Doctoral School at the University of Calabria

[Wolfgang Faber]

We are looking for students for the doctoral school at the University of
Calabria, Italy. Please find the call below and inform interested
students.

best,
Wolfgang

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                         University of Calabria (Italy)
                           
              Two PhD Positions available at the Doctoral School: 
       Systems Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, Operations Research

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The University of Calabria invites applications for 2 PhD scholarships
for the incoming 2009 class of the Doctoral School in Systems
Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, Operations Research.

The school has been founded in 2008 by the two largest departments of
the University of Calabria: the Department of Mathematics
(http://www.mat.unical.it) and the Department of Electronics,
Informatics and Systems Engineering (http://www.deis.unical.it).

The school features three PhD programs:
  - Doctoral Program in Mathematics and Informatics 
  - Doctoral Program in Systems Engineering and Informatics 
  - Doctoral Program in Operations Research

A PhD scholarship in one of these programs is scheduled for 3 years. 


The University of Calabria will provide one successful candidate with
a grant of 1039 EUR net per month.  Substantial extra funding is
available for participation in international conferences, schools, and
workshops. More grants might be provided, in case more funds (public
or private) become available.

For all the successful candidates, the University of Calabria is
likely to cover living expenses (mensa and accommodation on the
campus).

PhD positions are offered in an attractive working environment with
excellent possibilities for professional development.

Successful candidates in Informatics (with projects focused on AI and
Computational Logics) will join the Database and Artificial
Intelligence group of the Department of Mathematics, led by Nicola
Leone (http://www.mat.unical.it/~leone/).  The group offers profound
knowledge in several AI areas, conducting research on their
theoretical aspects and formal foundations as well as on the design of
practical applications, usually carried out in tight cooperation with
industrial partners. In particular, the group features high-level
research in the development of innovative infrastructure for knowledge
representation and reasoning. Its members are especially known for
having achieved important results in developing non-monotonic
reasoning systems.


Requirements
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Applicants must be exclusively foreign (non-Italian) students from
both EU and non-EU countries, of any age and citizenship. Candidates
must not be resident in Italy.

The required qualification for being eligible for the program is 
a Master's Degree, or equivalent. A three-year degree is not 
sufficient.


Applications
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We are looking for highly motivated, dedicated candidates that are
interested in research in one or more of the following fields:
Informatics, Telecommunications, Control Theory, Electric Systems and
Measures, ICT, Operations Research, Optimization, Management Science,
Logistics, Simulation, Algebra, Geometry, History of Mathematics,
Mathematical Analysis, Probability and Statistics, Mathematical
Physics, and Numerical Analysis.

Candidates are requested to prepare the following documents:

    * The application form available at http://www.mat.unical.it/isimr .
    * A Curriculum Vitae (conforming to the template available at
      http://www.mat.unical.it/isimr).
    * A research project (maximum 3 pages).
    * Reference (recommendation) letters (maximum 2).
    * A list of passed university exams, with scores (and credits, if
      applicable).

All of these documents are to be sent via email to the following recipients:
	isimr at mat.unical.it
	raffaele.arena at unical.it
	eliana.zicarelli at unical.it
	giovanna.turchioe at unical.it 

The deadline is 2009-09-24 (September 24th, 2009), 12:00 CEST. 


Contacts
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To get in contact with the Director of the School, write to:

Prof. Nicola Leone
Department of Mathematics, University of Calabria
Ponte P. Bucci, cubo 30b
I-87036 Rende (CS), Italy
Email: leone at mat.unical.it


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For further information, please refer to:
https://www.mat.unical.it/doctoralschool

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