The Physics Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory invites applicants for two post-doc positions in the PHENIX team of the Subatomic Physics Group (P-25). The PHENIX team currently works primarily on RHIC spin and heavy ion physics, on the exploration of heavy-ion physics topics at the LHC, and on nucleon structure physics at Fermilab. The team also leads the construction of the two PHENIX muon trackers and is leading the upgrade project to install a forward silicon vertex tracker into the PHENIX detector. The successful candidate will participate in our spin and/or heavy ion physics program, working on a combination of physics analysis and hardware tasks. The candidate must have a Ph.D. in physics, preferably nuclear or particle physics, and it must be less than 5 years since the Ph.D. was granted. The post-doc term is for 2 years, with an option to renew for a third year. Application Potential candidates should submit a resume and three letters of reference to mbrooksatlanl.gov. ...

Centro de Fisica Teorica de Particulas (CFTP) http://cftp.ist.utl.pt of Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, offers four research positions in Theoretical Particle Physics (phenomenology) and related areas. The group includes thirteen Faculty Members, as well as a large number of Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students. Our research work covers the current main stream topics within Particle Physics, extending also to Astroparticle and Hadronic Physics. The list of topics can be found in the site given above and the list of publications produced in the last few years can be found in: http://cftp.ist.utl.pt/report/publications/ Our group has a lively programme of regular seminars. We have been part, already for many years, of different European Networks EU RTNs (Research and Training Networks), and have acquired a long experience in international collaborations and training through the organization of International Schools and Workshops, advanced graduate...

Purdue University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, seeks a Department Head for the newly approved separate Department of Anthropology, to be established in Fall 2008. The position will be available July 1, 2008 with a five-year renewable term as Head reporting to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. We are expecting the founding Department Head to provide critical senior leadership and have a vision for developing the department, expand our current anthropology program, and increase our visibility in the discipline. Subfield, geographical and topical areas are open, but should complement existing faculty interest. Qualifications Qualifications include an earned doctorate in anthropology, a distinguished record of research and publication, and an appreciation of the four-field approach to anthropology, with administrative experience strongly preferred. The candidate must be qualified for appointment as a full professor. The Anthropology Department will be one of 12 depart...

The Scuola Interpolitecnica di Dottorato (Inter-Polytechnic Doctorate School) is managed jointly by the three Italian polytechnic schools (Institutes of Technology) –of Torino (PoliTO), Bari (PoliBA) and Milano (PoliMI), to realize a joint project of high qualification doctorate focused on the following scientific areas: * Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) * Biomedical and Biomechanical Engineering (BBE) * Environmental and Territorial Safety and Control (ETSC) * Innovation Management and Product Development (INN.PROD) * Nanotechnology and Nanostructured Innovative Materials (NANO) All the awarded positions are granted by specific scholarships; at least half of the scholarships are reserved to graduates from other universities, whether Italian or foreign. Participation in the competitive examination is open to candidates in possession of a Master of Science degree or of an analogous degree obtained abroad; participation is also open to students who wi...

Applications are invited for a Ph.D. position to work on Interacting stochastic models on complex networks. Complex networks with small-world properties occur in a multitude of real-world communication networks. In this project we shall investigate the nature of interacting systems on such networks and understand their phase-transitions. The student will be supervised by C. K ulske, A. C. D. van Enter (Groningen) and R. van der Hofstad (Eurandom, Eindhoven). The Ph.D. student will be based in Groningen with longer visits to Eurandom. The Groningen group working on the probability theory of interacting systems will consist of two sta members, two senior part-time positions and 4 Ph.D. students, and has strong international ties. The contract is for 4 years and the Ph.D. student will be a full employee of the University of Groningen, with monthly salary according to the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. This is at the moment 1956, 2279, 2387, 2502 Euro for the rst year u...

Job: Doctoral training in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science Research Field: Electrical engineering Job Summary: Marie Curie Fellowship for M.Sc. graduates intrested in a Doctoral program in the area of Electrical Engineering and Computational Science, in particular in a research project in nano-Electronic Design Automation (related to ENIAC). “Politehnica” University of Bucharest (PUB), the largest entity of engineering education in Romania offers opportunities of research-training at highest level for 8 PhD students (three years stay for each) and 12 short stays (four months each). The positions reserved for non-Romanian researchers are granted by European Commission, within following FP6 complementary projects: 1. Marie Curie Host Fellowship project, entitled “Early Stage research Training in an EaSTern European Site with Tradition in Computational Science and Engineering - EST3″. 2. Marie Curie Research Training Network in Coupled Multiscale Simulation and Opt...

