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Link: Whole body control framework for lower limb stability in computational rehabilitation (under the project with Stanford Univ.)
Research theme: Computation sciences for biology, medicine and the environnement A propos de l'INRIA et du posteINRIA is the French national institute for research in computer science and control. The Institute's strategy closely combines scientific excellence and technology transfer. INRIA's seven priority domains are: (i) Modeling, simulation and optimization of complex dynamic systems, (ii) Programming: security and reliability of computing systems, (iii) Communication, information, and ubiquitous computing, (iv) Interaction with real and virtual worlds, (v) Computational engineering, (vi) Computational sciences, and (vii) Computational medicine.
DEMAR project's research interests are centered on the human sensory motor modeling, including muscles, sensory feedbacks, and neural motor networks. Final goal of this team is oriented towards the development of advanced neuroprotheses to restore deficient functions.
Descriptif du posteIdentification of biomechanical dynamics and muscle dynamics for neurologically damaged patient is already challenging as the system response can drastically vary depending on the degree of the patient deficiencies. The extracted information with System Identification technique is finally to be used for the understanding of motor control function in such patient and for motion synthesis and control using FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation). However, In FES, movement synthesis and control are still a challenging task due to the complexity of whole body dynamics computation and the nonlinearity of stimulated muscle dynamics. For the motion synthesis, recently some optimization technique started to be applied in whole body simulation platform where the desired criteria can be defined and evaluated through an accurate numeric simulation such as OpenSim software of Stanford Univ. For the control, one of the challenge concerns the feedback (torque, EMG, joint angle) that can be used to control joint angle, torque or stiffness. Moreover, control strategies have to be designed in order to be performed on portable architecture and tuned through advanced modeling and simulation.
Disadvantage of numerical optimization is its high computation cost. Real-time performance cannot be expected, then in order to obtain stimulation patterns for a given movement corresponding to current patient posture con***ion, both off-line optimization for movement synthesis and online closed control are needed. In this context, the goal of this PhD work is to study the optimization-based motion synthesis and real-time control framework which can generate stimulation patterns from the pre-computed motion synthesis database. Motion capture system together with the estimation of the Center of Mass would be used to assess the strategies. This work aims at the development of automatic method to establish deficient limb stability in computer-aided rehabilitation.
This PhD work is performed under the collaborative project named @walk (artificial walking) between INRIA DEMAR project and AI lab of Stanford University. http://www.lirmm.fr/~fraisse/@WALK/
Experimental protocols will be carried out with our clinical partners.
[1] M. Hayashibe, Q. Zhang, D. Guiraud, C. Fattal, P. Fraisse. Modeling and Experimental Identification for Muscular force Estimation Based on Evoked EMG in FES. Abstracts of the International Conference on Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Clinical Applications and Surgery (OBCAS). Journal of Biomechanics 43, Supp. 1, June 2010, pp. S66.
[2] Q. Zhang, M. Hayashibe, M. Papaiordanidou, P. Fraisse, C. Fattal and D. Guiraud. Torque Prediction Using Stimulus Evoked EMG and its Identification for Different Muscle Fatigue States in SCI Subjects. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC 2010.
[3] M. Eckert, M. Hayashibe, D. Guiraud, P.B. Wieber, P. Fraisse, "Simulating the Human Motion under Functional Electrical Stimulation using the HuMAnS Toolbox", Recent Advances in the 3D Physiological Human, pp.121-131, 2009.
[4] S.Cotton, A.Murray, P.Fraisse, "Estimation of the Center of Mass: From Humanoid Robots to Human Beings" ,IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol 14, No 6, December 2009, pp707-712.
Profil recherchéMaster in control engineering, computer science, biomechanics, robotics or related disciplines.
- good knowledge of C/C++ programming and matlab.
Avantagesthe net salary is 1597 euros and includes social security.
This salary does not include possible ad***ionnal activities. Informations complémentairesDurée du contrat : 36 mois
- Duration: 3 years
- Starting date: between Sept. 1st 2011 and Jan. 1st 2012
Lieu de travail :
LIRMM (Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier)
http://www.lirmm.fr/xml/en/0001-01.html
Montpellier, France
Personne a contacter dans l'EPI (émail) :
Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Philippe Fraisse
Mitsuhiro.Hayashibe@inria.fr This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
page Web EPI:
http://www.lirmm.fr/~fraisse/@WALK/



Thesis position

Unité implantable de mesure répartie / Implantable distributed unit for measurement
EnvironnementDEMAR research interests are centered on the human sensory motor system, including muscles, sensory feedbacks, and neural motor networks.
The main scientific axes of DEMAR are then:
- Modelling the sensory motor system, since designing efficient control schemes and performing realistic simulations need for modelling. The scientific approach is to develop multi scale models based on the physiological microscopic reality up to a macroscopic behavior of the main parts of the sensori motor system : muscles,
natural sensors and neural structures.
- Controlling the sensory motor system through the FES technique. Advanced control strategy such as high
order sliding modes, nonlinear model predictive control, high level hybrid approaches based on continuous control and event triggered commutation of strategies, movement trajectory generation, etc. are studied.
- Interfacing artificial and natural parts through neuroprosthetic devices.
L’équipe-projet DEMAR collabore depuis plusieurs années avec la société Neuromedics, filiales du groupe MXM, autour de sujets liés aux neuroprothèses implantables. Beaucoup d’efforts ont été consentis concernant la stimulation électrique fonctionnelle implantée, mais si l’on veut réaliser des systèmes en boucles fermées, des dispositifs de mesure s’imposent. La boucle fermée est indispensable dans un bon nombre d’applications si on veut obtenir des résultats fonctionnels efficaces et utiles pour le patient : gestion du mouvement et compensation de la fatigue ou de l’équilibre, synergie des commandes artificielles et de l’intention des patients chez l’hémiplégique ...
La stimulation étant implantée, il paraît naturel qu’il en soit de même pour la mesure. Les sites d’implantation étant potentiellement éloignés, le système complet conçu au sein des deux équipes est basé sur un réseau d’unités distribuées reliées entre elles par un bus bifilaire. Ce dernier transmet données et énergie.
MissionsLe but du travail de thèse est de concevoir et mettre en œuvre une unité de mesure autonome comprenant :
- Une interface physique avec le bus implanté. Actuellement le « coupleur » physique n’est pas réalisé, c’est le dernier élément manquant pour les unités de stimulation réparties. Ce travail serait donc un travail commun aux deux types d’unité. Le protocole de transmission de données comprenant la couche MAC est quant à lui finalisé.
- Une interface analogique avec le capteur. Dans un premier temps seront considérés des accéléromètres 3 axes et, selon l’avancement des travaux, des mesures électrophysiologiques (ENG EMG) bipolaires.
- Une unité embarquée de traitement du signal. L’enjeu consiste à déterminer quels algorithmes peuvent être embarqués et sous quelle forme (analogique ou numérique).
Les choix technologiques seront liés aux contraintes spécifiques des implants (faibles encombrement et consommation, grande fiabilité) de sorte que les circuits analogiques en composant discret et / ou ASIC seront discutés ainsi que les parties numériques sous forme d’implémentation FPGA / ASIC ou DSP.
Les enjeux scientifiques sont tout aussi importants :
- Concernant le traitement embarqué, quelle est la répartition optimale entre traitement analogique et numérique dans le contexte très contraint des neuroprothèses implantables ?
- Quelle méthodologie formelle peut on utiliser (par exemple les RdP) pour concevoir une architecture numérique complexe dont certaines propriétés doivent être vérifiées pour assurer la sécurité du patient et l’optimalité de la solution?
- Comment les transactions sur le réseau intracorporel doivent être organisées par la couche application afin de permettre une commande en boucle fermée sur le réseau ?
Enfin, la démonstration de l’utilité de ses capteurs embarqués se fera au travers de leur application dans le cadre de la commande en boucle fermée de neuroprothèses ou une architecture mixte (stimulation et mesure) servira de support de démonstration.
Ce travail pluridisciplinaire abordera des domaines aussi variés que le traitement des signaux dans un contexte biomécanique / physiologique, la programmation VHDL et le formalisme réseau de Petri, l’optimisation de la conception microélectronique, la conception des couches applicatives réseau, et enfin l’expérimentation via un exemple de gestion d’une fonction en boucle fermée.
ActivitiesVHDL and C programming, Petri net design, electronics developments, in vitro / in vivo validations.
Skills and prerequisitsVHDL, signal processing, C programming, electrophysiology, basics on analogue ASIC design, basics on networking, basics on Petri neier ContactsDavid Guiraud, David Andreu, Guy Cathébras, Guillaume Souquet (industriel)

