Ronpaku scholarships for PhD Position at the Univ. of Aizu (Japan)

The aim of JSPS's RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program is to provide
tutorial and financial support to promising young researchers in Asia
who wish to obtain their PhD degrees from Japanese universities through
the submission of a dissertation without going through a doctoral
course. Grantees under the program (RONPAKU Fellows) are given the
opportunity to visit their Japanese advisor once a year to receive
direct supervision at the Japanese university where they will submit
their PhD thesis.

As a faculty at University of Aizu, Japan, I am interested to guide
interested students through this program. Please note that Univ of Aizu
is a computer science oriented university and the degree will be in
computer science and engineering. Research topics of interest to me
include.

� 1. Regional Weather/climate prediction research through dynamical
modelling
� 2. Distributed Geophysical Visualisation algorithms and implementation
using Ruby Language.
� 3. Application of Machine Learning to Climate and Weather Research.
� 4. Reconfigureable computing for high performance weather/climate
modelling.

For more information see.



Eligibility


> From FY2010, this program is offered to researchers in the following
countries
ASIA (including Middle East countries)
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh*, Bhutan, Brunei,
Cambodia, China*, Georgia, India, Indonesia*, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea*, Kuwait, Kyrgyz, Laos, Lebanon,
Malaysia*, Maldives, Mongolia*, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, the
Philippines*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Thailand*, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UAE,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam*, and Yemen.

AFRICA
Algeria, Angora, Uganda, Egypt*, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Cape Verde,
Gabon, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire,
Comoro, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Djibouti,
Zimbabwe, Sudan, Swaziland, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal,
Somalia, Tanzania, Chad, Central African Republic, Tunisia, Togo,
Nigeria, Namibia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius,
Mauritania, Morocco, Libya, Rwanda and Lesotho


Each applicant for the Program must be a researcher who

� � � * belongs to a university or research institute in the
� � � � above-listed countries
� � � * already holds a full-time position as a researcher in a
� � � � university or research institution in his/her home country or
� � � � will likely be appointed to such a position by 1 April of the
� � � � starting year of the fellowship
is under age 50 as of 1 of the starting year of the fellowship. Further
eligibility requirements for this program are provided in the
Application Guidelines.

Duration of Fellowship
Up to 5 years


JSPS Support
� � � * RONPAKU Fellows may visit their Japanese host university once a
� � � � year for a maximum period of 90 days for the purpose of studying
� � � � under the supervision of their Japanese advisor.
� � � * JSPS provides RONPAKU Fellows with a roundtrip international air
� � � � ticket (economy class), maintenance allowance and
� � � � medical/accidental insurance, and covers expenses related to
� � � � dissertation submission during their stays in Japan.
� � � * The Japanese advisor may visit the RONPAKU fellow's home
� � � � university or research institution once a year for a maximum
� � � � period of 30 days for the purpose of supervising RONPAKU
� � � � Fellow's study.
� � � * JSPS provides Japanese Advisors with a roundtrip air ticket
� � � � (economy class) and maintenance allowance, and covers their visa
� � � � issuance fees and supervising expenses during their stays in the
� � � � fellow's country.
� � � * During the fellow's stay in Japan, JSPS provides the Japanese
� � � � Advisor with an allowance for supervising his/her study at the
� � � � host institution.


--
Saji N Hameed,
Associate Professor,
ARC-ENV, Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology,
University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi,
Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima 965-8580,
Japan

Tel: +81242 37-2736
email: saji@...
url: http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp