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PhD studentships in Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience -
Edinburgh, UKABOUT THIS JOBCompany & locationUniversity of Edinburgh -
Neuroinformatics Doctoral
Training,
Edinburgh, United KingdomSalary£12,973 to £14,766Closing dateFeb 16, 2009Last
updatedDec 17, 2008

We invite applications for fully-funded PhD studentships at the University
of Edinburgh Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Neuroinformatics and
Computational Neuroscience. The DTC is a world-class centre for research at
the interface between neuroscience and the engineering, computational, and
physical sciences.

Our four-year programme is ideal for students with strong computational and
analytical skills who want to work in neuroscience and related fields. The
programme consists of courses and lab projects, followed by a three-year PhD
project in one of the many affiliated departments and
institutes.

The DTC focuses on research into understanding the brain and the nervous
system using computational models and experiments, and also includes
applying findings from neuroscience to build better software and hardware
(robots and microcircuits), and using advanced methods to improve data
handling and analysis including clinical diagnosis. Edinburgh has a
world-class research community in these areas and leads the UK in creating a
coherent programme in neuroinformatics and computational neuroscience.
Edinburgh has been voted ‘best place to live in Britain’, and has many
exciting cultural and student activities.

Students with a strong background in computer science, mathematics, physics,
or engineering are particularly welcome to apply. Highly motivated students
with other backgrounds will also be considered.

Up to 12 full studentships (12,973-14,766 UK pounds/year) are available to
UK students and a small number of EU students. Non-EU/non-UK applicants are
also encouraged to apply, but will need to provide their own funding and
evidence thereof.

For further information and application forms see: *
www.anc.ed.ac.uk/dtc*

For full consideration for entry in September 2009, please apply by 16
February 2009.

A post-doctoral position in the area of distributed text mining within the
COMIDOR project is available at the Department of Computer and Information
Science (IDI) in the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and
Electrical Engineering (IME), the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU).

COMIDOR (Cooperative Mining of Independent Document Repositories) is a
research project at NTNU that will focus on the mechanisms and algorithms
necessary to perform mining of independent document repositories. COMIDOR is
funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Traditionally, text mining has been performed on a single text
collection, and in the case of collections from several repositories
these collections have first been merged before performing the mining
process. In some application areas, merging of collections is not
acceptable. For example, some repositories can not be merged for legal
reasons, while some can not be merged because of risk of revealing
classified information. In the COMIDOR project the aim is to develop
new solutions to mining of independent document repositories without
communication of base repositories. A more detailed description of the
project can be found at research.idi.ntnu.no/comidor/.

The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science with solid knowledge
of text mining or distributed data management, and familiarity with program
development. The postdoc position is for two years.

For more information, please Prof. Kjetil Norvag (project leader), noervaag
at idi.ntnu.no.

Specific Conditions: The postdoc position is placed in Norwegian salary code
1352, gross NOK 443.700 per year (equivalent to approx. EUR 48.500 and USD
64.000).

Living Costs in Norway: A rule of thumb is that one pays appr. 35% tax on
net income. Public health care system is free for all (due to the tax
level). Generally there is no need for private health care insurances.
Education on all levels is free for all. Housing normally cost between NOK
4000 (for a simple one bed studio with kitchenette, possibly shared
bathroom) and 8000 (for a 3-4 piece apartment suitable for a small family)
per month.

Application procedure: The application should as a minimum include the
following: 1) Curriculum Vitae, 2) Certified copies of diplomas
awarding the relevant degree(s), 3) a description of the candidat’s research
interests and how they can contribute with their competencies to the
objectives of the project. Copies of publications and any other work which
the applicant wishes to be taken into account should also be enclosed. Joint
works will be considered. If it is difficult to specify the input of the
applicant in a joint work, a short summary should be attached outlining the
applicant’s input. Please list the submitted publications in the
application.

The application should be marked IME-054/2008 and sent to the following
address:

The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical
Engineering,
NO-7491 Trondheim,
NORWAY

The envelope must be stamped no later than the application closing
date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2009-01-09. In addition, we also ask applicants to
send the application and CV by email to noervaag at
idi.ntnu.no. Electronic applications (which must include scanned
versions of diplomas, grade transcripts, etc.) can be sent directly to
noervaag at
idi.ntnu.no.