Link: http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk...rships/phd-scholarships-in-accounting-finance

Deadline:
31 May 2011
- Value:
Fees and maintenance
- Website:
None
- Nationality Criteria:
All Countries
Two PhD scholarships are offered in Accounting and/or Finance. Any area of study will be considered within these disciplines. However, the major areas of current staff research interest are as follows:

• Accounting history
• Accounting and consumer society
• Banking
• Corporate finance
• Behavioural finance
• Econometrics of financial markets
• Healthcare and social care accounting and accountability
• Institutional setting for IPO markets and underpricing of IPOs
• Market based accounting research
• Public sector accounting
• Financial accounting
• Management accounting

Applicants will have:

• Outstanding ideas for research at doctoral level
• Possession of a high quality undergraduate and/or masters degree or equivalent qualification
• For applicants whose native language is not English, an IELTS score of at least 7.0, orequivalent

This scholarship scheme provides a valuable opportunity for successful applicants to undertake a package of career development opportunities over the duration of the award. Recipients will be expected to contribute to our teaching and research programmes. Potential tasks include tutoring, group facilitation, marking and conference organisation etc.
Award

The award will be for 3 years, subject to satisfactory progress, at the following rates:

• European Union candidates: standard EU tuition fee plus maintenance fee of £14,000 in 2011-12, £14,500 in 2012-13, and £15,000 in 2013-14
• Non-European Union candidates: standard EU tuition fee plus maintenance fees as above.

Application procedure

To apply for this scheme, please apply online using the University’s EUCLID application system
In ad***ion to the application form you should supply:

• A letter explaining:
  • your reasons for applying
  • why you are the ideal person to receive a scholarship
• A research proposal
• CV
• Details of two referees

Deadline

Applications should be made by Tuesday 31 May 2011. Shortlisted candidates should expect to participate in an interview either in person, by telephone or via Skype. Recipients of the scholarships will be announced by 8 July 2011.

Link: http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/313-297-301-11eng.html


Umeå University - with its 36,700 students and over 4,200 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development. Umeå University conducts groundbreaking research within several areas - several in which we are among the best in the world - within others regarded as the leaders in Sweden. We are one of Sweden’s largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes. Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here. We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.

Five Doctoral students in Business Administration


• specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation
• specialization in finance
• specialization in accounting
• specialization in management
• specialization in marketing


Umeå School of Business at Umeå University conducts education and research in five strategic areas of business administration: entrepreneurship, management, marketing, and accounting and finance. We have also gathered research from these areas into two strong profile areas: Sustainable Development and Projects, and Innovation and Networks. With a total enrolment of approximately 1,800 students, we offer six Master's programs, four bachelor's programs, a diploma program and single-subject courses.

We are now recruiting to our PhD program in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, finance, accounting, management and marketing.

1. Doctoral student in business administration with a specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation. Ref. No: 313-297-11


In entrepreneurship, researchers at Umeå School of Business study entrepreneurial activities and dynamic business development on regional, national and international levels. We are now announcing a doctoral position in the area "networking and innovation", which is a part of the school's research profile Projects, Innovation and Networks. The candidate is expected to conduct research on innovation, for example on the role inter-organizational relationships and networks play in innovation work, innovation and internationalization, or distributed networks and innovation systems. The specific focus of the thesis is formulated in consultation with the supervisor.

In ad***ion to the below presented eligibility criteria, it is considered an advantage of you have a degree in business administration with a specialization in entrepreneurship.

Further information about the position is given by Project leader Håkan Boter, Phone: +46 90-786 61 65 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46 90-786 61 65 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, e-mail: hakan.boter@usbe.umu.se.

2. Doctoral student in business administration with a specialization in finance. Ref. No: 313-298-11


Our research in finance deals among other things with entrepreneurial finance, cre*** and risk management, portfolio management and sustainable investments. We prefer that you have a research interest in line with these topics, but we are also open to other interesting research directions. The specific focus of the thesis is formulated in consultation with the supervisor.

In ad***ion to the below presented eligibility criteria, it is considered an advantage if you have a degree in business administration with a specialization in finance.

Further information about the position is given by Head of Section Jörgen Hellström, Phone: +4690-786 6987 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +4690-786 6987 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, e-mail: jorgen.hellstrom@usbe.umu.se.

3. Doctoral student in business administration with a specialization in accounting. Ref. No: 313-299-11


Within accounting, research is currently conducted in a series of different areas such as sustainable reporting, financial accounting, au***ing and internal control. The doctoral student is expected to conduct research within financial accounting, au***ing or internal control. The specific focus of the thesis is formulated in consultation with the supervisor.

In ad***ion to the below presented eligibility criteria, it is considered an advantage if you have a degree in business administration with a specialization in accounting.

Further information about the position is given by Head of Section Jörgen Hellström, Phone: +4690-786 6987 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +4690-786 6987 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, e-mail: jorgen.hellstrom@usbe.umu.se.

