Computer Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 12

Postdoctoral Position on Social Network Security, Privacy and Trust, University of Uninsubria, Italy

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The position is financially supported by Lombardy Region and a Google Research Award.

The research topic is the design, implementation and evaluation of
next generation privacy-preserving technologies for Social Networks, with a particular focus on trust modelling and management.

The ideal candidate:
– holds Ph.D. in a relevant area of computer science or a closely related area. You may even apply if you have
not yet completed your PhD degree, but expect to do so before the position starts.
– has a solid background in data management, and knowledge of data security; knowledge about privacy-preserving
techniques and semantic web technologies is a plus;
– has good teamwork skills and experience;
– has creative thinking & proactive working style;
– is fluent in spoken and written English, knowledge of Italian is not mandatory.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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PhD Positions in ICT in Information Engineering and Computer Science at University of Trento,2011, Italy

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Admission requirements :Applications must be filled using the online application.Complete information on how to enrol will be published in late March.The notification of the results is considered as delivered through the announcement of the list.The successful applicants will not receive personal communications of their results.Recognition of Academic Titles :In order to apply for this call your academic titles DO NOT need to have been officially recognised by Italian authorities.Official recognition is not provided by the University, it is a governmental procedure which needs to be undertaken by the person concerned.

If you have already had your titles recognised in the past as equivalent to an Italian Degree, you should state it in your application, indicating the Italian Rector’s Decree recognising equivalence number (given by Italian authorities).
Candidates who have a foreign degree that has not been officially recognised as equivalent to the Italian degree must upload as attachment 2 (in the application Call form) an English translation, signed by the candidate, to enable the Doctoral School Committee to evaluate a possible equivalence.
PLEASE NOTE that in case you are accepted to the School you will be asked to provide (no later than the 10.11.2011) a Dicihiarazione di Valore issued by the Italian Embassy based in the country where the University that delivered your titles is from.Areas covered by the call include (but are not limited to) the following.
Please refer to the call for information on the application and selection procedure for generic and project-specific grants.

Scholarship Application Deadline:16th of March, 2011

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PhD Positions at Faculty of Business and Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Netherlands

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We offer an employment as full-time doctoral scholar starting on 1 September 2011, for 1 year, renewable till 4 years. The Research Center for Operations Management focusses its research on production planning, project planning and healthcare planning. The aim is to publish in international scientific journals on problems based on real-life cases.
• You will conduct research and work towards a PhD in Applied economics on the topic “Project planning in
public-private partnerships (PPP)”. The focus will be on how to optimize the planning of PPP projects.
• These long-term projects (possibly 30 -60 years) are heavily subject to risks. You will research how such risks can be spread optimally over the different partners. Main topics are the bidding process (determination of the optimal necessary investment and the bid itself) as well as risk analysis and risk prevention. This research is performed under the supervision of Prof. Erik Demeulemeester.
• You are also expected to participate in seminars and conferences, and to enroll in the PhD program of
the Faculty of Business and Economics. You can be asked to give guidance to students (e.g., by
supervising their master’s thesis) and to supervise exams.
• You will find a dynamic and pleasant working environment, in a group that is actively involved in scientific research at the highest international level.
• You preferably have a background as Master of Science in Commercial Engineering, Applied Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or Civil Engineering.
• A decent knowledge of written and spoken English is required.
• You should have a strong interest in doing research.
Master’s and undergraduate students in their last year are especially encouraged to apply.

Scholarship Application Deadline:31-3-2011

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