UK: PhD studentship Mathematical modelling of foot-and-mouth disease virus dynamics Institute for Animal Health

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Fully funded 4 year PhD studentship between the Mathematical Biology Group and the Pathogensis of Vesicular Disease Group, Institute for Animal Health and the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University.

Title Mathematical modelling of the potential determinants of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus induced lysis of bovine epithelial cells

Project Systems biology applying mathematical modelling to biomedical research is a fast growing area of science. This exciting project will focus on modelling foot-and-mouth virus within bovine epithelial cells to help identify important factors in the dynamics and control of the disease. Theoretical results will motivate and help direct laboratory experiments studying virus replication and cell-death. The student will undertake advanced mathematical modelling, analysis and simulation as well as experimental work in the laboratory. For full details go to: http://www.iah.ac.uk/students/project/2008-9.pdf

Applicant Suitable candidates for this project will have a strong background in applied mathematics (including differential equation modelling) and a keen interest in undertaking inter-disciplinary work. Computational skills and experience of project or research work would also be advantageous. Students with laboratory experience, knowledge of biology or a strong interest in experimental work are encouraged to apply, although all appropriate training will be provided as part of the studentship.

Training Students will receive significant support and training throughout their four year programme. This will include supplementary mathematical, statistical and computational training, especially in Matlab, and training in relevant biological techniques including cell culture, PCR methods, bioimaging and immunology.

Qualification Students will be registered for their PhD at Loughborough University, firmly established as one of the leading research-led universities in the UK.

Location The student will be based at the Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright near Woking, Surrey (GU24 0NF), part of the largest research institute in the United Kingdom dedicated to the study of infectious diseases in farm animals. IAH is one of seven research institutes sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). On-site student accommodation is guaranteed for the first year.

Funding & eligibility £17,140 p.a. for four years, open to students world-wide.

Preferred start date 1st October 2008 or as soon as possible there after.

To apply Please go to http://www.iah.ac.uk/students/ for further information, an application form and guidance.

Enquiries Potential candidates are welcome to contact the project supervisors informally: please email Dr Simon Gubbins Simon.Gubbins@bbsrc.ac.uk.

Further Details

UK: Fulbright Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism

The award is offered for a Masters in Journalism or for specialist study (e.g. Middle Eastern Studies) leading to a career in Journalism at any accredited US university. The award, offered in the first year of study only, is for up to $40,000 plus health insurance and university application and test fees. Successful candidates will work with the Fulbright Commission and the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York to identify and apply to the university departments which offer the best academic fit for their purpose.

The 2009-2010 competition is now open.
Application Deadline: Saturday, 31 May 2008

Notes on Placement and IIE

(This information does not pertain to the Fulbright British Friends of Harvard Business School MBA Award.)

The Institute of International Education (IIE), based in New York, is contracted by the US Dept of State to provide a number of services for the Fulbright Commission and scholars. Once the Commission has made offers of a Fulbright award to UK candidates, IIE will begin the process of compiling and submitting applications to relevant US universities on their behalf. In addition to the university/ies selected by the scholar, IIE will recommend alternative programmes where there is a good or better academic fit.

IIE has unparalleled expertise in placing international students in US institutions of higher education. Their knowledgeable placement specialists, skilled negotiators who can often ensure special consideration for students, work with the full range of US colleges and universities. Their placement services are dedicated to matching each student with the best possible academic program.

Organized by field of study, University Placement staff members develop strong relationships not only with admissions officers but also with faculty and staff in academic departments. They keep abreast of the rapidly changing specialisations and trends within each field of study as well as the relative merits and quality of different university programmes both within the US and compared to top universities outside of the US. Through an annual review of admissions information and other advising resources, the placement advisors are able to identify the academic programmes that will best suit each student’s study plans.

IIE also offers guidance and advice on essay-writing for the application and pays all the application and required test fees

http://www.fulbright.co.uk/

Ireland: ABBEST PhD Research Scholarships at Dublin Institute of Technology

Applications are sought from exceptional graduates for the New Abbest PhD Research Scholarships. These scholarships will be include a maintenance grant of EUR 16,000 p.a. for 3.5years, plus EUR 2,000 expenses plus all programme fees. Interested Candidates should complete the ABBEST PhD Application From and return it to the Office of Graduate Studies prior to the closing date of 23rd May 2008.

After the closing date, candidates will be shortlisted and shortlisted candidates will be required to give a 5 minute presentation on your personal statement/previous research, followed by an interview by the selection panel. Candidates will normally be required to attend the interview in person or telematically.

Under this scheme applicants formulate their own research proposal, which fits in with the Institute`s research themes. Currently the areas in which the Institute is seeking applications are as follows:

More information visit:
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/study/graduate/research/abbest.html

UK: Full-time Hodgkinson Postgraduate Scholarship at Oxford Brookes University

These scholarships contribute a value up to the level of the international student tuition fees towards a full-time Master`s degree for a period of one year. The Scholarship Committee may, at its discretion, split the scholarship funds available and offer 2 or more partial scholarships, each contributing a set amount towards the cost of a full-time Master`s degree tuition fees for a period of one year.

Please note: The scholarships listed above are designed to offer a funding award set against the cost of tuition fees for a Master`s degree within the School, and do not include a contribution towards living costs, travel, text books, or other ancillary items.

ll applicants for the following degree programmes may apply for a scholarship, and all scholarships are tenable on any of the programmes listed, as offered by the School of the Built Environment:

1. Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
2. MSc Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building
3. MSc Environmental Assessment and Management
4. MSc Environmental Management and Technology
5. MSc Historic Conservation
6. MA Development and Emergency Practice
7. MA International Architectural Regeneration and Development
8. MSc International Real Estate
9. MSc Real Estate Management
10. MSc Project Management in the Built Environment
11. MSc Spatial Planning
12. MSc Tourism: Environment and Development
13. MSc Transport Planning
14. MA Urban Design
15. MSc Urban Planning in Developing Countries

The deadline for receipt of a scholarship application is Friday 2 May 2008 for entry to the programme in September 2008.

Eligibility

All applicants must fulfil the academic entry requirements for postgraduate study in the University and School of the Built Environment. All applicants must have been offered a place on one of the degree programmes listed above.

All scholarships are available for one year full-time or two years part-time (or open/distance learning programmes), as appropriate, leading to a Master`s degree within the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. All scholarship applicants must start their degree studies in the 2008-09 academic year.

The scholarships are open to all applicants from the UK, EU and international locations, as appropriate.

All scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis, and therefore applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a good honours degree (First Class or 2.1 equivalent) from a recognised institution of higher education, or have experience which demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills at honours degree standard.

Scholarship applicants who are final year undergraduates must expect to be notified of the result of their degree before 31 July 2008 in order to be considered for a scholarship. International students must meet the English language requirements for their programme.