The University of Naples Federico II, Italy, Research Doctorate Programs The Research Doctorate is the highest academic title that can be bestowed in Italy. It is equivalent to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Anglo-Saxon countries. The principal objective of a Research Doctorate Program is to educate graduate students on carrying out pure or applied scientific research, in the ambit of the chosen discipline. The University of Naples Federico II is a large research university and the oldest state university in the world. Its Research Doctorate Programs aim to train a selected number of young people, endowed with a high quality preparation and having the enjoyment for the research, to a high level of scientific, technical and professional qualification. The Doctorate Schools of the University promote advanced training in almost all the fields of the knowledge by organizing basic courses of wide and considerable scientific content both with the support of its own professors an...

Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellowship positions for the 2008-2009 academic year. The (Fall) Thematic Program on Arithmetic Geometry, Hyperbolic Geometry and Related Topics will take place at the Institute July to December 2008 and the (Winter/Spring) Thematic Program on O-Minimal Structures and Real Analytic Geometry will take place at the Institute from January to June 2009. The fellowships provide for a period of engagement in research and participation in the activities of the Institute. They may be offered in conjunction with partner universities, through which a further period of support may be possible. List on the cover sheet of the application any faculty members, at universities affiliated with the Fields Institute, who you believe are appropriate. You are encouraged to apply directly to these other institutions as well. If applicants do not wish their application to be shared with affiliated universities, for this purpose, they should note this information i...

PhD Studentships TSSG (Telecommunications Software & Systems Group) Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland Duration: 3 years. There are two studentships available and they consist of a bursary of €16,800 (plus fees) per year for three years. Advisor: Dr. Huaiguo Fu The successful applicant will develop the novel algorithms, approaches and framework for distributed knowledge sharing, data mining, as well as trust and identity management. The work will also include development of the Grid-based or P2P-based system of data mining for Digital Ecosystems. The successful candidates will: * Possess a Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. * Have strong programming skills of Java, and experience of implementing numerical algorithms with Java * Have a good understanding or some experience in the following areas: database, statistics, machine learning, or data mining. * With good written and spoken English, and ideally some existing public...

The University of Aveiro invites applications for one position of five-years research in Computer-Science, within the area of Internet Computing and Databases Integration. Useful skills should include knowledge in web crawling techniques, data integration and Java/JSP/Struts programming.Candidates must have a solid background in Web mining and Database integration, or related, with a research experience of at least 3 years after the PhD degree. The grant corresponding to this research position is 42.500 Euros per year , before taxes. The applications must be submitted until 30 of August 2007 , to José Luis Oliveira (Email: jlo@ua.pt). More information can be obtained in http://bioinformatics.ua.pt/positions and on http://www.ieeta.pt/ieetapub/edu/scholarships.htm (other 5 postdoctoral positions).

The newly founded Graduate School at the University of Potsdam (Germany) entitled “Natural Disasters: Generation, Propagation, and Impacts” invites applications for a PhD position: Wavelet based information extraction from strong motion seismograms Supervisors: M. Holschneider (hols@math.uni-potsdam.de), G. Zoeller (gert.zoeller@uni-potsdam.de), F. Scherbaum (fs@geo.uni-potsdam.de) In low seismicity regions, e.g. in Western central Europe, the ground motion of future earthquakes is commonly estimated from regression models, which have been generated from response spectra of ground motion recorded in seismically active areas. In contrast to the Fourier spectrum, the description of a response spectrum within a simple model is not straightforward. However, for applications in engineering seismology, the Fourier spectrum has the shortcoming that it does not provide time localization. This projects aims at the design of a methodology to combine the advantages of Fourier spectra (physical ...

The UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs office is recruiting a visiting scientist to work at NESDIS, Office of Research and Applications, in Camp Springs, Maryland. The selected scientist will be involved in the operational impact of satellite surface vector wind (OSVW) on numerical weather prediction. This position will be within Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), working in close partnership with personnel at the NESDIS Ocean Surface Winds Team, the NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction, and OAR/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorology Laboratory. The two main user groups within the operational weather community are the numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and the human forecasters with marine responsibilities. NWP models are complex systems. Investigating optimal ways to assimilate satellite OSVW data and to quantify the impacts on NWP in the operational environment will be a central activity for this position. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in atmosph...

