Denmark:PhD Scholarships in Information Technology

PhD Scholarships in Information Technology, The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in February 2010 in any of the faculty groups represented at ITU.

FIRST Research School: theoretical computer science and fundamental software technologies, sensornets, databases, algorithms for large amounts of data, automated reasoning, business processes, category theory, complexity, concurrency, domain theory, distributed and mobile computing, model checking, planning, software engineering, scheduling, verification, test, and configuration; efficient computation, electronic health records and electronic voting, logical frameworks, software architectures, objectoriented methodology and notations, functional and object-oriented programming languages, proof assistants, semantics, ubiquitous computing, user interfaces , workflow languages. http://www.first.dk

Center for Computer Games Research: Game aesthetics, game ontology, games and narratives, game culture, game play, player communities, games and human computer interfaces/game testing, game artificial intelligence, player (cognitive and affective) modeling, computational intelligence and games. http://game.itu.dk/

Design of Organizational IT Group: Computer supported cooperative work, science and technology studies, health care IT, organizations and IT, globalization and technology, mutual shaping
of culture, organizations, people, and technologies, through practices of design and use. http://www.itu.dk/research/doit/

Innovative Communication Group: Advanced and innovative communication trends, historical and rhetorical methods of innovation, theories and applications of new media, design and development of interactive technologies in the contexts of prior and emerging cultures of information. http://www.itu.dk/research/inc/

Scholarships:
Applicants accepted will be employed and enrolled at the IT University for a period of 3 or 4 years.
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). For example, the basic salary of a 3 year PhD student amounts to DKK 24,594.08 per month.

Application deadline: October 7, 2009 at 12.00 noon (local time). The deadline is firm.

Applications and enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline will not be taken into
consideration.

Questions regarding this call may be directed to individual faculty members, or the ITU PhD
Administration, phdadm@itu.dk, phone: +45 7218 5065

The IT University invites all qualified candidates irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the scholarships.

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Denmark : PhD Scholarship in International Communication and Culture

PhD Scholarship in International Communication and Culture, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

The Department of International Communication and Culture Studies (ICC) at the CBS invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the following specific research themes:

• Language and language policy in the EU with a special view to culture and national identity
• The use of foreign languages in corporate communication
• Aspects of international business negotiations
• Business rhetoric – rhetorical aspects of modern corporate communication
• Politics and culture / Economics and culture in the Americas; a comparative transatlantic perspective would be welcome
• Power and power hierarchies – correlations between church, type of governance and organizational structure of corporations in two or three specific countries
• Innovative naming and product development with a special view to online ‘sense making’ in the daily purchase of consumer goods, specifically foods that use country of origin as a marketing element
• Sovereignty and division of power, at a national and supranational level in European states and in the EU, in a cultural-historical and legal perspective.

The research profile of ICC is as follows:
With the purpose of reducing the complexity of globalization for individuals, companies and organizations, ICC conducts interdisciplinary research into social, linguistic, and communicative problems as reflected in international collaboration. Based on business humanities and the social sciences, ICC applies these theories to problems related to economic, legal, social and cultural issues. ICC focuses on the synergy between research and teaching and produces reflective and independent candidates through a cross-disciplinary and practice related approach.

Please visit the department’s profile (www.cbs.dk/ikk)

In awarding the scholarship, the department will give priority to applicants who demonstrate general research competencies as well as knowledge relevant to the specific research theme proposed in the research application submitted. An educational background in the social sciences or humanities is necessary.

Closing date: 2nd June 2009 at 12.00 noon.

Further information can be obtained from Anette Villemoes, please phone +45 3815 3240, e-mail av.ikk[ at ]cbs.dk. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Department well in advance of the closing date in order to develop a project proposal.

General information:
To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD programme furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description, usually prepared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used.

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis).

All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours).

The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department together with the doctoral school will select the winner of the scholarship.

