Applications are invited for a PhD position in Intelligent Transport
Systems at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Scholarship is available for a PhD position for 3 years at the Centre for
Advanced Internet Architectures (CAIA) in the Faculty of ICT at Swinburne
University of Technology. The successful candidate will be working in a
project, titled "Easing urban congestion through intelligent use of
distributed information", funded by a highly competitive and prestigious
Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship grant.

The candidate will work with a team in the Intelligent Transport Systems
Lab at Swinburne to conduct research in exploring smart use of real-time
information to ease urban congestion. Furthermore, the candidate will have
the opportunity to work in collaboration with distinguished researchers in
and outside Australia, and will be able to make use of real-time and
archived traffic data made available by a leading transport network
operator in Australia.

Relevant to the project are the following research activities:
* analyzing traffic data,
* modelling and evaluating the performance of communication protocols and
the infrastructure for information dissemination in intelligent transport
systems (ITS),
* developing algorithms for real-time route guidance systems, and
* designing and optimizing traffic control mechanisms.

The project will involve the development and analysis of new techniques to
collect, process and disseminate information for ITS applications including
route guidance and traffic control.


Required qualifications:
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At the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), you can challenge yourself by
undertaking PhD studies in artificial intelligence. In this role, you will
explore some of the deepest problems of intelligence yet see your work make
a real difference in practical systems.

The IBM-UTS Smarter Planet Project is offering three scholarships to
Australian or international candidates. The scholarship is paid as a
tax-exempt $24,653 annual stipend to help cover your living expenses for a
maximum of 3.5 years. Tuition fees for successful Australian candidates will
be covered by the Research Training Scheme. International candidates may be
eligible for an International Research Scholarship that covers tuition fees.

These scholarships will support PhD research projects that address real
world problems using software, intelligent robots, and connected
environments. The objective of the IBM-UTS Smarter Planet Project is to
develop novel approaches to constructing intelligent systems that engage
seamlessly with users and enable new forms of social interaction. Projects
may involve artificial intelligence, formal logic, computational law,
cognitive science, data analytics, social computing, robotics and the
internet of things.

A PhD is rewarding like no ordinary job. You will help create the future at
the same time as developing your research skills and preparing you for the
next phase of your career. You will work in the vibrant Innovation and
Enterprise Research Laboratory (the "magic lab") with access to
state-of-the-art technologies, including Australia's only PR2 robot. The
research environment is stimulating but relaxed and your colleagues will be
highly motivated and skilled researchers. In addition, you will have the
opportunity to work with senior research leaders in IBM.

We are looking for motivated, resourceful and imaginative people to join us.
Normally a Masters or high Honours degree in a relevant field of science, IT
or engineering is required but in rare circumstances exceptional candidates
without such qualifications are admitted. You do not need to have any
specialized knowledge or experience but a high level of skill in software
engineering is expected.

The position is located at the UTS's Broadway campus, just minutes walk from
Central Station and Chinatown.

To apply:
Send an email with your resume, cover letter and academic transcript to
phd@themagiclab.org.
Applications Close: April 2, 2013

For more information please email phd@themagiclab.org.
CRICOS Provider No: 00099F

Deadline: 15 Feb, 2013
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The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) currently has a PhD fellowship available, appointment starting on 1 April 2013. Applications are now invited from excellent candidates wishing to conduct interdisciplinary research in the Brain & Cognition priority area of UvA. The successful candidate is expected to write a dissertation in logic, computer science and/or cognitive science, using theoretical tools to model cognitive phenomena. The possible topics include, but are not restricted to, computational cognitive modelling of language, applying logic and complexity in cognitive science, social cognition and modelling working memory. For more information see: http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/nav/type/phd-position/item/13-017.html

The Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a fully funded position for a PhD student in the area of decision-theoretic active perception.  The position is within the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam and will be supervised by Dr. Shimon Whiteson.

Application closing date: 15 January 2013
Starting date: 1 March 2013 (later starting date is possible)
Duration: 4 years

The goal of the research is to develop new decision-theoretic algorithms to facilitate active perception in multi-camera tracking systems.  Doing so will require advancing the state of the art in approximate off-line and on-line planning methods for partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs).  The project is funded by a grant from STW (Dutch national technology foundation) and is a collaboration with TNO (Dutch national research laboratory) and Eagle Vision, a company that offers multi-camera tracking systems.

Applicants must have a master's degree in computer science or a closely related area. In addition, a successful candidate should have:

* strong math and programming skills.

* strong background in artificial intelligence: particularly useful is knowledge of decision-theoretic planning, machine learning, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.

* strong oral and written communication skills.

The successful candidate will be based in the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam (ISLA) within the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam. The institute was recently ranked among the top 50 computer science departments in the world by the 2011 QS World University IT Rankings. ISLA consists of 20 members of faculty, 20 postdoctoral researchers, and more than 50 PhD students. Members of the lab are actively pursuing a variety of research initiatives, including machine learning, decision-theoretic planning and learning, multiagent systems, human-computer-interaction, natural language processing, information retrieval, and computer vision.

Some of the things we have to offer:

* competitive pay and excellent benefits
* extremely friendly working environment
* high-level of interaction
* location near the city center (10 minutes by bicycle) of one Europe's most beautiful and lively cities
* international environment (10+ nationalities in the group)
* access to high-end computing facilities (cluster with 4,000+ cores)
* brand-new building

Since Amsterdam is a very international city where almost everybody speaks and understands English, candidates need not be afraid of the language barrier.

For further information, including instructions on submitting an application, see the official job ad at http://bit.ly/T06xXn

Informal inquiries can be made by email to Shimon Whiteson (s.a.whiteson@uva.nl).

 
We invite applications for PhD study at the University of Birmingham.

We are a group of (mostly) theoretical computer scientists who explore fundamental concepts in computation and programming language semantics. This often involves profound and surprising connections between different areas of computer science and mathematics. From category theory to λ-calculus and computational effects, from topology to constructive mathematics, from game semantics to program compilation, this is a diverse field of research that continues to provide new insight and underlying structure.   See our webpage, with links to individual researchers, here:

http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/groupings/theory/

Information about PhD applications may be found here:

http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/admissions/postgraduate-research/

If you are considering applying, please contact any of us.  We will be very happy to discuss the opportunities available.

Best regards,
the Birmingham CS theory group

Martín Escardó
(Topology, computation with infinite objects, constructive mathematics, intuitionistic type theory)

Dan Ghica
(Game semantics, heterogeneous computing, model checking)

Achim Jung
(Mathematical structures in the foundations of computing: logic, topology, order)

Paul Levy
(Denotational semantics, λ-calculus with effects, nondeterminism, category theory, game semantics)

Uday Reddy
(Semantics of state, separation logic)

Eike Ritter
(Security protocol verification)

Hayo Thielecke
(Abstract machines, concurrent and functional programming, software security)

Steve Vickers
Constructive mathematics and topology, category theory and toposes

REF :  SNT-PhD-SECO-RatArch-1112

Fixed-term contract 3 years, full-time (40 hrs/week)

PhD places for 2013 at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit:

http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/teaching/phd/index.html

The deadline for all applications is 5pm 16th December 2012.

PhD programme at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit

The Unit is looking for exceptional PhD candidates. Applicants should
have a strong analytical background, a keen interest in neuroscience
and / or machine learning and a relevant first degree, for example in
Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics,
Psychology or Statistics. Students seeking to combine work in
neuroscience and machine learning are particularly encouraged to
apply.

Competitive fully-funded studentships are available (to EU and overseas
students) and the Unit also welcomes students with pre-secured funding
or with other scholarship/studentship applications in progress.
Although you may be able to bring funding it is not part of our
admissions criteria.

1) Applicants are encouraged to apply directly to the Unit in the first
   instance by forwarding, in PDF or plain text format where possible:

*  their CV,

*  a statement of research interests,

*  transcript(s) for previous degrees:
     http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/teaching/phd/transcripts.html

*  and arranging for three academic referees to forward letters
   of reference in this format

     http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/teaching/phd/referee_form.html

PhD student position Crowdsourcing 3D Geoinformation

The PhD student in the doctoral program Crowdanalyser (crowdanalyser.uni-hd.de) at Heidelberg University will investigate the challenges, possibilities and limitations of crowdsourcing 3D geoinformation (e.g. extracted from 3D point clouds derived from mobile sensors). This includes tasks such as 3D data acquisition, object detection & modeling, fusion of (3D) multi-sensor data and existing 3D base models (e.g. derived from crowdsourced geoinformation like OpenStreetMap and airborne LiDAR).

The objective of the graduate school granting the scholarship is to develop novel methods towards the quality-oriented analysis and exploration of crowdsourced Web 2.0 data (such as OpenStreetMap, Flickr, Twitter, Social Networks etc.).
Crowdanalyser is a joint Research Training Group between the Institute of Computer Science and the Geoinformatics Research Group (giscience.uni-hd.de), Department of Geography at Heidelberg University, affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR).
The thesis will be supervised by Jun.-Prof. Bernhard Höfle and Prof. Alexander Zipf.

Scholarships are 1200 Euro per month plus 110 Euro per month for travel and other costs. Further criteria and information on the scholarship is given by the Graduate Academy (www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de) of the Heidelberg University.

Requirements
- MSc in Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Geography, Mathematics, or related area
- Background in one or more of the following areas: 3D computer vision, LiDAR, pattern recognition, 3D point cloud analysis, 3D object detection and modeling, multi-sensor fusion, computer graphics (GPGPU programming)
- Demonstrated strong programming experience (preferably in C/C++)
- Excellent English skills (written and oral), Excellent communication & organizational skills

Applications shall be directed to Ms. Bettina Knorr (bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de, giscience.uni-hd.de) until November 14th 2012 in digital form (one PDF document).
The application shall include a detailed CV including grades, technical expertise, letters of reference and list of publications as well as a short motivation statement (<1 page) addressing the PhD topic “Crowdsourcing 3D Geoinformation†.

The selection of the scholarship holder will be based on quality of the candidates and a personal interview. The Heidelberg University is an equal opportunity employer. In case of equality of qualification and suitability of applicants, the applications made by female researchers will be given preferential consideration. Handicapped applicants will be treated preferentially if equally qualified. The graduate college aims at providing best possibilities for combining research and family.

E-Mail: bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de

We are currently recruiting for two positions in the Data Mining & Machine Learning Group at the National University of Ireland, Galway:

·         Postdoctoral researcher: from 1 Sept 2012 for 2.5 years

·         PhD Funded Scholarship: from 1 Sept 2012 for 3 years.

These positions are funded by a recent EU Framework 7 research award that we have received. Our contribution to the project will involve research and development of new data mining algorithms for classification/regression based on sensor data, as well as development of software for desktop and embedded systems. There will be opportunities for travel to meetings with partners across Europe, as well as to international conferences. This is an excellent opportunity to combine R&D with substantial software product development, while collaborating with academic and industrial partners who are members of the project team.

For further information, including information on how to apply and the deadlines for applications, see http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie .