Profil Recherché

Titulaire d’un doctorat ou diplôme équivalent ou justifiant de titres et travaux scientifiques jugés équivalents par l’instance compétente de l’établissement. Il n’y a aucune condition d’âge ou de nationalité pour candidater. Tous les emplois CNRS sont accessibles aux personnes en situation de handicap en bénéficiant d’aménagement d’épreuves rendus nécessaires par la nature du handicap

Stratégie d'établissement

The issue of data storage on molecular media is becoming increasingly competitive on an international scale. This is a highly multidisciplinary problem: scientific issues to be overcome are found in a range of disciplines as varied as computer science, chemistry, biology, and microfluidics. CNRS has mobilized teams from these different disciplines in the framework of the exploratory PEPR MoleculArxiv.
In the field of computer sciences, the number of permanent staff in the laboratories could be a limiting factor in consolidating the positioning of the teams concerned and their work on an international scale. This junior professor project is therefore in line with the CNRS strategy of making the CNRS the only organization in the world capable of mobilizing research teams at the highest international level in all the disciplines related to the theme of storage on molecular media, with a strengthening of the strengths in digital sciences, which are currently seen as the least numerous.

Stratégie du laboratoire d'accueil

I3S (UMR CNRS/Université Côte d'Azur) is a recognized laboratory in the fields of signal and image processing, multimedia data compression and communication networks. Marc Antonini (CNRS, Senior scientist 1st class, scientific leader of the PEPR Molecularxiv) leads a team entirely focused on information compression systems for storage on DNA media, with international visibility (leader of the JPEG-DNA standardization group for example). The proposed recruitment is perfectly consistent with the ambition to strengthen this team.

IRISA (UMR CNRS with several supervisory bodies, including the University of Rennes 1) is made up of 7 research departments, including the "Signal, Images, Language" and "Data and Knowledge Management" departments, which house both teams with expertise in data compression and teams in bioinformatics and genomic data indexing. These teams are involved in the PEPR Molecularxiv on these different aspects. Recruitment would also be perfectly consistent with the ambition to reinforce IRISA's strengths in this area.

Stratégie Internationale

The CNRS welcomes and recruits a large number of international researchers. More than 30% of those recruited come from abroad. This recruitment will have the same ambition.

Répertoire national des structures de recherche (RNSR) du laboratoire d'accueil

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Résumé du projet scientifique

The candidate will develop approaches that offer the best compromise between information compression (to reduce polymer synthesis costs) and error-free decoding (to guarantee the quality of decoding via sequencing technologies), taking into account the restrictions imposed by biological synthesis (writing) and sequencing (reading) procedures that introduce significant errors in the coded/decoded sequence. Different compression strategies can be studied, either with signal processing methods or with bioinformatics methods: transcoding to convert the data into quaternary code, direct coding for certain types of data (e.g. a specific JPEG-DNA coder for images intended to be stored), structuring of the synthesized strands to allow access to the stored data. This research work will aim to be in line with the objective of PEPR molecularxiv to participate in the effective coding of a text file, an image and a software in partnership with various French institutional actors.

Résumé du projet d'enseignement

The activities of the person recruited will be part of the training dynamics of the Université Côte d'Azur or the Université Rennes 1 in the field of computer sciences.

Environnement Financier

• Total financé (dont package ANR) : 200 k€
• Total du projet : 200 k€

Diffusion scientifique

The dissemination of the results will be done through world-class scientific productions: publications, patents, software... In addition, the results will be communicated to various  targets such as scientific communities, media, decision makers, general public, schools, etc., with an adapted calendar. Specific tools may  be developed such as websites, newsletters, meetings, international symposia, summer schools and conferences.

Science ouverte

The CNRS is developing a strong policy in favor of open science. Open science consists of making research results "as accessible  as possible and closed as necessary". As such, the CNRS aims to make 100% of the texts of publications resulting from the work of its laboratories accessible , in particular through deposit in HAL. The data produced must also be made available and reusable, except for specific restrictions. In addition, the guiding principles of individual evaluation have been revised in accordance with the DORA declaration, to be more qualitative and to take into account all facets of the researcher's profession.

Science et société

The relationship between science and society is now recognized as a full dimension of scientific activity. The project will develop this dimension in synergy with all the partners. The resulting research work will contribute to informing public decision-making. Participatory science initiatives may be initiated with actors from the project’s socio-economic and cultural eco-system .

Indicateurs

The activity will be evaluated in particular on the basis of scientific production (publications, software, patents, etc.), on institutional and private partnerships formalized by contracts, on international presence, on the promotion of work to  multidisciplinary scientific communities, on innovation and its transfer to society and on scientific dissemination to non-specialist audiences.

Modalités d'organisation des auditions

Seul(e)s seront convoqué(e)s aux auditions les candidat(e)s sélectionné(e)s sur dossier par la commission de sélection