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Spain - 2009 ZLOG Eastern and Central Europe Scholarship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Call for applications
“ZLOG Eastern and Central Europe Scholarship”
Zaragoza Logistics Center
2009

Presentation and objectives
The Zaragoza Logistics Center Scholarship currently provides around 20 scholarships each year for students of the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) program.

Through ZLOG Eastern and Central Europe Scholarship, the Foundation hopes to attract outstanding future leaders from Eastern and Central European countries. Candidates will be expected to show extraordinary potential for leadership and professional success, bringing new vision and commitment to the area of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Coverage
The scholarship provides full tuition and administrative fees for the MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) program, which amounts to €21,500 to a student of the academic year 2009-2010.

The scholarship will not include other costs such as living or travel expenses to Zaragoza or to Boston for the international exchange.

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Singapore - NTU PhD Studentships in Acoustic Signal Processing for Next-Generation Human-Machine Interface

We are inviting highly qualified candidates to apply for fully-funded Ph.D. scholarships in the fields of Acoustic Signal Processing for next-generation human-machine interface STATINA. A monthly stipend is included in this package. As a member of the STATINA team, you will conduct state-of-the art research leading to your Ph.D. degree. On top of your Ph.D. degree course work, you will be exposed to a wide variety of research topics particularly in the area of acoustic signal processing. You will be largely responsible for developing novel adaptive and non-adaptive algorithms for acoustic/speech enhancement as well as for the audio beam engine in STATINA. Your contribution into these research topics will enhance STATINA’s capability so as to satisfy its overall objective of being the next-generation human-machine interface. More information can be found here.

Other research activities include participating in international conferences, research collaboration with overseas collaborators (Georgia Tech., Northern Illinois University) and local industries (SingHealth, MINDEF) and generating top-tier publications and research progress reports as required by the National Research Foundation in Singapore.

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United Kingdom - University College London PhD Studentship in Cryptography

Topic: Non-interactive Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs can be used to demonstrate that a statement is true, without revealing anything else. Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs have numerous security applications. Examples are identification protocols, where a user proves that they know a secret password without revealing the password itself, or internet voting protocols, where a voter demonstrates that they have cast a valid vote without revealing what the vote is.

This project aims at developing non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs with high efficiency and with advanced security properties. Another goal is to apply non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs in new security applications.

Supervisors
Dr Jens Groth
BT Prof. Yvo Desmedt

About the Candidate
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field. Funding is available for UK candidates only, or candidates that can demonstrate a relevant connection to the UK (usually established by being resident for a period of three years immediately before the date of application for an award). In addition, the student must have an EU citizenship to qualify for reduced UCL tuition fees.

About the Position
The PhD will be supervised by Dr Jens Groth and BT Professor Yvo Desmedt of University College London, located at Adastral Park. The position will be funded by EPSRC. For eligible candidates, the funding will cover UCL tuition fees and provide a tax-free stipend of at least GBP 14,600 per annum for 3 years.

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Germany - University of Karlsruhe PhD Position in Numerical Analysis or Scientific Computing

The research group “Numerical Methods for high-dimensional Systems” at the Mathematical Department of Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH) invites applications for a full PhD position (BAT IIa / E13) in numerical analysis or scientific computing.

Candidates must have graduated in mathematics, physics, bioinformatics or computer science. The position requires sound understanding of numerical mathematics, in particular a good knowledge of numerical methods for partial and ordinary differential equations. The candidate must be familiar with MATLAB and C++ or Java. German language skills are not necessary provided that the candidate has a sufficient level of written and spoken English.

To ensure equal opportunity for men and women, female candidates with the advertised qualifications are explicitly encouraged to apply. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the EU.

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Netherlands - Delft University of Technology PhD Research Assistantship in Potential of DSP for Digital Terrain Elevation Data

Ph.D. Research Assistantship to Explore the Potential of DSP for Digital Terrain Elevation Data at the Netherlands Defense Academy and Delft University of Technology

With today’s digital signal processing capabilities, it becomes possible to optimize the performance parameters of a navigation system for a particular set of intended applications. The Netherlands Defense Academy and the Delft University of Technology are providing an opportunity of a Ph.D. research assistantship to explore opportunities in the field of Terrain Reference Navigation (TRN) by using digital signal processing techniques that were originally developed for the acquisition and tracking of GPS signals. The goal of the research is to contribute to the creation of a design framework which can be used to match technology and processing concepts to a particular set of navigation system performance requirements. The focus lies on exploring the potential of various digital signal processing concepts for matching a set of distance measurements with a stored database of the environment.

The candidate should hold a Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics or any other relevant study with substantial knowledge on data processing. Research will be conducted both at the Netherlands Defense Academy and at Delft University of Technology. Leaders of the project are established researchers in the field of applied mathematics, geomatics and electronics. Contact Prof. P.J. Oonincx, Netherlands Defense Academy, at [pj.oonincx AT nlda.nl]. More information about the Netherlands Defense Academy can be found here.

October 8th, 2008

Germany - IMPRS Doctoral Fellowships in Economics, Law and Psychology

International Max Planck Research School On Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World
Doctoral Fellowships in Economics, Law and Psychology

The International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World (Uncertainty-School) combines approaches from Economics, Law and Psychology to explain human decisions under uncertainty more effectively and to better design institutional responses. The Uncertainty- School is jointly hosted by the Max Planck Institutes at Jena, Berlin and Bonn, and the Psychology and Economics Departments of the FSU Jena. International Partners are the Department of Psychology of Indiana University, Bloomington and the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Outstanding candidates are invited to apply for doctoral fellowships in economics, law and psychology.

