, please refer to concorsi@adm.unipi.it
For any IT malfunctioning please refer to unipi@cineca.it.
Applications shall be completed with the following annexes:  
1.	A self-attested Curriculum of the personal didactics, teaching and scientific activities, dated and signed; the curriculum must include all the qualifications applicant considers eligible for this selection;
2.	The Publications  applicant  considers eligible for this selection;
3.	The corresponding list dated and signed;
4.	A complete list of all Publications, dated and signed;
5.	A copy of the fiscal code (if applicable) and identification card/passport, dated and signed;

All publications should not exceed 30 megabyte and are to be submitted in PDF format only, using the specific section of the application form.
Selection procedure:
A Rector's Decree will appoint the Selection Committee, consisting of three members.
The selection will be made according to a preliminary assessment of the candidates with an accurate and evidenced analytic evaluation of the Curriculum, of qualifications and scientific results, including PhD thesis.
After the preliminary assessment, the candidates that have comparatively proven to be the most meritorious, will be admitted to an open interview; they will represent between 10 and 20 % of the total and will be not less than six. The interview will concern applicant's qualifications and scientific results. In the event the number of applicants is six or less, all candidates are admitted. All admitted candidates will be summoned by registered post at least twenty days before the interview; the failed attendance to the interview will be considered as a voluntary renunciation.
During the interview, all candidates will be furthermore tested on the foreign language skills requested by the selection.
The candidates living abroad and therefore unable to attend the interview at the University of Pisa, will be allowed to be interviewed via the web or a conference call, prior applicant's identification by approved international universities or research centres and upon the Selection Committee approval. 
The Selection Committee is appointed to establish the duly examination of the candidates and shall acquire each candidate's copy of an identity card or passport.   
Please note that the English version is given as a matter of courtesy, for the only purpose of information. It cannot be legally used in the event of a dispute or a claim arising from the interpretation of this translation and concerning the contents, a possible uncertainty, contradiction or discrepancy. Should this occur, the Italian version of the call shall prevail as the only valid. For full Italian text see:  https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator/index.htm

(1)	If applicable

Annex (A)

Selection code A_1

Department of Information Engineering
Admission Examination Sector: 09/H1 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Disciplinary Scientific Sector: ING-INF/05 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Nr. of position available: 1
Focus of research:
Research activities related to the scientific area ING-INF/05 Information processing systems , with reference to architectures, protocols and applications for the internet of Things for industrial applications.

Scientific productivity:
Publication of papers on qualified international scientific journals; participation to international conferences; involvement in national and international research projects.
Head office:
Department of Information Engineering

Specific didactic activity of the contract
Teaching activity in courses of the Scientific Sector: ING-INF/05 - Information processing systems Management of the teaching activities and projects.

Candidates will be required to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of English language

Candidates may present a maximum number of 12 scientific publications