PhD scholarship- Swinburne University of Technology

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PhD Scholarship in Collaborative Business Process Modelling and Management
Web and Data Engineering Program
Centre for Information Technology and Research
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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A prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC)-funded PhD scholarship is now available in an exciting collaborative project between Web and Data Engineering (WDE) program in Swinburne University of Technology and SAP Research, Australia.

The ARC Linkage project is titled as â?oAn Organisation-Oriented Framework for Collaborative Business Process Managementâ?. The project aims to (1) investigate effective ways for modelling and managing collaborative business processes, and (2) to design and implement the framework in Web service environment. Accordingly, the PhD study should be in one or more of the research areas of business process management, workflows, knowledge and data management, and web engineering.

The scholarship on offer through the grant is an APA(I) (Australian Postgraduate Award -Industry) under A/Prof. Chengfei Liu. The stipend for 2007 is (approx) $25,000 per annum (tax exempt) with ad***ional $5,000 per annum for project related activities, plus travel opportunities provided by the centre and potential internships at SAP (Research centre in Brisbane). The scholarship is available from August 2007 for 3 years of PhD studies. The project will also involve a Research Fellow and other team members of the WDE program, thus providing a significant opportunity to carry out team-based research.

The prospective candidate is required to be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian permanent resident; and also should have completed a four year undergraduate degree (B.E/BSc (hons) in Computer Science/Information System or equivalent) or Master degree with good academic record.

Interested candidates can contact

A/Prof. Chengfei Liu
Program Leader - Web and Data Engineering
Centre for Information Technology Research (CITR)
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218, Hawthorn
VIC 3122, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9214 5035
Fax: +61 3 9214 0823
Email: cliu@swin.edu.au