PhD studentships at the University of Nottingham
The Digital Economy promises to transform the ways in which we work,
shop, travel, learn, socialise and play. It is transforming many aspects
of society, particularly with regard to technology and provides research
challenges in both technical and social areas, including:
Ubiquitous Computing - where millions of computers are embedded in the
world around us;
Location-Aware Computing - taking advantage of knowing the
geographical position of these fixed or mobile computing and
communications devices.
Pervasive Data with a vast amount of data generated and captured on
processes, products and people, the potential for gathering information
from this data is huge but subject to the availability and development
of algorithms and infrastructure able to cope with such vast amounts of
often distributed data. Further, the processing of data is increasingly
subject to privacy-protecting policies and other restrictions such as
regional legislation, strengthening the need for tools which are not
only functional but satisfy requirements such as transparency, privacy
and personalisability.
Science in Society - considering the technological, social or legal
perspectives to the grand challenge associated with modelling users,
their environment and the interactions between the two.
We are interested in students from a wide variety of backgrounds
including computer science, engineering, human factors, psychology,
sociology, business, geography, social science and the arts, providing
that they have an excellent first degree and can demonstrate an
enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.
Would you like to be at the heart of this revolution, researching across
the disciplines to explore new uses of ubiquitous and location-aware
computing, creating new technologies, or studying their impact on
peoples lives?
The Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is
recruiting on to a unique PhD programme for the Digital Economy.
Supported by RCUK and over 30 industry partners, we are training a
community of over 70 PhD students to become the next generation of
research leaders in this field within industry or academia.
Our current industry partners include: 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, Sharp Labs
Europe, Thales, Trinity House, TRL Technology.
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 internship at one of our partners including BBC, BT,
EADS Astrium, HP, IBM, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Ordnance
Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson, Sharp Labs Europe and Thales (see list above)
Regular seminars and meetings with industry representatives to develop
contacts with future employers.
An enhanced stipend of 15,600 per annum as well as a personal laptop.
Supervision from international leaders in the associated disciplines.
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.
We have funding for ten UK/Home and two UK/Home/EU students. Places are
also available for those in receipt of four year independent
funding/scholarships. Please note we do not have any international
studentships available, so please do not enquire.
Further information can be found on the Horizon Doctoral Training Centre
website; www.horizon.ac.uk. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Miss
E Juggins, tel: 0115 823 2316 or Email: [email protected]
Application forms are available from Miss E Juggins or downloadable from
http://horizon.mrl.nott.ac.uk/students/how-to-apply/opportunities.html
and should be returned by email with a detailed CV and a statement of
research interests to [email protected]. Shortlisting date:
18 January 2012. Interview date: on 1 February 2012.
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Professor Uwe Aickelin
School of Computer Science - Intelligent Modelling & Analysis (IMA)
The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus,
Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK.
Phone: +44 (0)115 95 14215
Email: [email protected]
web: http://ima.ac.uk/aickelin
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