Thursday, June 18, 2009

Undergraduate Scholarship Program

Work Schedule: Full Time
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area


Applications for the Undergraduate Scholarship Program are accepted from August 1 - October 15.

If you are a high school senior planning to enroll in a 4-or 5-year college program, or you are a college sophomore enrolled in a 4-or 5-year college program, who is looking for career experience in a dynamic environment, apply to the CIA's Undergraduate Scholar Program and contribute to the work of the nation before you graduate.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

5 PhD Fellowships available in Grenoble Informatics

The Drakkar group (http://drakkar. imag.fr), part of the Grenoble
Informatics Laboratory (http://liglab. imag.fr) offers 5 PhD
fellowships. The positions concern the following research areas:
  • Wireless Sensor Networks for Urban Environments
  • Multi-radio, Multi-interface Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Network Security and Traffic Analysis
  • Software-defined Radios and Wireless Network Experiments
  • Extended LANs and Quality of Service
If you join the Drakkar group, you will:

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

International Conference on ICA2009, ITB

International Conference on ICA2009, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

The International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation(ICA) is an event held in East Asia Region since 1988. ICA2009 offers researchers, engineers and professionals in this region and world wide with excellent opportunities to get together and to exchange their findings and views in Bandung, Indonesia known as Parijs van Java (Paris of Java) and Asia-Africa Summit. All the submissions will be reviewed and accepted ones will be included in the conference proceedings. Topics of interest are in the broad area of instrumentation, control and automation, and include, but are not limited to:

Instrumentation:
Measuring and Sensing, Ultrasonic, Optic, Smart Sensor, Imaging, Medical, Bio-engineering, Biology system, Safety Instrumented system, Data Fusion, Fault Diagnosis, Education Control:

PID, Linear & Nonlinear, Multivariable, Model Predictive, Robust, Network, Intelligent and Learning, Fuzzy, Neural, Process, System Theory, Hybrid & Discrete Event, Simulation, Identification & Filtering, Robotics and Motions, Signal Processing, Education

Automation:
Human Machine Interaction, Instrumentation System, Process Automation, Intelligent Automation, Asset Management Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain, Precision Motion, Simulation and Control CAD, Automation Network, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Education Awards Arifin Wardiman Author Prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award of US$350. The criteria are high technical quality and a good presentation of the papers. The finalists are informed with notification of acceptance. The winners are decided by a selection committee and awarded at the closing ceremony. Eligible authors wishing to be considered for this prize should indicate when they submit contributions.

Submissions Authors are invited to submit full paper to secretariat electronically.
All material must be written in English, and a paper submitted only if you intend to attend the conference. The full paper should include the title, name(s) of the author(s), mailing address, affiliation, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address wherever possible. One registration is eligible for two papers. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceeding. Selected papers will be published in Journal of Automation, Control & Instrumentation (Indonesia) and other journals.

Plenary Talks:
  1. Unmanned Vehicles Control System, K. Watanabe, Okayama Univ., Japan
  2. Advanced Process Control: Multi-scale Approach, Y. Samyudia, Curtin Univ. of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia
  3. Measurements in Biophysics, F.I. Muchtadi, ITB, Indonesia
Important Dates:
  • August 1, 2009 : Submission of Full Papers
  • September 1, 2009 : Notification of Acceptance
  • October 1, 2009 : Submission of Final Papers
Conference Fee:
  • Early bird, before September 15, 2009 Regular : US$ 200
  • Student : US$ 125
  • On Site : US$ 250
Contact:

Secretariat of The International Conference on ICA2009
Instrumentation and Control Research Group,
Department of Engineering Physics, Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132 Indonesia
Phone: +(62)22-250 4424, Fax.: +(62)22-250 6281,
Email:
ICA2009@tf.itb. ac.id
http://dosen.tf.itb.ac.id/webmail/src/compose. php?send_to=ICA2009%40tf.itb. ac.id

Hosted by:
Instrumentation & Control Research Group
Department of Engineering Physics
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)

In Cooperation with:
  • IEEE Indonesia Section
  • Center for Unmanned System Studies (CentrUMS), ITB
  • Center for Instrumentation and TechnologyAutomatio n (CITA), ITB
  • Indonesian Engineers Society (PII)
  • Society of Automation, Control & Instrumentation (Indonesia) International Program Committee:
  • P.A. Bahri, Australia
  • A. Handojo, Indonesia
  • H.A. Tjokronegoro, Indonesia
  • K. Muljowidodo, Indonesia
  • Y.Y. Nazaruddin, Indonesia
  • F.I. Muchtadi, Indonesia
  • A. Trisnobudi, Indonesia
  • E. Leksono, Indonesia
  • R.T. Bambang, Indonesia
  • T. Mengko, Indonesia
  • E. Sofyan, Indonesia
  • K. Watanabe, Japan
  • M. Yamakita, Japan
  • H.C. Park, Korea
  • T.S. Kang, Korea