Scholarship applicants receiving a partial award of funding from other sources may be awarded a "top-up" scholarship. However, applicants receiving one or more awards from other funding sources that contribute to all of their Master`s degree tuition fees will not be eligible for these scholarships. Eligibility will not be affected by funding towards maintenance or for fees over and above the scholarship amount.

Scholarship applicants who receive financial awards from other sources of funding which cover all their tuition fees will not be eligible for these scholarships. Eligibility will not be affected if a candidate is receiving funding towards living costs, travel, text books, or other ancillary items or for tuition fees over and above the amount of the School`s actual scholarship award.

More information visit:
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/postgraduate/scholarships.htm

Australia: Catherine McAuley Scholarship The Australian Catholic University Brisbane Campus

Established through a generous donation from the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation, the Catherine McAuley Scholarship honours the founder of the Order.

Only one scholarship will be awarded each year and there will be a maximum of four scholarship holders at any time. The University reserves the right not to award the Scholarship or to vary the amount of the award.

Eligibility

Students entering the first year of their undergraduate course at ACU National Brisbane campus (excluding Bachelor of Theology)

Must be Australian citizens or have Australian Residency status.

Value

Up to $2,500 per annum for the length of the course (up to four years).

Selection Criteria

Preference will be given to commencing students, those who are socially and economically disadvantaged, indigenous students and those from rural and regional areas

• Academic merit (based on OP score or entry rank)
• Evidence which demonstrates the applicant's contribution to and/or leadership in community service, through activities designed to create a more just, merciful and sustainable world (may be included in referees' reports)
• Evidence of social and economic disadvantage, indigenous or rural or regional background
• Two referee reports which address the selection criteria

On-going criteria – scholarship holders must

• Maintain satisfactory academic progress, according to the University's policy;
• Remain a full-time enrolled student at the institution unless there are exceptional circumstances that prevent the student from studying full-time, which have been endorsed by the University.

Note: Performance and personal circumstances are to be taken into consideration when reviewing and renewing the award each year.

Further info

Jane Thompson - State Manager Fundraising & Development, Queensland
Email: Jane.Thompson@acu.edu.au phone: 02 6209 1194
More Information Please visit: http://www.acu.edu.au

Australia: PhD Studentships in Plant Signalling Networks, Monash University

Three years PhD studentships are available within the Victorian College of Pharmacy to work in a research project funded by Australian Research Council (Discovery Projects). Stipend amount will be about AUD20008 p.a and will be paid fortnightly.

Interested candidates should have who have achieved Honours 1 (Semester 1), or Honours 2a or equivalent in the field of biological sciences or phyisiology.

Brief Project Description
The project will investigate plant signalling networks and is aimed to determin if enzyme guanylate cyclase (GC) functional domain is active and biological importance of the CG domain in plant growth and development.The enzyme GC forms cGMP which acts as a signalling molecule. In higher plants cGMP acts as a second messenger in many physiological processes. The realisation of the importance of cGMP in plants lead to a search for molecules capable of catalysing its formation. We identified and partially characterised the first molecules from higher plants with GC activity using a rationally designed search motif of the catalytic domain of annotated GCs.

To apply, you must go directly to the faculty. Application shall include CV, names and contact details of 2 referees to Helen Irving. Only Australian citizens or permanent residents will be considered.

For further details, you may contact:

Dr Helen Irving (Senior Lecturer)
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action
Monash Inst of Phamaceutical Sciences
VCP (Parkville campus)- 381 Royal Pde
Parkville,Vic, Australia,3052
Phone: 03 9903 9565
Fax: 03 9903 9638
Email: Helen.Irving@vcp.monash.edu.au

Netherlands: PhD student

University of Amsterdam

(Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week

Job description

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The EASY project, which is a collaboration with Twente University, aims at studying adaptive streaming applications. Streaming applications (e.g. for multi-media, medical image processing, wireless communication) are quickly becoming more and more important. They are often realized in the embedded systems domain and are subject to severe constraints concerning non-functional requirements such as time and energy consumption. A crucial element in these developments is to map streaming applications to possibly heterogeneous multi-processor platforms which may consist of hundreds or even thousands of specialized processors. A major challenge is to make the resulting systems adaptive such that they are able to react automatically to changing circumstances. To master that challenge, a necessary precondition is that the mapping of an application to a multi-processor platform is flexible in the sense that it can be changed at run-time.

Current programming paradigms are not well equipped to include non-functional requirements or mapping directives in the design of a streaming application. Hence, they do not support a flexible mapping mechanism. This project aims at enlarging the adaptivity of streaming applications by developing means to include the aforementioned elements in the specification of a streaming application.

Tasks:
The appointee will perform research on and development of design space exploration techniques in the context of adaptive streaming applications.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:

• MSc in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• A thorough knowledge of computer architecture
• Preferably some expertise in the field of (computer architecture) simulation

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization

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University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Science at the UvA is one of Europe's foremost institutions of higher education and research in its chosen fields of specialization. It plays an active role in international science networks and collaborates with universities and industry. The Faculty has approximately 2,000 students and 1,500 staff members spread over four departments and ten research institutes.

Each institute has its own research programme, a substantial part of which is externally funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch government, the EU and various private enterprises.

The Computer Systems Architecture group has an opening for a PhD student in the area of system-level (embedded) system architecture design. More specifically, the PhD student will be involved in the "Embedded Adaptive Streaming sYstems (EASY)" project, which is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Conditions of employment

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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
This is a full-time appointment (38 hours a week) for a total of four years: an initial period of eighteen months, followed by a further two and a half years subject to a positive appraisal. It is expected to result in a PhD thesis. The gross monthly salary is fixed in accordance with the Dutch University regulations for academic personnel and ranges from Euro 2,000 in the first year to a maximum of Euro 2,558 in the fourth year.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Andy D. Pimentel
Telephone number: 31 20 525 7578
E-mail address: andy@science.uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
• About the department (http://www.science.uva.nl/english/home.cfm)
• About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/80B1E3FE-1321-B0BE-A415AE7308183C56)
• Informatics Institute (http://www.science.uva.nl/ii/home.cfm)
• Computer Systems Architecture research group (http://www.science.uva.nl/research/csa/)

Application

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You can apply for this job before 19-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

by
email only

E-mail: application@science.uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 08-1018.

Further Details

Netherlands: PhD researcher social security, labour market and the life course

Utrecht University

(1.0 fte)
(Utrecht), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD researcher social security, labour market and the life course

The research will focus on the effects of social security on labour market behaviour. More in particular the impact of modern life course policies will be investigated. An important question relates to the conditions under which life course arrangements will increase labour force participation, for example by facilitating life long learning or by lowering search costs after a period of non-participation. The research is part of a larger project on social security, labour market and the life course, in which researchers from a legal and economics background co-operate. In total the research group consists of 5 Phd researchers and two post docs.

