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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Ireland: PhD Possition in Early Warning Modelling, University College Cork

SCEWA Project
http://4c.ucc.ie/scewa
Funded by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency

ANNOUNCEMENT

PHD Position

In computer science with applications to risk and environmental modelling

  • To be appointed to the Cork Constraint Computation Centre (4C), University College Cork (http://4c.ucc.ie)
  • Research project: Supporting then Concept of Early Warning Analysis (SCEWA), funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (http://4c.ucc.ie/scewa).
  • Salary @ approximately 22k Euros per annum


Project Objectives

  1. To develop an intelligent early warning system in water treatment plant operations.
  2. To define a modelling language for designing intelligent early warning systems.
  3. To build a prototype software platform to help user in designing intelligent early warming systems.

PhD Objective
Definition of a modelling language for early warning systems.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate for the post will have:

  • Bachelor/Masters Degree in engineering (Civil, Environmental or Chemical) or in Environmental Sciences or in Computer Science
  • Good knowledge in modelling languages and modelling techniques
  • Experience with programming language-s
  • Also, knowledge in risk analysis methods is an added value.

Additional information

  • Available at http://4c.ucc.ie/scewa
  • Closing date for applications is Friday 2 May 2008.
  • Please forward curriculum vitae, as well as names and contact details of two referees, electronically to Dr. Ioannis Dokas (i.dokas@4c.ucc.ie)