Please find compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme (www.cbs.dk/phd)

The application must be submitted to:

Copenhagen Business School
Institutadministrationen IADH
Att.: Vivi Rønne
Dalgas Have 15
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

Marked “PhD – 33-3522”

Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration.

All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.

CBS focuses on innovation, partnership with the business community and internationalisation. As a Learning University CBS demands high quality in teaching, research and staff. CBS has around 15.000 students distributed among a wide range of degrees in social science and humanities including a very dynamic environment for executive programmes. CBS has around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees.

CLOSING DATE: 2009-06-02

For further scholarship information and application, please visit this page.

PhD scholarship at the Department of Management Engineering : Denmark

Applicants are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Management Engineering, the Technical University of Denmark for appointment 1 January 2009.

PhD Scholarship Engaging Users in Innovation and Communication of Textile Qualities, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark

The aim of the project is to develop knowledge and test methods for involving users and their insights in the production of new textile qualities and new types of products. This is expected to create new insights in the conception of and practices concerning textile materials, products, and processes based on user engagement and user oriented knowledge for innovation and design processes.

Description of the project
The research will be based on studies of users and use practices. Also the role of professional users mediating between producers and end users will be included. The outcomes not only aim at designers and product developers, but touch all phases of the product creating process. It is expected to engage users and knowledge of use practices as a resource for a renewal of products, design processes, procedures, and innovation strategies.

The activities will entail:
Identification of places where use practice and use can be made object of observation and dialogue by employing methods inspired by anthropology. These will create a basis for communication between users, designers, architects, engineers and others involved.

Establishing concepts and experience of textile qualities and products, which can support a professional effort when using the flexibility and ambiguity connected to the observation and communication of user practice and needs.

The innovative task in relation to user-driven processes demands new skills and responsibility in management of how product development and design is managed in the companies

One part of the project will be carried out in hospitals. Another part is related to the need for communicating textile qualities within a still more distributed chain of production of especially textiles. The separation of close contacts to users and related product development from the innovation of materials and processes produce challenges to the different units’ competences and the exchange of knowledge between them.

Required skills
Successful candidates must hold an MSc degree in engineering or social sciences with a relevant specialisation.

We are looking for a colleague who possesses the following skills:

• Knowledge of ethnographic methods in the study of use and work practices, material flows and how institutions, situations and material contexts influence the role of actors. Additional experience with studies of health care institutions and/or textiles and other material technologies will be appreciated.
• An interest in working scientifically with engaging users in design processes, and translating studies of institutional framing and practices into innovative ideas is valued.
• Proficiency in oral and written English is needed, but much of the empirical work does require Danish.
• Experience with interdisciplinary research and project teams is valued.

Conditions and terms
The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The position is available for a period of three years.

The PhD project is linked to the industry related project on ‘User driven innovation and communication of textile qualities’ involving cooperation with the companies Kvadrat and Trevira-Neckelmann as well as Designskolen Kolding and Danmarks Designskole. It is part of the doctoral studies programme in Design and Innovation (www.design-forskerskole.dk) hosted at the Department of Management Engineering, and the candidate will be enrolled at the PhD school at this department.

For further information about the requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please visit: www.dtu.dk/English/education/Phd_Education.aspx

Application
Applications must include curriculum vitae, examination certificate, references (contact details for at least two reference persons that we may contact for further inquires) and a cover letter outlining the motivation for the PhD study and for this particular project as well as a possible starting date.
We need your online application no later than 17 November 2008 at 12.00 noon. Apply online at www.dtu.dk/vacancy - open the link “apply online” fill out the form and attach the above mentioned documents. Material received after the deadline will not be taken into account.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Further information
For further information, please contact Professor Ulrik Jørgensen, phone +45 4525 6075, uj@ipl.dtu.dk or Associate Professor Hanne Lindegaard, phone +45 4525 6076 hl@ipl.dtu.dk

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).

Denmark: PhD Position at The Mads Clausen Institute

Denmark: PhD Position at The Mads Clausen Institute, The Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark

The Mads Clausen Institute for Product Innovation (MCI) at the University of Southern Denmark announces an opening for a Ph.D position within the area of mechatronics and cybernetics in relationship to the Robot-Assisted Polishing (RAP) project.

The MCI, part of the Faculty of Engineering, employs 70 people engaged in research and teaching in the field of product innovation. The Mads Clausen Institute is situated in the completely new university facilities at Alsion in Sonderborg which besides the university has capacity for a research park, a concert hall and a railway station.

The research of this Ph.D position is time critical mechatronic devices that require real time monitoring and control of advanced manufacturing processes. In the RAP case it is to assist a skilled human operator in the different operations involved in polishing a work piece, with an industrial robot equipped with a series of adequate sensors and actuators. We wish to explore the possibility of going towards more autonomy and intelligence for the robotic part, by incorporating such functionalities as automatic online monitoring of the process and diagnosis of the treated surface.

The candidate shall hold an MSc in Engineering or within a field related to the project, and have good programming and practical skills. Since, the project involves discussions with industrial partners on different issues; good communication skills are also desirable. Some knowledge on robotics would also be appreciated.

The stipend is a full 3 year scholarship with a research budget of approx. 2 million Euros. The project will be in co-operation with the Technical University of Denmark and Danish Industry.

If you have questions to the position you can direct your questions to:

The Mads Clausen Institute
The University of Southern Denmark
Alsion 2
DK-6400 Sonderborg

Att: Associate professor Arne Bilberg, Head of Technology Research, e-mail: abi@mci.sdu.dk. phone: +45 65501629
or
Att: Associate professor Jerome Jouffroy. e-mail: Jerome@mci.sdu.dk, phone +45 65501635

The scholarship is salaried in accordance with the the agreement on salaried Ph.D.-students between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Association).

Further information about the Ph.D.-study can be found at the homepage of the Faculty: http://www.sdu.dk/tek/

The application is to be made using the official application form, which can be downloaded from the homepage of the Faculty, or can be requested from the faculty secretariat. Please also send your curriculum vitae, a covering letter stating your motivation for applying (all in English), and the names and addresses of two referees for letters of recommendation

Please send three copies of the application and enclosures marked “position no 084059″ to the University of Southern Denmark, the Faculty of Engineering, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. The application must be at the faculty 6th May 2008 at 12 noon, at the latest.

Keywords: Industrial robotics, cybernetics, hybrid systems, monitoring, path planning, grinding and polishing processes.

Deadline: May 6, 2008

Denmark: PhD Scholarships in Intelligent Supply Chains, Aalborg University

The Center for Industrial Production at Aalborg University (http://www.cip.aau.dk) calls for applications for two vacant PhD scholarships within the area of business process innovation and supply chain management. The PhD scholarships will address the following areas:

1. New methodologies for IT based Innovations in Supply Chains.
2. Methods for developing and implementing intelligent supply chain concepts.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Charles Møller, charles[ at ]production.aau.dk for further details.

Application deadline is April, 30.th 2008.

The successful applicant must participate in an action research program at Danfoss (http://danfoss.com) and work with research issues relevant to
the program. The Danish PhD stipends are quite generous. There is no tuition, and the salary will be approximately 3.100 Euro per month. Full description of the position is provided at: http://stillinger.aau.dk/vis.php?nr=4027

Denmark: PhD Scholarships in Social Sciences, the University of Aarhus

Highly qualified students are invited to apply for admission to the PhD degree programme at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark:

• 4-year PhD scholarships
• 3-year PhD fellowships

The Graduate School of Social Sciences offers:

• Well-paid scholarships & free admission
• Efficient and highly qualified advising
• Internationally recognized faculty
• Friendly working environment & excellent facilities
• Outstanding career opportunities.

