Czech Republic - 2009 Visegrad Scholarship Program (VSP) in cooperation with Tomas Bata University

VISEGRAD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (VSP) in cooperation with TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLÍN (TBU), CZECH REPUBLIC

The International Visegrad Fund is an international organization based in Bratislava, founded by the governments of the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) – the Czech Republic, The Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic – on June 9, 2000.

The purpose of the Fund is to promote development of closer cooperation among the V4 countries through supporting common cultural, scientific and educational projects, exchanges between young people, cross-border cooperation and tourism promotion.

The International Visegrad Fund offers Master´s and Post-Graduate (Post-Master´s/ Doctoral) scholarships for study/research of 1 to 4 semesters.

In-Coming Scholarships for outstanding students or Master´s (or equivalent) degree holders who plan to study at universities in the V4 region and who are citizens of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

Successful applicants within this scheme will receive scholarship of EUR 2,500 / semester.

In-coming scholars can be supported for the entire two-year Master´s program (at once), they may apply for support of Master´s studies in the length of 1, 2, 3 or 4 semesters.

Doctoral students may only apply for support in the length of 1 or 2 semesters (=5 or 10 months), however, they can re-apply next year.

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Continue Reading October 8th, 2008

United Kingdom - 2009 / 2010 Wolfson Microelectronics Scholarship at University of Edinburgh

Wolfson Microelectronics Scholarship for 2009-2010 Session

The University of Edinburgh will offer two scholarships in 2009-2010 to students who plan to undertake PhD degrees in the School of Informatics or the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. The value of each award will be £15,000 per academic year and is tenable for a maximum of three years. Please note that no Wolfson Microelectronics Scholarships will be available for 2008-2009.

The scholarship may be terminated at any time when an unsatisfactory progress report is received from the School or if the scholarship holder ceases to be registered as a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh.

Eligibility
The scholarship is awarded to an MPhil/PhD student intending to study in the School of Informatics or the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. The sole criterion for the scholarships will be academic excellence; successful applicants are likely to hold or expect to achieve a UK first class Honours undergraduate degree or the overseas equivalent.

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Continue Reading October 6th, 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.

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Continue Reading September 26th, 2008

United Kingdom - 2009 / 2010 Univeristy of Edinburgh College Postgraduate Studentships

The University of Edinburgh College Postgraduate Research Scholarships are offered to academically outstanding candidates starting MPhil/PhD or MLitt programmes at the University of Edinburgh in 2009/2010.

The studentships will cover UK/EU tuition fees and a maintenance allowance broadly equivalent to those of the UK Research Councils and the British Academy. Research costs may also be paid.

Eligibility
The sole criterion for the studentships will be academic excellence; successful applicants are likely to be holders of a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degrees from UK institutions or the overseas equivalent. Candidates who have progressed to obtain a Masters degree with distinction will also be considered.

All international students who apply for the studentships are also required to apply for an Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS) award or be able to demonstrate the availability of funds to meet the full overseas tuition fee.

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Continue Reading September 26th, 2008

Germany - Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies International PhD Program

Call for application to the International PhD program of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT)

The international PhD program of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) offers outstanding interdisciplinary training and research opportunities for students of natural sciences and engineering who want to pursue a career in the field of Regenerative Medicine and aim at translating their scientific discoveries into clinical applications.

The BSRT is a collaboration between the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, the Freie Universität zu Berlin, the Technische Universität, the Univeristy of Potsdam, Max Planck and Helmholtz Institutes and other high-ranking research institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg. This collaboration offers top class scientific training leading to the award of a PhD degree for students with a Master’s or equivalent degree in biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, veterinary medicine, chemistry, engineering or physics.

The program will start in April 2009. It is not necessary to hold the Master’s degree at the time of application but it must have been awarded prior to enrolment into the program. Students admitted to the PhD program will be supported by stipends.

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Continue Reading September 25th, 2008

Italy - University of Venice and University of Padua Postdoc Position in Protein Physics

Job Offer: Post-Doctoral position in Protein Physics, Italy

Applications are invited for a one- (renewable up to two-) year postdoctoral position in Protein Physics starting within December 2008.

The position is a joint appointment between Universities of Venice and Padua within a project headed by Prof. Amos Maritan.

Ideal candidates for this position hold a Ph.D. in a field related to Soft Matter, a good theoretical background and strong computer skills.

Salary will be at the level of the first permanent position on the Italian scale (”Ricercatore”) ( about 1,500 Euros monthly net salary).

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Continue Reading September 18th, 2008

Australia - 2009 University of Technology Sydney Masters Scholarships for Outstanding International Students

UTS: Engineering offers scholarships to international students for its masters by coursework programs. Each scholarship will be awarded based solely on academic results achieved by the applicant in their undergraduate degree.

The next intake will be for Autumn Semester 2009. Applications close 8 December 2008.

The scholarships are available for the following courses:

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Continue Reading September 9th, 2008

United Kingdom - University of Strathclyde PhD Studentship in Energy Efficient and Low Environment Impact Shipping

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
University of Strathclyde

Subjects: Engineering and Computing

PhD studentship on Energy Efficient and Low Environment Impact Shipping

An industry studentship award is available for a PhD from October 2008 on the Development of an Intelligent Tool for Energy Efficient And Low Environment Impact Shipping. The award is open to home students and overseas students, including fees and a stipend of £12,500 for 3 years.

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Continue Reading September 1st, 2008

Australia - University of Wollongong PhD Scholarship in Assessment and Control of Hydrogen Damage in Structural Steels

The Faculty of Engineering is seeking toconduct research in the area of assessment and control of hydrogen damage in structural steels within the BlueScope Steel Metallurgy Centre. Applicants should have adegree in Materials Engineering, Materials Science or related discipline and sound knowledge of physical metallurgy of steels. Expertise in electron microscopy, modelling or neutron/synchrotron diffraction is required. The level and duration of appointment will depend on applicants’ experience.

Your responsibilities will include: under ARC Linkage scheme conduct collaborative research with BlueScope Steel Ltd into the effects of gaseous hydrogen on the microstructure, properties and integrity of pipeline steels, weld and heat affected zone regions using electron microscopy, mechanical testing, neutron scattering and modelling.

Your key challenges will include: effective communication of results to industrial partners, local and international scientific community, co-ordination of activities of technical staff and where appropriate graduate and undergraduate students.

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Continue Reading September 1st, 2008

Israel - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Postdoc Position in Spatial and / or Temporal Growth of Water Waves

Post-doctoral Scholarship sponsored by

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Title: Spatial and/or temporal growth of water waves in a wind-wave flume

Prof. Michael Stiassnie is seeking a suitable qualified researcher to undertake Post-Doctoral study to develop a theoretical model for the growth of water waves in a wind-wave flume, under his supervision.

About Technion:
For more than eight decades, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which is located in Haifa, has been Israel’s primary technological university and the largest center of applied research. It is ranked among the leading technological universities in the world. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has 60 senior faculty members active in research and education, and they currently supervise the education of ~900 undergraduate students, ~240 master degree students, ~85 doctor students, and ~10 post-doctoral researchers.

Project Abstract:
The importance of adequate description of interaction of wind with ocean waves cannot be overestimated, both on the global level of earth climate, and on a more local level of the necessity to predict the sea state for practical operation of off-shore and near-shore facilities. The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the dominant phenomena that determine the growth of waves under the effect of wind in a laboratory flume. This will enable us to offer better modeling of wind-wave growth rate. To attain this goal, it is crucial to realize that as water waves are affected by wind, the wind velocity profile in the vicinity of air-water interface is strongly affected by the waves.

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Continue Reading August 27th, 2008

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