12 Doctoral Scholarships in Computing at Univ of Teesside (United Kingdom)

The University of Teesside is offering 12 full-time Research Doctoral Scholarships across a broad range of subject areas including: computing, social science, health sciences, engineering and history. The scholarships are aligned to key areas of research strength within the Institute of Digital Innovation, the Institute for Health Sciences and Social Care, the Institute for Innovation & Development in Engineering and Science and the Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research. The awards will be for a period of three years and include fees (home/EU or international rate) and an annual stipend of £12,600. Successful applicants should be in a position to take up the scholarships in January 2008 or shortly thereafter.

Research theme: Entertainment computing

1. Security in distributed, multi-user games
2. A new development and deployment paradigm for pervasive multi-user games

Informal enquiries for projects 1 and 2 to Professor Marc Cavazza, e-mail m.o.cavazza@tees.ac.uk

Research Doctoral Scholarships applicants should have at least an upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification and ideally a postgraduate qualification. The minimum English language entry level is IELTS 6.5 with no grade below 6.0 or equivalent.

To apply for a scholarship please contact the Graduate Research School for an application form:

University of Teesside Research Doctoral Scholarships Graduate Research School University of Teesside Middlesbrough Tees Valley TS1 3BA UK

E-mail: graduateresearchschool@tees.ac.uk or tel:+44(0)1642 738033

Closing date: 19 October 2007

http://www.jobs. ac.uk/jobs/ FH196/Research_ Doctoral_ Scholarship

Erasmus Mundus European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (Germany)

The Erasmus Mundus European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT) is designed to meet the demands of industry and research in a rapidly growing area. It offers education and training opportunities for the next generations of leaders in research and innovation. It provides students with profound knowledge and insight into the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of language and communication technologies and it strengthens their ability to work according to scientific methods. Moreover, the students acquire practice-oriented knowledge by choosing appropriate combinations of modules in Language Technology, Computational and Theoretical Linguistics, and Computer Science.

It involves studying one year at one of the Universities of the consortium, and completing the second year with a stay in one of the partner universities. After this, the student will obtain two already approved Master of Science/Arts degrees with legal value in the countries of issue.

Duration: 2 years

Language of instruction: English

Summary of Study Programme: The course consists of Compulsory Modules and Advanced Modules in Language Technology and Computer Science, complemented by a Project, and a Masters thesis, for a total of 120 ECTS credits.

Applications and Admission
For further information contact
Valia Kordoni at kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de and Hans Uszkoreit at hansu@coli.uni-sb.de

Postal addressPD Dr. Valia Kordoniv Computational Linguistics & PhoneticsSaarland UniversityP.O. Box 15 11 5066041 SaarbrueckenGermany

For more information about the scholarships, please refer to the:official announcement

PhD Studentship in Computer Science at The University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

The University of Luxembourg is looking within its Computer Science and Communications Research Unit for a:

PhD STUDENT in Computer Science (M/F) Ref : R1F107K30
4-year job (consisting of two 2-year contracts) 40 hours/week

On the topic of reasoning and formal argumentation in the field of trust management

Reasoning about trust is a process that often involves the application of rules of thumb, general guidelines or argument and counterargument. During recent years, the field of formal argumentation has produced a range of formalisms, as well as software implementations, to deal with issues such as nonmonotonic reasoning, decision making and agent communication. In this context, the University of Luxembourg is currently setting up a research project (Advanced Argumentation Techniques for Trust Management, AASTM) to apply the approach of formal argumentation to the issue of trust management.

The work consists of two parts:

• The formation of a formal theory on argumentation for trust management


• An implementation of this formal theory as set of software components
  

Requirements:

• M. Sc in Computer Science, artificial intelligence or mathematics (no older than 5 years)


• Strong programming skills


• Although a background on formal argumentation is not necessary, candidates should preferably be familiar with various forms of formal logic and theoretical computer science.
  

The position is associated with an annual salary between 23400 and 25450 euro after tax, depending on the profile of the candidate.

Applications mentioning the reference number are to be sent no later than September, 30th 2007 and should include a letter of motivation, a complete CV and a copy of the M. Sc. Diploma including a transcript of courses taken (with grades) and the names and contact details of two referees. These are to be submitted by e-mail to Prof. Dr. Leon Van der Torre (leon.vandertorre@uni.lu) and Dr.Martin Caminada (martin.caminada@uni.lu)

Any enquiry concerning this position can be sent to Martin Caminada.

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.
Deadline: September, 30th 2007