A PhD from the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the University of Aarhus will be recognized as a candidate trained in the latest, most advanced research methods, thereby giving access to inspiring positions in academia worldwide, or a fulfilling career in consulting and management in the public or private sectors, where demand for highly specialized knowledge continues to grow.

Application deadlines: 15 May and 15 November

For more information, please visit: www.socialsciences.au.dk/phd

Graduate School of Social Sciences
University of Aarhus.
Denmark

Denmark: PhD Scholarships at The IT University of Copenhagen

The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in the summer of 2008 in any of the research groups represented at ITU.

Programming, Logic and Semantics:
Programming languages, automated reasoning, logical frameworks, proof assistants, semantics, category theory, domain theory, distributed and mobile computing, business processes, concurrency theory, electronic voting.
http://www.itu.dk/research/pls/wiki/index.php/PhDtopics

Center for Computer Games Research:
Game aesthetics, game ontology, game culture, game play, player communities, game design theory, games and human computer interfaces/game testing, and game software development. http://game.itu.dk/

Innovative Communication:
Advanced and innovative communication trends, historical and rhetorical methods of innovation, theories and applications of new media, design and development of interactive technologies in the contexts of prior and emerging cultures of information.
http://www.itu.dk/research/inc/

Computational Logic and Algorithms:
Efficient and mathematically sound solutions to problems arising in logical formulations within planning, scheduling, verification, test, and
configuration; algorithms for searching and storing of large amounts of data.
http://www.itu.dk/research/cla/phd.html

Software Development Group:
Electronic Health Records, user interface software technology, ubiquitous computing, software architectures, empirical studies of software development in organizations, object-oriented methodology and notations, programming language technology for functional and object-oriented languages, and more.
http://www.itu.dk/research/sdg/

Design of Organizational IT:
Computer supported cooperative work, design anthropology, information systems, participatory design, and science and technology studies, design and use of IT involving current and prospective users, IT designers and managers, health care organizations and IT, interaction design.
http://www1.itu.dk/sw49258.asp

For more information about the individual research groups, their research interests and specific PhD projects within their areas, please visit
http://www1.itu.dk/sw40627.asp.

You are also welcome to contact individual members of the faculty directly for more information about their respective research areas.

General information:
A successful applicant will be an excellent student capable of conducting research under supervision by one of ITU’s faculty members and at the highest international level.

The PhD scholarships run for a period of three or four years depending on the educational level of the student. A three-year scholarship can only be awarded to applicants with a Master’s degree equivalent to a Danish graduate degree. Students with the equivalence of 4 years of university studies - where one year (60 ECTS) is transferable to one of the Master of IT programmes at ITU - can be awarded a four year scholarship.

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).

Applicants must document that they will be able to fulfill the admission requirements before entering the PhD programme.

Applications, including letter of motivation and project description must be written in English. All other documents, such as transcripts must be accompanied by a translation into English if not already written in English or Danish. Transcripts that are not issued by a country of the European Union are expected to be accompanied with a grade key written in English.

Please read the Guidelines for Applicants carefully and use the ITU application form when applying. Guidelines and Application form are available at: http://www1.itu.dk/sw38325.asp

The application must include:
1. Completed application form
2. Letter of motivation
3. Project description
4. Documentation of previous studies; transcripts, diplomas etc.
5. Brief CV
6. Optional: Copy of thesis and/or up to 3 selected publications and a numbered list of all publications, if any

All application material, including enclosures (see above points 1-6), must be assembled in a manner that makes it easy to copy, i.e. A4 format and unstapled.

You may submit your application electronically (one file per person) in pdf-format to journalen@itu.dk
Please note that applications sent to any other email address will not be taken into consideration. Please write ref. no 225-0033 in the subject line in the mail.

The application in 1 copy including enclosures must also be submitted to:

IT-Universitetet i København
Att.: Journalen
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
2300 KBH. S.
Denmark

Marked: “ref. no 225-0033”

Application deadline: April 7, 2008 at 12.00 noon.