phd position | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 13

PhD Position in Nanostructured Ti-Biomaterials Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation, Austria

/ February 20, 2011 Leave a Comment

he appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of 3 years (PhD student, regular employment contract). The remuneration will be in line with the EC rules for Marie Curie grant holders (Early-Stage Researchers, ITN). Requirements: The candidate must be fluent in spoken and written English. The candidate should hold a Masters degree in Physics or Materials Science and Engineering and should have experience with experimental research. Eligibility: The candidate must have no PhD and less than 4 years’ research experience. The applicant must not have spent more than 12 months in the country (Austria) of the host/recruiting institution in the 3 years prior to selection.

Scholarship Application Deadline: June 30, 2011

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International PhD Position in Glass-Forming Biocompatible Ti-Based Materials, Spain

/ February 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of 3 years (PhD student, regular employment contract).
The remuneration will be in line with the EC rules for Marie Curie grant holders (Early-Stage Researchers, ITN).
Requirements:
Degree- University Master degree in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering or Materials Sciences with high grades.
Knowledge and experience in materials science (sample preparation, x-ray diffraction, thermal and microstructural characterisation, etc,), Programming skills, Advanced computer knowledge (Microsoft office, Databases, Image Editors).
Fluent in English. Good Spanish knowledge will be an added-value. Team work ability.
Eligibility:
The candidate must have no PhD and less than 4 years’ research experience.
The applicant must not have spent more than 12 months in the country (Spain) of the host/recruiting institution in the 3 years prior to selection.

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 15, 2011

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PhD Position-Services for Information Society Research Group, University of Vigo, Spain: IT Engineering in CLOUDIA project”

/ February 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

We seek a highly motivated candidate to work in user-oriented assistance to access services in the cloud. A pre-doctoral position (FPI Grant) funded by MICINN (Spanish Government) is available. The position is associated to the project “CLOUDIA: Social ecosystem for the ubiquitous and personalized provision of services in the cloud”, and will be based at University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain).
Environment
The Services for Information Society Research Group (SSI) at the University of Vigo is integrated in the Department of Telematics Engineering (DET). This group has proven experience in IDTV research and development (inter-operable Set-Top Boxes according to MHP, applications, etc.). During the last years, the research work of the group has been oriented to the development of transversal methodologies for personalization, recommendation and adaptation of contents, based on semantic technologies. In this field the group has taken part and directed pilot projects for the construction of personalized services on different domains of application as tourism, advertising, and audiovisual and educational contents. More recently, the interest of the group is also focused on the combination of the potential of semantic reasoning methodologies and those of social collaboration derived from Web 2.0 technologies. These research lines have been founded through contracts with companies and especially through research projects obtained in competitive tendering processes from the Xunta de Galicia, the National R&D Plan of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, programs PROFIT and AVANZA of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce and several programs of the European Union.

Qualifications
Applicants should be university students (both Spanish and foreign, who belong to member states or not) who are in possession of a degree or fulfill all the requirements in order to access third cycle education or Official Postgraduate studies obtained after 1st January 2007. According to the research field, we are looking for University degrees in Information Technologies (Informatics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, …). Qualifications obtained in foreign Universities must be validated or officially recognized at the time of submission. A good command of English is required.

See conditions and frequently asked questions in Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación athttp://www.micinn.es (Programa nacional de formación de Recursos Humanos, Subprograma de Formación de Personal Investigador).

If you are interested in this position, please send your application letter including detailed curriculum vitae (preferably in pdf) to Ana Fernández Vilas (avilas-at-det.uvigo.es).

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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