The Kenza Foundation is supporting every year the studies abroad of two students in Arts and History of Art from prestigious universities in Paris. Scholarship for each student is up to €10,000 for the academic year 2011/2012.

16 Erasmus-Mundus Studentships Computer Vision and Robotics Applications are currently being considered for 16 fully funded scholarships (fees and stipend for 8 EU and 8 non-EU students) on the prestigious 2-year Erasmus-Mundus European Masters programme on Computer Vision and Robotics (VIBOT) between Heriot Watt University (UK), the Universite de Bourgogne (France) and the Universitat de Girona (Spain). VIBOT is one of the European Union`s flagship Erasmus-Mundus courses. The key aim of VIBOT is to produce the next generation of leading engineering researchers to solve important future challenges in a broad range of engineering applications. Starting from a comprehensive coverage of the prerequisites in the field of digital imagery and basic image processing, the students will cover at specialized level all subjects of artificial vision applied to robotics, medical imagery and 3D vision. This Masters programme will provide an unrivalled knowledge in computer vision and robotics app...

Applications are invited for a three year PhD scholarship in the FEMTO-ST Institute (see www.femto-st.fr) at Besançon FRANCE. This PhD project will form part of a wider project which aims to develop new mathematical tools and a general software dedicated to Arrays of Microsystems. Arrays of Microsystems have been developed and continue their expansion in a number of scientific and technical fields. The research of the project will focus on deriving general multi-scale multi-physical models able to cover large classes of such systems. The multi-scale mathematical methods will be rooted in recently developed techniques by our group or collaborators. Part of mathematical modeling will be done in collaboration with a Laboratory of Mathematics. The scholarship is valued at about €1.000 net per month for three years. It will be available from 1 October 2009. Application to a room on the campus is possible for low rate. Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree and, preferably, a ...

POST-DOC Position available in Nancy (France) Period: October 2009 – September 2010 Research Director: Prof. Hervé Panetto (Herve.Panetto[ at ]cran.uhp-nancy.fr) Title: Models and Semantics for product-centric systems interoperability The objective of this work is to test the scientific interest of making the product, beyond the whole process, interactive (this means that the product information may participate to the decision process), to organize then a more collaborative interoperability of different heterogeneous systems (APS, ERP, MES, SCM). Companies are interested as much in the design of systems (production, information, decision-making …), and their interoperations even their integration in a given context. This problem only makes sense in the context of evolution of organizations and their environment, or when a company provides engineering methods and tools that facilitate the decision making of complex processes. Given this context, an approach for the engineering of thes...

Postdoctoral applicant Station Biologique, Roscoff, France Ecological significance of photoheterotrophic bacteria in the Western Arctic Ocean We are looking for a foreign applicant for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Station Biologique (Roscoff, France). We currently witness in the Arctic: 1) a decrease in summer ice cover that exposes sea surface to solar radiation and physical forcings, 2) permafrost thawing and increased river runoff, both leading to an increase in the export to the ocean of organic carbon previously sequestered in the Tundra, and 3) an increase in ultraviolet radiation. These three phenomena favour a growing mineralization of organic carbon through photo-oxidation and bacterial activity, amplifying the increase in atmospheric CO2. At the same time, the exposure of a larger fraction of ocean surface to sun light and the increase in nutrients brought by rivers lead to larger autotrophic production and sequestration of organic carbon. To predict the balance of thes...

300 PhD positions available in 2009 INRIA proposes young scientists a PhD in one of its research teams. Priority will be given to candidates with mobility background and to topics pertaining to the Institute’s priority themes. Opening campaign : February 16, 2009 View positions available and apply on-line . the list is frequently updated. • Offers are posted on-line as and when they become available. Please consult the list regularly. End of the campaign : May 4 , 2009 You have a degree in computer science, automatic control or scientific computing equivalent to the French research master, you are planning to become a researcher in an academic environment, or, after training through research, to join a company or create one ? Join INRIA for a PhD. INRIA is at the leading edge of research and its scientific themes are innovative. You can meet there scientists of international stature or work with them. Novel ideas are considered with interest. INRIA maintains special relations wit...

