Subject: [p2prg] Fully funded PhD in AUTONOMIC CLOUD COMPUTING

From: Lu Liu <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:01:00 +0000

Graduate Teaching Assistant Studentship in AUTONOMIC CLOUD COMPUTING
The studentship

This studentship is funded by the School of Computing & Mathematics, Faculty of Business, Computing and Law (BCL), University of Derby and provides an opportunity for a graduate to undertake a 3-year programme of research leading to the award of PhD, in the subject of Autonomic Cloud Computing.

The PhD will be supervised by Dr Richard Hill (Head of Subject, Computing and Mathematics) and Professor Nik Bessis (Head of DISYS research group), and will be undertaken on a full-time basis over three years.

The studentship will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU level, and will pay a bursary of £14,100 per annum (p.a.). There is also - subject to satisfactory progress - an extra £1,000 p.a. for professional development purposes. Fees for International (non-EU) Students will not be met by the Studentship. Non-EU students would be responsible for paying top-up fees to the relevant level.

If appointed and as part of your professional development, you may be asked to teach and/or demonstrate lab sessions for up to 6 hours per week.

To apply

Applicants must hold a good first and a master's degree in computer science or other relevant disciplines (such as mathematics). The research will require subject specific knowledge in autonomic computing and distributed systems. Applicants are expected to have strong analytical and mathematical programming skills, and an interest in resource management and collective intelligence techniques.

The RD02 form asks for a research proposal in section 8(e). Please use this space to clearly describe what your intended research plan is. The research proposal should be no more than 2-3 pages long and provide a state-of-the-art review on the specifics of the proposed research study, a list of aims and objectives, a section detailing the proposed methodology, a justification and a motivation for undertaking the proposed study, a referencing list and finally, a time plan of the research activity tasks. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Richard Hill, Email: [email-masked]

    * Closing date for applications: Monday 4th December 2011
    * Interviews: Monday 19th December 2011

To apply, please email the following documents to the Research Office at [email-masked]

    * a completed application form (RD2);
    * a copy of the photo page of your passport (showing name, date of birth, etc),
    * copies of your degree certificate(s) and transcript(s);
    * two signed academic references (either completed reference forms RD3, or letters of reference);
    * copy of IELTS certificate if appropriate (see below)