4. Doctoral student in business administration with a specialization in management. Ref. No: 313-300-11


The management section primarily conducts research in the areas of corporate responsibility and the role of corporations in society, project organization, innovation, diversity, identity construction, and boundary spanning organizing. We prefer that you have a research interest in line with these topics, but we are also open to other interesting research directions. The specific focus of the thesis is formulated in consultation with the supervisor.

In ad***ion to the below presented eligibility criteria, it is considered an advantage if you have a degree in business administration with a specialization in management.

Further information about the position is given by Head of Section Nils Wåhlin, Phone: +46 90-786 76 34 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46 90-786 76 34 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, e-mail: nils.wahlin@usbe.umu.se.

5. Doctoral student in business administration with a specialization in marketing. Ref. No: 313-301-11


Currently, our research in marketing primarily focuses on consumption and consumer behavior, service marketing, innovation and product development, and sustainability and environmental issues viewed from a marketing perspective. We prefer that you have a research interest in line with these topics, but we are also open to other interesting research directions. The specific focus of the thesis is formulated in consultation with the supervisor.

In ad***ion to the below presented eligibility criteria, it is considered an advantage if you have a degree in business administration with a specialization in marketing.

Further information about the position is given by Head of Section Jan Bodin, Phone: +4690-786 6927 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +4690-786 6927 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, e-mail: jan.bodin@usbe.umu.se.

Information pertaining to all five positions


Eligibility requirements and assessment criteria
A requirement for employment as a PhD student is admission to doctoral studies in Business Administration. Those considered to possess basic eligibility are students who hold an advanced degree or have completed studies equivalent to at least 240 higher education cre***s, at least 60 of which have been completed at an advanced level, or students who in some other manner, whether within or outside of Sweden, have acquired skills which are basically equivalent to this requirement. A student who obtained the qualifications necessary to satisfy the requirements of basic eligibility for admission to a doctoral program prior to 1 July 2007, i.e. basic undergraduate level education equivalent to 120 higher education cre***s or equivalent qualifications obtained by some other means, either within or outside of Sweden, will be considered to meet basic eligibility for admission to doctoral-level studies, though only until the end of June 2015 (The Higher Education Ordinance (HF), Ch. 12 §11). In ad***ion to basic eligibility, the applicant must have satisfactorily undertaken courses within Business Administration equivalent to at least 90 higher education cre***s, including an independent work (thesis/equiv.) worth at least 15 cre***s.

In ad***ion, the Higher Education Ordinance (2006:1053) requires that the applicant is considered to have ability to benefit from the doctoral-level education they will receive.

For the present position ad***ional requirements are good analytical ability and good ability to communicate orally as well as in writing, both in Swedish and in English. Students who lack such ability in Swedish are expected to have gained it within two years.

Application information:
The application should be written on a form available at Umeå School of Business web page for doctoral studies (http://www.usbe.umu.se/english/research/doctoral-studies/application/) To the completed form the following should be added:

1. CV/résumé.
2. Copies of grades and degree certificates proving that you meet the eligibility criteria.
3. A personal letter with description of why you are interested in our post-graduate programme and what your expectations and ambitions would be as participant in our organisation. The latter includes your possible interest in teaching and other duties (approximately 2 pages).
4. A short description of your primary research interest, i.e. what you want to focus on during your doctoral studies (at least 2 pages).
5. A copy of your thesis/degree project indicating your ability to do scholarly work. If your thesis/degree project was co-authored, we also ask you *****bmit a sample of an individual written assignment form your education. If the degree project is written in Swedish, we also want a sample of your ability to express yourself in writing in English (for example through an individual paper from your university degree or a work sample, and grades from high school level).
6. Relevant references.

Starting Date: September 1, 2011.

Further information
Doctoral studies comprise four years full time studies (240 ECTS). Normally, employment as a doctoral student consists of 80 percent doctoral studies and 20 percent teaching, and hence the employment usually lasts five years. Teaching takes place at Umeå School of Business undergraduate programs and courses, and related subject areas. You are also expected to take part in joint activities at the Business School.

You can read more about doctoral studies at the home page of the Faculty of Social Sciences: http://www.samfak.umu.se/english/research/.

Information about doctoral studies at Umeå Business School if available at: http://www.usbe.umu.se/english/research/doctoral-studies/?languageId=1

For further information about PhD studies, please contact the Associate Dean Jessica Eriksson +46 90 786 9982 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46 90 786 9982 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Jessica.eriksson@usbe.umu.se
Doctoral student representative Elin Nilsson, +46 90-786 53 84 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46 90-786 53 84 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, elin.nilsson@usbe.umu.se

Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46-(0)90-786 53 65 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, SEKO, +46-(0)90-786 52 96 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46-(0)90-786 52 96 end_of_the_skype_highlighting and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +46-(0)90-786 54 31 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

The procedure for recruitment for the position is in accordance with the
Higher Education Ordinance (chapt. 12, 2 §) and the decision regarding the position cannot be appealed.

If you want to apply to more than one of the positions, you must hand in a new application for each position, marked with the specific reference number.
Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.

Your complete application, marked with reference number as above, should be sent to jobb@umu.se (state the reference number as subject) or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden to arrive May 23, 2011 at the latest.

We look forward to receiving your application!

© Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences

Link: http://www.cgs.uni-koeln.de/scholarships.html


Scholarships



Each year CGS awards 10 to 12 scholarships to excellent students (among the top 10% of their year) with a Master/Dipl. degree or close to finishing their degree. These students will enter a focused, intensive three-year program leading to a PhD (Dr. rer. pol). It is the expressed purpose of this intensive program to educate excellent researchers and teachers who, after obtaining their degree, will mainly stay in academia.
Note “EWI-Scholarship”: If your doctoral research focus lies in the field of applied industrial economics (theoretical or empirical), regulatory economics, modelling of energy markets (optimization, methods of numerical simulation), environmental economics, or energy trading, you may also apply for a scholarship at the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI). After the first year at the CGS you will join the second and third year at the EWI (www.ewi.uni-koeln.de). The rest of the program, the qualifications needed, the procedure and the scholarship itself are the same as mentioned below.
Scholars will work closely with their individual academic supervisor from the very beginning of their studies, participate in research seminars that enable them to discuss their ongoing projects and have ample opportunities to attend international summer schools and conferences. Furthermore, CGS provides them with office space and administrative support.
Scholarships amount to EUR 1.200 a month for the duration of three years and are limited to a three-year period.