Friday, June 12, 2009

4 Doctoral Scholarships in Economics

Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB)
Call for applications
4 DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Under the Research Program "Fiscal Federalism" (Heads: Prof. Albert Solé-Ollé & Prof. Núria Bosch-Roca) at the IEB, we are seeking applications for

Four Doctoral Scholarships

The academic year starts on September 1, 2009. The scholarship is for a period of two years (Master's period), plus two additional years (PhD period) for students who are accepted on the PhD program. The amount of each stipend is 1,000 euro/month, and tuition fees will be waived. read more

Saturday, June 6, 2009

6 PhD Studentships in Computer Science, Swansea Univ, UK

Six funded PhD Studentships in Computer Science

Six PhD studentships are available in Computer Science at Swansea University, with funding of up to 12,940 GBP stipend plus fees.UK candidates are eligible to apply for all six studentships.

Overseas and EU candidates ARE eligible for some of the studentships!

Potential candidates should preferably have a first-class Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a cognate discipline, or an equivalent qualification.

To ensure consideration for an award, please apply to the University for admission as a PhD student in Computer Science: http://www.swan.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/

Deadline: 15th June 2009

Separate application for an award is NOT required. Candidates should however discuss possible topics with potential supervisors before the end of June. Queries may be addressed to Dr Arnold Beckmann a.beckmann@swansea.ac.uk.

Decisions concerning awards are expected by mid-July.

Computer Science at Swansea University offers an active and stimulating research atmosphere for PhD students, with internationally- leading research groups in Theory, Graphics and HCI. For further details of our research, see: http://www.swan.ac.uk/compsci/research/

In RAE 2008, 70% of the research submitted by the department was assessed as either world-leading or internationally excellent; only 12 Computer Science departments throughout the UK achieved a higher percentage of world-leading research.

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/ZM262/Six_ funded_PhD_ Studentships_ in_Computer_ Science/

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Language, Interaction and Computation: PhD Student, Universit

Institution/ Organization: University of Trento
Department: CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences
Web Address: http://portale.unitn.it/drcimec

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Computational
Linguistics; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics


Description:

13 PhD Positions, 11 with Fellowship, available now, CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento (Italy)

The CIMeC-Center for Mind/Brain Sciences at the University of Trento is accepting applications for a 3-year PhD Program in Cognitive and Brain Sciences. The program seeks to provide students with high level skills in basic and applied research in cognitive neuroscience, and will encourage them to pursue innovative research projects that require expertise in multiple areas. The program has two main areas within which research can be conducted using behavioural, neuroimaging and computational methods:
  1. Cognitive Neuroscience
  2. Language, Interaction & Computation.
The deadline for the application is July 10th, 2009 and courses officially commence November 1st, 2009. All courses will be given in English and are taught by a multi-disciplinary faculty with state-of-the- art facilities. 11 fellowships are available in the amount of £13,638 which will be awarded to candidates based upon application and experience.

Info: For more information about the School please visit:
http://portale.unitn.it/drcimec

To download the official applications please visit:
http://portale.unitn.it/dr/cimec/admission.htm

For more information, contact Leah Mercanti (see full contact information below).

Application Deadline: 10-Jul-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www4.unitn.it/Apply/en-GB/Home

Contact Information:
Leah Mercanti
Università degli Studi di Trento
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences
Palazzo Fedrigotti, Corso Bettini 31
38068, Rovereto (TN) - ITALY
Tel +39 0464 808617
Fax +39 0464 808690
Email phd.cimec@unitn. it

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

General Linguistics: PhD Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universi

Institution/ Organization: Ludwig-Maximilians- Universitä t München
Department: Zentrum für Sprach- und Literaturwissenscha ft
Web Address: http://www.zsl.fak13.uni-muenchen.de

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics


Description:

The Munich Center for Language and Literature ('Zentrum für Sprach- und Literaturwissenscha ft', Ludwig-Maximilians- Universitä t) is offering up to 3 doctoral student positions (TV-L E13, 50%, 2,5 years with evaluation after the first year; start of employment October 2009) to work on research projects related to one of the Center's linguistic focuses: 'Variation - Kontakt - Wandel' (Linguistics) or 'Figuren von Textualität' (Linguistics and Literature).
Further information regarding the research done at the Center is available at the website listed below.

The doctoral students participate in the International Doctoral Programme in Linguistics 'Language Theory and Applied Linguistics' . Further information regarding the Doctoral Programme is available at http://www.lipp.lmu.de.

Application requirements are a university degree graded above average (Magister Artium, diploma, state board examination, Master of Arts ('with thesis'), Maîtrise, Laurea, etc.) in a linguistic subject, very good knowledge of German, working knowledge of English and one other language.

Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www.zsl.fak13.uni-muenchen.de/Bewerbung

Contact Information:
Dr. Caroline Trautmann
trautmann@lipp.lmu.de
Phone:0049-89- 2180 3846
Fax:0049-89- 2180 13990