The Ambient Multimedia group is a research cluster within the Image Processing research group (IRIS) of the Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The core focus of IRIS is on digital image processing. The specific goals of the group are to develop original Fundamental Research, continued in Strategic Research up to a stage where the results – when exploited – have a real impact on society, and Applied Research, reflected by prototypes, products and services. IRIS is a also a department of the Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technologies (IBBT - www.ibbt.be) and an associated laboratory of The Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC - www.imec.be). IRIS is involved in fundamental research on one hand as well as in strategic and applied R&D activities via IBBT and IMEC on the other hand. IRIS has three open PhD-student positions in the field of employing geometric wavelets for scalable encoding of 3D graphics, addres...

The IMESS degree offers four distinct but related study tracks, reflecting the expertise of the consortium institutions. Students enrol onto one of the four tracks and specialise in one of the partner institution languages. Each track combines compulsory language training, research methodology, specialist electives and an extended research dissertation. The study tracks are: * Economics and Business * Politics and Security * Nation and Society * History and Culture Each track begins in year 1 with a combination of language training (16 ECTS), courses in research methods relevant to the chosen track (20 ECTS) and specialist electives (24 ECTS). In year 2 (60 ECTS) all students continue to receive language training, supplement their research methods training, choose from a range of specialist electives and produce an advanced research dissertation. Throughout the programme students benefit from involvement in the active research environment and expertise provided by each ...

The Department of Psychology in Arts and Science at New York University invites applications for three tenure-track positions: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (one junior; one open rank) and COGNITION & PERCEPTION (one junior position; exceptionally qualified candidates could be considered at a more senior level). Appointments will begin September 1, 2008, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Applications should be received no later than October 15, 2007. Application Send vita, statement of research and teaching interests, representative publications and three (3) letters of reference to: Cognition & Perception Search Committee OR Social Search Committee Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Science New York University 6 Washington Place, Room 550 New York, NY 10003 Information concerning the Psychology Department's faculty, programs, and facilities can be obtained at http://www.psych.nyu.edu NYU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of Fluid Dynamics, to begin on or after July 1, 2008. Appointment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level is preferred, but extraordinarily strong candidates would be considered for a Full Professor position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and research record. The department currently has three faculty members in Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and faculty in Computational Mathematics with an interest in Computational Fluid Dynamics. We are seeking an individual who will complement current activity in the department. Candidates should exhibit potential for outstanding research, and should have a strong mathematical background. We are looking for applicants with enthusiasm for the supervision of graduate students and for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Application Applicants should send a curriculum vit...

The Institute for Heat and Fuel Technology at Technical University Braunschweig seeks a Research Assistant/Ph.D. student (E13 TV-L, formerly BAT IIa) The position is vacant in the Integrated Systems group (M. Mönnigmann). Our research focuses on the development and application of numerical methods for the modeling, simulation, and optimization of nonlinear dynamical systems in the area of process, chemical and energy systems engineering. The candidate is expected to conduct research on methods for the robust optimization of fuel cells and miniaturized heat exchangers. Ideal candidates have: * a very good academic record, * completed a master’s or equivalent degree in mechanical or chemical engineering, in electrical engineering, scientific computing, applied math, or physics, * experience in numerical methods and programming * interest in conducting Ph.D. research in an interdisciplinary area at the interface of engineering and scientific computing, * interest in te...

KDI School of Public Policy & Management Scholarship Opportunities For International Students The KDI School of Public Policy and Management presents its renowned scholarship programs for qualified international applicants who seek advanced graduate educational opportunities in Korea. KDI School Advantage * World-class, innovative programs focused on real world, policy and management issues * All classes conducted in English in a truly international environment * op-notch faculty with unparalleled expertise and teaching excellence Academic Programs Master’s Degree * Master of Public Policy (MPP) * Master of Management (MBA) Scholarship Information * Global Ambassador Fellowship Benefits: Full tuition waiver and living stipend Candidate eligibility: All overseas candidates are welcomed to apply Applicable programs: Master of Public Policy (MPP), Master of Business Administration (MBA) * POSCO Asia Fellowship Benefits: Full tuition ...