Link: http://dptssp.luiss.edu/doctoral-pro...l-applications


PhD Call for Applications

Presentation

The Luiss University in Rome, Italy, invites applications for its Doctoral Program in Political Theory. Successful candidates will begin the program in Fall 2011, with three semesters of taught courses, and will be expected to complete their theses within three years. The official language of the program is English (knowledge of Italian is not required). Eight positions are available this year, four of which are funded by a three-year scholarship of 11,000 euros per year.
Program and requirements

The Doctoral Program in Political Theory is interdisciplinary, and covers four main areas of study: philosophy (ethics and applied philosophy, political and social philosophy, and issues in contemporary philosophy), political theory (ethics of international relations and human rights theories), law (international law, humanitarian law, and international criminal law), and politics and economics (international political economy, development policies, sustainability theories, international relations, and theories of globalization).
Approximately twenty faculty members, including both Italian professors and foreign visiting professors, currently teach on the program, and there are more than thirty doctoral students, half of which are foreign. The program thus has a strongly international character.
Applicants are generally expected to have majored in an area of the social sciences, humanities, or philosophy, although those with degrees in other disciplines may also be considered on the basis of their curricula vitae and research proposals. Successful applicants will begin the program in the Fall semester of 2011, by following three semesters of taught courses. Each semester lasts approximately three months, and students will have approximately 6-10 hours of classes per week during these three semesters. All courses are taught in English.
Applications

Applications must be presented in the format indicated in the ‘Requirements and applications’ section of the Call for Applications (bando di dottorato). They must be marked ‘Application for the PhD Program in “Political Theory”’, and sent to the following address:
Ufficio Dottorati di Ricerca
Direzione Didattica e Ricerca
Luiss Guido Carli
Viale Romania, 32
00197 Rome
Italy
The deadline for applications is May 30, 2011. (Applications postmarked on or before this date will be accepted.) Applications sent by registered mail must include a return receipt - that is, a form to be compiled by the recipient to confirm the receipt of the application. (Since many countries have their own procedures in this regard, please check this carefully with your local post office.) Only applications sent by registered mail before the above deadline will be considered. With regard to this, compliance with the deadline will be indicated by the postmark of the accepting post office.
In order to apply, the applicant must submit the following:

• Official transcripts of his/her undergraduate degree and, if appropriate, also his/her Master's degree
• A writing sample of 5-10,000 words
• Two reference letters from university professors or recognized experts
• A curriculum vitae
• A short research proposal of up to three pages.

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Post-docs, PhD student, and system developer positions in cloud computing, Umea University, Sweden

Umea University, Department of Computing Science, is seeking outstanding candidates for 2-3 post-doc fellowships, 1 PhD student position, and 1-2 system developers within the field of cloud computing. Research topics of interest span from distributed systems fundamentals to cloud and grid computing infrastructures, virtualization technology, and their academic and industrial applications, including, e.g., eScience applications.

For full announcement and instructions how to apply, see http://www.cloudresearch.se

For further information, please contact Johan Tordsson or Erik Elmroth ({tordsson, elmroth}@cs.umu.se).

Deadline: May 10, 2011
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Opening for a PhD or Postdoc position at the University of Magdeburg

We would like to draw your attention at the position opening below. The call is on German, because fluency on German is indispensable.


STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG IN DER WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK DER UNIVERSIT€T MAGDEBURG

Stellenausschreibung mit der Referenz-Nr. 57/2011

Am Lehrstuhl fŸr Wirtschaftsinformatik II "Knowledge Management and Discovery" der FakultŠt fŸr Informatik der Otto-von-Guericke-UniversitŠt Magdeburg ist ab dem 1.10.2011 die Stelle einer /eines
wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin / Mitarbeiters
als Vollzeitstelle fŸr 2,5 Jahre, mit der Mšglichkeit zur VerlŠngerung fŸr bis zu insgesamt 5,5 Jahren, zu besetzen. Die Eingruppierung erfolgt in die Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L. Die Mšglichkeit zur Promotion, bzw. zur wissenschaftlichen Weiterqualifizierung fŸr promovierte Kandidat/innen, wird im Rahmen der zugewiesenen Aufgaben gegeben.

Aufgaben:
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Zu den Aufgaben gehšren wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen zur UnterstŸtzung des Lehrstuhls in Forschung, Lehre und akademischer Selbstverwaltung auf dem Gebiet der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Das vorwiegend deutschsprachige Lehrangebot des Lehrstuhls umfasst Veranstaltungen zu Kernthemen der Wirtschaftsinformatik und zu Themen der
Wissensentdeckung mit Data-Mining-Methoden. Zum Forschungsprofil des Lehrstuhls gehšrt die Konzipierung von Mining-Methoden fŸr komplexe Daten, Textarchive und Datenstršme im Web und im Data Warehouse.
Der Schwerpunkt der Stelle in der Forschung liegt im Bereich Data Management & Knowledge Discovery in Informationssystemen. Das avisierte Anwendungsgebiet ist Healthcare.

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen
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- Sehr guter universitŠrer Hochschulabschluss (Diplom, Master) der Wirtschaftsinformatik, der Medizininformatik oder einem nahe verwandten Gebiet,
- Hintergrundwissen zu Kernthemen der Informatik,
- Gute Kenntnisse auf den Gebieten Data Mining (oder maschinelles Lernen oder statistische Datenanalyse) und Data Warehousing,
- ZusŠtzlich zur deutschen Sprache: gute Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache.
- Kenntnisse zu medizinischen Informationssystemen, etwa zu Telemedizin, zu Krankenhaus-informationssystemen oder zur Begleitung von epidemiologischen Studien sind von Vorteil.

FŸr weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Prof. Dr. Myra Spiliopoulou unter:
myra@iti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de.


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Bewerbungen sind unter Angabe der Referenz-Nr. 57/2011 bis zum 29. April 2011 (Posteingang) zu richten an:

Otto-von-Guericke-UniversitŠt Magdeburg
Dezernat Personalwesen
Postfach 4120, 39016 Magdeburg

Wir weisen darauf hin, dass Bewerbungs- und Vorstellungskosten nicht Ÿbernommen werden. Bewerbungsunterlagen werden nur zurŸckgesandt, wenn ein ausreichend frankierter RŸckumschlag beigefŸgt wird.
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PhD application

The University of Saint-Etienne (France) invites applications for a *fully funded 3-year PhD position* at the Hubert-Curien lab.

Main points of the studentship:
*Data mining on stress and emotion information and e-health communities
*Dead line for application: May 13th 2011. Decision for expected funds: June 2011. Expected starting date: October 2011.
*In cooperation with the University of Tokyo (Living Environment Laboratory)

This project concerns the design of new data mining algorithms to exploit the symbolic data resulting from stress and emotion data transformation, in order to make discoveries (abnormal evolution signs, regular patterns, etc.). This knowledge will be used in e-health community services to implement scenarios such as user support, group debriefing, emergency processes.