The Embassy of France in India and Krishnakriti present a golden opportunity for qualified artists and students to complete a 6 month internship in the art capital of the world. Shortlisted candidates will be offered the opportunity to travel to France and study at premier art institutes under fellowship. The awardee would have French government scholarship holder status. Scholarship Details: First Prize of 615 Euros per month for 6 months + Return airfare from Delhi to Paris Second Prize of 500 Euros per month for 6 months + Return airfare from Delhi to Paris Third Prize of Social Security Scholarship for 6 months + Return airfare from Delhi to Paris Further Scholarship Information and Application

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hybrid Solar Cell Characterization, Aix Marseille University, France Reference: SPI-05-AMII-MA-2008-4 Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Centre interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) at the Campus of Luminy to lead research efforts in the optimization of electronic interfaces in hybrid solar cells. The post-doc position is available from November 2008. Description: The CINaM is looking for a creative and experienced individual to perform experimental investigations in the research field of hybrid solar cell characterization. The applicant will contribute to a regional founded solar cell project, which is focusing on the development of new hybrid solar cells based on coaxial p-n heterojunction nanorods. The applicant is expected to study the photovoltaics properties of the nanomaterials in detail and to optimize the electronic interfaces of the solar cells. The project involves a strong interdisciplinary collabo...

PhD Scholarship Innovation and Market Selection: an Evolutionary Approach CNRS-GREDEG, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, and Department for Research on Innovation and Competition (OFCE) - SciencesPo (France) Description of the Subject: Aggregate productivity growth is the outcome of incumbent firms adopting new and superior techniques and (or) entering firms replacing exiting firms with better technologies. This research project will concern market selection mechanisms by characterising innovation as a process of selection (or acquisition) of more productive technologies within firms and a process of selection of firms itself. It will analyse both what happens inside the firms and what happens between firms on the market when firms are engaged in innovative or imitative processes. The first part of the research will be devoted to making a survey of empirical and theoretical analyses of industrial dynamics, which should focus on the relation between innovation and competition. The ...

Image retrieval consists in finding among a database of target images those which represent the same scene as this represented by a query image. In this context, the key-point is the extraction of efficient descriptors from the images. Several recent studies have shown that color histograms can be very efficient in this context. However, color histograms do not take into account the spatial arrangement of colors and are very sensitive to illumination changes. Several authors have shown that the spatial organization of colors could significantly improve the performance of the image classifiers. Some spatial descriptors, such as color correlograms, may be used to represent in a global way the spatial arrangement of colors in the image, but they are sensitive to object occlusion and scale variation and are not designed to recognize objects in cluttered scenes. In very recent works, few searchers propose to extract local descriptors such as SIFT or SURF which have been proven to be more ro...

At the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Côte d’Azur – France, in the Faculty of Chemistry, Parc Valrose, a motivated and competent Ph.D. student is required, capable to analyse the molecular ingredients in aromas and perfumes by multidimensional chromatographic techniques. Starting in October 2008, a BDO/BDI contract will be offered (brut: 1757,- EUR/month), including possibilities for a three-year extension. The ideal candidate will have a Master-2 degree in chemistry, a strong background in bioanalytical chemistry as well as in chromatographic techniques. English language skills are manda­tory. Apply with CV and letter of interest in English or French language to Pr. Uwe Meierhenrich, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, LCMBA, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, Uwe.Meierhenrich[ at ]unice.fr The closing date for applications is Thursday 22 May 2008 .

INRIA proposes young scientists a PhD in one of its research teams. Priority will be given to candidates with mobility background and to topics pertaining to the Institute’s priority themes. You have a degree in computer science, automatic control or scientific computing equivalent to the French research master, you are planning to become a researcher in an academic environment, or, after training through research, to join a company or create one? Join INRIA for a PhD. INRIA is at the leading edge of research and its scientific themes are innovative. You can meet there scientists of international stature or work with them. Novel ideas are considered with interest. INRIA maintains special relations with industry and fosters the emergence of startups founded by its research scientists (80 such companies founded in 20 years). At least 80 different nationalities are present at INRIA and activities are regularly organized in order to ease the integration of newcomers. The ambiance is relaxe...

Uses of the fast wavelet transform to study some applications of carbon nanotubes and light diffusion by dust grains Location: institut UTINAM (UMR CNRS 6213) Besançon, France Length: 9 months, starting as soon as possible considering the time needed by the person retained to get all the administrative papers necessary to work in France. Financial conditions: The credits obtained allow us to warrant a gross salary of 1839 € per month, which in reality means 1508 € per month transferred on the bank account. Requested profile: The applicant should preferentially have with experience in numerical analysis concerning implementation of the fast wavelet transform in fortran. Experience of parallelization and/or knowledge of Green’s function techniques and/or knowledge of the scattering matrix formalism in optics would be a plus, but are not required. In any case, the person retained must have completed his/her PHD since less than 2 years and NOT be of French nationality! Therefore, the app...