Research will be embedded in USE’s Tjalling Koopmans Instituut (TKI). TKI offers a structured training programme, which the candidate is expected to complete.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The ideal candidate for this position has good analytical skills and a sound knowledge of economic theory. The PhD student combines an interest in applied research with an interest to work in an interdisciplinary group of researchers and can communicate with a non-technical audience. Given de research focus, fluency in Dutch is required. Highly qualified students that will shortly obtain a Master’s degree are also encouraged to apply.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Economics)

Organization

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Utrecht University
Faculty of Law, Economics & Governance

Utrecht School of Economics (USE) of Utrecht University is the newest economics department in the Netherlands. It is part of the Law, Economics and Governance Faculty of one of the country’s most reputable research universities. USE endeavours world-standard teaching and research while encouraging multidisciplinary economic approaches and giving special attention to the institutional, historical and spatial dimensions of economics. USE crosses disciplinary borders by collaborating actively with the faculties of Law, Geography, Social Science and History. USE maintains active international relationships and teaches its curricula in both Dutch and English.

In the group of the Chair in Welfare State Economics we currently have a job opening for a

PhD researcher social security, labour market and the life course

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000
Salary: scale 10.
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
We offer a temporary employment of 1.0 fte (four years) in a stimulating research climate and an enjoyable working environment in the inner-city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. The appointee is expected to complete all requirements for the PhD degree within this period. The salary for a full time appointment is € 2,000.- gross per month in the first year and is expected to increase to € 2,558- in the fourth year, contingent on a satisfactory performance. Good secondary benefits.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

prof. dr Janneke Plantenga
E-mail address: J.Plantenga@econ.uu.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/17652main.html)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 16-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Utrecht School of Economics (USE)
Afdeling P&O
Janskerkhof 3
NL-3512 BK Utrecht

E-mail: stafuse@econ.uu.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 60822.

Further Details

Netherlands: PhD researcher

Materials innovation institute M2i

Delft, 2628 CD (Zuid-Holland), 40 hours per week

Job description

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Adhesion mechanisms of organic molecules on galvanized steel.

Coil-coated systems (sheet material with a coating applied afterwards) are increasingly being used in especially: applications in the automotive, the white good industry and in architectural applications. The cost advantage compared to post coating of appliances is very large. A zinc layer on top of the steel sheet is often used to improve the corrosion resistance. Adhesion of coatings to galvanized steel is very relevant for durability of the products. The urgency for developing better systems is high due to recent stringent legislation which prohibits further use of Cr VI on the one hand and on the other hand puts a higher emphasis on sustainable materials solutions.

The project aims are:
•Identification of the type and composition of (hydr)oxides and carbonates on various zinc surfaces (e.g. hot dip galvanized, galvanneal and galvalume) after different treatments. This is the starting point for a study of the adhesive properties of these surfaces using model compounds.
•This information is a basis to the final goal, which is the improvement of the bonding strength and stability of practical coatings.

The PhD researcher will study the adhesion of organic coatings to various types of galvanized steel. Both a fundamental investigation at the molecular level using model molecules simulating the functional groups of organic coatings, and a macroscopic view on adhesive properties will be part of the project. A combination of electrochemical, optical (FTIR) and surface analysis techniques (a full range is available) will be used.

The work will be carried out in close co-operation with our Industrial partner, Corus. The PhD Researcher will have a unique opportunity and should be comfortable to work and interact with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers consisting of physicists, chemical, and mechanical engineers on a regular basis, within both industry and academia.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The PhD candidate should have:
• a Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry or Physics;
• a firm background in metallurgy, surface and interface characterization and affinity with polymer chemistry is favorable;
• relevant experimental skills in surface and interface characterization, preferably in relation with polymer/metal chemistry, corrosion technology and/or electrochemistry;
• good written and oral communication skills in English.
The vacancy is located at Delft University of Technology and the PhD Researcher will obtain a doctorate degree awarded by Delft University of Technology.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Engineering)

Organization

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Materials innovation institute M2i

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information

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Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.m2i.nl)
• About the function (http://www.m2i.nl)

Application

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You can apply for this job before 31-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Materials innovation institute M2i
Mekelweg 2
P.O.Box 5008
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands
E-mail: hrm@m2i.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number MC6.06254.

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Netherlands: PhD position in Dutch Language Investigation of Summarization Technology (DAISY) (1,0 fte)

University of Groningen

(Groningen), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD position

For the following project. The aim of STEVIN DAISY is to develop and evaluate essential technology for automatic summarization of Dutch informative texts. Innovative algorithms for topic salience detection, topic discrimination, rhetorical classification of content, sentence compression and text generation will be implemented.

An important part of the DAISY project concerns sentence generation. The task of the sentence generation module is to produce actual grammatical sentences on the basis of such abstract representations, using the declarative grammar of Alpino as its key knowledge source. Alpino is a wide-coverage grammar for Dutch, defined as a unification-based grammar, in which many insights from HPSG have been implemented (examples are the inheritance hierarchy of lexical types and grammatical rules). There has been a lot of work on text generation for unification grammars. More recent work on which we will base our approach includes Carroll and Oepen (2005).

Although the Alpino grammar can be used to ensure that well-formed sentences are produced, a further fluency module will be developed to ensure that the sentences that are produced are natural and appropriate. Just as parsing needs a (statistical) disambiguation component to select the appropriate parse from potentially large sets of possible parses, we need a fluency component to select the most appropriate sentence from the set of possible sentences given by the grammar. For the fluency component, we propose to develop a machine-learning method similar in approach to the disambiguation component of the Alpino parser. The disambiguation component of Alpino contains a discriminative maximum-entropy model, trained on the Alpino treebank. For statistical ranking of competing surface realizations of the same content, we propose to implement a similar discriminative maximum-entropy model.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

- a MA degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or related field
- knowledge of Dutch, or willingness to learn Dutch
- ability to work together in a project with members from different institutes.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):

- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)

Organization

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University of Groningen

Founded in 1614. One of the best universities in Europe and the world. A wide variety of disciplines. Internationally oriented. Rooted in the North of the Netherlands. Socially active. Our researchers and lecturers are inspired academics. Ambitious students. We respect the differences in talent, ambitions and performance of the 25.000 students and members of staff.

The university provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.

The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of Arts
The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. It embraces all the linguistic research in the faculty. A considerable number of the researchers participate in the Graduate School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), and in the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT). Within the CLCG there are six research groups: Syntax & Semantics, Discourse and Communication, Language Variation and Language Change, Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language and Literacy Development over the Life Span. The following position is located in the Computational Linguistics group.