KaHo Sint-Lieven, Research Group IT has vacancies for two PhD positions in Engineering Distributed Collaboration using Multi-Agent System Architectures. Candidates have a master degree in Computer Science or Informatics preferentially with expertise in the fields of middleware and security. Those who are finishing their studies soon are also invited to reflect. For more information, please contact: Dr. Vincent Naessens KaHo Sint-Lieven Gebr. Desmetstraat 1 B-9000 Gent Tel +32 9 2658610 Fax +32 9 2256269 E-mail: Vincent.Naessens[ at ]kahosl.be URL: http://allserv.kahosl.be/~vincent/ Via: Official Announcement

The reduction of the viscous drag force exerted on thin bodies (e.g. wings and blades) moving in a fluid is of great technical interest (for example for drag reduction of airplanes or optimization of gasturbines). One of the mayor keys to drag-reduction is the delay of transition to turbulence in the boundary layer. Due to the local nature of transition and the rapid nature of breakdown a sensorless (open-loop) strategy is highly preferable, since it prevents the necessity of large numbers of fast sensor/actuator combinations. Thus far, the success of the delay-techniques on boundary layer flows with noise is limited and for bypass-transition none of the strategies has been successful. In this PhD-project a detailed experimental and numerical study of the mechanisms to delay the transition in a boundary layer will be performed on three modal-based options: * Upstream traveling waves (UPTW) * Spanwise traveling waves (SPTW) * Delay by streaks (DBS) The combination of experim...

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University is seeking applicants for tenure-track positions at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor). Applicants are expected to have earned a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering or related disciplines. We will consider applicants knowledgeable in the general area of chemical engineering science. While all areas encompassed by chemical engineering are acceptable there are several broad areas of particular interest, including surface reactivity and catalysis, fuel cells, environmental or atmospheric studies, molecular transport processes and mechanics, and materials physics and chemistry, computation and simulation, biochemical and biomolecular engineering, nanomaterials processing, and the energy sciences. In general, we give higher priority to the overall originality and promise of candidate's work than to the sub-area of specialization. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at the graduate an...

A postdoctoral associate position is available immediately to join an interdisciplinary research group studying dynamics of protein modifications (e.g., phosphorylation and lysine acetylation) in cellular regulations and diseases, using nano-HPLC/mass spectrometry-based technologies. The successful candidates should require a Ph.D. degree, intensive training in the fields of separation science (e.g., HPLC) and protein chemistry. If you are interested, please email your CV and the names of three references to Yingming Zhao, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, RM L4.244, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9038 at 214-648-8856 or email to Yingming.Zhao@UTSouthwestern.edu. Application Deadline: 13-Feb-08 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

The Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo invites applications for several tenure-track faculty positions. There are competitions for one or more positions in each of continuous optimization and cryptography. There is also a competition for positions in any of the six main research areas covered by the department: algebraic combinatorics, combinatorial optimization, continuous optimization, cryptography, graph theory, and quantum computing. Finally, there is a competition for positions in operations research. The text of the individual advertisements can be found at the website of the department. While the intention is to make appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor, applications for more senior positions will be considered. A Ph.D. degree and evidence of excellence in research and teaching are required. Successful applicants are expected to maintain an active program of research, to attract and supervise graduate students, and to participa...

The Universität Bern will offer international students Excellence Scholarships for postgraduate study, the scholarship consists of 1600 CHF per month for the entire duration of the Master’s programme. For further information (study programmes, major, minor, etc.) about the about the Master’s programmes offered at our university please contact the departement concerened directly. Criteria for selection: 1. Applicants must, by end of July 2008, have graduated with at least a Bachelor’s degree in the same field of study as the selected Master’s programme 2. The applicant’s place of residence during the application period must be in their home country The applicant’s file must include the following in duplicate: 1. Application form (see downloads) 2. Curriculum vitae /resume 3. Letter of motivation and objectives 4. Letter of recommendation from a professor of your home university 5. Evidence of sufficient language proficiency in German or dispensation granted by the f...

Two postdoc positions and four doctoral scholarships, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), University of Heidelberg/Germany The IWR offers: * 2 postdoctoral positions and * 4 positions for doctoral students within projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF), BASF AG, and the Helmholtz Association. The research work involves: * the development of optimal control and optimization methods, * of algorithms for nonlinear optimal experimental design and parameter estimation * in Systems Biology, Reaction Kinetics and Chemical Engineering. The algorithms will be designed and implemented in collaboration with scientists from the application fields in academia and industry. The positions are available for a period of three years, starting on November 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008. Post-doc positions: The salary is regulated by the German TV-L contract according to TVL-13. Doctoral positions: Scholarships o...

