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Norway - University of Stavanger Postdoctoral Position in Geophysics

The University of Stavanger (UiS) invites applications for a two-year post-doctorate position in geophysics at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology in the Department of Petroleum Engineering.

The position is funded by StatoilHydro.

The position is in the field of geophysics st.id. 30027403.

The main goal is to impulse research in the area of geophysics applied to exploration and production of hydrocarbons at the University of Stavanger in an integrated team.

The objective of the position is to strengthen geosciences research and academic activities in the field of geophysics within the petroleum engineering department and to give researchers/scholars with doctorates within relevant academic field(s) opportunities for further qualification toward full professorship.

The applicant must submit a description on how the project offered will add to the applicant’s competence. The applications will be assessed in relation to the relevance, qualifications, previous scientific work, and potential candidates will be invited to an interview.

The research project will be carried out at the University of Stavanger. It is assumed that the appointee will work full time on the project, that will collaborate with geosciences related lectures and research and that she/he will participate in the scholarly circles at the faculty and the university.

Continue Reading October 26th, 2008

Norway - NTNU PhD Research Fellowship in ‘Modeling and Simulation of Anomalous Transport Phenomena’

Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology
Department of Energy and Process Engineering

PhD research fellowship “Modeling and simulation of anomalous transport phenomena” (IVT-69/08)

One PhD research fellowship on “Modeling and simulation of anomalous transport phenomena” is available at the Norwegian University of Science en technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology. The fellowship is within a project financed by SINTEF Energy Research.

The objective of the current project is to improve fundamental understanding of anomalous transport phenomena in particle systems. The main focus will be to develop physical models and simulation tools capable of describing anomalous transport phenomena at different scales. A strong modelling-simulation activity coupling is intended in the PhD project. The development of analytical models to describe and analyze the detailed physics of anomalous transport phenomena in engineering application is expected. One and two-dimensional models should be considered.

PhD candidates are expected to hold a master’s level degree in a subject relevant for the PhD project and to have a good combination of knowledge and skills in the following areas: physical modelling, mathematical modelling, scientific computing, and programming.

The PhD fellowship is limited to 3 years. It is required that the person employed satisfies the requirements for PhD students, participates in the course program of the PhD studies, and finishes the PhD degree within 3 years.

Continue Reading October 14th, 2008

Norway - University of Oslo PhD Research Fellowship in Mathematics (Mechanics Division)

University of Oslo
Doctoral Research Fellowship (stipendiat/PhD)
Department of Mathematics, Mechanics Division

Position as Doctoral Research Fellowship (Stipendiat/PhD) available at Department of Mathematics, Mechanics Division.

Employment up to 3 years without teaching duties.

The position pertains to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics, Mechanics Division.

The position is connected with the Multiphase Flow Assurance Centre (FACE), with the objective to deliver world class applied and fundamental research and education focused on production, transportation and separation of complex well fluids.

The PhD project concerns detailed velocity/turbulence measurements of particles in single-phase and stratified two-phase flow. Applicants should have background in fluid mechanics, turbulence theory and it is an advantage with background in experimental methods in fluid mechanics.

Continue Reading October 10th, 2008

Norway - Bergen University College PhD Studentship in Logics for Multi-Agent Systems

Bergen University College, Faculty of Engineering, has an open position for a PhD student in logics for multi-agent systems. The contract is for 4 years with 25% teaching duties.

The PhD student will be attached to the Department of Computer Engineering, and the position is in the faculty’s prioritised area software development. The position forms a part of the faculty’s research programme in software development for distributed systems which is being developed to be one of the University College’s strategic research programmes. The programme currently involves 7 permanent professors and associate professors and several PhD and masters students. The Department is responsible for the bachelor programmes in computer engineering and information technology, as well as a masters programme in software development in collaboration with Department of Informatics, University of Bergen.