Conditions of employment

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Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Four years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2000 gross per month in the first year up to a maximum of € 2558 gross per month in the fourth year. The appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidates results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hrs/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation.

Starting date: September 1, 2008.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Jörg Tiedemann, project supervisor (about the position)
Telephone number: 31 50 3635935
E-mail address: J.Tiedemann@rug.nl

Or Mrs. Wyke van der Meer, CLCG secretariat (for general information)
Telephone number: 31 50 3635806
E-mail address: w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.rug.nl)
• CLCG (http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/index)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 01-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Office
P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail: vmp@rug.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT208127.

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Netherlands: PhD "3-dimensional crack propagation in a fluid-saturated porous material"

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Mechanical Engineering

Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant), 40 hours per week

Job description

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Bore hole instability is one of the crucial problems in petroleum engineering. The critical event of this phenomenon is the failure of shales in deviated bore holes and is often triggered by swelling and fracturing of shale when in contact with the drilling mud. Damage of the instability in deviated boreholes to the petroleum industry is evaluated to more than 1 billion dollar per year.

Numerical simulations can be of assistance to further the understanding of this phenomenon. Shale can be considered as a fluid-saturated porous material. Recently, a two-dimensional finite element model has been developed using the partition of unity concept to capture the discrete nature of crack propagation in such a material. Since fracture of bore holes cannot be studied sufficiently with a two-dimensional model, this project aims at extending the model to three dimensions using a level set technique. Special attention is paid to the precise tracking of the crack front. In addition, new propagation criteria must be developed in order to capture the different propagation modes.

The obtained model can be applied to a variety of other problems, both in the field of petroleum engineering as well as biomedical engineering, e.g. to model fracture in soft-tissue like intervertebral discs.

This project is funded by the STW programme "Multiscale Simulation Techniques (MuST)".

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

We are seeking a candidate interested in advanced finite element techniques. The candidate should be recently graduated from a MSc. program in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, applied mathematics, biomedical engineering or a related field, with;

• Knowledge and experience in computational mechanics and/or mathematics,
• Experience in computational geometry,
• Affinity for multidisciplinary research, engineering science,
• Experience with finite element programming,
• Capacity to write and communicate fluently in English.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers

Organization

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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering considers as the core of their activities design, realization and analysis of new products, processes and materials. Besides the basis of (solid and fluid) mechanics, materials, control and thermodynamics, parts of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing science are important supporting tools. The field is explored by a combination of modeling using fundamental concepts and applied engineering and technology. Automotive Engineering Science and Micro- amp; Nano-Scale Engineering are important departemental themes. The Mechanical Engineering Department comprises about 1000 students and 250 staff members.

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

dr.ir. J. Remmers
Telephone number: 31(0)402472710

Or dr.ir. J. Huyghe
Telephone number: 31(0)402473137
E-mail address: j.m.r.huyghe@tue.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.tue.nl)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 01-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
WH 1.126
Dr. ir. J.J.C. Remmers
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: j.j.c.remmers@tue.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number V35.398.

Further Details

Netherlands: PhD Researcher Communication and Information Sciences

Tilburg University Faculty of Humanities, department of Communication and Information Sciences

Tilburg, 5000 LE (Noord-Brabant), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD Researcher
Summary of the project

The ability to paraphrase, i.e. to say the same thing in another way, can serve a variety of purposes. It can serve to explain something or to provide feedback in dialogue. Generating shorter paraphrases is useful for subtitles or news feeds. Paraphrasing can also change the register of a text: from formal speak to street language, or from old-fashioned prose to present-day language. In the MEMPHIX project, a system is built that learns to generate paraphrases on the basis of examples. The project makes use of a memory-based translation system (MBMT), developed within the NWO VICI project "Implicit Linguistics". The MBMT technology can be straightforwardly trained on pairs of paraphrases. While the generation of paraphrases can be driven in the first place by surface similarities (leaving semantics completely implicit, just as in a statistical MT system), explicit semantic information may also play a role, such as the semantic roles of NPs and the coreference relations between NPs and pronouns. Such information may be computed through automatic means (parsing, semantic role labeling, co-reference resolution). The project will compare the direct implicit route with the use of explicitly computed semantics. This part of the project will join forces with an international effort of the ISO organization aimed at developing semantic annotation formalisms with a well-defined semantics. The project will make use of a richly annotated Dutch corpus of 1 million words developed in the STEVIN Daeso-project, consisting of pairs of texts that express paraphrased or at least comparable information from various domains. While the Dutch language will be a core object of study, the methods are language-independent, and so other paraphrasing corpora will be considered as well to explore alternative routes to gather paraphrase subcorpora beyond the 1 million word scale.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The candidate has an honours or (research) master degree (or equivalent) in communication & information sciences, computational linguistics, or a relevant related area, with a a background in statistical NLP and/or machine learning, corpus linguistics, and computational semantics, and with some experience in programming. The candidate is expected to have a strong interest in doing research, excellent writing skills and a good command of English. Applicants should have, or be willing to develop, active knowledge of spoken and written Dutch, which is the target language within the project.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)

Organization

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Tilburg University
Faculty of Humanities, department of Communication and Information Sciences

Tilburg University is a modern, specialized university. Its education and research are of high quality. Students and employees experience Tilburg University as an environment in which they are challenged and inspired. Moreover, it offers excellent fringe benefits and a corporate culture in which commitment and cooperation are central themes.

The Department of Communication and Information Sciences in the Faculty of Humanities is dedicated to research and education in the areas of language technology, human-computer interaction, professional communication, and discourse studies. It offers bachelor's and master's programmes in business communication and digital media; a master's programme in human aspects of information technology; and it participates in an inter-university research master's programme in language and communication. It is home to two research programmes, one in language technology and computational linguistics ("Making Sense: Computational models for learning to understand and generate natural language"), directed by Prof. dr. Harry Bunt and Prof. dr. Antal van den Bosch, and one in communication, cognition and discourse studies ("Multimodality and Cognition"), directed by Prof. dr. Fons Maes and Prof. dr. Marc Swerts. The department has an inspiring working environment with an international orientation and good computing facilities. The Department of Communication and Information Sciences has an opening for a PhD position for the project "MEMPHIX: MEMory-based paraPHrasing with Implicit and eXplicit semantics", which belongs to the research programme "Making Sense".

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 3-4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
A candidate with a research master (or equal experience) is offered a 3 year contract. The selected candidate will start with a contract for one year, concluded by an evaluation. Upon a positive outcome of the first-year evaluation, the candidate will be offered an employment contract for the remaining years.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Antal van den Bosch
Telephone number: 31 13 466 3117
E-mail address: antal.vdnbosch@uvt.nl

Or Harry Bunt
Telephone number: 31 13 4668118
E-mail address: harry.bunt@uvt.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl)
• About the department (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/humanities/dci)
• About the function (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/vacancies/5000813.html)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 15-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Universiteit van Tilburg
P. van Balen, Human Resources
Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg

E-mail: solliciterenFDL@uvt.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 500.08.13.

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Netherlands : PhD Philosophy

Tilburg University Faculty of Humanities

Tilburg, 5000 LE (Noord-Brabant), 38 hours per week

Job description

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The Philosophy Department of Tilburg University has an opening for a PhD position in any of the fields of practical philosophy, including ethics (both fundamental and applied), political philosophy, and legal philosophy.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The candidate has a (research) master in Philosophy. The candidate has a strong interest in doing research, excellent writing skills, a good command of English and a proven interest in themes relevant to practical philosophy.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)

Organization

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Tilburg University
Faculty of Humanities

Tilburg University is a modern, specialized university. Its education and research are of high quality. Students and employees experience Tilburg University as an environment in which they are challenged and inspired. Moreover, it offers excellent fringe benefits and a corporate culture in which commitment and cooperation are central themes

Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities conducts scientific research and education in the fields of communication and information sciences, philosophy, theology and religious studies, and language and culture studies. The faculty features four departments, several research institutes and a faculty bureau. Each year around 275 students commence a Bachelor or (Pre) Master Programme. The Faculty has approximately 1200 students and 250 employees.

Department of Philosophy
The Department is an inspiring and stimulating centre for philosophical study and research. The undergraduate and graduate students are provided with first-rate expertise across, and thorough training in, a wide variety of philosophical fields ranging from logic, epistemology and philosophy of science to ethics, social, legal and political philosophy, to philosophical anthropology and the philosophy of culture. All members of the department share a common interest in the relation between man, society and rationality, which is also the focal point of research and study of the university as a whole. Accordingly, the Department actively engages in a variety of interdisciplinary research projects with other faculties at Tilburg University (especially Economics and Business Administration, Law, and Social and Behavioural Science) and elsewhere. Moreover, Tilburg University has recently established the Tilburg Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS).

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2441
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 3 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
The selected candidates will start with a contract for one year, concluded by an evaluation. Upon a positive outcome of the first-year evaluation, the candidate will be offered an employment contract for two years. The option of a fourth year could be possible.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

R.A. Muskens
Telephone number: 31 13 466 2095
E-mail address: r.a.muskens@uvt.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl)
• About the function (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/vacancies/5000819.html)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 02-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Universiteit van Tilburg
M. van Alphen, Human Resources
Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg

E-mail: solliciterenFDL@uvt.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 5000819.

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Netherlands: 2 PhD positions Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology

Tilburg University Faculty of social behavioural sciences

Tilburg, 5000 LE (Noord-Brabant), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology

Project 1 Psychological disorders as an adaptation to a severe (somatic) life event
Many common psychological/psychiatric disorders occur in relation to a severe life event. In some cases, disorders may be an adaption that may be helpful whereas in others, it may worsen the effects of the stressor. In this project, the association between type of stress and psychiatric symptomatology will be studied using psychiatric epidemiological data. Questions addressed in this project include:

• What are the effects of anxiety following a myocardial infarction on the progression of heart disease?
  
• What is the association between the nature of a stressor and symptoms of depression in patients with multiple depressive episodes?
  
• How do specific symptoms of depression and anxiety emerge and dissolve after an acute cardiac event?
  

Project 2: Psychological effects on the incidence and progression of ischemic heart disease
The psychological effects of somatic disease are well studied but reversely, the effects of psychological/psychiatric disorders on the incidence of somatic disease have received far less attention. Although there are many indications that poor psychological health is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, it is not yet clear what aspects are most cardiotoxic. Questions addressed in this project include:

• What specific symptoms of depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease?
• Is depression a precursor of incident cardiovascular disease?

In both projects, data from large-scale (inter)national studies will used to address specific research questions. Both projects will be conducted in close association with 4 other Ph.D. projects on depression following myocardial infarction, conducted at the University of Groningen.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

Candidates should have a master’s degree in (clinical, medical, or neuro-) psychology or in a related discipline. Statistical expertise, fluency in English, interest/expertise in patient care or patient related research are appreciated.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization

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Tilburg University
Faculty of social behavioural sciences

Tilburg University is an institution of higher education, located in the south of the Netherlands that specializes in human and social sciences. Tilburg University is known for its high standards in education and research as well as its excellent support facilities. The compact campus offers ample opportunity to meet staff and students. The student population is slightly over 11,000; with an increasing number of international students.

FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
Tilburg University is a modern, specialized university. The teaching and research of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences are organized around the themes of Health, Organization, and Relations between State, Citizen, and Society. The faculty’s inspiring working environment challenges its workers to realize their ambitions; involvement and cooperation are essential to achieve this.
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Research at the department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology of the Tilburg University is focused on the interaction between body and mind in the framework of the research institute CoRPS (Center of Research on Psychology and Somatic Health).

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
prof. P. de Jonge
Telephone number: 31 13 466 2715
E-mail address: p.dejonge@uvt.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
About the organization (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl)
About the function (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/vacancies/4000814.html)

Application

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You can apply for this job before 11-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Universiteit van Tilburg
drs.M. Marcel van Ieperen managing director
Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
E-mail: pz-fsw@uvt.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 400.08.14.
Can treatment of depression affect the progression of heart disease?

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Netherlands : PhD developmental, clinical and crosscultural psychology

Tilburg University Faculty of social behavioural sciences

Tilburg, 5000 LE (Noord-Brabant), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD developmental, clinical and crosscultural psychology

TITLE OF THE PHD-PROJECT
“Effects of maternal stress, smoking and use of other stimulants during pregnancy on children’s neurocognitive functioning”

JOB DESCRIPTION
In collaboration with the prospective cohort Amsterdam Born Children and their Development (ABCD) study of the Municipal Health Service (GGD) Amsterdam, Free University(VU) Medical Centre Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center (AMC) Amsterdam, the children will be tested in 2008 and 2009 when they are 5 years of age. In collaboration with three other AIOs of the GGD Amsterdam, the candidate will collect metabolic and cardiovascular data and neurocognitive test data at schools in and around Amsterdam. The candidate will focus on the neurocognitive test data and will relate these data to maternal stress and smoking during pregnancy. The results will be published by the candidate in international scientificjournals, The study is expected to result in a Ph.D. thesis. Because the data collection will take place in Amsterdam, the candidate will be expected to perform this first part of the study at the GGD Amsterdam.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate
We are looking for a highly motivated Ph.D. student who has:

• A master degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or a related discipline
  
• Experience with designing and conducting human cognitive experimental studies
  
• Experience with statistical analyses
  
• Experience with child testing
  
• A keen interest in theories of the fetal origins of child and adult disease
  
• Good organization, social and communication skills
  
• Excellent written and oral language skills in Dutch and English
  

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization

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Tilburg University
Faculty of social behavioural sciences

Tilburg University is an institution of higher education, located in the south of the Netherlands that specializes in human and social sciences. Tilburg University is known for its high standards in education and research as well as its excellent support facilities. The compact campus offers ample opportunity to meet staff and students. The student population is slightly over 11,000; with an increasing number of international students.

FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
Tilburg University is a modern, specialized university. The teaching and research of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences are organized around the themes of Health, Organization, and Relations between State, Citizen, and Society. The faculty’s inspiring working environment challenges its workers to realize their ambitions; involvement and cooperation are essential to achieve this.

DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL, CLINICAL AND CROSSCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
The section Pediatric Psychology of the Department of Developmental, Clinical and Crosscultural Psychology at Tilburg University is interested in research into the effects of prenatal risk factors, in particular maternal stress, anxiety, smoking, and alcohol or drug use during pregnancy, on children’s cognitive and brain development.

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 1 3 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

prof. B. van den Bergh
Telephone number: 31 13 4662167
E-mail address: bea.vdnbergh@uvt.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl)
• About the function (http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/vacancies/4000813.html)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 15-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Universiteit van Tilburg
drs.M. Marcel van Ieperen managing director
Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg

E-mail: pz-fsw@uvt.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 400.08.13.

Further Details

UK: Open University Full-time PhD Studentship

Geomicrobiology

Faculty of Science

Based in Milton Keynes

Three years from 1 October 2008

“Microorganisms in Civil Engineering (MICE)”, funded by the Leverhulme Trust

Many microorganisms are capable of precipitating minerals in the natural environment. The aim of this project is to understand how this occurs and in the process to investigate whether it could be used in practical civil engineering projects, such as, for example, the repair of tunnels. The project will focus on the isolation of carbonate-precipitating organisms and the study of the rates and characteristics of precipitated minerals. The long term vision guiding this project is the idea of the incorporation of a microbiota into public infrastructure (e.g., self-repairing buildings). You should have a good honours degree in a biological science. Experience of microbiological culturing and/or molecular biology would be highly advantageous.

Informal enquiries to Prof. Charles Cockell (c.s.cockell@open.ac.uk).

Details of the geomicrobiology research group can be found at

http://cepsar.open.ac.uk/pers/c.s.cockell.

For detailed information and how to apply go to www3.open.ac.uk/employment or email p.punchihewa@open.ac.uk. Closing date: 30 May 2008.

Equal Opportunity is University Policy.

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Netherlands: PhD student Role of language in mathematics talent development in kindergartners

Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Social Sciences

Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 32 hours per week
Radboud University Nijmegen

Job description

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We are searching for a PhD-student for a project funded within the context of the national program ‘Talentenkracht’. In this project, it will be explored to what extent the emergence of talent in numerical, spatial and logical entities is mediated through language. Following a longitudinal design, the development of talent in mathematics in relation to language growth will be analysed in children at kindergarten level in two ways: at the group level and at an individual child level. At the group level, it will be examined to what extent mathematic and language abilities constitute interrelated or specific and autonomous networks by means of structural equation modeling. At the individual level, children’s growth curves on talents in numerical, spatial and logical reasoning abilities will be analysed as a function of language growth. Furthermore, it will be examined how the emergence of talent in mathematics in children with specific language deficits differs from their typically developing peers. Not only will the development of talent in numerical, spatial and logical reasoning abilities in the two groups of children be compared. Within the group of children with SLI it will also be examined how the individual variation in the distribution of talent in mathematics can be explained. The Ph.D-student is expected to: design, conduct and analyse quasi-experimental set-ups; report results in English papers and dissertation. A project proposal is available and can be requested.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

Requirements are an MA degree (or equivalent) in psychology, linguistics, education, or cognitive science. Strong interests and affinity with (quasi)-experimental research, language and math development is expected. Excellent communicative skills, in writing and speaking in English and Dutch, are required.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization

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Radboud University Nijmegen
Faculty of Social Sciences

Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

The Behavioural Science Institute studies individual human behaviour as a function of its social and physical contexts. The central goal of the institute is to gain fundamental insight into the causal factors and regulatory processes that govern individual human behaviour. The BSI is an interdisciplinary endeavour aimed at exploring the aetiology of individual human behaviour. The project is part of a larger research program on language, literacy and mathematics development headed by prof. dr. Ludo Verhoeven. The Ph.D-student will also collaborate with dr. Eliane Segers (BSI, RU). Other researchers involved in the project include: dr. Gabriele Janzen (BSI, RU), and dr. Martine Gijsel (Expertisecentrum Nederlands, Nijmegen).

Date of entry: 28/04/2008

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract:
Maximum hours per week: 32

Additional conditions of employment:
The candidate will be appointed as a PhD student (0,80 FTE) for a period of five years. The candidate’s performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 3½ years. Salary: PhD scale.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

prof. dr. L. Verhoeven
Telephone number: 31(0)24-3612822
E-mail address: l.verhoeven@pwo.ru.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.ru.nl)
• About the department (http://www.ru.nl/fsw)
• About the function (http://www.ru.nl/fsw)
• Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru.nl)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 14-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
Faculty of Social Sciences/P en O
Postbus 9104, 6500 HE NIJMEGEN

E-mail: vacancies@socsci.ru.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 24.22.08.

Further Details

Netherlands: PhD researcher

Materials innovation institute M2i

Delft, 2628 CD (Zuid-Holland), 40 hours per week

Job description

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Adhesion mechanisms of organic molecules on galvanized steel.

Coil-coated systems (sheet material with a coating applied afterwards) are increasingly being used in especially: applications in the automotive, the white good industry and in architectural applications. The cost advantage compared to post coating of appliances is very large. A zinc layer on top of the steel sheet is often used to improve the corrosion resistance. Adhesion of coatings to galvanized steel is very relevant for durability of the products. The urgency for developing better systems is high due to recent stringent legislation which prohibits further use of Cr VI on the one hand and on the other hand puts a higher emphasis on sustainable materials solutions.

The project aims are:
•Identification of the type and composition of (hydr)oxides and carbonates on various zinc surfaces (e.g. hot dip galvanized, galvanneal and galvalume) after different treatments. This is the starting point for a study of the adhesive properties of these surfaces using model compounds.
•This information is a basis to the final goal, which is the improvement of the bonding strength and stability of practical coatings.

The PhD researcher will study the adhesion of organic coatings to various types of galvanized steel. Both a fundamental investigation at the molecular level using model molecules simulating the functional groups of organic coatings, and a macroscopic view on adhesive properties will be part of the project. A combination of electrochemical, optical (FTIR) and surface analysis techniques (a full range is available) will be used.