Physics and Mathematics Department, University of INSUBRIA Varese-Como, Italy, ( http://www.uninsubria.it ) Five PhD positions. The PhD-student appointment is for the duration of three years. Two more positions are available for non EU students. Outstanding graduate students are sought for three Ph.D. fellowships in Computational Mathematics. In particular, one of those fellowships will be devoted to the following ICT research topic: search engine, image reconstruction. The call for the application ia available at the website . The applicants will be interviewed in November, 2007. All the information will be available on the website. The successful candidates will work in a multidisciplinary environment, developing skills in Symbolic Calculus and Scientific Computing. During the Ph.D. program, the students will attend 4 courses with final exam, and summer schools. Short visits abroad will be also possible during the first two years. The students will carry out original research in Comp...

KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich offers various positions as (Senior) Researchers and Doctoral Students KOF is the leading economic research institute in Switzerland ( www.kof.ethz.ch ). Our research activities concentrate on the following three areas: 1. Swiss business cycle developments, 2. Switzerland in a globalised world, and 3. long-term growth perspectives of Switzerland. KOF works in close collaboration with the Chair of Applied Macroeconomics and the Center for Economic Research at the ETH Zurich ( www.cer.ethz.ch ). Job descriptions: To analyse and forecast economic developments of a small open economy like Switzerland, we apply econometric time series and panel data techniques on both macro- as well as microeconomic data. The vacant positions intend to strengthen our competences in all fields of applied econometrics. Job profiles and requirements: Candidates are expected to either hold a Ph.D. in economics (with emphasis on applied econometric analysis...

Applications are invited from prospective students interested in understanding the mechanical function of biological materials at the nanoscale. These studentships are fully funded and supported by the EPSRC. The start date is flexible. The research will focus on the mechanical behaviour of mineralized tissues with particular emphasis on the use of new experimental methods to measure physical properties at length scales approaching nanometres. Potential students should be highly motivated and ideally have a degree in applied physical sciences, although a background in biological sciences will also be considered. Familiarity with the structure of mineralized tissue is an advantage. Funding is available for UK/EU students with a minimum 2.1 degree although other nationals will be considered provided academic excellence can be demonstrated. The research students will be supervised by Dr Asa H. Barber and use the facilities within the newly constructed imaging centre at Queen Mary. This ce...

A successful candidate will be registered for a PhD degree by research and paid a grant of €16,000 per annum for up to 36 months. Control of large engineering systems, consisting of networks of interconnected/interacting subsystems, has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to the increasing availability of cheap computer and sensing power. Despite this progress, most control strategies rely on distributing control authority among individual system units without explicitly accounting for interactions between the subsystems. Such a completely decentralised strategy may result in unacceptable control performance, especially if the subsystems interact strongly. On the other hand, completely centralised control of large, networked systems might be regarded as impractical and unrealistic. Two vital alternatives to this problem are the communication-based and cooperative control strategies. The former utilises a decentralised strategy but allows for information (about controll...

The Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships Academic contacts are listed below as are the web addresses for prospectuses and application forms. Investigator: Dr Mariam Molokhia (LSHTM) Collaborator: Prof Nick Barber (SoP). Title of the Project: Relationship between medication error and patient harm due to adverse drug effects. Background: Several primary care databases have been established in the United Kingdom that include longitudinal records of morbidity and drug prescription data on several million people with up to 20 years follow-up, including The Health Information Network (THIN-GPRD equivalent), and MediPlus. Ascertainment of drug exposure (except for over-the-counter preparations) and morbidity can be almost complete. It is possible to use these databases to detect medication errors and patterns of non-compliance in patients, and associated patient morbidity such as increase in adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This project aims to establish the prevalence and type of medication e...

Postgraduate Masters Position: Technologies for Embedded Computing (TEC) Centre Research Opportunities Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland is commencing an ambitious expansion of its Applied Research Programme through the establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Embedded Computing. The TEC Centre, supported by major research funding from Enterprise Ireland, will build significant research activities to support the growth of regional industry, including the creation of new enterprise, based directly upon the development of its research and development Programme. The TEC Centre is currently seeking a highly motivated, resourceful people for the following research and development position within the TEC Centre. A successful candidate will become part of an ambitious team seeking to implement high impact applied research, development and exploitation programmes in collaboration with regional industry. Postgraduate Masters Position Project: Improving Energy Performance of Buildings usi...