University of Dublin, Trinity College PhD Position in Applied Microeconomics Department of Economics This project analyses the impact of recent policy changes on various aspects relating to the agri-food sectors in Ireland and other EU countries focussing in particular on Denmark and the Netherlands. Using the Irish National Farm Survey a micro approach is taken that allows specific research questions relating to: 1) productivity and competitiveness; 2) the changing structure of production systems in terms of farm numbers, the role of economies of scale, specialisation and system switching; and 3) the wider rural community to be addressed. The availability of a comparable survey for Denmark and the Netherlands presents a unique opportunity for the Irish experience to be compared to that of similar regions of Europe facing the same set of constraints but with significantly different sectors in terms of structure, organisation and the role of government supports This study will provide v

PhD Studentship Social Insect-Inspired Algorithms for Decentralised Control in Distributed Computing Department of Computer Science Supervising Institutions: Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol and HP Labs, Bristol Social insect colonies face similar decision problems to those inherent in large-scale information processing systems such as the internet, grid computing and utility computing centres. These systems are too complex for classical control techniques to be applicable, as global information on the state of the system is impossible to obtain. However, we can draw inspiration from the algorithms employed by social insect colonies. These algorithms work robustly using simple rules of thumb, without centralised control, and achieve or approximate optimality. Hence these algorithms will prove ideal for decentralised optimal control problems such as those encountered in distributed computing. Recently, a new social-insect behaviour has been examined experimentally,

Competition announcement Academic Year 2008-2009 The call for application is published every year at the end of November. You can download the Brochure and the Pre-requisites for the admission here . The Eni Corporate University announces a competition for an academic course that leads to a Master’s Degree in Energy and Environmental Management and Economics - MEDEA. The course is organized and managed by the Scuola Enrico Mattei. The Master is offered to Italian and foreign university graduates that are interested in career paths within firms, authorities and other institutions operating in the energy and environmental sectors. For the Academic Year 2008-2009, the Scuola Enrico Mattei will assign a maximum of 50 scholarships. Three programs of the MEDEA are offered: * Energy Industry Economics * Business Administration in Energy Industry * Managing Technical Assets in Energy Industry The program is articulated on three phases, with an increasing degree of specialisation. A

The Department of Financial Economics BI, The Norwegian School of Management Oslo, Norway 1. Financial Assistance The Department of Financial Economics has available a number of PhD stipends starting in September 2008. The stipends are for a four year period and offer NOK315,000 per annum (approx. US$55,000) and also cover tuition fees. Each stipend contains a 35 hour per year teaching duty which usually consists of teaching assistant work. Academically excellent students should have a MSc in Finance or closely related subject. 2. Program Structure The PhD in Finance is taught entirely in English and is structured such that the first year of study covers course work and exams (60 ECTS credits). The Department of Financial Economics plans to offer the following courses in the 2008/2009 academic year: Asset Pricing Theory, Empirical Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance Theory, Market Microstructure, and Advanced Topics in Finance. In addition, we are a member of the Nordic Finance Network (N

CIIM Business School – MBA and MPMS Scholarships provided by the Republic of Cyprus for the academic year 2008-2009 The Republic of Cyprus is offering five (5) full scholarships of 12-months duration to study for the attainment of the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) Master in Business Administration (MBA) or Master in Public Sector Management Programme (MPSM) for the academic year 2008-2009. Eligible candidates are citizens of Uzbekistan, Gambia, Azerbaijan and Sudan. Application Procedure In order to submit an application for scholarship, the applicant must attain an official endorsement by her/his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs completing the Endorsement Form, which must be submitted along with the application form (detailed instructions on the endorsement procedure are included in the endorsement form). The applicants may then submit their applications along with the endorsement form at a Competent Consular Authority of the Republic of Cyprus of their choi

The Department of Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, invites applications for a number of faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level to begin September 2008. The levels of appointment will be based on the qualifications and academic records of the applicants. Exceptional candidates are being sought in the areas of VLSI/circuits, Mixed analogue/digital electronic circuits, RF microwave circuits, Optoelectronic circuits and systems, information security, Signal/image processing, Control, Power systems, and Machines. However, outstanding candidates in other areas of electrical engineering will also be considered. Applicants should have earned a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline. Candidates are expected to have a distinguished record of teaching, research and university service. Applications and nominations should include a detailed resume, references and a statement of capabilities and

PhD Positions in Parallel Programming and Algorithms for Interprocess Synchronization of Multicore Systems Department of Computer Science and Engineering Chalmers Technical University Application deadline March 11, 2008 . Reference nr 2008/34 The Department provides strongly international and dynamic research environments with 76 faculty and 75 PhD students from about 30 countries. For more information, see www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/ Knowledge of Swedish is not a prerequisite for application. English is our working language for research. Both Swedish and English are used in undergraduate courses. Half of our researchers and PhD students are native Swedes; the rest come from more than 20 different countries. Applicants must have a very good undergraduate degree in Computing Science or in a related subject with a strong Computing Science component. They must also have a strong, documented interest in doing research. You may even apply if you have not yet completed your degree, but expect to

PhD Scholarships Multidisciplinary PhD Programme in International Studies School of International Studies, University of Trento*, Italy The University of Trento is now inviting applications from qualified candidates for its three-year PhD Programme in International Studies. This highly structured multidisciplinary programme is composed of a minimum of 200 hours of coursework. Students follow a common curriculum in International studies, methodology, research design, and history, and attend advanced seminars in their major and minor subjects, chosen from amongst the disciplines of Economics, Law, and Politics & Society. The coursework is concentrated in the first year, with the third semester being devoted to the completion of the research proposal. At least one semester must be spent abroad for research. The school invites applications across the whole range of disciplines comprising international studies, but particularly encourages students who intend to carry out research in th

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF ARTICULAR JOINT FORMATION (2 YEAR FIXED TERM) The Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine (ISTM) at Keele University (www.keele.ac.uk/research/istm) is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the area of biomechanics and mechanobiology. The work forms part of the MyJoint project (www.myjoint.org). MyJoint is an EU-funded multi-disciplinary project combining ten partners and aims to grow biological replacement joints within the patients that will use them. You will work under the guidance of Dr. Jan Herman Kuiper, Prof. Alicia el Haj and Prof. James Richardson. Your work will aim to further our understanding of the interaction between mechanical conditions and articular joint formation and you will collaborate with engineers, biologists and clinicians. You will develop novel computer models to simulate the relation between skeletal cells, physical environment, geometry, and material properties in joint fo

Research Grant To pursue PhD studies in the CLIP group (http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es), Technical University of Madrid (Spain), in the context of the S-Cube EU Network of Excellence The CLIP group at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) invites applications for a fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarship for qualified graduate students. Candidates should have graduated (with a Bachelor level or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields prior to the start of their research work at UPM. Candidates close to fulfilling this requirement can also apply, and every case will be considered separately. Please include as much relevant information as possible. The PhD work will focus on the research areas of the Clip group and the EU-funded S-Cube network, and will be directed by Manuel Carro and Manuel Hermenegildo. The general research objective of “S-Cube: Software and Services Systems Network” is to advance in the consolidation of a unified framework for Software and S