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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

Norway - University of Bergen PhD Research Fellowship in Mathematics

At the Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen or SINTEF ICT, Oslo, a 3-year position as Research Fellow (PhD position) is available within the project

Geological Storage of CO2: Mathematical Modelling and Risk Analysis.

The fellowship is financed by the Research Council of Norway, StatoilHydro and Shell. Work location will be either at the University of Bergen or at SINTEF ICT in Oslo.

The project is a cooperation between research groups at the University of Bergen and SINTEF ICT in Oslo. The candidate will participate in an international research network devoted to the development of analytical and numerical tools to be used in risk assessment analysis of geological storage of CO2. The candidate will in particular focus on the development of streamline methods for simulating CO2 injection. We seek a candidate with background from some of the fields: numerical analysis and programming, differential equations, and reservoir modelling and simulation. More information about the project is found at http://www.math.sintef.no/matmora.

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.

Continue Reading May 11th, 2008

Norway - University of Agder Doctoral Fellowships in Renewabale Energy

Doctoral Fellowships in Renewable Energy (End Use of Photovoltaics)

Job Role: Engineering, Physics
Job Hours: Full-Time
Sector: Academic
Location: Norway
Company: University of Agder
Salary: The yearly salary is approximately Euro 43000

TWO DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN END USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY AT THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF AGDER, NORWAY

Ref 47/08

Two doctoral fellowships in End Use of Photovoltaic Technology are available at the University of Agder. The University wishes to fill these vacancies as soon as possible. The posts are in the Faculty of Engineering and Science which is located in Grimstad, Norway.

The PhD positions are part of a project that takes place in cooperation between Elkem Solar, University of Agder, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Aalborg University and the municipality of Kristiansand, and are financed principally by the Research Council of Norway and Elkem Solar. The project title is “End Use of Photovoltaic Technology in Norway”.

The principal hypothesis in the project is that solar electricity is a viable alternative even in Norway. From this vantage point the project aims to develop a scientific knowledge base that can be used to answer whether, and under which premises, the hypothesis is true. Furthermore, the project aims to develop algorithms, equipment and new power electronics, which should contribute in making solar based electricity more competitive. The knowledge accumulating in the project will possibly form a basis for a new industry within the end use segment of photovoltaic technology in Norway.

Continue Reading April 16th, 2008