-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hazel Glover Sent: 03 February 2009 15:36 To: Equator; [email protected]; Pervasive and Locative Arts Network; [email protected] Subject: [plan] Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre for the Digital Society
Apologies for cross-posting. PhD Studentships at the Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre for the Digital Society -------------------------------------------------------------------- Are you interested in acquiring new skills and investigating the new challenges of ubiquitous and location-aware computing? Ubiquitous and locational Computing in which millions of computers become embedded into the world around us and interact with us wherever we are - is the most exciting and significant technology to emerge since the Internet. It promises to transform the ways in which we work, shop, travel, learn, socialise and play, but it also challenges many of our ideas of privacy and the relationship between citizens, commerce and the state. Would you like to investigate whether this revolutionary technology is an opportunity or a threat? This new Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique and major new PhD programme to study the impacts of the Digital Society. Supported by EPSRC and over 30 industry partners, the partners will train a community of over 50 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field within industry or academia. Our students will benefit from: * a fully-funded four-year PhD programme that integrates a leading-edge research project with research training in interdisciplinary skills * a personalised pathway through this programme that enables students to gain a balance of skills across key technology areas, future applications, and human and societal issues * training in innovation and ingenuity to equip students for careers in industry, from global companies to start-ups * a three-month salaried internship at one of our partners including BBC, BT, EADS Astrium, HP, IBM, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson and Thales (see full list below) * regular seminars and meetings with industry representatives to develop contacts with future employers * an enhanced stipend of 15,000 per annum (home students only) as well as a personal laptop * supervision from international leaders in the field of location-aware and ubiquitous computing, as well as other disciplines listed below * use of over 3m state-of-the-art facilities including positioning and sensing testbeds and transport simulators * career guidance support tailored to individual needs * office and laboratory space on Nottinghams award-winning Jubilee Campus Due to funding restrictions, in the first instance these studentships are only open to home/EU students. We are interested in students from a wide variety of backgrounds including computer science, engineering, psychology, sociology, business, geography, geospatial science, geomatics, social science and the arts, providing that they have an excellent first degree and can demonstrate an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research. Our current industry partners are: Active Ingredient, Aerial, BBC, Blast Theory, BT, EADS Astrium, EUROCONTROL, Fhios, Guidance Monitoring, HP, HW Communications, IBM, innovITS, Leica Geosystems, Location and Timing KTN, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Nottingham Scientific, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson, SERCO, Thales, Trinity House, TRL Technology. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Hazel Glover, tel: 0115 846 6780 or Email: [email protected] Applications, with a detailed CV and a statement of research interests, should be sent to Dr H Glover, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, NG8 1BB. Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Please quote ref. SCI/550X2. The closing date for the first round of applications is 28 February 2009, but further opportunities to apply may be available in April 2009. -- Dr Hazel Glover MRL Director of Operations School of Computer Science & IT University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 1BB Tel: 0115 846 6780 Fax: 0115 846 6416 http://www.mrl.nott.ac.uk/~hazel This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