The work will be carried out in close co-operation with our Industrial partner, Corus. The PhD Researcher will have a unique opportunity and should be comfortable to work and interact with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers consisting of physicists, chemical, and mechanical engineers on a regular basis, within both industry and academia.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The PhD candidate should have:
• a Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry or Physics;
• a firm background in metallurgy, surface and interface characterization and affinity with polymer chemistry is favorable;
• relevant experimental skills in surface and interface characterization, preferably in relation with polymer/metal chemistry, corrosion technology and/or electrochemistry;
• good written and oral communication skills in English.
The vacancy is located at Delft University of Technology and the PhD Researcher will obtain a doctorate degree awarded by Delft University of Technology.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Engineering)

Organization

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Materials innovation institute M2i

Conditions of employment

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Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information

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Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.m2i.nl)
• About the function (http://www.m2i.nl)

Application

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You can apply for this job before 31-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Materials innovation institute M2i
Mekelweg 2
P.O.Box 5008
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands
E-mail: hrm@m2i.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number MC6.06254.

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Netherlands: PhD position in Parse and Corpus based Machine Translation (PaCO-MT) (1,0 fte)

University of Groningen

(Groningen), 38 hours per week

Job description

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Function title: PhD position

for the following project. The STEVIN PaCo-MT aims at developing an open domain hybrid MT system integrating proper linguistic analysis and syntactic transfer into a data-driven approach to be used by professional translators. Translation will be based on transfer (lexical and syntactic) from a parsed source language sentence into a corresponding target language structure. From this the final output is generated using information from a large target language Treebank that will ensure grammaticality and fluency. The MT application will be developed for the language pairs Dutch<>English and Dutch<>French. A post editing interface will be provided to adapt the output to user needs. The Flemish-Dutch consortium consists of two academic partners (Leuven and Groningen University) and one industrial partner (Oneliner Language and Business Solutions).

The PhD project within PaCo-MT in Groningen will be focused on building bilingual resources necessary for our translation approach. In particular, we will create resources such as translation dictionaries, translation memories and structure mapping rules. We will emphasize the use of syntactic annotation (in both, source and target language) in the automatic extraction of bilingual lexical data and transfer rules. Programming skills are required and knowledge about SMT and alignment techniques are definitely a plus.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

- a MA degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or related field
- knowledge of Dutch, or willingness to learn Dutch
- ability to work together in a project with members from different institutes.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)

Organization

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University of Groningen

Founded in 1614. One of the best universities in Europe and the world. A wide variety of disciplines. Internationally oriented. Rooted in the North of the Netherlands. Socially active. Our researchers and lecturers are inspired academics. Ambitious students. We respect the differences in talent, ambitions and performance of the 25.000 students and members of staff.

The university provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.

The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of Arts
The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. It embraces all the linguistic research in the faculty. A considerable number of the researchers participate in the Graduate School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), and in the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT). Within the CLCG there are six research groups: Syntax & Semantics, Discourse and Communication, Language Variation and Language Change, Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language and Literacy Development over the Life Span. The following position is located in the Computational Linguistics group.

Conditions of employment

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Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Four years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2000 gross per month in the first year up to a maximum of € 2558 gross per month in the fourth year. The appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidates results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hrs/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation.

Starting date: September 1, 2008.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Jörg Tiedemann, project supervisor (about the position)
Telephone number: 31 50 3635935
E-mail address: J.Tiedemann@rug.nl

Or Mrs. Wyke van der Meer, CLCG secretariat (for general information)
Telephone number: 31 50 3635806
E-mail address: w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.rug.nl)
• CLCG (http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/index)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 01-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Office
P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail: vmp@rug.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT208128.

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Netherlands: PhD position Molecular Plant Biologist/Biochemist

University of Amsterdam The Faculty of Science

(Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
University of Amsterdam

Job description

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Project:

"Characterisation and functional analysis of Fusarium oxysporum effectors".

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (Fol) is the causal agent of tomato wilt disease. This project aims at the functional characterization of proteins secreted by Fol upon invasion of the xylem vessels of tomato. Some of these proteins may trigger induction of basal defences, whereas others (called effectors) may suppress these responses allowing the pathogen to cause disease. Analysis of the xylem sap proteome of Fol-infected tomato plants resulted in identification of a large set of Fol secreted proteins. Here, we want to identify the function of these secreted proteins in disease, and identify their molecular targets in the plant. For this research a variety of techniques will be used including (transient)transgenesis, epitope-tagging, proteomics, disease bioassays and confocal microscopy.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

The ideal candidate must hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Molecular Biology, have good communication skills, be able to work in a team and be highly motivated to conduct fundamental scientific research.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization

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University of Amsterdam
The Faculty of Science

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Science of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) is one of Europe's foremost institutions for higher education and research in its chosen fields of specialization. It plays an active role in international science networks and collaborates with universities and industry. The Faculty has approximately 2,000 students and 1,500 staff members spread over four departments and ten research institutes. Each institute has its own research programme, a substantial part of which is externally financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch government, the EU and various private enterprises.

In 2010, the Faculty will relocate to Science Park Amsterdam. Ambitious building projects are paving the way for this relocation. The move will make the Park one of the largest centers of academic research in the Netherlands.

The Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) is one of the faculty's largest institutes. Within it, approximately 250 scientists and staff members perform excellent research centred on four themes: 1) The Living Cell, 2) Plants and Health, 3) Inside and Beyond the Brain and 4) Life Science Technologies.

Conditions of employment

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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: See below
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of four years (18 months plus a further 30 months after a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). An educational plan will be drafted that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. The PhD student is also expected to assist in teaching of undergraduates.

Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week) the gross monthly salary will range from € 2000,- in the first year and € 2558,- in the final year, according to the Dutch salary scales for PhD students.

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. F.L.W. Takken
Telephone number: 31 20-525 7795
E-mail address: takken@science.uva.nl

Or Prof. B.J.C. Cornelissen
Telephone number: 31 20-525 7707
E-mail address: cornelissen@science.uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
• About the department (http://www.science.uva.nl/english/home.cfm)
• About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/94F6BECE-1321-B0BE-680555E1B2D71E5F)
• Links to more information about the UvA or SILS (http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/f.l.w.takken/)
• Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG) (http://www.cbsg.nl/)

Application

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You can apply for this job before 02-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Kruislaan 404
1098 SM Amsterdam
the Netherlands
E-mail: application@science.uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 08-1019.

Further Details

Tags: Amsterdam, Science, Molecular, PhD

Netherlands: PhD student (subproject 'Southern Thessaly')

University of Amsterdam The Faculty of Humanities / The Amsterdam Archaeological Centre

(Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
University of Amsterdam

Job description

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The research in Halos will consist of two phases, just like the other sub-projects: firstly, an inventory will be made of the finds and supplementary data, and secondly a thorough analysis of the data will take place. The inventory will consist of designing a database, collecting the data, and connecting all that to a GIS environment. Filling in the database will be done within the first year of the project, by a research assistant, in cooperation with some MA students.