The selected candidate will join the machine learning group composed of about 20 researchers working at the crossroads of data mining, machine learning, information retrieval, semantics and social networks.

Candidates must have demonstrable interest and expertise in data mining as well as in knowledge modeling and e-health. A background in psychology is highly desirable but not essential. A good level in English is also essential. Some interest in the Japanese culture is also desirable. Applicants should have or be in the process of getting a *Master's degree in Computer Science*.

Some publications of the team:
[1] MUHLENBACH F., LALLICH S., ZIGHED D.A., "Identifying and Handling Mislabelled Instances", Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 89-109, 2004.
[2] MUHLENBACH F., LALLICH S., "A New Clustering Algorithm Based on Regions of Influence with Self-Detection of the Best Number of Clusters", in W. Wang, H. Kargupta, S. Ranka, P. S. Yu, and X. Wu, e***ors, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM’09), Miami, Florida, December 6-9, 2009, pp. 884-888. 2009.
[3] ELLOUMI L., GRAVIER C., MARET P., "Ad-hoc virtual communities for rehabilitation exercising", in Prodeedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Health 2010, Freiburg, Germany. 2010.
[4] SUBERCAZE J., EL MORR C., MARET P., JOLY A., KOIVISTO M., ANTONIADIS P., IHARA M., "Towards Successful Virtual Communities", in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS'09), Milan, Italy. 2009.

Applications should be sent as soon as possible (at the latest on May 13th , 2011) to:
pierre.maret@univ-st-etienne.fr and fabrice.muhlenbach@univ-st-etienne.fr
Application will include :
-motivation letter
-CV
-Records of the last two academic years
-Publications, Master thesis (if available)
-Name, position, email of 2 researchers/professors who could recommend your application.

*Some links
-Research team : http://labh-curien.univ-st-etienne.fr/MachineLearning/index.php
-Some facts about Saint-Etienne can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Étienne.
-Saint Etienne is a medium size city near Lyon, France.
-The University of Saint Etienne is a member of the University of Lyon consortium.
-The closest airport is Lyon Saint Exupéry (http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr).
-The city is surrounded by the Pilat Regional Parc in which almost any outdoor activity can be practiced (http://www.parc-naturel-pilat.fr/en/).
-From a cultural point of view, the art museum in Saint-Etienne holds the second national contemporary art collection, and classical music concerts, dance shows, and operas are performed at the Saint-Etienne "Massenet Opera".
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Fully-Funded PhD Positions in Switzerland on Concurrent Competitive Execution in Virtual Machines
The Sape Research Group at the University of Lugano is recruiting PhD students for the ParaBoost project (http://sape.inf.usi.ch/paraboost). The fully-funded positions include a competitive salary and generous support for conference travel and equipment.


Qualifications

Applicants need to:

* have (or soon receive) a Masters degree in computer science/engineering, informatics, or related fields
* be really excited about our project
* be persistent (get back up and continue when things don't work out as planned -- true research rarely works out as planned)
* be fearless (e.g., be ok hacking a virtual machine, a compiler, a kernel, or implementing a complex algorithm)
* have a small child's attitude (to want to understand and learn about everything they encounter)
* have an engineer's attitude (not to take the first solution that comes to mind, but to look at the key alternatives)
* have a researcher's attitude (to want to truly understand something, and to not be satisfied with the first best explanation)
* want to look at the simple and obvious before exploring the complicated
* be able to focus (to ignore the many other cool things one could also do)
* derive pleasure from coming up with a logical and clear argument or explanation
* like to read (books, papers, papers, papers)
* like to write (prospectus, proposal, dissertation, and papers)
* like to present (at conferences, or in class)
* like to convince others using sound arguments
* be ok working hard
* under-promise and over-deliver
* be happy staying in Lugano for quite some time
* be ok traveling long distance from time to time (e.g., for conferences, maybe internships)
* be ok with the USI informatics PhD regulations (e.g., TAing and taking some courses)
* be ok investing 3+ years as a "research apprentice" (aka PhD student)


ParaBoost Project

Until recently our information society has been blessed with exponentially increasing computer system performance. With computer architects being forced to provide future performance improvements in the form of ad***ional parallel cores, software developers have to parallelize their applications in order to see any future performance improvement. Unfortunately, parallelizing software is difficult. In this project we are thus investigating an approach to benefit from the increasing core count that does not require the explicit parallelization of applications. We base the project on the existing idea of competitive parallel execution (CPE). CPE lets multiple algorithms compete, each on its own core, on solving the same problem. The algorithm that finds the solution first wins the competition. The competition thus takes only as long as the fastest concurrently executing algorithm.

In the ParaBoost project, we will combine this idea of concurrently competing algorithm variants with the software engineering benefits afforded by modern programming languages. We will create a managed runtime environment called a multi-variant virtual machine (MVVM), to enable existing Java software to benefit from multi-variant execution. By lifting multi-variant execution into the language runtime, we will gain fine-grained control over the execution of the variants. This control will allow us to go beyond existing CPE approaches: The MVVM will be able to competitively execute software that uses more than one thread, it will improve performance by dynamically allocating more time to more promising variants, and it will learn and use models predicting the performance of variants based on features of their input.

To create the MVVM we will address a set of challenging research questions:

* How can we efficiently isolate competing variants inside a single virtual machine?
* How can we terminate the variants that lost the competition?
* How can we synchronize and contain the externally visible effects of variants?
* What are the classes of algorithms and software applications that most benefit from an MVVM?
* Can we automatically identify parts of applications that could benefit from competitive execution?
* How much can we gain by favoring variants that make more progress?
* How should we dynamically allocate time to variants?
* How can we build a model that predicts variant performance based on inputs?

We will build the MVVM on top of the Jikes RVM, a Java virtual machine specifically designed for virtual machine research. By building the MVVM we will be able to explore novel ideas that improve the state of the art in multi-variant execution. With our project, we will contribute to enabling the large body of existing sequential software to continue to benefit from future performance improvements.


Sape Research Group

The Sape research group is active in research in the area between programming languages, runtime systems, and software engineering, with a focus on the efficiency of software, its users, and its developers. We publish our work in top-tier conferences such as ASPLOS, OOPSLA, ISPASS, PLDI, and, most recently, ECOOP, where we are about to present a novel approach to quantify the algorithmic essence of a software system. We provide an excellent environment for doing high quality research in a highly competent and motivated international team.


University of Lugano

The University of Lugano is the youngest university in Switzerland. The Faculty of Informatics, founded in 2004, has quickly become the third-largest Swiss computer science faculty based on the amount of competitive research funding. We are a young, dynamic, and international faculty that is actively contributing top-tier research in several areas, amongst them Programming Languages and Software Engineering. Our faculty collaborates with the Swiss National Supercomputing Center, which is also located in Lugano, and which hosts Switzerland's largest supercomputer. The Faculty of Informatics is home to 21 professors and 100 PhD students. Because our faculty and students come from all over the globe, our working and teaching languages are English.