Applicants are required to hold a Diplom, a Masters Degree or a State Exam with honors in one of the above mentioned disciplines or an equivalent degree in a related discipline.

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United Kingdom - 2009 Scottish Univeristies Physics Alliance PhD Studentships in Physics

Eight fully funded Prize PhD Studentships
+ over 100 other funded PhD places in physics in Scotland

The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) opens a single front door into physics PhDs in Scotland. When you apply for SUPA Prize PhD Studentship you will also be considered for all other funded places available in physics departments in Scotland.

Major themes pursued by researchers in SUPA are:

• astronomy and space
• condensed matter and material physics
• nuclear and plasma physics
• particle physics
• photonics
• physics and life sciences

UK and overseas students are invited to apply for 8 fully funded SUPA studentships and more than 100 other funded PhD places in physics in Scotland for 2009.

SUPA Studentships
SUPA is offering eight fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding students from anywhere in the world. These prestigious and competitive awards are intended to attract excellent students to study for a PhD in Scotland.

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Australia - Swinburne University of Technology PhD Scholarships in Software Engineering

Three High-Value PhD Scholarships in Software Engineering (Service Oriented Architecture)

The Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services (CS3) at Swinburne is successful in securing funding for three PhD scholarships in the area of service oriented architecture from two Australian national Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs): CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC) and Smart Services CRC. We are looking for three high-calibre PhD candidates to take up these scholarships.

• Adaptive Service Oriented Architecture for Context-aware Vehicle Systems: Modern vehicles have software systems both for control and for obtaining extra services from their changing environment through wireless vehicle-environment interaction. To reduce driver distraction in such a setting, it is important that the vehicle systems can automatically adapt to changes in their environment, delivering the right service at the right place and time according to the driver/vehicle’s need with no or little human intervention. Funded by the AutoCRC, this research project is to investigate how to systematically develop, manage and integrate such context-aware vehicle software systems, facilitating distraction-free vehicle-environment interactions. Following a service oriented approach, it focuses on context modelling and representation, context management and integration, and context-aware provision and integration of automotive functions and services.
• Adaptive Service Delivery. Service delivery concerns the enabling of services through brokers, mediators and specialist intermediaries, aimed at connecting service providers to service consumers in flexible and even unforeseen ways. Funded by the Smart Services CRC, this research project investigates how to re-purpose, reconfigure and adapt services and service assemblies for different business application contexts and manage their variations during modelling, design and operation. In particular, the project adopts an architectural approach to adaptive design and management of services and service-oriented systems. Relevant issues for investigation include the design of reconfigurable services, modelling of service-context relationships, adaptive service composition architectures, and service quality decomposition, monitoring and aggregation.
• Service Aggregation. Composite services offer new capabilities through aggregations of simpler services often involving multiple providers. Management of provision processes of such aggregations is critical to ensure all the functional and non-functional requirements for the provided services are met both at the individual and aggregated service levels. Funded by the Smart Services CRC, this research project develops a framework and associated methods, techniques and tools for adaptive management of the flexible quality-assured service aggregation. In particular it aims at enabling on-demand aggregated service procurement, QoS measurements, multi-party service level agreement (SLA) and service quality assurance during provision of service aggregations.

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Switzerland - EPFL PhD Position in Environmental Chemistry / Water Treatment / Pathogen Disinfection

The Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry at EPFL (http://lce.epfl.ch) is interested in naturally occurring processes in surface water that can lead to the inactivation of viral pathogens. Some of the most effective water treatment methods (e.g., waste stabilization ponds) rely on such natural disinfection processes. Even though these treatment methods are extensively used, little is known about the factors that control virus inactivation.

We are currently looking for a PhD student to carry out a thesis in the area of virus-particle interactions and their effect on virus disinfection. In particular, we are interested in understanding how electrostatic forces or radicals produced from photo-active particles affect virus viability. For this project, we will use a combination of analytical and photochemical techniques, as well as molecular biological methods. Our long-term goal is to use the knowledge gained from our research to improve existing water treatment systems, and develop novel, more effective methods at a low cost.

Institution: EPFL is a top-tier European research institution located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The campus is beautifully situated at the shore of Lake Geneva, with a full view of the Alps.

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Germany - Darmstadt University of Technology Postdoc and PhD Researcher Positions in Signal Processing

The Communication Systems Group at Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany) invites applications for Postdoctoral and Ph.D. researcher positions in the field of multi-sensor signal processing. The positions will be available from the beginning of 2009. The research will be supervised by Prof. Alex Gershman. We offer very competitive salaries and facilities that are among the best in the world. Candidates are expected to have a strong academic record, and should demonstrate their solid knowledge in math, statistics and probability theory, estimation and detection theory, and signal processing. Knowledge of communication and information theories will be an asset. Graduates from internationally well-known universities with top 5% records in their classes are particularly encouraged to apply.

To apply: Candidates should send their full CV to Prof. Gershman (Email: gershman[ at ]nt.tu-darmstadt.de ).

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October 7th, 2008