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Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) Application Announcement for 2010

Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) is now accepting applications for admission to the 2010 fall semester, and applications are due before 31 March, 2010 TIGP offers the following nine Ph.D. programs:

1. Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics
2. Molecular Science and Technology
3. Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences
4. Molecular and Cell Biology (to be open soon)
5. Bioinformatics
6. Nano Science and Technology
7. Molecular Medicine
8. Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing
9. Earth System Science

No application fee is required.
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Job Description : Applications are invited for a JRF position in a Department of Biotechnology, (DBT) , Govt. of India, funded project to work on research proposal entitled “Chemical modification of some metal ion binding peptides with photoactive molecules, and investigation on their photoinduced DNA damage and photoenhanced antimicrobial activity” of Dr. Halan Prakash, Chemistry Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, GOA, 403 276.

Essential Qualification: M.Sc. in Chemical Science/ Life Science or M.Tech (Biotech) with good academic records (Ist division). Candidates with NET (JRF/Lect) / GATE will be preferred.

Job Description and Desirable Qualification: Strong desire to work on Synthesis of photo-active molecules, peptide design, chemical modification of peptides. The works requires extensive use of HPLC for purification of modified peptides. Knowledge on HPLC, GC, routine molecular biology techniques including cloning and expression of proteins, and antimicrobial studies would be an advantage.

Emoluments: Rs.12, 000/- pm + HRA

Project Duration: Three years.

Application with complete bio-data on plain paper should reach by post or e-mail on or before March, 31st 2010. Selected candidates will be called for interview at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa. No TA/DA will be paid for this purpose. The above position is purely temporary and will be made on contractual basis for a period of one year at a time till termination of the project. The selected candidates shall not have any claim for continuation as regular appointments with the Institute.

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The coming years will show a proliferation of Global and Regional Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS/RNSS). This promise of a broader multi-frequency, multi-constellation “system of systems” has the potential to enable a wide range of demanding applications for high-accuracy Australian GNSS/RNSS users.
PhD Scholarship in GNSS at Curtin University  To improve Australia’s capability in utilising the next generation GNSSs and to come to a fullest exploitation of the opportunities created, Curtin University of Technology will establish a new GNSS research group. The group’s research programme aims at developing theory, models and methods that will enable future GNSSs to fulfil the highaccuracy
and high-integrity requirements of tomorrow’s geospatial information needs in the Earth-, atmospheric- and space-sciences.
This GNSS programme is also timely because of the forthcoming GNSS CORS
network across Australia as part of the AuScope Geospatial programme. This will provide an excellent large-area ‘field laboratory’ in which to first test, then implement, the results generated by this programme. The GNSS group will use state-of-the-art equipment and software, and involve close collaborative links with other universities, industry and government, both in Australia and overseas.
Applications
Applications are invited for 4 PhD positions in the following thematic areas:

1. GNSS surveying and geodesy (e.g., RTK, PPP and CORS networks),
2. GNSS remote sensing (e.g., meteorology, reflectometry, ionospheric sounding)
3. Air/space-based GNSS applications (e.g., relative navigation, attitude determination, formation-flying)
4. GNSS software receiver (e.g., design/implementation, CDMA DSP)
5. GNSS quality control (e.g., integrity theory, ambiguity resolution, validation)

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Job Description : Distributed Systems Group at University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science is inviting applications for multiple PhD positions to undertake research in the following topic areas:

• Deporting scientific computing applications to the cloud platforms

• Reducing scientific computing problems to parallel and distributed computing algorithms like MapReduce.

• Enterprise and cloud computing

• Using cloud infrastructure for surge computing

• Refactoring enterprise applications for cloud computing

• Cloud computing and mashups

• Collaborative mobile applications

• Developing social network and mashup applications for mobile devices

The scholarships are for a period of four years, at a rate of EUR 800 per month (after taxes). In addition, travel expenses will be reimbursed to successful applicants relocating from abroad. The scholarship package will also provide funds to participate in conferences, workshops, and/or summer schools during the PhD studies. The Institute participates in the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Computer Science which provides an environment for the development of PhD students and young researchers.
The successful applicants will have:

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related field, awarded no later than June 2010.

• Strong software development skills

• Good knowledge or interest in scientific computing

• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English

• Preferably: demonstrated knowledge and skills in at least one of the above topic areas

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Maintenance Stipend for a maximum period of 3 years (£12,940 for Session 2008/09), full overseas rate fees and a Research Training Support Grant

A very good first degree (equivalent to a UK first class honours degree) from a prestigious institution in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Mathematics or Physics (a lower rated BSc with a Masters will not normally be accepted as the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree).  Candidates must also meet the University’s English language requirements.

The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are a national initiative to bring outstanding students from India, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Russia, South Africa and the developing world to the UK to study for PhD degrees in top-rated research environments.  The eligible countries are those listed in Part 1 on the OECD website:
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Masters and PhD programs The MASDAR Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi

The MASDAR Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi is pleased to announce full scholarships to highly qualified graduate students from around the world for its Fall 2010 intake.