Lugano, Switzerland

The city of Lugano is located in Ticino, the Me***eranian part of Switzerland on the southern slope of the Swiss alps, just north of the Italian city of Milan. People in Lugano speak Italian, however, because Ticino is a bustling tourist destination, many locals also speak German and English. The city is located at Lake Lugano, in an area of beautiful mountains and lakes that also includes Lake Como and Lago Maggiore. In summer you can go hiking or mountainbiking starting right in your backyard, or you can sail on our lake. In winter you can go skiing in several local ski resorts, or you can reach world famous resorts such as St. Moritz or Davos in 2 to 3 hours by car. Lugano is connected by direct train lines to the city center of Milan (one hour) and Zurich (3 hour picturesque train ride through the Swiss Alps).
Switzerland is currently digging the world's longest railway tunnel to shorten the trip to Zurich to less than 2 hours. If you prefer to spend a weekend at the Italian seaside, you can reach the beautiful Ligurian coast (Cinque Terre) in 3 hours by car.


Application Process

The application deadline is May 1, 2011, but we will consider applications until the positions are filled. The start date is negotiable. Candidates interested in a position are strongly encouraged to contact
Matthias.Hauswirth@usi.ch before submitting an official application. The subsequent official application process is described on the Faculty of Informatics PhD Program Page.

In ad***ion to the application material requested on the official application site, candidates are requested to also submit:

* A list of their publications (if any)
* A list of their contributions to open-source software projects (if any)
* Their Masters thesis (if any; applicants who are not finished yet should
include a draft)
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Five fully funded Ph.D. positions at Aarhus U, DK

The Data-Intensive Systems Group at Aarhus University (http://cs.au.dk/research/areas/data-intensive-systems/) announces five fully funded 3-year Ph.D. positions on the following topics: outlier detection, indoor mobile services, spatial web objects, mobile objects, and just-in-time query processing.

- Outlier detection: The objective is to develop novel data mining methods and tools that allow interactive analysis of data. Emphasis is on anomaly detection in science, in close cooperation with project partners from different sciences. Key challenges arise from the need for interactive, traceable, and robust detection methods (Assent).

- Indoor mobile services: This research aims to invent, prototype, and study (i) data management techniques that enable users to generate indoor positioning in their own indoor spaces without the need for programming and (ii) the infrastructure for services that make use of such positioning (Jensen).

- Spatial web objects: A spatial web is emerging where points of interest with known positions have textual descriptions on the web. With the ubiquity of positioning users may issue text queries for nearby points of interest. This research concerns techniques for the ranking of points of interest as a means of enabling novel spatial web querying (Jensen).

- Mobile objects: This research concerns indexing and query processing in relation to mobile objects. Example challenges include trajectory-based query processing and techniques for enforcing location-related privacy. This research may consider indoor as well as outdoor spaces (Jensen).

- Just-in-time queries: This research is within query processing and will explore progressive and just-in-time computation suitable for visualization and collaborative decision making methods developed by our project partners in human-centered computing. Focus is on efficient and scalable algorithms (Assent).

The Data-Intensive Systems Group is a new and expanding research group in the Department of Computer Science, which employs some 150 staff (100 scientific staff and 50 administrative staff). The department has about 1000 students distributed between two bachelor programs, one master’s program, a Ph.D. program and a continuing education program. The department is strong in both theoretical and experimental computer science. As we emphasize multi-disciplinary attitudes to research, no firm dividing lines are drawn between the various strands of subjects and there is a lively interaction between all areas. Problem-oriented and inter-disciplinary approaches characterize the research. The research at the department is internationally recognized for its contribution within both theory and practice of computing.

Aarhus University is the second-oldest and has in excess of 40,000 students. Among over 17,000 universities world-wide, it is ranked in the top 100 by several influential rankings. Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark and is situated by the sea in East Jutland. Aarhus is a “young” city due to its disproportionally large population of young inhabitants.

The annual salary is approximately DKK 340,000 (inclusive of pension contributions and pre taxes; EUR 1 ~ DKK 7.5). Read more about Ph.D. studies at Aarhus University at http://www.au.dk/en/phd/phdstudies/.

Key qualifications: An M.Sc. in Computer Science or a closely related field from a recognized institution and with excellent results is required. The ideal candidate has a strong background in databases, algorithms, and data structures. In ad***ion, very good communication skills in English, oral as well as written, are expected.

Potential applicants may find further information at the website of the Aarhus University Graduate School of Science http://science.au.dk/en/phd. All applications should be submitted through this site by May 1st.
For questions please contact Associate Professor Ira Assent (ira@cs.au.dk) or Professor Christian S. Jensen (csj@cs.au.dk).
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Ph.D. (funded) Nantes university, France : exploiting multiple clusterings
Ph.D proposal, Nantes university, France.

Topic : Exploiting multiple clusterings from a data set

Field : data management, data mining

Funding : French ministry of research (MESR), for 3 years.

Hosting laboratory : LINA (Nantes Atlantique Computer Science lab). LINA is CNRS (UMR 6241) laboratory in Nantes (http://goo.gl/maps/9Cvk), France - a green city close to the Atlantic coast. The Ph.D. will be involved in the recently accepted COMIN "Lab of excellence" (Labex).

Hosting research team : the Ph.D. student will be a member of the GRIM research group (http://www.polytech.univ-nantes.fr/grim). The group works on data clustering and indexing, towards a variety of goals : data summarization, database integration, data distribution, information retrieval, machine learning, privacy-preserving data publishing techniques, stream mining.

Data clustering is a classical and central task in machine learning and data management. Commonly, clustering techniques supply a single clustering result. This Ph.D. will consider situtations and novel issues emerging from the availability of multiple clusterings for the same data set (or at least modelling the same underlying process). It will contribute to so-called "ensemble clustering" methods, that aim at increasing reliability of the data structure analysis. One may also have to combine clusterings obtained on various subsets of variables of the same data. In this Ph.D., we will in particular consider contexts that may supply multiple cluster structures : distributed data published on the social web, recommender systems, multiple publications of OpenData sets, spatio-temporal data sets. In these settings, we will also analyze the following problem : while aggregation of multiple clusterings for increasing accuracy is generally desirable, it may also breach privacy-pre!
serving properties (anonymity of individuals through generalization).

Applications :

Applicants should hold a master degree and should demonstrate an initial research activity (please enclose your master thesis report as a pdf file and published papers, if any). You should provide scanned transcripts of classes and grades obtained during your master. You should have interest and competence in databases, mathematics and statistics, information retrieval. The work involves a balance between theory and pratical implementation. A good command of English (oral and written) and more generally, writing skills, are required. French is not compulsory for work purposes and may be learned during the Ph.D.

