Saturday 30 January 2016

PhD Positions with Full Scholarships in Computational Social Science / Big Data, Dalian Univ of Tech, China


Deadline for application: 19 Feb 2016.


The Mobile and Social Computing Laboratory (http://msclab.org/) at Dalian University of Technology, China conducts interdisciplinary, application-driven academic research in mobile and social computing. The Lab now has 30+ members, including 10+ PhD students (from seven countries on this planet!).

We are opening 2 PhD student positions in social computing (including e.g. computational social science, data analytics, big scholarly data, social network analysis, etc). All positions will be coupled to full Chinese Government Scholarships. Basic living allowance will be 3,500 RMB/month, plus Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Benefit. The scholarships are exempt from registration fee, tuition, and fee for basic learning materials. Accommodation on campus will be provided for free. The University will offer excellent working conditions.

Supervisor: Professor Feng XIA
Working location: Dalian University of Technology  Dalian, China
Starting date: September 2016
PhD duration: 4 years

Qualifications

  1.  Applicants shall have a master's degree in related discipline.
  2.  A good command of the English language (in speaking and in writing) is required.
  3.  Research experience in related areas is a plus.

Application procedure

Before submitting the full application (to the University), each potential applicant should first send an initial application via email to Dr. Feng Xia (f.xia@ieee.org). The application should include a detailed CV (including email addresses of two referees, detailed contact information, etc), and at least two best scientific documents/publications written by yourself (in English). The deadline for applications is 19 Feb 2016. Only a few candidates will be shortlisted for full application. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. We will not accept applications once the positions are fulfilled.

For further information regarding these positions, please contact Dr. Feng Xia (f.xia@ieee.org).

Feng XIA , PhD, Professor, SMIEEE, SMACM
Director, Mobile and Social Computing Laboratory (http://msclab.org)
Head, Department of Network Engineering
Assistant Dean, School of Software
Dalian University of Technology
Development Zone, Dalian 116620, China
Email: f.xia@ieee.org; f.xia@acm.org
URL: http://FengXia.NET


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