PHD Scholarship: Distributed Data-Intensive Service Composition

Value: NZ$25,000pa stipend plus tution fees for 3 years.
Tenure of award: 3 years.

Closing dates for applications:

The successful student is expected to start before 1 Nov 2016. The position is open until filled.

Number of awards offered: One.

History or background of award

A scholarship, supported by the Marsden Fund, is available for a PhD student to work in the Evolutionary Computation Research Group, School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees, provide a stipend for up to 3 years and support a Marsden funded project in distributed data-intensive service composition. The project will focus on developing new evolutionary computation algorithms for data-intensive service composition, selection and distribution. Research experience and knowledge in the area of web services and service composition, combinatorial optimisation, distributed database systems, and/or big data would be an advantage. The student will be supervised by Dr. Hui Ma at VUW and Prof. Sven Hartmann at Clausthal University of Technology, and work together with other people at the Evolutionary Computation Research Group.

Selection criteria

Applicants need a BSc with a first class Honours or Master’s degree in Computer Science (with a GPA of 3.5/4.0 or above), including research experience and publications in web service composition and distribution, databases, big data, evolutionary computation, and/or combinatorial optimisation. Strong programming skills (Java/C++, R, Matlab ) are required.
The applications also need to meet the English requirements to enter the PhD program in Computer Science at VUW.

How do students apply?


Regulations
Additional information

Students will be responsible for payment of the student levy and international insurance (if applicable).

Additional academic training cost including travel to a conference may be available on a case by case basis.

Decision makers

Applications will be considered by a team led by Dr Hui Ma.
What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?

Successful applicants will be required to sign a Victoria University Research Scholarship contract.
Who else has information about this award?

For more information on our research, please visit http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Groups/ECRG/ and https://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Main/HuiMa.

For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:


Position: The Scholarships Office
Organisation: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 463 5557
E-mail: scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/study/student-finance/scholarships

Two PhD and two Post-doc Positions in computational social science ,Dalian University of Technology, China

Two Phd and Two Post-doc Positions in computational social science (Dalian University of Technology, 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 social computing and mobile computing. The Lab now has 30+ members, including 10+ PhD students (from six 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.

We are opening two full-time post-doc positions. The successful applicant is expected to work on topics like computational social science, (scholarly/social) data analytics, or mobile social networks. The salary will be around 6,000 RMB/month, plus other Benefits. We will offer excellent working conditions.

Supervisor: Professor Feng XIA
Working location: Dalian University of Technology @ Dalian, China
Start date: ASAP (Negotiable)
Duration: 2 years (fixed)

Qualifications:

1. Applicants shall have PhD in related disciplines.
2. A good command of the English language (in speaking and in writing) is required.
3. Research experience in related areas is required.

Application procedure:

Please submit your application via email to Dr. Feng Xia (f.xia@ieee.org). The application should include a detailed CV (including email addresses of two referees), a brief statement of research plan (no more than one page), and at least two best scientific documents/publications written by yourself (in English). There is no deadline for application, but we will not accept applications once the positions are fulfilled. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible. 

For further information regarding these positions, please contact Dr. Feng Xia (http://FengXia.NET).

Multiple PhD Positions operating system, distributed system, and concurrency projects, USA

Multiple PhD positions for the academic year starting in Fall 2016 are available on operating system, distributed system, and concurrency projects. The OS project (popcornlinux.org) involves developing scalable OSes and hypervisors for emerging multicore architectures with heterogenous instruction sets, distributed systems, and exascale systems, and transitioning them into open-source OS/hypervisor infrastructures (e.g., Linux, Xen). The concurrency project (hyflow.org) involves developing scalable concurrency control, transactional memory, and transactional storage protocols for multicore, cluster- and geo-scale distributed systems, and transitioning them into open-source compiler/run-time and middleware infrastructures (e.g., GCC, LLVM, Infinispan). Opportunities also exist in a new project that is exploring formal methods (e.g., theorem-proving) for verifying systems software (e.g., Linux kernel). Positions require an MS in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or a closely related field, matching background and interests, strong programming skills in relevant languages, and strong self-initiative, while being a team player.

Details of Virginia Tech's PhD program in Computer Engineering, application deadlines, standardized test score requirements, how to apply, etc., can be found at: https://www.ece.vt.edu/graduate/admissions.html. Interested applicants are encouraged to first contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a resume.

Postdoctoral position : developing compiler, run-time, and language support for emerging heterogeneous multicore architectures

Position One

A postdoctoral position is available in the Popcorn Linux project that involves developing compiler, run-time, and language support for emerging heterogeneous multicore architectures, in particular those with heterogeneous instruction sets (e.g., Xeon/Xeon-Phi, ARM/x86), from node-scale to rack-scale. The project aims to develop systems software for such platforms and scales, including OS, compiler, run-time, and language support, with high performance, energy efficiency, and programmability (e.g., hardware-agnostic programming). The position involves developing techniques and mechanisms, and contributing to open-source (e.g., LLVM, GCC) and experimental projects (e.g., Popcorn Linux).

Recent computer science or computer engineering PhD graduates with background in compilers, run-times, programming languages, and virtualization are sought. Strong system building skills are necessary. The position is for two-year minimum, with strong possibilities for additional years, and have no teaching obligations. Contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a CV or for any questions.

Position Two

A postdoctoral position is available in the in the Popcorn Linux project that involves developing innovative operating system architectures for emerging multicore platforms, in particular those with heterogeneous instruction sets, from node-scale (e.g., Xeon/Xeon-Phi, ARM/x86, CPU/GPU) to rack-scale (e.g., Scale-out processors, Firebox, The Machine). The project aims to develop scalable, energy-efficient, fault-tolerant, and secure OS architectures for such platforms and scales, concomitant OS components (e.g., pager, scheduler, VFS, network stack), and contributing to open-source (e.g., Linux) and experimental projects (e.g., Popcorn Linux).