Please send applications to : marc.gelgon@univ-nantes.fr
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PhD Position available in the area of Service Science

ERISS, the European Research Institute in Service Science, part of the Department of Information Management, Tilburg University, is seeking a highly motivated and dedicated PhD candidate to work on exceedingly challenging, interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of software service systems and cloud computing.

You will have the opportunity to work in an international environment and collaborate with and visit a number of high-profile researchers from universities and research institutes all over Europe.

Candidate Profile

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

* An excellent Masters degree (avg. over 8/10) in Computer Science or a closely related field;
* Programming skills in languages such as Java, PHP, Perl and/or C++.
* Web service programming skills and XML
* Strong formal background (mathematics, logic, etc.);
* Very good communication and writing skills in English;
* Knowledge and experience within the fields of SOA, business process management and cloud computing, and software modeling and development skills will be highly rated.

Candidates should be able to work in a collaborative environment with a strong commitment to achieving research excellence.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates are requested to send their application to Alice Kloosterhuis, A.M.Kloosterhuis@uvt.nl including:

* A cover letter describing yourself and your interests;
* Soft copy of your publications (e.g. master thesis, conference/workshop/journal papers);
* Your CV;
* Your transcripts;
* Proof of proficiency in English (e.g. TOEFL test or IELTS) if English is not your first language.

The position will remain open until filled.

Contact Person
Alice Kloosterhuis

http://www.shu.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancies/Related/related_adverts/PhDBursariesSBSMay2011.html

PhD Research Students (x3)


Sheffield Business School
Bursary: £13,650 per annum

Sheffield Business School invites applications from graduates with a serious interest in developing an academic career.

At Sheffield Business School we have a vibrant international community of research students, academics and support staff and a 30-year history of delivering high-quality postgraduate research that places a strong emphasis on close supervision and support.

We are seeking to appoint PhD research students across our three Departments: Finance and Operations Systems; Management (incorporating, organisational behaviour and human resource management, and facilities management); Service Sector Management (incorporating, food, events, hospitality, and tourism).

The area of PhD study will be negotiated between the successful candidate and the supervisory team. However, we encourage applications in the following areas:
business and society;

organisational and social sustainability;

innovation, creativity and technology;

organisational and workplace innovation;

leadership.


Your application should have a clear sectoral focus or a clear field of application relating to one of the Business School's core strands of work:
tourism/hospitality/events/food;

facilities management;

organisational behaviour/human resource management;

financial literacy.


The position of Research Student is full time over a three year period and in ad***ion to the bursary, the cost of the tuition fees will be paid*. Sheffield Business School will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to gain teaching experience on its undergraduate programmes- you will be expected to undertake up to 6 hours of paid teaching-related academic activity per week. *****pport your teaching activities, attendance of SHU Workshops for Associate Lecturers is required. It is also expected that you will undertake research methods training as appropriate. The cost of these activities will be covered by the Business School.

We are looking for applicants with a good undergraduate degree (minimum 2:1 classification) and/or relevant postgraduate degree (generally with a dissertation mark of 60 per cent or higher).
Further details of our work can be found at http://www.shu.ac.uk/sbs/




Application Process

We need to receive all of the following documents from you:
a fully completed application form (http://www.shu.ac.uk/study/form.html)

a detailed research proposal (4-6 sides of A4 in length)

a transcript of marks from your highest qualification

a copy of your graduation certificate for your highest qualification

evidence of English language ability (where English is not your first language)

two references (one of which should ideally be from an academic source), both of which must be original letters on headed notepaper or the University form found in the application form (photocopies or emails cannot be accepted).


It is very important that you include a covering letter with your application stating that you wish your application to be considered for a PhD Research Studentship.

Informal enquiries to Professor Susanne Tietze, Director of Research and Doctoral Programme - 0114 225 5121 (s.tietze@shu.ac.uk) or Nicola Palmer, Programme Leader PhD, 0114 225 2940 (n.palmer@shu.ac.uk)

Your application should be sent to our Graduate Centre Administrator, Liz Brearley - e.brearley@shu.ac.uk. Please title your e-mail 'SBS PhD Bursary Research Students'.

Proposed Interview date: w/c 27th June 2011

Closing date: 31st May 2011

It is expected that successful applicants would be available to commence the role from September, 2011.

*The bursaries are payable for a period of 3 years, subject to satisfactory progress (as defined by the Code of Practice for Research Students and Supervisors) and are £13,650 per annum. In ad***ion Sheffield Business School will also provide payment of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. Students from outside the EU can apply, but will have to pay the difference between the home fee and the international fee, for 2011/12 this is circa £6,000).

Marie Curie Research Fellowships in Cloud Computing: one Postdoctoral and two PhD Candidate Positions at SEERC (Thessaloniki, Greece)

The South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) invites applications for one Postdoctoral and two PhD Candidate positions in the frame of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network RELATE - Trans-European Research Training Network on Engineering and Provisioning of Service Based Cloud Applications (http://www.relate-itn.eu).

SEERC (http://www.seerc.org) is an overseas research centre of the University of Sheffield, established as a non-profit legal entity in Thessaloniki, Greece. The centre is linked to City College – the University's International Faculty in Greece – and is conducting multidisciplinary research in the fields of Enterprise, Innovation & Development, Information & Communication Technologies, and Society & Human Development.

The RELATE ITN offers early-stage researchers who are in the first five years of their careers and are interested in cloud computing the opportunity to join established research teams, improve their research skills and enhance their career prospects.

SEERC is looking to recruit researchers for the following positions:

1. Marie Curie Experienced Researcher / Postdoctoral Position (RELATE ER#2):

- Research topic: Quality management in service-based systems and cloud applications
- Post duration: 24 months starting September 2011
- Salary: 41,840 € per annum (gross estimate before taxes/contributions), plus mobility, travel, and career exploratory allowances
- Closing date: 31 May 2011
- Full description: http://www.seerc.org/docs/vacancies/relate_postdoc.pdf


2. Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher / PhD Candidate Position (RELATE ESR#7):

- Research topic: Evolution, change, and interoperability in service-based systems and cloud applications
- Post duration: 36 months starting September 2011
- Salary: 27,225 € per annum (gross estimate before taxes/contributions), plus mobility, travel, and career exploratory allowances
- Closing date: 31 May 2011
- Full description: http://www.seerc.org/docs/vacancies/relate_phd_esr7.pdf


3. Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher / PhD Candidate Position (RELATE ESR#6):

- Research topic: Formal modelling and verification of web service behaviour
- Post duration: 36 months starting December 2011
- Salary: 27,225 € per annum (gross estimate before taxes/contributions), plus mobility, travel, and career exploratory allowances
- Closing date: 31 August 2011
- Full description: http://www.seerc.org/docs/vacancies/relate_phd_esr6.pdf

The University of Trento is now inviting applications from qualified candidates for 22 PhD Scholarships in its three PhD programmes:

PhD in Economics and Management (9 scholarships) The programme focuses on the fields of decision sciences, organization, human and natural resource management with special attention to methodologies used in a behavioural approach to economic studies. Such an approach is increasingly adopted to generate predictions about market dynamics, particularly in the fields of finance, natural resources and tourism, and consumption, as well as to design organizations and institutions.