In the second year the research assistant will be able to proceed more independently. The PhD researcher will have to dedicate himself to a more detailed typological and stylistical analysis of the material, thereby refining the existing classification, and fine-tuning dating and provenancing. In order to support the investigations into use, provenance, and production, targeted clay analysis will be applied to a selection of the material

The final year of the PhD research will be dedicated to the above mentioned research questions. In order to compare the results with the other sub-projects the PhD researcher will be supervised by one of the post-docs. This could lead to one or more joint publications, in addition to the PhD thesis.

In order to check and supplement the results some new fieldwork will probably be necessary (in the second or third year of the project, depending on the remaining problems). Due to the demands of the Greek government the fieldwork will be directed by one of the post-docs, together with the PhD researchers, under the responsibility of Professor Vladimir Stissi. Furthermore, during the whole course of the project a part of the supervision, the find processing and the research will be done by a member of the Greek Archaeological Service, who will be paid through the project.

Requirements

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Required education/skills:University Graduate

• the candidate should have finished a degree in Archaeology, preferably Mediterranean/Classical Archaeology with good/excellent grades
• the candidate should have demonstrable experience in the field of pottery research, preferably also with material from both excavations and field survey
• the candidate should have some expertise in Greek pottery of the relevant period (fine and coarse wares)
• it is recommendable to have some knowledge/experience with data systems
• the candidate should be willing to work in the dig house in Almyros, Greece for long periods
• some knowledge of the Greek language is highly recommendable.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)

Organization

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University of Amsterdam

The Faculty of Humanities / The Amsterdam Archaeological Centre
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Humanities undertakes teaching and research with a strong international orientation in a large number of disciplines within the field of language and culture. The faculty is situated in the centre of Amsterdam and maintains close contacts with many cultural institutions in the city. It employs almost a thousand staff members and its courses are attended by approximately 6,500 students.

The Amsterdam Archaeological Centre (AAC) is one of the nine research groups within the Department of History, Archaeology and Area Studies. A scientific staff over 10 fte, about 50 employees in total and almost 30 first year students per year, makes the AAC a medium-sized department, which in the next years is planning to expand through innovation in education and obtaining new research projects. The team is widely oriented, with the accent on Classical Antiquity in the Mediterranean world and on the Northwest European Middle Ages. In its research and education an interdisciplinary approach, within and beyond archaeology, is stimulated and the interaction between different archaeological approaches is strengthening by debate and teamwork.

Conditions of employment

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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: See below
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
This appointment will start the 1st of September or 1st of October 2008; depending on satisfactory performance, after the first year an appointment for another two years follows. The salary is according to the ‘CAO' regulations of Dutch Universities and PhD regulations of the Faculty of Humanities, and ranges from € 2.330 in the first year till € 2.558 in the final year (gross salary, based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours a week).

Additional Information

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Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof. dr. Vladimir Stissi
Telephone number: 020-525 2558
E-mail address: v.v.stissi@uva.nl

Or Kim van Winsen
Telephone number: 020-525 8775
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
• About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/854A55FD-1321-B0BE-68910A22191EE954)
  

Application

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You can apply for this job before 17-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Spuistraat 210
1012 VT Amsterdam

E-mail: solliciteren2008-fgw@uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 08-3041.

Further Details

Ireland: Hamilton Institute Research Position Software Appliance Anomaly Detection

Applications are invited by well-qualified applicants for an MSc (by research) and/or PhD position in the application of statistical machine learning techniques to anomaly detection in software appliances (firewalls etc).

Supported by a major manufacturer, the project will involve the development of new approaches for predictive modelling of measured signals, adaptive learning and inference of fault conditions. The project is supported by a dedicated hardware testbed and as part of the project the developed detection approaches will be implemented in order to evaluate performance in realistic environments.

Good numerate and analytic skills will be essential. Applicants should have a good understanding of machine learning and time-series analysis. A basic understanding of IP networking and some familiarity with the configuration and use of Linux or BSD systems will be helpful.

The Hamilton Institute is committed to research excellence. This post offers an exciting opportunity for successful candidates to tackle fundamental research problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with state of the art facilities and strong links to the international research community.

Stipend: €21000 (tax free)

To apply, candidates should submit a detailed CV and the names and addresses of two referees for letters of recommendation to: hamilton@nuim.ie. Applicants should also include transcipts of undegraduate grades, motivation letter. Informal enquiries to Prof. Doug Leith (doug.leith@nuim.ie)

Norway: Up to 7 PhD Research Fellowships

Department of Marine Technology is a major institution for higher education and research in marine technology. It is located in Trondheim at the Marine Technology Centre together with the applied research unit Marintek - a subsidiary of the SINTEF Group. The department has more than 50 Ph.D. students and the 5 year Master Program graduates 80 candidates annually and the International Master Program 10 candidates.

Related to design and operation of marine systems
Key research areas of the Marine Systems Group are design, fabrication and operation of marine systems and marine engineering of ships, offshore installations, fishing vessels and aquaculture facilities. There are 9 full time and 3 adjunct professors. During the next year the group will increase the staff by two full time and 2 adjuct professors. The group is organized within the Department of Marine Technology at NTNU.

Related to marine hydrodynamics and marine structures
The research activities of the Marine Structures group a re governed by the fact that the Norwegian marine industry operates in the harshest environment on the globe. A combination of strong winds, large waves, deep waters, low temperatures and safety concerns requires unique technological solutions. The research activities of the group are broad, spanning the disciplines of hydrodynamics and structural mechanics, with ten full time and six adjunct professors. The group is organized within the Department of Marine Technology at NTNU.

The PhD study program consists of a half year of course work and 2,5 years on thesis work. The doctoral fellowship is based on a scholarship. The assignment period is normally four years. The candidate will work part time as research/teaching assistant with a workload not exceeding one year during the four year assignment period. Applicants should have a background and a language proficiency (preferably Norwegian, but English is also acceptable) to be able to work as assistant in regular courses given by the Department.
Applicants must hold a Masters degree in naval architecture, marine engineering or a related field. Candidates with other relevant background may be req uired to take some extra courses. Applicants must qualify for admission to the PhD program at the Department. See http://www.ivt.ntnu.no/studier/doktorgrad/english/ for more information. It is a requirement for the position that the candidate applies for and is accepted for a PhD program at the Department.

The application, marked IVT-28/08 with CV, authorized grade transcripts and outline of research topic should be sent electronically through http://www.jobbnorge.no (ID search at www.jobbnorge.no 47863). Application deadline: 15 June 2008.