Recent computer science or computer engineering PhD graduates with background in operating systems, virtualization, dependability, and distributed systems are sought. Proven programming expertise with the Linux kernel is required. The position is for two-year minimum, with strong possibilities for additional years, and have no teaching obligations. Contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a CV or for any questions. 

Postdoctoral position in Federated Database System/Data Mining, Department of Computing Science at Umeå University

Postdoctoral position (2 years) in Federated Database System/Data Mining

The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University, Sweden (http://www.cs.umu.se/english/), invites applications for a postdoctoral position . The successful candidate will join the recently funded project in Umeå University on academic federated database construction and cross-database analysis for research purposes of data from distributed databases. Topics considered as particularly relevant for this position are data integration, privacy preservation, ontology based knowledge mining, and large-scale data analysis.

Priority is given to applications before March 31, 2016, continue until the position is filled
The position is expected to start from June 1, 2016, or as otherwise agreed.

 REQUIREMENTS

The applicant must have a PhD degree in computer science or another subject relevant for the project. In particular, the applicant must have a background in the area of data systems, especially on heterogeneous database integration and management. The PhD degree shall not be more than three years old by the end of the application period unless there are special reasons. Good research merits and excellent publications in the area of the position are strongly meriting. Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English are required.

Particular emphasis will be put on the degree of academic experiences, practical skills and interest in the following areas:

• Research and practical experiences on database system is essential, especially on distributed, autonomous, heterogeneous databases integration, federated database deployment and management (e.g., query, concurrency control).
• Experience on privacy preservation on federated databases, data mining, and relevant topics would be a plus.
• Programming proficiency on at least one objective language and one script language (e.g., Java/Matlab/Python/Perl/C/C++)
• Publication records on database system, database management, or relevant disciplines
• Experience of Web service deployment and development under Windows/Linux
• Ability and experience of applying open source software (Apache tomcat, Mysql, Lucene, Spark etc.)
• Internal and international collaboration experience in academia/industry on database technology
• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written, is required.

APPLY ONLINE

For full position description and to apply, go to:
https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:90200

For informal inquiry, contact LILI.JIANG@CS.UMU.SE

The Department has also announced PhD student position, Computing Science with focus on privacy preservation in database systems, Umeå University, Department of Computing Science

PhD student, Computing Science with focus on privacy preservation in database systems, Umeå University, Department of Computing Science

PhD position in Federated Database System/Data Mining

The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University, Sweden (http://www.cs.umu.se/english/), invites applications for a full-time PhD position. The successful candidate will join the recently funded project in Umeå University on academic federated database construction and cross-database analysis for research purposes of data from distributed databases. Topics considered as particularly relevant for this position are data integration, privacy preservation, ontology based knowledge mining, and large-scale data analysis.

Priority is given to applications before March 31, 2016, continue until the position is filled
The position is expected to start from June 1, 2016, or as otherwise agreed.

REQUIREMENTS

The general admission requirements for doctoral studies are an undergraduate degree and completed courses corresponding to at least 240 higher (ECTS) education credits, at least 60 of which were awarded in the second-cycle, or substantially equivalent knowledge otherwise acquired in Sweden or abroad.

To fulfill the specific entry requirements for doctoral studies in computing science the applicant is required to have completed courses at advanced level in computing science or another subject considered to be directly relevant for the specialization in question, equivalent to 60 ECTS credits.
In the selection of candidates particular emphasis will be put on the degree of experiences, skills and interests in the following areas:

• Significant interests in database systems, especially on heterogeneous database integration and privacy preservation in federated databases
• Programming proficiency in at least one object-oriented language and one script language (e.g., Java/Matlab/Python/Perl/C/C++)
• Ability and experience of applying open source software (Apache Tomcat, MySql, Lucene, Spark etc.)
• Good skills in both spoken and written English are a requirement for the position.

Other desirable qualifications are:

• Experience of processing large data sets
• Experience of web service deployment under Windows/Linux
• Internal and international collaboration experience in academia/industry on database technology and privacy preservation or relevant disciplines
• Publication on database system, privacy preservation, data mining or relevant disciplines Important personal abilities are coordination and organization skills as well as good communication skills.

APPLY ONLINE

For full position description and to apply, go to:
https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:90159/

For informal inquiry, contact LILI.JIANG@CS.UMU.SE

A Postdoctoral position in Federated Database System/Data Mining, Department of Computing Science at Umeå University is also announced

The Long-Term Scholarships by Danish Government under the Cultural Agreements

The Danish Government Scholarships under the Cultural Agreements are aimed at highly qualified exchange students wishing to immerse themselves in studies of the Danish language and culture or other fields of study related to Denmark.

Scholarships are offered to exchange students from higher education institutions in the following countries:

•     China
•     Japan
•     Israel
•     Egypt
•     Russia

Scholarships are only available to master’s and PhD-level students. However, bachelor's degree students wishing to study Danish language and literature can also apply if they have studied the Danish language for two years.

Please note that scholarships are only offered to students enrolled in full-degree studies at higher education institutions in the countries listed above.

PhD students must likewise be employed at, or affiliated with, higher education institutions in the above-mentioned countries.

Applications from candidates affiliated with higher education institutions in countries other than those listed will not be taken into consideration.

Danish institutions offering long-term scholarships

    Please follow this link to the list of Danish institutions offering long-term scholarships in 2016/17

Please note:

The application deadline for the 2016/17 academic year is March 1, 2016.

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