PhD student position in wireless network information theory at Chalmers University, Sweden

At the Department of Signals and Systems, we conduct world-leading research in biomedical engineering, antennas, signal processing, control, automation, mechatronics and communication systems. Our research deals to a large extent with the modeling and development of efficient systems for extracting and processing information. Systems our researchers deal with include for instance e-Health, hearing aids, robotics, power chains, and mobile telephony.

135 PhD scholarship in Hongkong

Application Deadline: 1st december 2010

Background

Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions.


Eligibility
Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in the following eight institutions, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience, and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply.

City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Lingnan University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The University of Hong Kong

Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

How to Apply:

Eligible candidates should make an initial application online through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) Electronic System to obtain a HKPFS reference number by 1 December 2010 at Hong Kong Time 12:00:00 (GMT +8 hours) before submitting applications for PhD admission to their chosen institutions.

Applicants may choose up to two programmes / departments at one or two institutions for PhD study under HKPFS 2011/12. They should therefore comply with the admission requirements of their selected institutions and programmes.

As the deadlines for applications to some of the institutions immediately follow that of the initial application, candidates should submit initial applications as early as possible to ensure that they have sufficient time to submit applications to institutions.


Fellowship Award

The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approximately US$2,600) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year to each awardee for a period of three years. About 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in each academic year*. For awardees who need more than three years to complete their PhD studies, additional support may be provided by the chosen institutions. For details, please contact the institutions concerned directly.

* Institutions in Hong Kong normally start their academic year in September.


Selection Panel
Shortlisted applications, subject to their areas of studies, will be reviewed by one of the following two Selection Panels comprising experts in the relevant board areas:

sciences, medicine, engineering and technology
humanities, social sciences and business studies


Selection Criteria
While candidates' academic excellence is the primary consideration, the Selection Panels will take into account factors as follows:

Academic excellence;
Research ability and potential;
Communication, and interpersonal skills; and
Leadership abilities.


For details: http://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html

PhD Position in Embedded System Design at TUM, Germany

Deadline: the position is to be filled as soon as possible

Domain: Automation We are now accepting applications for a 3‐year PhD Scholarship in the area of software engineering, fault-tolerant systems, and verification in the Department of Informatics at TU München, Germany.

Project Title: Development of High-Availability Embedded Systems Application

In cooperation with GE, TU München investigates on the development process of high-availability embedded systems. The project covers the following aspects: code reuse, multi-core platforms, code generation, and formal verification. Within the project, a windmill application will be implemented as use case. Applicants should have a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent, from a well‐known University).
The success-ful candidate should have experience in one or more of the following areas:

1. software engineering
2. multi-core systems
3. formal methods, and
4. fault-tolerance mechanisms.

TU München enjoys an excellent international reputation as an aca-demic leader and has been consistently ranked as one of the three best universities in Germany. It was appointed one of only three top universi-ties in the first round of the "Excellence Initiative" of the German Gov-ernment in 2006. The group Robotics & Embedded Systems offers a unique working surrounding with interesting and challenging research projects. Besides the concrete project, the group provides excellent pos-sibilities for your career both in academia – within the associated re-search and transfer institute fortiss - and in industry - by its close ties to companies and by supporting the creation of spin-offs. The Munich area itself offers high quality of living, with unparalleled outdoor recreational opportunities and a great night-life at a reasonable price. Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, an academic transcript and two referees. A statement of the broad area of your re-search interest should also be included.

For any enquiries or further information, send an E-mail to: Dr. Christian Buckl (buckl@in.tum.de) or visit our web site http://wwwknoll.in.tum.de.

Source: http://www6.in.tum.de/pub/Main/OpenPositions/position_available.pdf

EPEC Electric Power Engineering Centre Postgraduate Scholarship, Newzealand

This scholarship was established in 2004 by the Power Engineering Excellence Trust (PEET) in recognition of academic achievement by postgraduate students specialising in Electric Power Engineering.
Up to two scholarships may be offered annually, to NZ citizen or permanent resident, enrolled at Master's or PhD level and undertaking research in electric power engineering.

Value: $12,500, at Master's level and $25,000 at PhD level

Tenure: Master's: 1 year, PhD: Up to three years subject to availability of funding and satisfactory progress of the scholar.

Closing Date : Enrolment and undertaking research in electric power engineering for a degree at Master's or PhD level at the University of Canterbury shall be deemed to constitute an application for this award. No separate application is necessary.

Regulations: Electric Power Engineering Centre Postgraduate Scholarship

Apply: No separate application is necessary.

Full-time PhD studentships in Next Generation Technologies at The Open University, UK

Closing date : 31/03/2010

2 Full-time PhD studentships in Next Generation Technologies, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
Three-year PhD studentships, Based in Milton Keynes
circulation date : 11/03/2010

The neXt Generation multimedia technology (XGMT) group at the Open University in collaboration with the Optical Information Systems group at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Berlin are offering two jointly-funded, 3-year full-time PhD studentships commencing in October 2010. The general research topics will be in multi-sensor navigation for mobile robots and 3-D medical imaging. In particular: 1) the investigation of techniques for the fast derivation of high-quality depth information from optical sensors data and subsequent 3-D mapping to facilitate up-to-date spatial environment maps; and 2) the fusion of different medical image modalities i.e. CAT and MRI to accurately estimate the orientation of the human body by observation of surfaces without access to fixed orientation points. All applicants must either have or expect to gain a good Honours degree (at least a 2i standard or equivalent) in Information Communications Technology, Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related area. Both PhD studentships will provide a stipend and cover all fees and are available to any suitably qualified UK, EU and International student.Closing date: 31 March 2010, although the studentships will remain open until filled.

