School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science EPSRC PhD studentship on “Formal reasoning about the situated use of medical devices” (Ref CHI+MED/Q1001)
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship as part of the CHI+MED (www.chi-med.ac.uk) project. CHI+MED is a major EPSRC funded multidisciplinary research programme across 4 universities that aims to improve the usability and safety of interactive medical devices. The studentship is based at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London supervised by Dr Paul Curzon (www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~pc/) of Queen Mary and Prof Ann Blandford (www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/people/a.blandford/) of UCL. The successful candidate will investigate formal methods to support the prevention of human error, focusing on the situated use of medical devices (such as infusion pumps). The detailed topic will be developed by the student in the early stages of their research. One possible focus is to investigate how formal methods could support distributed cognition based analyses of situated behaviour. Key Requirements Applicants for the PhD studentships will need to have a first or upper-second (2:1) class honours degree in Computer Science or related subject and be able to demonstrate a strong mathematical background. High levels of ability in programming and knowledge of formal methods and human-computer interaction are required. British and EU nationals who meet the UK residency requirements, as outlined at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/StudentEligibility.htm, will receive a full award that covers both tuition fees and a tax-free annual stipend starting at £15,590 per annum. The post is also open to overseas candidates; however the studentship will then only cover UK tuition fees (£3,466 per annum) and stipend. If an overseas student is successful we may apply for a fee-waiver to cover the additional fees, though this is considered by the college on a case-by-case basis. The studentship runs for 42 months full-time starting Autumn 2010 and is subject to meeting satisfactory milestones. Further Details Information about the school and its research areas can be found at www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk and about the CHI+MED research programme can be found at: www.chi-med.ac.uk. Informal queries can be directed to Paul Curzon ([email protected], tel. 020 7882 5212). Applications must be submitted through the college’s submission process (see www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd/apply.php). Give “Paul Curzon, CHI+MED” as the supervisor. Completed application forms along with ALL the documents requested in the checklist on the application webpage must arrive by the closing date: Monday 18th October 2010. Interviews will be held on the Monday 1 November 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ hol-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hol-info
