Temporary scientific engineer - software engineering - optimization machine learning and statistical methods - the plantgame2 h/f

A propos d'Inria

Inria est l'institut national de recherche dédié aux sciences et technologies du numérique. Il emploie 2600 personnes. Ses 215 équipes-projets agiles, en général communes avec des partenaires académiques, impliquent plus de 3900 scientifiques pour relever les défis du numérique, souvent à l'interface d'autres disciplines. L'institut fait appel à de nombreux talents dans plus d'une quarantaine de métiers différents. 900 personnels d'appui à la recherche et à l'innovation contribuent à faire émerger et grandir des projets scientifiques ou entrepreneuriaux qui impactent le monde. Inria travaille avec de nombreuses entreprises et a accompagné la création de plus de 200 start-up. L'institut s'eorce ainsi de répondre aux enjeux de la transformation numérique de la science, de la société et de l'économie. Temporary scientific engineer / Software engineering / Optimization, machine learning and statistical methods / the PlantGame2
Le descriptif de l'offre ci-dessous est en Anglais
Type de contrat : CDD

Niveau de diplôme exigé : Bac +5 ou équivalent

Fonction : Ingénieur scientifique contractuel

Niveau d'expérience souhaité : De 3 à 5 ans

A propos du centre ou de la direction fonctionnelle

The Inria centre at Université Côte d'Azur includes 42 research teams and 9 support services. The centre's staff (about 500 people) is made up of scientists of dierent nationalities, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. The teams are mainly located on the university campuses of Sophia Antipolis and Nice as well as Montpellier, in close collaboration with research and higher education laboratories and establishments (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, INSERM ), but also with the regiona economic players.

With a presence in the fields of computational neuroscience and biology, data science and modeling, software engineering and certification, as well as collaborative robotics, the Inria Centre at Université Côte d'Azur is a major player in terms of scientific excellence through its results and collaborations at both European and international levels.

Contexte et atouts du poste

The position will be funded by the Pl@ntNet consortium.

The position will be dedicated to develop a new feature in the Pl@ntNet app, adapted from thePlantGame.

Is regular travel foreseen for this post ? No

Mission confiée

Assignments :

Following preliminary work on the handling and scaling up of ThePlantGame inference algorithm, the candidate will have to implement the best version in the Pl@ntNet system.

The selection of the inference algorithm version will be based on its benefit in terms of
accuracy but also in terms of ease of integration and maintenance in the Pl@ntNet
platform.

Collaboration :
The recruited person will be in connection with Joseph Salmon and Jean-Christophe Lombardo, and more widely with the core Pl@ntNet team

Principales activités

Main activities (5 maximum) :

- Software developement
- Analyze the requirements of the app.
- Develop a module performing confusion estimation in the current Pl@ntNet plateform
- Write documentation
- Test, change up until validation
- Transfer knowledge and techniques to the core developper team

Compétences

Technical skills and level required :

- Master or PhD.
- experience in datascience
- strong skills in software developement / database / big data

Other values appreciated :

- knowledge in life sciences
- experience in collaborative work contexts
- Language : english

Avantages

- Subsidized meals
- Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
- Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
- Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours
- Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
- Social, cultural and sports events and activities
- Access to vocational training
- Contribution to mutual insurance (subject to conditions)

Rémunération

From 2692 € gross monthly (according to degree and experience)