PhD in Local Development and Global Dynamics (4 scholarships) The programme focuses on theoretical knowledge of the new characteristics of local development in the context of globalizing societies and on the processes through which the new emerging global codified knowledge has to be re-contextualized and combined with local specificities. Since researching local development in all its complexities requires mastering subjects that range across a wide area, the first year of the programme has a decidedly interdisciplinary character, while subsequently allowing students acquire specialised research skills in their chosen major, also at some of the partner universities.

PhD in Sociology and Social Research (9 scholarships) The programme has a long-standing tra***ion of emphasising theoretically informed empirical research. During the programme, the students will learn how to systematically combine theoretical reflection with qualitative and quantitative empirical research. To this end, it provides an in-depth study of sociological theory by means of direct and detailed comparison of the classic texts and the contemporary debates, as well as by the professional-level teaching of the methodology of social science research and the main techniques of research and empirical analysis.

All programmes are conducted in English and will be taught by members of the university’s multi-national faculty. No tuition fees are charged and the scholarships are adequate to cover living expenses in Trento. Scholarships will be augmented by 50% for authorised research periods spent abroad.

Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Trento, via Verdi 26, I-38122 Trento, Italy,
Email: school.socialsciences@unitn.it
Visit the website at http://portale.unitn.it/en/drss

Deadline for submitting the applications: June 6th 2011 by 4.00 p.m.

Kind Regards.

PhD Scholarship in Data Mining and Machine Learning

Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
http://www.qcis.uts.edu.au/

Applications are invited for a three-year full-time PhD scholarship in data mining and machine learning to start in August 2011. The PhD position is supported by ARC research grants under Future Fellowship and Discovery Project funding schemes. The scholarship offers approximately AU$23,000.00 per annual for three years, plus tuition waiver.

Successful applicants should

1. have an undergraduate (honors) or master degree in computer science or related field (preferably with good knowledge in data mining, machine learning, and statistics).

2. be interested in data mining and machine learning research.

3. possess solid programming skills in Java, C/C++, etc.

Interested applicants should send detailed Resume to xingquan.zhu@uts.edu.au For any other questions, please contact:

Prof. Xingquan (Hill) Zhu
Centre for Quantum Computation & Intelligent Systems
Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia
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PhD position in the domain of text mining for recommender systems and clinical decision support systems

In the framework of the Dutch national program COMMIT, we are looking for a candidate in computing science with an affinity to artificial intelligence and
linguistics. The candidate is invited to spend a research period of 48 months at Philips Research Eindhoven, The Netherlands, during which he/she is expected to
complete a doctoral dissertation.

As a research scientist, the candidate will perform new, original research as well as be working in a multi-disciplinary team. The team investigates novel
approaches in the context of recommender systems primarily for personalizing access to video content. In particular, we explore possibilities to enrich the
Personal TV Channel concept. This concept enables the easy creation of dedicated channels, suited to the interests of the user. We typically make use of
electronically available program guides. User profiles are learned, based on user feedback, expressed in terms of program data. One of the challenges is to investigate ways to enrich this program data by mining related text fragments. One specific problem is to try to extract the topic of a piece of text.

To broaden the area of application, we also expect the candidate to explore the use of these text mining techniques in the area of clinical decision support
systems, which assist healthcare professionals in decision making processes such as diagnosis and treatment of illnesses or disorders. Such systems could
alternatively be used for patient education and self-management systems, in particular for coping with chronic diseases.

External exposure by means of scientific publications and patents, and external collaborations (for example with universities in the context of European research projects) are highly encouraged.


Candidates should
- have a Master Degree in Computing Science, Mathematics, or any other relevant study
- have an affinity to artificial intelligence and linguistics
- be a creative and enthusiastic researcher
- be a team player with good communication skills

Philips Research Department Description

The department Human Interaction & Experiences of Philips Research innovates in the broad and important field of user-system interaction. It works for the three
different programs of Philips Research: Lighting, Consumer Lifestyle and Healthcare. The group covers capabilities like physics and materials science,
electronics, and information technology and applies these to various interaction modalities, both implicit and explicit. The group starts from user needs, and
does extensive testing of user experiences. The department has about 50 researchers and engineers, with an educational background ranging from bachelors
and PhD candidates, to PhDs, a Philips-Senior Research Fellow and a part-time professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology.

University Contact

The PhD work will be conducted in collaboration with the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Prof.dr. Maarten de Rijke
will act as main PhD advisor.


For further details, please contact

Mauro Barbieri
mauro.barbieri@philips.com or

Jan Korst
jan.korst@philips.com
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PhD Studentship and Postdoctoral Position in Machine Learning, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD and post-doctoral research position at the Information Systems and Machine Learning Lab (ISMLL), Computer Science Department, University of Hildesheim, Germany. Both positions are available to be filled immediately and offer tenures of three years. The salary amounts to German TV-L E13/E14, which is roughly 40.000 to 50.000 Euro gross income per year.

The Information Systems and Machine Learning Lab is a research group focusing on machine learning, especially predictive modelling and probabilistic methods. ISMLL takes part in several applied research projects in domains as diverse as e-commerce, engineering, media and health. See http://www.ismll.uni-hildesheim.de
for more information.

Located in Hildesheim, the University of Hildesheim is renowned for quality research and education. Hildesheim is a beautiful town with UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located in the very center of Germany, just 30 km from Hannover.

Qualifications
Applicants should have a recent Master degree/PhD in computer science, mathematics or a related area. In particular, any experience on machine learning, data mining, artificical intelligence, statistical analysis, semantic web, algorithms or data bases will be an asset.

Applicants are expected to have strong programming skills, the ability to work independently, strong interpersonal as well as English language skills. Upon offer of a position in ISMLL, the candidates who are non-EU citizens are required to obtain an appropriate long-term Schengen visa; further information is available from their nearest German embassy.

Deadline
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as positions will remain open until filled by suitable candidates.

Contact
Please send your CV with your transcripts, a list of publications and a research statement in pdf format by email to Prof. Dr. Lars Schmidt-Thieme, schmidt-thieme@ismll.de. Candidates for the PhD position please also attach a letter of recommendation from your MSc supervisor or another relevant person.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The University of Hildesheim is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer. Woman and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.