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

This document provides details on the application process and staff benefits
Information for Applicants

APPLY
email: l.s.dooley@open.ac.uk Professor Laurence S. Dooley
email: Anko.Boerner@dlr.de Dr. Anko BoernerAnko

For further information concerning these study opportunities please contact either Professor Laurence S. Dooley (Chair of ICT at the Open University) or Dr. Anko Boerner (Head of Department Information Processing of Optical Systems, DLR, Berlin) by email see (links above).

Please quote reference XGMTFurther particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape (Minicom 01908 654901 01908 654901 ). We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

2 PhD Scholarship in Health Care Informatics at NTNU, Norway

Closing date: 2010-03-12

The positions are offered by the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDI), affiliated with the Norwegian Centre for Electronic Patient Records (NSEP), both at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). NSEP is organised under the Medical Faculty to develop and maintain interdisciplinary research related to health informatics.
Improved use and re-use of health information for patient empowerment, quality improvement and clinical decision support.

A major part of healthcare resources goes into producing digital, textual, heterogeneous, distributed information stored in electronic health records (EHR). This information is primarily used to give care to individuals. Domain complexity and lack of semantics makes this information hard to structure, abstract and analyse. Secondary usage of information to improve quality, effectiveness and patient empowerment is challenging, but required. The fellows will work in projects with the objective to study, develop and evaluate methods for interpreting, analysing, aggregating and presenting record information. A background and interest within data- and text mining, knowledge technology, information analysis, natural language processing, computational linguistics and/or visualisation is required.

Further information on the fellowships may be obtained from Associate Professor Øystein Nytrø, Tel. +47 918 97 606 +47 918 97 606 , e-mail nytroe@idi.ntnu.no or Research Scientist Laura Slaughter, e-mail lauras@idi.tnu.no

Applications are to be submitted electronically through
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=64819
Preferably, we want the attachments in one file.

Applications should be marked IME-012-2010.

Source: http://innsida.ntnu.no/nettopp_lesmer.php?kategori=nyheter&dokid=4b73c57602b4e3.23293915

Ph.D. position in Power Electronics at KTH, Sweden

Application Deadline: 11/01/2010

KTH School of Electrical Engineering seeks one Ph.D. candidate in Power Electronics
KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. There are approximately 12,000 full-year undergraduate students, 1,400 postgraduate students and 3,100 employees.

The School of Electrical Engineering conducts research and education on the highest international level in Electric Power Engineering, Fusion and Space Plasma Physics, Telecommunications, and Networks, Information and Control Systems (NICS).
The scientific and technical activities of the Laboratory of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics can be divided into three areas: Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, and Electric Traction.

Research SubjectProject title: Grid-connected Multilevel Converters based on Cascaded Bridges
Join us in creating the sustainable energy systems of the future by doing research in a hot field within Power Electronics. KTH School of Electrical Engineering announces one Ph.D. student position in Power Electronics for the project `Grid-connected Multilevel Converters based on Cascaded Bridge´.

The goal of the project is to obtain knowledge on how grid-connected multilevel converters based on cascaded bridges shall be designed and dimensioned for three different applications: High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission, Static Compensators, and Supplies for Electric Traction Systems. Comparisons to existing technologies should be performed and specifically strategies for fault handling shall be analyzed.
The investigation is performed by means of analytical considerations, numerical simulations, and experiments on an already existing laboratory prototype.
Converters based on cascaded bridges have become the most interesting converters for transmission applications since they combine a high efficiency (>99%) with an outstanding output voltage waveform. Siemens and Areva have already introduced products based on this technology (HVDC plus, M2C, etc). Banverket has ordered traction supply systems based on the same technology, but with a special topology of the main circuit. Nevertheless, this fieldhas to be judged as being in a state relative virginity, and at least 6 research groups have identified the subject as highly interesting.

The results from the project should be of highest interest for both Swedish manufacturing industry within the field and for users of the technology, as for instance transmission system owners and traction supply system owners.

Qualifications
Applicants should have a completed academic degree on the master’s level in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics or a related field. Furthermore, good oral and written communication skills in English are required.
To address its varied work, KTH aims to employ a diversity of talent and thus welcomes applicants who will add to the variety of the university, especially concerning its gender structure.
Employment
Form of employment: Time limited.Start date: According to agreement.The salary follows the directions provided by KTH, and the position will include 80% research and 20% teaching assistance.

Application
Application deadline: January 11, 2010Employers reference number: E-2009-0409
The application shall include a CV, a brief statement on why the applicant wishes to pursue PhD studies, contact information to three references, the degree certificate, and official transcripts of records.

The application should quote the reference number above and be sent to:

KTH School of Electrical Engineering
Att: Liselott Sandahl
Osquldas väg 10
SE – 100 44
Stockholm
Sweden

or to

0409@ee.kth.se

in pdf format (only), with all documents merged into one single pdf-file, with the reference number in the subject field.

Contact
Hans-Peter Nee,
Professor
Phone: +46 8 790 7781 +46 8 790 7781

hansi@kth.se