We would like to inform you that INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research - France) is organizing a campaign to recruit 11 post-doctoral fellows. These young researchers are selected, irrespective of nationality, on the basis of a coherent scientific and professional project to work as part of INRA’s research teams. The recipients are recruited on a two-year contract with a gross monthly salary of 2150€. These post-doctoral positions are proposed in the following fields of research: * Environment and rural space * Food and human nutrition * Agricultural products and process engineering * Generic research * Innovative and sustainable agricultural systems Deadline for submitting applications: February 4, 2008 Other necessary information is available on INRA’s web site . For any question concerning post-doctoral positions, you can send an email to the following address: post-doctorant[ at ]paris.inra.fr

The Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS de Cachan) has implemented a Scholarship Programme aimed at foreign students who are currently studying or have studied and obtained their latest diploma outside of France. This programme is aimed at students wishing to apply for a second year Research Master (RM2) or for a PhD in order to follow or pursue their research training in one of the departments or laboratories of the ENS de Cachan. Priority is given to students who wish to undertake a complete second year of Research Master and to students who wish to carry out a research internship within the framework of a joint PhD (“co-tutelle”). The grant amounts to 1000 euros/month. These grants are awarded for a minimum period of one semester (six months) and a maximum period of 12 months not renewable. Application deadline : 14th January 2008 Download Rules and regulations (pdf) Programme de bourses ENS de Cachan / Fulbright Via: official announcement

The Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Surfaces, (director Philippe Marcus) is currently inviting candidates for a Postdoctoral Position (Surface Engineering Group) The position will involve the development and application of an electrochemical flow cell coupled to an ICP atomic emission spectrometer (Atomic Emission Spectroelectrochemistry) developed in our laboratory. This combination permits the direct measurement of partial elemental dissolution rates during electrochemical experiments. Coupling with a quartz crystal microbalance may also be attempted to give a complete kinetic analysis of dissolution mechanisms. The work will focus on the study of the dealloying mechanism of zinc, aluminium, magnesium alloys and the chemistry of associated oxide films and conversion coatings. We are seeking an ambitious candidate with a proven track record in experimental electrochemistry especially with coupled methods such as spectroelectrochemistry, quartz crystal microbalance, etc. A strong back...

Postdoc position FlowVR Nano: a virtual laboratory Project description We are seeking a highly motivated research programmer or a postdoctoral fellow to develop software tools for interactive high performance simulations coupling virtual reality, scientific visualization and parallel simulation through a full cooperation with on-going projects. The main application at the centre of this project targets handling and exploring simulations of biological or physical complex objects at the nanoscopic scale, using a virtual reality platform with haptic feedback. The successful candidate will join our group developing state-of-the-art computer simulation methods. This position is a unique training opportunity in a multi-disciplinary environment in collaboration with three other leading teams in France who are experts on complementary topics. Qualification and experience The candidate should have a PhD in visualisation, computer graphics, virtual reality or a related field. Skills in haptics w...

Eiffel excellence scholarships are awarded to high-achieving overseas students to whom French centres of higher education would like to offer a place on a Master’s or PhD course. The courses taken by these students in France ultimately target positions of responsibility in the public or private sector, rather than careers in teaching or research. The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs gives priority to candidates from emerging countries (starting with Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and new members of the European Union), though the PhD scholarships also address students from industrialized countries. Applications from students currently studying outside France will be given priority over those from students already studying in France. Areas of study covered by the Eiffel programme Eiffel grants cover the following subject areas: * Engineering sciences for the Master’s course, and sciences in a broader sense for the PhD course (engineering sciences...

Post-doc subject: Prediction of rupture risk in abdominal aortic aneurysm from MR images without contrast agent. Surgical intervention for abdominal aortic aneurysm is appropriate when the cumulative risk for rupture exceeds risk for repair. Currently, the recommendation for intervention is generally based on aortic diameter. However, large clinical trials have shown that this parameter is not always reliable. In an ongoing project at the Université de Bourgogne, associated with the University Hospital of Dijon, an evaluation of aortic wall stress (in the case of abdominal aortic aneurysm) is performed from morphological and functional parameters acquired via MRI. The use of cine-MR sequences without injection of contrast agent allows a deformable 3D representation of the aorta. Other sequences allow the evaluation of specific morphological or functional (such as blood velocity) parameters. The stress distribution along the aorta may be calculated from these parameters, in order to pre...

Cerna, the Center of Industrial Economics of the Ecole des mines de Paris, offers a PhD position to work on patents and standards in mobile telecommunications. The number of cooperative technology standards ensuring compatibility between competing products has increased enormously in the past 20 years, especially in Information and Communication industries (DVD, MPEG, GSM, UMTS…). Innovators have an obvious interest in their patents being chosen by standards developers, since widespread adoption of their patents means that they will receive royalties from a large number of license holders. On the one hand, cooperative R&D can be largely undertaken for many complementary technologies must be put together to create a standard that is useful. On the other hand, competition between technology firms in standard-setting bodies can be fierce as each firm seeks to prove the superiority of its innovation and thus influence the choice of standard of its own patent portfolio. Alongside this a...