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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.

Continue Reading October 9th, 2008

Ireland - University College Dublin PhD Studentship in Environmental Microbial Genomics

A PhD studentship is available within the School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin (http://www.ucd.ie/bioenvsci/index.html). The project will focus on the isolation of novel anti-phytopathogenic agents from soil microbes using functional metagenomics. The student and a postdoctoral scientist will create and screen a soil metagenome library and assess the ability of clones within this library to suppress the growth of several well characterised phytopathogenic fungi. The candidate will preferably have good molecular biology skills and will be joining the UCD Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions group. This group use functional genomics, cell biology, proteomic, and screening techniques to identify antifungal organisms and characterise their antifungal activity.

The Project is part of a collaboration involving the research groups of Dr Fiona Doohan from the School of Biology & Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Prof. Alan Dobson from the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork and Dr Julian Marchesi from the School of Biosciences, at Cardiff University, in Wales. The postdoctoral scientist will be located at the ERI and it is anticipated that the PhD student will also spend a period of time at the ERI; the ERI are currently using metagenomic methods in a variety of environmental settings to explore the potential of microbial communities to provide novel products and products with biotechnological applications.

The Project is funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture & Food through the Research Stimulus Fund Programme. This is a three year PhD studentship, and it provides annual funding of €21,000 - €25,000 (to cover both fees and stipend).

Continue Reading October 6th, 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.

Continue Reading September 26th, 2008

Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia PhD Studentship in Biophysics

Job description
Protein folding remains a major unsolved challenge for modern biophysics. Despite the experimental and theoretical efforts of many laboratories in the last 40 years, our understanding of the basic rules that govern the attainment of a protein structure is still incomplete. This lack of information is partly due to the inadequacy of conventional bulk methods to study a process that is highly heterogeneous. During folding, individual molecules are thought to follow different pathways and populate different intermediate structures on their journey to the native state. Such a diversity of behaviors is often blurred in the ensemble average measured by bulk methods.

Recent advances in single molecule manipulation techniques, such as laser tweezers, have made it possible to revisit protein folding with a new approach. In these experiments, individual molecules are directly manipulated and their unfolding and refolding trajectories described along a well-defined reaction coordinate, namely their molecular end-to-end distance. In a work published in Science, Cecconi et al. has recently presented a method to manipulate individual globular proteins using laser tweezers [Cecconi et al., Science 2005; Cecconi et al., European Biophysics Journal 2008]. Using this novel experimental approach, Cecconi et al. investigated the folding pathways of single RNase H molecules with unprecedented details, uncovering information inaccessible to ensemble methods.

Continue Reading September 24th, 2008

United Kingdom - University of Central Lancashire, NDA and Sellafield Limited MPhil / PhD Studentship in Skills Forecasting for Nuclear Industry

MPhil/PhD
Skills Forecasting For The Nuclear Industry
Lancashire Business School

Reference No RS/08/10

A full-time MPhil/PhD funded studentship is available in the Lancashire Business School. The studentship is tenable up to 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress) with an expected commencement date of 1 January 2008. The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK/EU and Overseas rates plus a maintenance based grant of £12,940.

This project is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Sellafield Limited and the University of Central Lancashire. It aims to examine the forecasting and management of skill requirements in the nuclear industry, with initial focus on the decommissioning industry. The project’s objectives will be to generate a baseline of knowledge on the theory and practice of skills forecasting and management on very long projects; to document, compare and contrast current skills forecasting practice amongst current site licensing companies in the UK nuclear industry; to develop models of good practice for exploratory discussion and monitored application by each tier of the industry and to propose a model of good practice for adoption by the industry.

Continue Reading September 24th, 2008

Germany - International Helmholtz Research School PhD Studentships in Biophysics and Soft Matter

PhD studentship: The International Helmholtz Research School on “Biophysics and Soft Matter” (IHRS) offers PhD studentships to students with excellent results in Biology, Biophysics, Physics, Biochemistry or Chemistry.

The International Helmholtz Research School on ‘Biophysics and Soft Matter’ (IHRS-BioSoft) at the Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) in cooperation with the Universities of Düsseldorf and Köln will provide an in-depth training in Biophysics and Soft Matter and a comprehensive framework of experimental and theoretical tools that will enable Ph.D. students to gain deeper understanding into the structure, dynamics, and function of complex systems, in particular those related to living systems.

The International Helmholtz Research School offers positions for graduate students (leading to a Ph.D. within 3 years) who will be employed at the FZJ or at one of the cooperating Universities.

