[OSGeo-Discuss] PhD Studentships- The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre for the Digital Society @ University of Nottingham

[Suchith Anand]

Dear All,

Could you please distribute this info to interested students.


Broaden your horizon: the Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre in Location-Aware Ubiquitous Computing for the Digital Economy

Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing, which takes advantage of knowing the geographical position of the millions of fixed and mobile computing and communications devices embedded into the world around us - is the most exciting and significant technology to emerge since the Internet.  It promises to transform the ways in which we work, shop, travel, learn, socialise and play.  Would you like to be at the heart of this revolution, exploring new uses of ubiquitous computing, creating new location-aware technologies, or studying their impact on people's lives?

This new Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique and major new PhD programme in Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing.  Supported by EPSRC and over 30 industry partners, we are training a community of over 50 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field.  

Students will benefit from:

*	a fully-funded four-year PhD programme that integrates a leading-edge research project with research training in interdisciplinary skills
*	a personalised pathway through this programme giving a balance of skills across key technology areas, future applications and human and societal issues
*	training in innovation and ingenuity to equip students for careers in industry, from global companies to start-ups
*	a three-month salaried internship at one of our partners which include the BBC, BT, EADS Astrium, HP, IBM, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson and Thales (full list below)
*	regular seminars and meetings with industry representatives to develop contacts with future employers
*	an enhanced stipend of £15,000 per annum as well as a personal laptop
*	supervision from international leaders in the field of Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing and associated disciplines
*	use of multi-million pound state-of-the-art facilities including positioning and sensing test-beds and transport simulators
*	career guidance support tailored to individual needs
*	office and laboratory space on Nottingham's award-winning Jubilee Campus

Students from a wide variety of backgrounds including computer science, the geospatial sciences, engineering, psychology, sociology, business, social science and the arts are all invited to apply, but you must have an excellent first degree and be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.  The full EPSRC funding is restricted to UK/home students but there is also one international studentship available.

Our current industry partners are: Active Ingredient, Aerial, BBC, Blast Theory, BT, EADS Astrium, EUROCONTROL, Fhios, Guidance Monitoring, HP, HW Communications, IBM, innovITS, Leica Geosystems, Location and Timing KTN, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Nottingham Scientific, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson, SERCO, Thales, Trinity House, TRL Technology.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Mike Jackson,  Email: Mike.Jackson at nottingham.ac.uk    or Dr H Glover, tel: 0115 846 6780  Email: Hazel at cs.nott.ac.uk   

For an application form, please email Samantha Stapleford, ssx at cs.nott.ac.uk, telephone 0115 951 4225 or write to Samantha Stapleford, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, NG8 1BB.  Please quote ref. 

The closing date for this round of applications is Monday 15 June 2009.

Best wishes,

Suchith Anand

Dr Suchith Anand
Centre for Geospatial Science
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University of Nottingham
Tel: (0)115 846 8408
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