PhD Research Studentships Engineering : UK

Engineering PhD Research Studentships in Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

Engineering PhD Research Studentships
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Applications are invited for PhD research studentships within Loughborough University’s Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering for the 2008-2009 academic year. Studentships will be paid a tax-free stipend of at least £12,900 p.a. for 3 years, plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. For well-qualified overseas graduates studentships will cover the overseas fees. Applicants should be highly motivated and have (or expect to obtain) a minimum of an upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in the appropriate engineering discipline.

Loughborough University’s research has a strong industrial and commercial dimension that is at the forefront of many technological advances. Research studentships in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering are available in a number of key areas:

• Acoustics and Vibration.
• Applied Aerodynamics.
• Combustion and Energy Conversion .
• Dynamics and Control.
• Structures and Materials.
• Risk and Reliability.

Further details of research areas for each group can be found in our Research Guide which can be downloaded from the department’s website.

Eligibility:
Candidates should hold, or expect to receive, a first or upper second degree in a relevant engineering or science subject. In addition applicants whose first language is not English English will require a language qualification, full details can be found at here.

Additional Information:
Applicants should complete the standard PhD application form available from this page.

Further information about the studentship can be obtained by contacting:- Jackie Green, Research Administrator, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, E-mail: J.A.Green@lboro.ac.uk

For informal enquiries contact the relevant academic, details are available on the website.

Closing Date for Applications: Friday, 28 November 2008

Denmark : PhD Scholarship in Systems Biology of Salmonella Infection

PhD Scholarship in Systems Biology of Salmonella Infection, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

A 3-year scholarship for graduate study leading to a PhD in engineering is available in a collaborative project between 1) the Center for Systems Microbiology, Dept. of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, 2) University of Copenhagen and 3) Oxford Brookes University.

Supervisors: Professor Peter Ruhdal Jensen and professor Mogens Kilstrup (DTU-Systems Biology)

The project is financed by the Research Council for Technology and production and aims to perform a systems biology analysis of the infection machinery of Salmonella, and the student will be constructing
mutants and characterising these by DNA microarray and other analyses. Student will also be involved in computer modelling, part of which will be carried out at Oxford Brookes University.

Applicants are expected to have a Master’s degree and a good background in Molecular Biology/Microbiology. Fluency in English is also required.

The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. Information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies is included in the general rules of DTU, which may be obtained by application to the PhD programme office at tel: +45 4525 1176 or +45
4525 1177.

The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students.

Further information may be obtained from professor Peter Ruhdal Jensen, prj@bio.dtu.dk, tel: +45 4525 2510, or professor Mogens Kilstrup, mki@bio.dtu.dk, tel.: +45 4525 2528.

We need your online application no later than October 27th 2008 at 12.00 noon.

Apply online on http://www.dtu.dk/vacancy - Open the link “apply for this job online,” fill out the form and attach application, your CV, list of publications, if you have any, documentation of a completed master’s degree, grade transcript, and names of two reference persons, who should send us their letters of recommendation under separate cover (email is OK).

PhD Studentship in Computational Models... : UK

PhD Studentship in Computational Models of Visual Processing, University of Edinburgh, UK

University of Edinburgh
PhD Studentship in Computational Models of Visual Processing
School of Informatics

The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for a three-year PhD studentship on the project “Synchronous Linguistic and Visual Processing” funded by the European Research Council. The aim of this project is to investigate the cognitive processes that unfold when humans view a visual scene and listen to a speech stimulus at the same time. The project encompasses
both experimental research using eye-tracking and computational work using machine learning and probabilistic modeling.

The successful candidate will have a have a good honors degree or equivalent in cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computer science, or a related discipline. He/she will have strong programming skills and previous experience in image processing, computer vision, or computational models of perception and attention. Experience with machine learning and probabilistic modeling techniques is essential.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team of experts in linguistic and visual processing; he/she will design and implement models of visual processing based on the results of eye-movements experiments on synchronous processing.

The studentship will provide maintenance only funding at an enhanced research council rate. Both UK/EU and overseas candidates are encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact Dr. Frank Keller (keller@inf.ed.ac.uk). Application forms and details on how to apply are available from:
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html

More information about the project can be found at:
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/projects/synproc.html

On your application, please indicate “ERC Studentship: Synchronous Processing”.

Application deadline: November 15, 2008.

Applications received after the deadline may be considered, but this cannot be guaranteed.

EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship in Interactive Multimedia Applications

UK: EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship in Interactive Multimedia Applications, Durham University
EPSRC funded Ph.D. studentship (3.5 years) in Interactive Multimedia Applications, Durham University, UK

Applications are invited for a Ph.D. student to work on an EPSRC funded project entitled “An Interactive and Intuitive Object Deformation Framework for Interactive Multimedia Applications” in the Department of Computer Science. The aim of the project is to develop techniques to improve object deformation performance and quality, and to offer a novel interface for specifying deformation constraints and manipulators. The research will lead to high quality interactive deformable object processing and usage. It will also benefit various industry sectors, including product or engineering design, medical applications, digital entertainment and computer gaming.

Prospective candidates will have a good honours (or equivalent) degree in Computer Science or other relevant subjects. The successful applicant should have a good background in most of the following areas: computer graphics, multimedia systems, mathematics and computer programming.

This fully funded studentship is at the standard EPSRC rate (£12,940 p.a. for 08/09).

More project information can be obtained by contacting Dr Frederick Li at frederick.li@durham.ac.uk, or by visiting http://www.dur.ac.uk/frederick.li

To apply:
Applications should be sent to Dr Frederick Li (Email: frederick.li@durham.ac.uk), Computer Science Department, Durham University, Science Labs, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.

PhD Research Position on Foundations of XML Databases : New Zealand

Stipend: 25,000 NZD per year (tax-free) plus fees

Additional income: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to supplement the stipend by contributing to undergraduate teaching.

Duration: available for 3 years, commencing 01 March 2009 (or earlier)

The PhD is part of a project supported by the Marsden fund council from Government funding, administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. We invite applications from excellent domestic or international candidates who have a Master’s degree in mathematics or computer science (or equivalent), and an interest in applying methods from logic, discrete math and complexity theory to database research.

How to apply
An application that includes an explanation of the candidates interest in the position and background, a full CV, an academic transcript and a confirmation of the prerequisite qualification, a two-page summary of the Master’s thesis, and the name and contact details of at least one referee, should be sent to sebastian.link@vuw.ac.nz by 21 November 2008. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.

New Zealand is rated one of the top destinations in the world with its clean green natural image, scenery, Lord of the Rings film setting, adventure, culture and value for money (http://www.tourism.net.nz/). New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, is an experience that will reveal the creative, political and cultural nature of New Zealand, but still provide blockbuster scenery (http://www.wellingtonnz.com/). Information about the Victoria University of Wellington can be obtained at http://www.vuw.ac.nz/

For further details: contact sebastian.link@vuw.ac.nz or sven.hartmann@tu-clausthal.de

Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellowship 2009-2010 : USA

Fellowships for 2009-2010
Asia Pacific Leadership Program
New Fellowships Available

The East-West Center is pleased to announce new fellowships for the Asia Pacific Leadership Program for
2009-10. Entering its eight year, the Asia Paci?c Leadership Program (APLP) is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia Paci?c region. The APLP is a graduate certi?cate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. Based at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the program has created a network of dynamic leaders in 48 countries who are helping to build a peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Paci?c community. All participants receive an APLP Entrance Fellowship valued at approximately $15,000.

Participants
The Asia Pacific Leadership Program seeks outstanding individuals with proven leadership experience or high leadership potential from across the Asia Pacific region, North America and beyond. All participants have at least a Bachelors degree with the majority having graduate degrees as well. At least 20 countries are represented in each cohort. APLP Fellows come together from all walks of life, including
areas as diverse as government, business, NGOs, health sciences, media, monastic orders, and education.

APLP participants will gain broad regional perspectives, become knowledgeable about the critical challenges facing the Asia Pacific region, and be trained to exercise leadership and promote cooperation. The APLP empowers leaders with the knowledge, skills, experiences, and supportive community needed to successfully navigate personal and regional change in the 21st century.

Recruitment for 2009-10 is open. Places are limited. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Deadline: December 1, 2008

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Application Forms and Fellowships:
www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp

For more information about the Asia Paci?c Leadership Program, as well as application forms and fellowship opportunities, please visit our website at: www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp or email: aplp@eastwestcenter.org

The application deadline is December 1, 2008. Fellowships begin in August 2009.

PhD Studentship in Programming Languages : New Zealand

PhD Studentship in Programming Languages, University of Wellington, New Zealand

(Ownership and Immutability)

Unification of Immutability and Ownership. I am actively looking for a PhD student in programming languages (ownership types and immutability). I have full funding available to cover fees, living, and travel. Please email me for more information if you have a Masters or Honours degree and a good background in programming languages and/or type systems! Applications from both domestic and international students invited.

The Project
Object-oriented programs at run-time consist of objects - small software components that are created, changed, and destroyed as the program runs. The uncontrolled ability of objects to change other objects is well known to result in many errors in large systems.

Immutability - an ability to prevent changes to objects - is a mechanism that could be used to provide such control. While immutability controls whether an object can be changed, it is not enough: we need to be able to also control which objects can perform the changes.

Ownership - an ability to control which objects can access a given object - is a mechanism that can be used to control which objects are allowed to perform the changes. Immutability benefits greatly from
ownership that prevents unauthorised objects from accessing and changing the object.

Immutability and ownership evolved separately: while some proposed languages attempt to support both, they treat them as independent concepts.

We propose to treat them as facets of a more general unified concept. This work aims to advance the science of programming by providing a unified treatment of immutability and ownership, simplifying both the theory and practice of object-oriented programming.

The Student
This project requires a strong mathematical logic or formal methods in Computer Science background.

Contact
Dr Alex Potanin
alex@mcs.vuw.ac.nz
http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~alex/

Closing date: 1 May 2009

PhD Studentships in Statistics, University of Cambridge, UK

PhD Studentships in Statistics, University of Cambridge, UK

Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

Limit of tenure: 3 years

Applications are invited for PhD studentships in Statistics, to be held in the Statistical Laboratory. The Studentships are associated with the Cambridge Statistics Initiative which is targeted at the development of novel statistical methodology, both generic and in specific application areas. Information about the Laboratory can be found at www.statslab.cam.ac.uk .

The studentships will provide funding to cover fees at the home/EU rate. Additional funding for fees for those paying the overseas arts rate could be available and will be assessed competitively. A stipend will be paid of at least the equivalent to the national minimum (13290 for the academic year 2009/10) for a minimum period of 3 years.

Supervision, along with research training tailored to the needs of the student, will be provided by the Laboratory. Research interests of academic staff can be found at www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Dept/People

Applicants must qualify for admission to the PhD course at the University of Cambridge. They should normally hold (or expect to be awarded) a first class UK honours degree or equivalent and a postgraduate qualification in Mathematics or Statistics.

Initial enquiries, which should include a curriculum vitae and an indication of possible research topics, should be directed to Professor A.P. Dawid, email: apd@statslab.cam.ac.uk

Quote Reference: LF04227

Closing Date: 31 January 2009

PhD Scholarship in Genetic Programming for Data Mining, New Zealand

PhD Scholarship in Genetic Programming for Data Mining Tasks, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Genetic Programming and Evolutionary Computing research group

Background
The Genetic Programming and Evolutionary Computing research group at Victoria University of Wellington was recently awarded a large research grant in Genetic Programming (GP) for data mining tasks by the Marsden Fund of New Zealand (similar to the National Science Foundation in USA). We are looking for a good PhD student in this field. The grant will provide full funding for the student to cover the tuition fees, living allowance, and travel cost.

The Project
Data mining tasks arise in a wide variety of practical situations, ranging from classification to regression, clustering, and optimisation tasks. Since the 1990s, genetic programming (GP) has become a promising approach to building reliable data mining models quickly and automatically. GP uses ideas analogous to biological evolution to search the space of possible models to evolve a good solution for a particular task. GP has been applied to many data mining tasks and achieved some success. However, there are still limitations in program structures, representations, genetic operators, search algorithms and theoretical foundations in GP that restrict GP for difficult data mining tasks.

Applicants are invited from excellent and enthusiastic students wishing to undertake a PhD in this area. The successful applicant will extend the current research and address the methodological/theoretical issues in GP and/or a real-world engineering applications in data mining using GP and related evolutionary learning techniques.

The Student
Applications from both domestic and international students are invited. A strong background in C/C++/Java programming and a basic background in machine learning and pattern recognition are required. A good background in genetic programming, evolutionary computing, neural networks, statistics, or statistics/operations research is desired. Students should have a first class Honour or a Masters degree in computer science.

Contact
Dr Mengjie Zhang
mengjie.zhang@mcs.vuw.ac.nz
http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~mengjie/

Closing date: 1 May 2009