The MASDAR Institute is the centerpiece of the MASDAR Initiative, a landmark program by the government of Abu Dhabi to establish an entirely new economic sector dedicated to alternative and sustainable energy. The MASDAR Institute is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

MIT provides assistance in recruitment of faculty members and senior administrative staff and the provision of course curriculum, amongst other matters. The Institute is located inside the world’s first carbon neutral, zero waste Masdar City which will be powered solely by alternative energy, mainly solar energy.

The Institute offers Masters and (in 2011) PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. It welcomes and encourages applications from qualified students and provides scholarships to talented students who meet its high admission standards.

For Fall 2010, the MASDAR Institute will offer seven 24-month Master of Science programs (coursework and thesis).

* MScinEngineeringSystemsandManagement
* MScinInformationTechnology
* MScinMaterialsScienceandEngineering
* MScinMechanicalEngineering
* MScinWaterandEnvironmentalEngineering
* MScinElectricalPowerEngineering
* MScinMicroelectronicDevicesandCircutis

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The University of Nottingham – This International MSc in Biosciences is designed to equip you with the skills to help you develop a career in industry, academia or research. Students spend four months in the UK and eight months at the University’s campus in Malaysia where the research project is conducted in one of the four specialist areas: biotechnology, crop improvement, ecology or tropical crop production.

The International MSc in Biosciences is a 12 month course commencing at the end of September and ending in September of the following year. The first semester (4 months) is spent in the UK, after which students transfer to the University’s Malaysia campus.

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Ph.D. (graduate student) opening in nanotechnology research-immediate opening
There is one Ph.D./Graduate student opening the research group of Prof. Nitin Chopra (NPG: http://www.unix.eng.ua.edu/~chopra/ ) in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MTE) Department at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA. The selected applicant can also be a part of Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. program.
The research work will be focused on nanotechnology with an opportunity to gain experience in advanced materials fabrication/synthesis techniques. This may include work in graphene, nanowires, thin film deposition, electron microscopies, and other characterization methods. The research project is highly competitive and rewarding and will provide the selected candidate with an all-round professional and career development.
It is preferred that the applicant has a bachelors degree in Materials Sc./Materials Engg./Metallurgy. However, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the research, majors in sciences as well as other engineering are also encouraged to apply. The graduate student is required to complete full Ph.D. credit hours course work in the MTE department or MSE program.

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MSc Scholarships in Geospatial Technologies at University of Muenster

[Erasmus mundus-ifgi] Call for applications – scholarships for MSc in Geospatial Technologies and MSc in Geoinformatics (specific countries)

With the support of the North-Rhine-Westphalian Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology (MIWFT), the Institute for Geoinformatics offers
1. Five scholarships for the MSc program in Geoinformatics (4 semesters, start October 1, 2009)
2. Two partial scholarships for the MSc program in Geospatial Technologies (3 semesters, start September 4, 2009) for nationals of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China (P.R.), Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay.

The scholarships include
1. Tuition waiver for all semesters
2. Scholarship: 850 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
3. Support health insurance: 70 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
4. Support travel costs according to real costs: up to 1.000 € for a flight to/from Europe before starting/after finishing the program and up to 1.000 € for one home flight to/from Europe in between.

Application deadline: July 31, 2009
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) PhD Student Recruitment 2010 in Computer Science and Engineering

Description

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2010. To find out more about us, please visit our CSE website at:

http://www.cse. ust.hk

Our department consists of outstanding faculty members and graduate students with over 40 faculty members and over 100 PhD students. Our medium of teaching and research is English. Besides having a strong publication track record, our faculty and students are among the first to develop advanced and popular P2P systems, industry standards on RFID and sensor networks, computer graphics and vision systems, large-scale data mining and machine learning systems for Web search, GPU and parallel computing for database query processing, to name a few. After getting their PhDs, our students find jobs in worldwide research labs such as Microsoft Research, Google, IBM and top universities in Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. A student who has a master’s degree is expected to graduate with a PhD in 3 years, and an undergraduate degree to graduate in 4 years.

Starting in 2010, we are particularly happy to offer the prestigious Hong Kong PHD Fellowship of HK$20,000 (~USD 2,580) per month, plus a travel allowance of HK$10,000 (~USD 1,290) for three years.

Requirements

• We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students as well as outstanding graduate students with master’s degree with some research experience. .

• We are looking for postgraduate students in all areas in computer science and related areas, including but not limited to, artificial intelligence, data and knowledge management, networks and networking systems, software technologies, theoretical computer science and vision and graphics.

• We also encourage students interested in multi-disciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, risk management and business intelligence and computational finance
• Exceptionally qualified PhD applicants (top 10% in class, >85% GPA, excellent English command) are welcome to contact potential faculty supervisors and apply by Dec 1, 2009. This fellowship award is offered centrally by University Grant Council of Hong Kong.

• We also offer a large number of postgraduate research studentship awards at HK$156,000 per year (~USD 20,000/year) . Our admission requirement for English is one of recent TOEFL(cbt)>= 580, IELTS>=7, or TOEFL(ibt)>= 92 by the time you enter HKUST.

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