Scholarship Information

The research group Management Informatics of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the K.U.Leuven ( Belgium ) has two vacancies for a full-time researcher. The researcher should have an academic degree in one of the following disciplines: Applied Economic Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics and/or Statistics. Building upon earlier research, the researcher will be working in the fields of intelligent systems, data mining, and management informatics. It is expected that the researcher starts a Phd. This will typically include a thorough literature study, collaboration with on-going research, and the development and validation of new research methodologies. Occasionally, the researcher will also be involved in educational support activities, such as: supervision of exams; supervision of master dissertations, and student tutoring.

The K.U.Leuven pursues a policy of equal opportunity and diversity.

Candidates are invited to apply online at http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies.htm

The research division SISTA (Signals, Identification, System Theory and Automation)
(http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/) is one of the largest research groups of the
Department of Electrical Engineering and of the University of Leuven, Belgium (www.kuleuven.be).

Our research activities drive on numerical linear algebra, system identification and control,
algorithms for numerical optimization and machine learning (support vector machines) and
signal processing.

We also have numerous applications in industrial process control, biomedical signal processing,
bio-informatics, health decision support systems and telecommunications.
We are looking for well motivated researchers to start a 4 year PhD or for experienced postdocs to
pursue research activities in these fields and application areas.

On our website (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/), one can find a description of more than 20 different specific research topics, in which we have openings for PhDs and postdocs.

We can offer a competitive salary, a stimulating research environment, settled in the nice historic
city of Leuven and its surroundings (http://www.leuven.be/showpage.asp?iPageID=1688), within
a university the origins of which go back to 1425.

Electronic applications, including a CV, a list of publications, names of two possible references,
and a brief description of your research interests and motivation, should be submitted to
bart.demoor@esat.kuleuven.be.

Two PhD scholarships available
Two scholarships at about A$25K each per year for 3 years are now open and applications are invited. Applicants should have a Honours degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent. The successful candidates are required to work on software testing projects related to metamorphic testing. Interested applicants please send cv to both Professor T.Y. Chen and Dr. Huai Liu( tychen@swin. edu.au and hliu@swin.edu. au). Applications will be acknowledged, but only short-listed candidates will be further contacted. There is no fixed deadline for applications. However, applications will be closed once the 2 scholarships were offered.
http://www.swinburn e.edu.au/ict/research/sat/opportunities.html

Website link:
http://people.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/d.wachsmuth/projects/

Description: The Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) in Linz is looking for

1 PhD student
in the field of the optimal control and optimisation. This position is part of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) project “Numerical verification of optimality and optimality conditions for optimal control problems”.

Requirements: A master’s degree in (applied) mathematics or a closely related field is required. The successful candidate should have an excellent background in applied mathematics, optimization, partial differential equations, and their numerics. Programming skills are desirable.

Salary and Funding: The research is funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) according to its salary guidelines → “FWF Personalkostensä tze für DoktorandIn neu”. The position is limited to three years. Funding for conference visits etc. is available. The position can start from September 1, 2009.

Inquiries and applications: Please send the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, thesis - if already finished, title and abstract otherwise, references, and letter of motivation), preferably by email, to

Daniel Wachsmuth

Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Altenbergerstraß e 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria

PhD position in bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing, and cancer
genomics at the Center for Human Genetics, KULeuven

The Laboratory of Computational Biology together with the
Laboratory for Molecular Pathogenesis of Leukemia have a joint position for a
motivated PhD student interested in genomics and systems biology of cancer.

Research
project
The PhD research will focus on high-throughput approaches to further
decipher the leukemia genome and to identify novel oncogenic mutations or
structural variations that may underlie tumorigenesis. Secondary interest goes
out to variations in transcriptional networks and the characterization of the
underlying cis-regulatory variations.
Available data include gene expression microarray data, GS FLX sequence
data of candidate gene sets, and may even include full genome sequence data of
multiple cancer patients.
The challenge of this project is to handle large amounts of public and
in-house genomic data and to use, benchmark, and develop state-of-the- art
bioinformatics approaches, while maintaining a clear focus on important
biological questions.

Profile
Master in Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Bio-engineering,
or equivalent.
The candidate we are seeking should have basic programming or
bioinformatics skills, with a strong interest in high-throughput technologies
and genomics. Having any of the following skills is a plus: linux,
R/Bioconductor, Matlab, Perl, Java, MySQL, data mining, clustering,
classification, modeling, (bio)statistics, genome browsers.

Environment
The successful applicant will be hosted by the Laboratory
of Computational Biology, headed by Prof. Stein Aerts, and will be in close
collaboration with The Laboratory
for Molecular Pathogenesis of Leukemia, headed by Prof. Jan Cools.
Both labs are part of the Center for Human Genetics at the KULeuven.

Contact
Interested? Send your CV and motivation letter to stein.aerts@med.kuleuven.be

Three Fully funded 3-year PhD Studentships in Intelligent Transport Systems
Intelligent Transport Systems
Oxford Brookes University Doctoral Training Programme

Stipend:
£14,000 tax-free per annum UK/EU students (plus fees paid)
£12,000 tax-free per annum International students (plus fees paid)

Start Date: Sept/October 2009

Deadline: 10 July 2009

Eligibility: Applicants should have or hope to obtain a first class degree or postgraduate degree in a engineering, mathematical, computer science or analytical subject. If you are interested in these studentships then please fill in the application form and obtain references as per instructions in the given form below. Open to Home, EU and International candidates.

The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Doctoral Training programme resides within the School of Technology at Oxford Brookes University. The School is situated in a new £8 million teaching and research facility. The School also has an international reputation in several research areas and performed well in the recent Research Assessment Exercise. For more details about our research please see http://tech. brookes.ac. uk/research.

The ITS programme focuses on the development of intelligent vehicle and traffic systems. The two main motivations for this research are: (a) the need for safe and environmentally sustainable transport systems, and (b) to develop technology for autonomous vehicles.

The programme invites applications for three fully funded PhD studentships for application details please contact: neil.fellows@brookes.ac.uk

Further details: http://tech.brookes.ac.uk/research/intelligent- transport-systems

Further Details
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/ZM403/Three_ Fully_funded_ 3-year_PhD_ Studentships_ in_Intelligent_ Transport_ Systems/

University of Teesside, UK
Research Doctoral Scholarships

We are offering seven full-time Research Doctoral Scholarships across a broad range of subject areas including: computing, psychology, health, science and engineering and the arts.

The scholarships are aligned to key areas of research strength within our research institutes allied with those subjects. The awards will be for a period of three years and include fees (home/EU or international rate) and an annual stipend of £12,600. Successful applicants should be in a position to take up the scholarships in August 2009 or shortly thereafter.

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/scholarship.cfm

Universität Regensburg
We have openings for
Ph.D.-students and Post-Doc researchers in
Bioinformatics und Biostatistics
at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
In our research projects, we model oncogenic signal transduction pathways
for the computational classification of cancer.
The successsful candidate will have an M.Sc. or Ph.D. respectively in
bioinformatics, statistics, computer science, mathematics, medicine or
biology.
Knowledge in one or more of the following fields are advantageous but not
required:
* Machine learning
* Statistics
* Microarray analysis
* Cancer biology
You should be interested in developing new methods in the topics listed
above and/or in collaborations with project partners.
We are an interdisciplinary group working with mathematical models on the
one hand but also perform a lot of applied research in collaboration with
clinical and biological groups.
Post-doc positions are limited to 2 years but can be prolonged.
Ph.D.-positions are limited to 3 years.
Handicapped candidates with equal qualification will be treated
preferentially.
Qualified woman are encouraged to apply.
Please also see our website at: http://www-compdiag.uni-regensburg.de/
University of Regensburg
Department of Functional Genomics
Prof. Dr. Rainer Spang
Josef-Engert- Str. 9 (Biopark 1)
93053 Regensburg
Germany
Email: Rainer.Spang@ klinik.uni-regensburg.de

The Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa announces a competition based on candidates degrees and work to date for the academic year 2009/2010 for 10 doctoral (PhD) positions,reserved to university graduates from non-European Union nations. The full announcement and the rules of the competition can be found at this link

http://www.sns.it/en/scuola/ammissione/corsodiperfezionamento/bandounico/

Haryo’s note: General information about the school can be found in the wikipedia entry,
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Scuola_Normale_ Superiore_ di_Pisa
The alumni of SNS Pisa include Enrico Fermi and Carlo Rubbia, both are Nobel Laureate in Physics (1938 and 1984, respectively) .

Postgraduate Research Opportunites
Tyndall currently offers postgraduate research opportunites in the following areas

Job Title Department
(Ref. No. SOB - 02) PhD: Harmonic Mode Locking in Multiwavelength Fabry-Perot Lasers PTG
(Ref. No. DC - 01G) PhD: Optical Signal Processing using Semiconductor Devices PSG
(Ref. No. BOF - 13) PhD: Localisation Technologies for Wireless Sensor Network Systems (NEMBES) MAI
(Ref. No. KR - 05) PhD: Nano-Composite Materials for SiC Metallization MAI
(Ref. No. FP - 05) PhD: High Speed Photonic Device Integration IPG
(Ref. No. AM - 02) PhD: APD’s and Circuits IPG
(Ref. No. POB - 02) PhD: Advanced Photonic Packaging IPG
(Ref. No. JG - 08) Research Studentship in Simulation of Molecular Nanowires ETG
(Ref. No. JG - 12) PhD: Simulation of Electron Transport at Carbon/Metal Interfaces ETG
(Ref. No. JG - 13) M.Sc: Calculation of Lifetimes of Electronic Excited States in Molecules ETG
(Ref. No. MP - 07 1.2.2) PhD: Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of High-K Gate Structures AMSG
(Ref. No. MP - 07 1.1.1) PhD: In-situ Spectroscopic Reaction Monitoring and Modelling Studies of Atomic Layer Deposition Processes AMSG

http://www.tyndall.ie/careers/postgraduate. html