Học bổng toàn phần PhD ngành CS.

Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy) opens to foreign students a competition
for 2 positions in the PhD course in Computer Science and Automation of the
Doctoral School in Engineering with a fellowship of 13.638,47 EUR (gross
amount per year). Extra funding is available for participation in
international conferences, schools, and workshops.
The PhD program aims at preparing first class researchers and future
leaders in Computer Engineering, Automation and Robotics who will either
continue the research career, both in Universities and in research centers,
or will lead industrial research and development projects. A Faculty of
internationally recognized researchers and professors from the Department
of Informatics and Automation (DIA) of Roma Tre University is responsible
for the educational activities and takes part in the organization of the
doctoral program.
The course covers a three-year period. The first year is mainly devoted to
deepening the background of each student with introductory courses covering
the relevant topics in the research areas of the PhD program and advanced
courses illustrating new results and techniques in specific fields. These
courses aim to facilitate students in choosing the PhD research topic. The
second and third years are devoted to research with emphasis on active
participation in the research projects of DIA, attendance to conferences,
schools and seminars, publication of papers in journals and conference
proceedings, and the preparation of the final thesis. Usually, each student
spends a period of six months in an international research center. The
research areas of the PhD program span the whole spectrum of the department
research programs, which are the following:
(1) AUTOMATION AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: this program focus on the
development of models, methods and tools for the efficient utilization of
resources. The theoretical background is in the fields of Operations
Research and Control Theory, and more specifically in discrete
optimization, complexity theory and discrete event systems. The research
activities include the development of algorithms in this context,
agent-oriented decentralized management systems, complexity analysis
production management, production planning, scheduling, capacity planning,
sequence coordination, and sequencing games.
(2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: the program relates to AI models, methods and
tools and their applications to create extremely flexible, autonomous,
adaptive and reliable systems, well-grounded from a theoretical point of
view. The program''s research projects particularly focus on the formal base
and theoretical grounds, both regarding the use of exploration and
empirical experimental techniques to analyze, create and assess the
conceived systems.
(3) NETWORK ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION: the general goal of this program is
to develop new methodologies and tools for network analysis and
visualization, with applications to computer network discovery and
management. Given the great research opportunities offered by the new
generation computer networks, the focus of the program progressively
embodied, together with the visualization and analysis problems, pure
computer networks research topics.
(4) DATABASES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS: the general goal of the database
program is the study of new principles, methods and tools for the
organization and management of information, in the form of databases, that
is, systematic collections of data that are large, persistent, and shared.
The current focus of the program is on the new requirements generated by
the growth of the Internet and WWW, with the possible availability of
different and heterogeneous sources of information. The program includes
various projects in each of which the attention is both on principles and
on experimentation.
(5) COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN: the mission of this program is to pursue
research on geometric modeling and visual simulation of engineering
problems using CAD/PLM technologies. The group has concentrate its efforts
on the following areas: functional programming with design languages,
parallel and distributed processing, geometric and solid modeling,
computer-aided design and computer graphics for scientific visualization,
and geometrical and physical modeling of bio-systems.
(6) ROBOTICS: the robotics program is mainly focused on methodologies and
technologies for sensor based navigation of cooperating autonomous vehicles
in partially structured environments. Research interests include:
processing of sensors data for the purpose of localization, motion
planning, and environmental mapping, modelling and control of mobile robots
with lightweight manipulators, development of distributed control and
estimation techniques, and modelling of complex interconnected systems.
The competition is open to students who:
(i) are not Italian citizens;
(ii) are not residents of Italy;
(iii) have gained (or will gain before 31 August 2008) an university degree
or an equivalent degree of a higher education institution giving him/her
access to doctoral studies without any further qualifications in the
country where it was obtained. The equivalence of the degree with the
Italian "Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale" will be evaluated by the
Supervising Committee of the selected course;
Students who already obtained a doctoral degree are not eligible.
Applications should be sent exclusively by Web, filling the form (including
the upload of the requested documents in pdf format) available on-line at
the address: http://host.uniroma3.it/uffici/ricerca/
The EXPIRATION DATE of the application is: 25 August 2008 (h. 24.00).
The selection of candidates will be carried out by the Supervising
Committee. Candidates will be selected on the basis of:
- (mandatory) university (or equivalent) degree
- (mandatory) abstract of the final thesis
- (mandatory) list of passed examinations
- (mandatory) curriculum vitae et studiorum
- (mandatory) a proposed research project
- (mandatory) at least three reference letters provided and signed by
relevant members of the international scientific community, relating to the
candidate''s chosen course;
- (if any) ad***ional document and/or publication (including GRE -
Graduate Record Examination - test) that the candidate deems worthy of
consideration, including associations to research institutions (MAX 05
documents).
This selection will produce a pass-list, and suitable candidates will be
contacted with an official notification, that will be sent by e-mail before
30 September 2008. To be admitted to the course the candidates shall
deliver:
- formal documentation of qualifications as outlined in the application form;
- formal declaration of acceptance.
Only on receiving this documents they will be enrolled to the course
(starting 2008, November 01).
Doctorate Fellowships are incompatible with any other one granted by
Italian or International subjects. Doctorate Fellowships cannot be awarded
to candidates who have already (either entirely or partially) benefited
from a similar grant to attend a Ph.D. Course provided by an Italian
University.
For any other information send an e-mail to dottorat@uniroma3.it

PhD Scholarships
Service Systems Engineering
Software Engineering Group õ?" City University, London
Duration: 3 years
Starting date: 1st October 2008
Annual Bursary: Ê 13,500
Closing Date of Application: 22nd August 2008
Applicants are invited for two full-time PhD scholarships at the Software Engineering Group at the Department of Computing, City University, London
(http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~gespan/sw_group.html) to conduct research in the area of Service Systems Engineering, with particular focus on service
monitoring, service discovery, and service level agreement negotiation. The scholarships will be funded by the EU Network of Excellence S-Cube õ?"
The Software Services and Systems Network
The scholarships are available to both UK/EU and overseas fee-paying students and are only open for applicants that will be studying full-time. The
scholarships are available for the period of three years starting in 1st October 2008 and include a bursary of Ê13,500 per annum in ad***ion to a full tuition
fee waiver. Bursaries will be updated in line with inflation in subsequent years.
The ideal candidate will have a BSc degree in Computing, or in a numerate subject with substantial component in computing or equivalent related professional
experience, and a MSc in Computer Science. Candidates should (a) have research excellence or demonstrable potential, (b) be able to work as a member of a
research team, (c) have strong technical skills and programming experience in Java, (d) have excellent communication and reporting skills, and (e) evidence of
proficiency in English.
The appointed candidates are expected to carry out PhD studies in the field of Service Systems Engineering in line with the work programme for City University
in the EU S-Cube Network of Excellence, and to collaborate with other partners of the project and members of the School of Informatics as required by the needs
of S-Cube.
Applications should include a research degree application that is available from http://www.city.ac.uk/research/resdegrees/dps/forms/PhDApplicationFormGENERAL.doc,
a full CV including publication details and grades of previous qualifications, and names and contact details of two referees. The applications should be sent to Mr Mark
Firman either electronically to m.firman@soi city.ac.uk or by post to Mr Mark Firman, School of Informatics, City University, London EC1V 0HB, UK. The closing date
of the application is 22nd of August 2008.
Ad***ional general information about PhD degree at City University can be found on the Research Studies web page (http://www.city.ac.uk/researchstudies/index.html).
Informal enquires about the scholarships should be addressed to
Dr Andrea Zisman
School of Informatics
City University
London EC1V 0HB
a.zisman@soi.city.ac.uk

Research fellow in multimedia and mobile communications, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Norway. Ref. 51/08
A position as a Research Fellow is vacant at the University of Agder. The position is associated with the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Working place is for the time being in Grimstad. Time of start is negotiable with the faculty leadership.
The position is financed by the Ministry of Education (ME). ME-scholarships have a permanence of three years and aim at contributing to a further development of doctoral programs at the University. The purpose is to produce PhD graduates *****pport development and employment, as well as promoting high level research, in the Agder region. The University of Agder offers a PhD programme in Mobile communication systems, and the PhD degree will therefore be done within this programme.
The Faculty of Engineering and Science offers a PhD programme in Mobile communication systems and a Master''s programme in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The faculty numbers 30 employees within ICT and has a comprehensive contact network towards Norwegian and foreign universities. The Faculty and its cooperating industrial partners in the region constitute one of the largest R&D environments within mobile communications in Norway. Multimedia is one of the strategic areas within the faculty. Currently, a Bachelor programme in multimedia technology and design is offered and a Master''s programme is being established.
The candidate will work in the overlap area between multimedia and mobile communications. A particular focus area will be user interfaces for mobile devices and data visualisation on mobile devices. Creation and visualisation of services will also be important.
Special qualifications and other issues of importance are:
* Application development on mobile terminals
* Modelling using UML and SOA
* Programming in Java and C++ for PC and PDA
* Design
* Technology for multimedia, in particular 3D
The candidate must be willing and able to work in a team and cooperate with researchers working in neighbouring fields. Personal suitability and qualifications for the position will also be assessed. Excellent knowledge of English is required.
The successful candidate must have a master degree in multimedia and/or information and communication technology. The successful applicant must fulfil the necessary demands for acceptance within UiAs PhD programme in Mobile communication systems. An assumption is that the applicant has been accepted within the doctoral programme no later than three months after start.
The position is awarded for a time period of three years. However, the Faculty of Engineering and Science may, according to more detailed agreements, offer a prolonged scholarship period in exchange for other types of work during the normal period. These obligations may include teaching and supervision of undergraduate students, or providing technical assistance in one of the institute research programs. It is a prerequisite that the candidate is aiming towards finishing a PhD degree during the scholarship period.
In part of the period, the scholarship holder may collaborate and stay with project associates abroad.
The successful candidate has rights and duties according to prevailing regulations for the position.
The Norwegian government seeks a composition of the workforce that reflects the diversity of the population. Therefore, the national personnel policy aims to achieve an employee composition which is balanced in age, gender and minorities. Accordingly, all interested candidates irrespective of gender or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.
The appointment will be made by the â?~Appointment Committee for Educational and Research Positions'' at the University of Agder.
The position is placed in the State salary scale 17.515, code 1017, scale of pay 43 (NOK 325.800/Year). A statutory deposit is made to the state pension fund.
The application should contain a brief description of the applicant''s background; his/her interest fields and their relevance for the PhD position.
Applications should include the following, in three copies:
- Certified documentation of degrees and testimonials
- Complete list of your own publications
- Master thesis
- Scientific publications and other R&D activities
It is the responsibility of the applicants to send the documentation within the deadline for application.
We prefer the application and CV with full information on education, practice and other relevant experience, to be sent electronically. Please use the link: "apply for this position".
Alternatively you can send the application, including CV, with complete information on education, practice and other relevant experience in four copies, to the following mail address: Agder University, Faculty of Engineering and Science, attention of Senior Executive Officer Anne Lise de Lange, Servicebox 509, NO-4898 Grimstad, marked ref. nr. 51/08.
Application deadline: August 15, 2008.
If differences of interpretation should arise between the original Norwegian announcement for the Position and the English rendering of the same, the Norwegian interpretation has priority.
More detailed information can be provided by Associate Professor Morgan Konnestad, phone: (+47) 37 25 32 20, e-mail: Morgan.Konnestad@uia.no or Head of ICT department Professor Andreas Prinz, phone: (+47) 37 25 32 20, e-mail: Andreas.Prinz@uia.no
Internet address: http://www.uia.no/stilling
Information on admission onto the PhD programme and necessary qualifications are available at: http://www.uia.no/en/portaler/om_universitetet/teknologi_og_realfag/phd/phd_in_ict

The Salford Centre for (Construction) Research and Innovation Research (SCRI), which is 6* at the School of the Built Environment at University of Salford and Salford Think Lab are sponsoring a doctoral studentship in order to explore game based technology *****pport construction design and engineering.
The doctorate will explore game based technologies, such as virtual world, game artificial intelligence, *****pport construction design and engineering in a collaborative environment.
Research topics include:
Application of artificial intelligence in construction simulation
Human behavioural modelling in construction and building design
Construction design and engineering in virtual world
Digital prototyping and construction simulation
Project Supervisors:
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Song Wu and Prof. Terrence Fernando. The candidate will work with SCRI team and research team in Think Lab and will be able to use the state of art equipment, such as high end workstation and virtual reality facility Think Lab.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Song Wu, Email: s.wu[ at ]salford.ac.uk
Details of Studentship:
Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship in the area of visualization and simulation in construction. Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, an upper second class or higher degree in computer science, information technology together with a strong interest in 3D modelling and game technology research.
This studentship provides a tax-free full maintenance grant of GBP 12,800 per annum, plus payment of UK home student tuition fees. Overseas student are also welcome to apply, but the international student fee will not be covered in the studentship.
Salford Think Lab
The Salford Think Labâ?T provides state of the art facilities in a futuristic environment enabling researchers to engage in research that harnesses the leading developments related to Information and Communication Technologies providing new solutions to current and future challenges faced by industry, commerce and the community. It is designed for Interaction and Collaboration equipped with the best virtual environment facilities of any university in Europe.
SCRI
The Salford Centre for Research & Innovation (SCRI) was established in January 2002. SCRI brings together a diverse group of leading international academics from the Schools of the Built Environment, Computing Science & Engineering, and Art & Design. The Centre is funded by the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC), in recognition of the leading role the University of Salford has played in construction and built and human environment research excellence. SCRI is positioned within the only, and most highly rated 6* Built and Human Environment (BuHu) research institute in Britain.
BuHu
BuHu is an internationally recognised centre for research in the Built and Human Environment. It has been the top rated research institute in the UK since 1992 and focuses its research on three themes; ICT, Management and the Environment. It comprises 90 research active academic staff, of whom 20 are internationally leading Professors, more than 35 research assistants and over 170 research students. BuHu collaborates with over 500 companies and clients around the world and make significant contributions to innovations and improvements in industry and the Environment.
The Institute is very active and in recent times it has attracted research funds and support totalling more than GBP 30M. It has produced more than 300 journal articles, 600 conference papers, 50 major project reports and supported 200 research events, including its annual International Research Week (IRE), which incorporates a two day international conference, an industry day and a two day international postgraduate research conference. BuHu has also initiated 8 EPSRC and EU funded networks
Buhu currently has more than 170 PhD students and all postgraduate research students have access to advanced technical facilities including advanced virtual reality equipment and the new Thinking Laboratory. Research students are encouraged to network with their peers and the international community.
Application:
Applications, with a detailed CV and the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to:
Dr. Song Wu
424 Maxwell Building
University of Salford
Salford, M5 4WT
UNITED KINGDOM

The Clarity Centre is now seeking well-qualified, motivated researchers who want to be part of a world-class research group in Ubiquitous Robotics, and Sensor and Adaptive Information Technology.
Applicants for PhD (funded) positions should have/expect to achieve at least a 2.1 in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline with a keen interest in research. A broad range of Post-Doctoral positions are also available to qualified and well motivated individuals with clear interest in CLARITYâ?Ts research vision.
Motivated applicants should first identify the research package/s according to their expertise and/or interest. Applications should be sent to the relative principal investigator (PI) directly together with
max one page cover letter and CV.
Research in Ubiquitous Robotics:
Some of the available positions will address the area of robots integrated in ubiquitous, pervasive, and intelligent environments. Such robots are part of open and distributed networks of sensors, actuators, and computing services, which can also act as a shared information space for both the robots and the humans they interact with.
Some of the relevant research directions foreseen within this area are:
The application of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) and Multi-Agent System (MAS) coordination techniques to develop distributed and adaptive software architectures.
These architectures are defined in terms of distributed and autonomous software modules (agents), which can exhibit global self-configuration properties and can also deliver context-sensitive and personalized services to both the users and the robots in the environment.
The integration between robots and wireless sensor networks
(WSNs), that is, robots acting as mobile gateways or otherwise working to the advantage of networks
of wirelessly connected sensors, e.g. carrying out maintenance, localization, and calibration operations in applications such as security, search & rescue, and surveillance systems.
Further information:
The CLARITY CSET is a partnership between University College Dublin and Dublin City University, supported by research at the Tyndall National Institute (TNI) Cork. CLARITY is a collaboration between a number of specialist teams across the institutions who have already strong track records in sensor technology. It builds on work undertaken by the SFI-funded Adaptive Information Cluster, which is led by 5 principal investigators from UCD and DCU.
The Clarity Centre is located in the School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin (UCD) in Dublin, Ireland. UCD has over 22,000 students including 2,500 international students from over 80 countries and is situated on a large modern campus 4 km to the south of the centre of Dublin.
Find general information about vacancies at the Clarity Centre at: http://www.clarity-centre.org/vacancy.
The application form can be downloaded at:
http://www.clarity-centre.org/files/csi-pgrad-app.doc
The application should be sent to one of the Principal Investigators (PIs) (see http://www.claritycentre.org/content/principal-investigator)
Applications inherent to robotic research can be addressed to Gregory Oâ?THare (gregory [dot] ohare [at] ucd [dot] ie).
Requests for further information can be sent to Mauro Dragone (mauro [dot] dragone [at] ucd [dot] ie).

Research Associate Position in System Identification for Network Anomaly Detection, Hamilton Institute, Ireland.
Applications are invited by well-qualified applicants for a postdoctoral post and a postgraduate position in the development of new system identification/time series analysis techniques for anomaly detection in network devices (firewalls etc).
Supported by a major manufacturer, initial work in the area has made use of linear predictive models and real-time monitoring. This has achieved good success but we now want to extend consideration to monitoring of more sophisticated measurements (including per process discrete state information) in order to encompass a wider range fault and operation con***ions. The project will involve the development of new approaches for predictive modelling of measured signals, adaptive learning and inference of fault con***ions. The project is supported by a dedicated hardware testbed and as part of the project the developed detection approaches will be implemented in order to evaluate performance in realistic environments.
Good numerate and analytic skills will be essential. Some familiarity with networking and Linux or BSD systems will be helpful.
The Hamilton Institute is committed to research excellence. This post offers an exciting opportunity for successful candidates to tackle fundamental research problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with state of the art facilities and strong links to the international research community.
Postgraduate Stipend: õ,ơ21000 (tax free)
Postdoctoral scale: õ,ơ45704-63094
To apply, candidates should submit a detailed CV and the names and addresses of two referees for
letters of recommendation to: doug.leith[ at ]nuim.ie
Postgraduate applicants should also include transcipts of undergraduate grades, motivation letter.

PhD student
Nijmegen, 6500 HB, (Gelderland), 36 hours per week University Medical Centre Nijmegen


Job description
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The PhD student works within the research group Computer Aided Diagnosis in close collaboration with the Clinical Research group on prostate cancer.
Detection and localization of prostate cancer are crucial in the management of prostate cancer. The current state-of-the-art with multi-modal MR 9t2-weighted high resolution, t1-weighted fast dynamic contract enhanced, diffusion) can provide good results, but requires extensive expertise.
Requirements
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University Graduate
University degree in physics, comupter science, biomedical engineering/technology, or a related field, and have computer programming skills.
Experience with image processing and machine learning and pattern recognition is a distinct advantage
Ad***ional information about the job:
Detection and localization of prostate cancer are crucial in the management of prostate cancer. The current state-of-the-art with multi-modal MR (t2-weighted high resolution, t1 weighted fast dynamic contrast enhanced, diffusion) can provide good results, but requires extensive expertise. It is hypothesized that computer aided detection methods can aid radiologists in improving detection/localization and shortening reading times.
Research topics are :
- segmentation of the prostate and its zonal anatomy
- cancer likelihood maps
- nog rigid image registration
- multi-variate prediction of tumour aggressivity
This project is part of the larger research program Exploring the clinical value of novel high resolution anatomic, molecular and functional MR imaging in prostate cancer.
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University Medical Centre Nijmegen Radiology
Magnetic resonance (MR) is the major modality for non-invasive research of anatomy, physiology and metabolism in humans and animals. The development and application of novel MR methods for the diagnosis, disease prediction and treatment monitoring of human cancers is a main research focus at our department. The radiology department is one of the leading groups in MR of prostate cancers, with many years of experience in this field.
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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 36
Ad***ional con***ions of employment:
Salary level 10A: maximal õ,ơ 2572 gross per month
The appointment should lead to a dissertation PhD degree.
Ad***ional Information
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Ad***ional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Mr. Dr.ir. H.J. Huisman, scientific researcher
Telephone number: +31 24 3617536
Mr. Dr.ir.N. Karssemeijer, senior lecturer
Telephone number: +31 24 3614548

Or ad***ional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
About the organization
Application
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You can apply for this job before 12-08-2008 by sending your application to:
UMC St Radboud
227 COS
P. Claessen, HRM counsellor
P.O. Box 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands
E-mail address: solliciteren@coscb.umcn.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 08805.

PhD student Agent Technology (1,0 fte)
(Utrecht), 38 hours per week Utrecht University


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PhD student Agent Technology
The Intelligent Systems group has acquired funding from The Dutch Research Council NWO for a four-year PhD project with the title "Agents Interacting in Dialogues with Argumentation".
This project concerns the following problem. The world of software systems increasingly consists of autonomous artificial agents interacting in open, dynamic and unpredictable environments, such as the Internet. In such environments it is often impossible to predict all interactions the agents will have so that a centralised architecture is not feasible. Therefore, the agents'' interactive behaviour must become more intelligent and flexible. For this reason, intelligent communicative interaction between artificial agents is a key research issue in artificial intelligence and agent technology. Communication languages, protocols and strategies have been studied for various types of agent interaction, such as information exchange, negotiation, and collaborative problem solving.
In this field there is a particularly marked interest in the role of argumentation, i.e., the process in which agents present arguments in support of their own opinions or in attack of those of other agents. Argumentation is often claimed to promote more efficient dialogues or diaưlogues with better outcomes. However, so far there has been little research on whether these advantages of argumentation indeed obtain.
This research project aims to fill this gap. The main research question therefore is: is the use of argumentation in dialogical interaction between artificial agents beưneưficial for the agents or the community in which they operate? This question will be answered with systematic simulation experiments, in which forms of interaction with and without argumentation will be compared on their efficiency and quality of outcome. The research will thus contribute to a computational theory of effective communication between intelligent artificial agents.
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University Graduate
The candidate should have a Msc Degree in Computer Science or Artificial Intelligence, good programming skills, and an interest in multi-agent systems research, both from a formal and a computational perspective.
Organization
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Utrecht University
The Faculty of Science consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Mathematics. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000 staff and is internationally renowned for the quality of its research. The Faculty''s academic programmes reflect developments in today''s society.
The department Information and Computing Sciences is looking for a:
PhD student Agent Technology
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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000
Salaryscale 10.
Maximum salary amount in Euro''s a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Ad***ional con***ions of employment:
The candidate is offered a full-time position for four years. The gross salary is in the range between õ,ơ 2,000.- per month in the first year and õ,ơ 2,558.- per month in the fourth year of appointment.
The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 6,4% per year. In ad***ion we offer: a pension scheme, a partially paid parental leave, flexible employment con***ions in which you may trade salary for vacation days or vice versa. Con***ions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. The research group will provide the candidate with necessary support on all aspects of the project.
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Ad***ional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Prof. Dr. H. (Henry) Prakken
E-mail address: henry@cs.uu.nl
+31 (0)30 253 2313 (not on Thursdays)

Or ad***ional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
About the organization
Application
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You can apply for this job before 12-09-2008 by sending your application to:
Faculty of Science
Personnel Department
Budapestlaan 6
3584 CD Utrecht
E-mail address: Science.PenO@uu.nl
Please send your application including a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and contact details of at least two references.
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 62812.

PhD student õ?~Emergence of Structures in Speech Signalsõ?T
Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 40 hours per week Radboud University Nijmegen


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The NWO project A Computational Model of Language Acquisition aims to develop a computational model of language acquisition. The project team will comprise a postdoc and two PhD students. The PhD student will conduct computer simulations to investigate the emergence and development of neural representations of speech signals. In the first year the focus will be on representations of rhythm and intonation that a foetus is already able to form. The following years will be devoted to research addressing the segmentation of continuous speech signals into word-like units and the emergence of sub-word representations. In ad***ion to designing and conducting the computer simulations, the PhD student is expected to have completed a PhD thesis on the topic by the end of the contract.
Requirements
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University Graduate
The successful candidate has a Masterõ?Ts degree in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Psychology, Pattern Recognition, or Computer Science. She/he has excellent writing skills and is fluent in English.
Organization
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Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Arts
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.
The Faculty of Arts consists of eleven departments in the area of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and business communication, which together cater for about 2,700 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research. The project will be carried out at the research institute Centre for Language Studies as part of the Linguistic Information Processing and Grammar and Cognition research programmes.
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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Initial contract for 1.5 years, possibility for an extension with two years.
Maximum hours per week: 40
Ad***ional con***ions of employment:
The starting gross salary is õ,ơ 2.000 euro per month based upon a full-time employment.
Ad***ional Information
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Or ad***ional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
About the organization
About the department
About the function
Radboud University Nijmegen
Application
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You can apply for this job before 15-08-2008 by sending your application to:
Faculteit der Letteren
RU Nijmegen Faculty of Arts, Personell Department
Postbus 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen
E-mail address: vacatures@let.ru.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 23.31.08.

PhD student STRESS project
Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant), 40 hours per week Technische Universiteit Eindhoven


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STRESS project
STRESS is an acronym for: Statistical Testing and Reliability Estimation of Software Systems. The project started in 2005 and is focused on methods for release testing of software systems. A release test is concerned with the question: can we release the software system now, or do we have to continue testing. This is one of the most important questions for software engineers in practice. We all know that complex software systems are never error free, however we canâ?Tt test a system exhaustively since that would require ages. Therefore we are looking for statistical release tests that guarantee a certain level of confidence that the system does not contain more than a given number of remaining errors. (This number may be zero)
So far we studied black box testing methods, where the software is considered as a black box and we studied methods for the case a model of the software system is known (see the references). The STRESS project is performed by a research group including one PhD student, who is concentrating on the statistical aspects. There is room for a second PhD student with a computer science background.
There are many open questions but for this PhD position we focus on:
Modeling software systems for test purposes;
Design of test procedures;
Development of a test environment to experiment with the test procedures in order to determine there quality.
For modeling we used so far transition system models. We would like to extend this to more realistic models based for instance on the architecture of the software. The test procedures so far are a mixture of an efficient exhaustive testing strategy combined with a statistical stopping rule. For more realistic cases these rules can be modified in order to be applicable, but then the statistical quality is not guaranteed anymore. In order to determine there quality we need extensive experiments. The experimental environment should be implemented on a grid computing platform. The actual performance of experiments is also part of the project.
Requirements
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University Graduate
We are looking for a brilliant candidate who meets the following requirements:
a MSc in Computer Science;
a basic background in statistics;
who likes to combine more theoretical work with practical software engineering of the test environment and the execution of the experiments;
good communicative skills in English, both written and oral.
Organization
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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Mathematics and Computer science
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science provides undergraduate and MSc programs in Mathematics and in Computer Science. The department has research collaborations with other departments at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven as well as with a large number of other universities and companies, both at home and abroad. The Department has approximately 350 employees and more than 700 students.
Con***ions of employment
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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 jaar
Maximum hours per week: 40
Ad***ional Information
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Ad***ional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Prof. dr. K.M. van Hee
Telephone number: +31(0)402474518
ms. P.J. Evers BC
Telephone number: +31(0)402472321
E-mail address: p.j.evers@tue.nl

Or ad***ional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
About the organization
Application
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You can apply for this job before 30-09-2008 by sending your application to:
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Eindhoven University of Technology
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail address: pwzin@tue.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number V32.026.