Multi-agent systems are software systems consisting of interacting autonomous components called agents. Autonomy entails that an agent’s behaviour is determined by its individual goals and beliefs about its environments, as opposed to central control. Agents need a way to represent their beliefs about the rest of the system, and a mechanism for reasoning about the system. When we design multi-agent systems we need a way to specify their properties and a method for verifying that a system has a given property. These are some of the reasons formal logic is considered to form one of the formal underpinnings of multi-agent systems. Logic is used for knowledge representation for agents, and is the foundation for tools which let us specify, verify and automatically synthesise multi-agent systems. Logics suitable for this purpose are logics for reasoning about various aspects of interaction. Such aspects include epistemic, intentional, strategic, normative, temporal, etc.

Continue Reading September 26th, 2008

Norway - University of Agder Doctoral Fellowship in Distributed Generation Technology in Distributed Generation Technology

Doctoral Fellowship in Distributed Generation Technology at the Faculty of Engineering and Science.
Ref. 86/08

A doctoral fellowship in distributed generation technology is available at the University of Agder. The University wishes to fill this vacancy as soon as possible. The post is in the Faculty of Engineering and Science which is located in Grimstad, Norway.

The energy utility Agder Energi finances the post as part of a strategic strengthening of the cooperation with the University of Agder, and as part of a strengthening of the group that works in the field of distributed generation at the University.

The doctoral fellow will work on the project “Distributed Generation for Mobile Communication Systems”. The focus in the project is on technologies for secure power supply to base or repeater stations, where photovoltaic generators provide the basic power needed. There may also be a presence of a power grid, but in this case, the power grid is there primarily for backup and/or for providing power to possible AC-consumers in the station, as well as sinking any surplus power from the photovoltaic generators. The prospective candidate must write a one- to two-page research proposal on this topic as part of the application. The proposal may focus on the system aspects of the power distribution, including energy storage, or on details of the necessary power electronics interface for the photovoltaic generators, such as its topology and/or (digital) control. The quality and relevance of the research proposal will form part of the evaluation of prospective candidates.

As part of the PhD-study, the candidate must complete courses on relevant subjects at the doctoral level corresponding to half a year of full-time studies.

It is expected that the candidate becomes an integrated part of relevant academic environments at the Faculty of Engineering and Science in the University of Agder.

Continue Reading June 30th, 2008

Norway - University of Bergen PhD Position in Mathematics and Numerics for Inverse Problems

Research Fellow (PhD position) - Mathematics and Numerics for Inverse Problems

At the Department of Mathematics/CIPR a 3-year position as Research Fellow (PhD position) is available within the area of Mathematics and Numerics for Inverse Problems. Work location will be at CIPR.

The project, which is financed by the Norwegian Research Council and several energy companies, is collaboration between research groups at CIPR, University of Bergen and CMA, University of Oslo (http://www.cma.uio.no ). The candidate will participate in an international network of researchers focusing on development of novel computational methods for solving inverse problems. Such methods are very important within, for example, modelling and remote monitoring of flows in petroleum reservoirs and modelling and remote monitoring of geological storage of CO2. The candidate will focus in particular on development and analysis of inversion methods based on more than one data type. We seek a candidate with background from at least one of the fields: applied/numerical mathematics, physics, or mathematical statistics.

The research fellow must take part in the Universitys approved PhD programme leading to the degree within a time limit of 3 years. Application for admission to the PhD programme, including a project plan outline for the training module, will be worked out in collaboration with the research group in question.

The fellowship period may be reduced if the successful applicant has held previous employment as research fellow.

Continue Reading June 4th, 2008

Norway - University of Oslo PhD Fellowship / Studentship in Evolutionary Ecology

POSITION AS DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (PhD stipendiat) in Evolutionary Ecology

available at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway.

The position is available for a period of four years with 25% compulsory work, starting 1st August 2008 (the actual start date is negotiable).

We seek to employ a motivated PhD candidate in a project on life-history variation and climate change. The project addresses general questions about the effects of climate change and variation on ectotherms in alpine environments. Specifically, the project will focus on carabid beetles, where distinct patterns of life-history variation along climate gradients have been documented. These patterns probably reflect trade-offs between developmental time and fecundity/adult size when development rate is constrained by temperature and season length. However, little is known about to what degree this variation is due to phenotypic plasticity or genetic variation, how the patterns compare among species and habitats, how evolvable the life-history traits are and how populations may respond to climate change. We welcome any applicant with some background in ecology or evolution.

The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. 75% of the working time is allocated to the candidate’s own research and the PhD program, and 25% is allocated to academic duties which typically include lecturing and co-supervision of master students.

Continue Reading May 28th, 2008

Norway - PhD and Postdoc Positions in Short Range Sensing, Localization and Wireless Communication in Melody Project

Seven Ph.D. and three Postdoc positions in short range sensing, localization and wireless communication in the MELODY project

Seven Ph.D. scholarships and three Postdoc fellowships are offered within the area of Wireless sensor networks at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, NTNU and at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo in collaboration with Rikshospitalet University Hospital and Norwegian Defence Research Establishment.

The scholarships are financed by the Research Council of Norway (NFR) under the VERDIKT program. The project is on medical sensing, localization, and communications using ultra wideband technology (MELODY) for 7 years (2008-2015) and is a joint effort among Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, and University of Oslo. The project will have strong collaboration with several top international universities and leading industry in areas of wireless technology and medical sensing. Information about the project can be found at http://www.melody-project.info.

Continue Reading May 24th, 2008

Norway - University of Oslo PhD Positions in Informatics

Up to 11 positions as Ph.D. are available at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo (UiO).

The positions have a duration of 4 years with 25% compulsory work (teaching).

Up to three of the positions (Ref.no.: 2008/7711) will be held open for the most qualified applicants within the total field for research at the department. The others are reserved for the following more specific areas.:

• Formal Methods (Ref.no.: 2008/7712)
• Global Infrastructures (Ref.no.: 2008/7714)
• Image formation and analysis (seismic and sonar) (Ref.no.: 2008/7718)
• Natural Language Processing (Ref.no.: 2008/7722)
• Nanoelectronics (Ref.no.: 2008/7726)
• Network and Distributed Systems, middleware and algorithms (Ref.no.: 2008/7727)
• Robotics and Intelligent Systems (Ref.no.: 2008/7728)
• Computational Mathematics (Ref.no:2008/7729)

For a closer description of the overall research and the different research groups of the department, see here: http://www.ifi.uio.no/research/researchgroups.html

Continue Reading May 17th, 2008

Norway - Nofima Marine Postdoctoral Position in Pain Perception in Fish

Postdoctoral position in pain perception in fish

We seek a postdoctoral scientist in the area of pain perception in fish for a two-year period. The potential for pain perception is a central question in the fish welfare debate, and the Norwegian Research Council has funded a research project entitled Nociception and potential pain perception in Atlantic cod. Nofima Marine (previously Fiskeriforskning) is among the leading research institutes in the study of fish welfare, including the integration of fish physiology, fish behaviour and immunocompetence. The postdoctoral scientist will investigate the neurobiological basis for nociception and potential pain perception in fish through experimental studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electrophysiology.

The applicants must hold a PhD in a relevant scientific field, and experience with the use of fMRI is preferred. Some experience with electrophysiological methods is considered advantageous. In performing the experimental studies, the postdoctoral scientist will play a central role as part of an internationally experienced research team therefore good collaborative skills are required in addition to the ability to work independently. The successful candidate will be part of the fish welfare research group in Tromsø, northern Norway, but most of the experimental work will take place in Bergen and Liverpool (UK). In addition, short-term scientific missions to partners in Antwerp (Belgium) and Trondheim are also planned.

Continue Reading May 17th, 2008