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September 22nd, 2008

United Kingdom - University of Bristol and HPLabs UK PhD Studentship in Computer Vision

PhD Studentship in Computer Vision for location based services
sponsored by HPLabs Innovation Research Award
Department of Computer Science

The successful candidate will join the Computer Vision Group at the Department of Computer Science, where we have developed a number of real-time visual location and mapping systems that we have applied to augmented reality and robotics. The University of Bristol is one of the very best universities in the UK and Computer Science one of its most successful departments. The selected student will also be eligible to apply for the regular HPLabs internships.

There are no restrictions on nationality as the scholarship can cover overseas university fees and includes a stipend for living expenses. Funding is provided by HP on a yearly basis subject to satisfactory performance for up to three years.

We are looking for the finest candidate from anywhere in the world to join our research team and invite interested students with a good MSc or undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent to apply. Applicants should have provable excellent C and/or C++ programming ability (ideally in both Windows and Linux OS), as well as strong mathematical skills. Experience with Computer Vision or related methods is highly desirable and awareness of algorithm design in the context of mobile platforms would be a bonus.

Continue Reading September 18th, 2008

United Kingdom - Bangor University PhD Studentship in Cognitive Neuroscience of Motor Control and Co-ordination

3-yr Ph.D. studentship
Cognitive Neuroscience of motor control and co-ordination
School Of Psychology

Applications are invited for a 3-yr PhD studentship, funded by School of Psychology, Bangor University (UK), and supervised by Dr Jörn Diedrichsen.

The studentship is available from earliest October 1st, 2008 (start date flexible). Applications are accepted until the Position is filled, the review of Applications is starting on September 13th.

The studentship is funded at ESRC rates, currently £12,940 per year.

The student will join the laboratory for Human Motor Control Lab, Bangor. Work in the laboratory focuses on the computational principles and neural underpinnings of human motor control, especially in the areas of bimanual coordination and function of the cerebellum. In behavioral studies we use robotic devices to simulate novel objects and new dynamic environments, and study how healthy participants learn and perform novel tasks. We develop computational models of coordination to understand the problems the brain solves as we interact with the environment. Neural underpinnings of these processes are studied using fMRI in which subjects perform or learn well-controlled motor tasks using fMRI-compatible robotic devices. Finally, studies with patients with lesions in the cerebellum allow us to test specific hypotheses about the functional role of the cerebellum.

The PhD project will consist of an associated but independent series of studies related to this work.

Continue Reading September 18th, 2008

United Kingdom - University of Warwick PhD Studentship in Polymer Self-Assembly

PhD Studentship
Polymer Self-Assembly
Department of Chemistry

This studentship is only open to UK nationals and those of equivalent status* (fees paid, plus £12600 per annum stipend) or EU Nationals (fees only, no stipend) due to funding restrictions. The position is commence at a mutually convenient date after 1st October 2008 and will last for 3 years.

The successful applicant should possess a good degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or a related discipline.

The studentship is in the group of Dr Andrew Dove at the University of Warwick (group webpage: www.go.warwick.ac.uk/dovegroup) and will focus on the synthesis and self-assembly of stereoregular block copolymers. You will undertake the synthesis of a range of block copolymers by ring-opening polymerization and controlled radical polymerization methodologies such as RAFT to obtain stereoregular polymers. The effect of both the composition and stereochemistry of the polymers on their ability to selectively self-assemble will be studied.

Continue Reading September 5th, 2008

Netherlands - Radboud University Nijmegen PhD Studentships in Emergence of Structures in Speech Signals

PhD student ‘Emergence of Structures in Speech Signals’ (1,0 fte)

Faculty of Arts
Vacancynumber: 23.31.08
Closing date: 14-09-2008

Job description
The NWO project A Computational Model of Language Acquisition aims to develop a computational model of language acquisition. The project team will comprise a postdoc and two PhD students. The PhD student will conduct computer simulations to investigate the emergence and development of neural representations of speech signals. In the first year the focus will be on representations of rhythm and intonation that a foetus is already able to form. The following years will be devoted to research addressing the segmentation of continuous speech signals into word-like units and the emergence of sub-word representations. In addition to designing and conducting the computer simulations, the PhD student is expected to have completed a PhD thesis on the topic by the end of the contract.

Requirements
The successful candidate has a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Psychology, Pattern Recognition, or Computer Science. She/he has excellent writing skills and is fluent in English.

Organization
The Faculty of Arts consists of eleven departments in the area of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and business communication, which together cater for about 2,700 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research. The project will be carried out at the research institute Centre for Language Studies as part of the Linguistic Information Processing and Grammar and Cognition research programmes.
Website: www.ru.nl

Continue Reading September 5th, 2008