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PHD SCHOLARSHIPS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN ITALY 2011

Italy 2011, The University of Milan announces a competition by selection on the basis of academic qualifications for the admission of non EU citizens to the following Research Doctorate/Ph.D. degree in Information Technology.

Study Subject(s):Information Technology
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: The University of Milan
Scholarship can be taken at: Italy

Eligibility:
Applications for selection are invited from non EU citizens who do not come within the purview of Italian Legislative Decree N° 286, dated 25 July 1998, as amended by Law N° 189, dated 30 July 2002 and hold a foreign degree.

The candidates’ degrees will be recognised as equivalent to the Italian “Laurea magistrale” (exclusively for the purposes of this competition) by the competent Academic Board. The University can at any time exclude candidates lacking the admission requirements.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

Scholarship Description: The aim of the Graduate School of Information Technology is to provide: – solid, wide-ranging knowledge about the basics of information sciences and technologies and related fields; – advanced and in-depth competences about specific disciplinary aspects; – the interdisciplinary skills necessary to be able to exploit cultural and methodological synergies; – a sound methodological grounding in the conduct of research, as well as in its organisation, management and dissemination; – opportunities for internationalisation and advanced relations with economic, social and production bodies located in the area. The aim is to prepare students with an extensive, sound cultural background, providing them with a high degree of flexibility, an open mind and in-depth, innovative competences in specific fields. These students will be capable of conducting and managing both theoretical and applied research activities independently, contributing greatly to maintaining and advancing scientific and technological knowledge at international level. They will also be capable of designing and building complex IT systems, developing innovative IT applications and transferring their knowledge to the private sector, thus contributing to consolidating and expanding the role played by Italian firms in the global economic scenario

The training provided by the School has been articulated by identifying blocks of courses (the curricula) that correspond to specific areas of interest in IT disciplines. The longer courses cover fundamental areas of information sciences and technologies, while the short courses go into greater detail about specific topics, above all by presenting recent research projects and results and so providing stimuli for the postgraduate students’ own research activities. Each postgraduate student is free to construct his/her own study plan, choosing several long courses and several short courses of interest to him/her. It is also possible to attend courses at other Italian and foreign universities, so as to expand the opportunities for training and encourage internationalisation.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 September 2011

Further Scholarships 2011 Information and Application

http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/19244.htm

CANADIAN STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR INDIAN CITIZENS CANADA 2012-2013

Canada -2012/13, Foreign Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, invites applications from Indian students for Doctoral Research Fellowships in the field of Canada’s foreign policy include Democracy & Rule of Law, Economic Development, Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and Security, and Higher Education

Study Subject(s):Canada’s foreign policy include Democracy & Rule of Law, Economic Development, Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and Security, and Higher Education
Course Level:Doctoral
Scholarship Provider: International Academic Relations Division of Foreign Affairs Canada
Scholarship can be taken at: Canada

Eligibility:

•a Citizen and permanent resident of India
•a graduate student in a recognised institution of higher education or equivalent degree-granting institute in the determined country who will have completed course and course-related doctoral requirements by the time a graduate student award would be granted;
•and proficient in either English or French.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes( India)

Scholarship Description: This program is designed to assist full-time graduate students at degree-granting institutions of higher education, whose dissertations are related in substantial part to Canada, to undertake doctoral research about Canada. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of Canada and to support the development of Canadian Studies. The award provides assistance towards international airfare and a monthly flat rate allowance for up to a maximum of 6 months spent in Canada while doing research. Funding for the Doctoral Research Fellowship comes from the International Academic Relations Division of Foreign Affairs Canada.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: 21 October, 2011

Further Scholarships 2012 Information and Application

http://www.sici.org.in/annoucement-csfp.php

Short-term Grants for PhD Students in Information Structure at University of Potsdam and Humboldt University Berlin Germany 2011

Study Subject(s):Information Structure
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: DFG
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany

Eligibility:

•Candidates are expected to hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Linguistics and have a research focus on information structure from a theoretical (syntactic, phonological, semantic), typological, diachronic, variationist, computerlinguistic or psycho/neuro-linguistic perspective, which is ideally manifest in earlier research activities in the form of presentations/ publications or a carefully worked out plan for a dissertation project.

Scholarship Open for International Students:Yes

Scholarship Description: There are six short-term grants (max. 1 year) for PhD students available in the Integrated Graduate School of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 632 Information Structure at the University of Potsdam and Humboldt University Berlin The grants are meant to enable PhD candidates with an interest in information structure to carry out some of their research in the Collaborative Research Centre, which has played a prominent role in the international research on information structure over the past 8 years. Of particular interest to the research centre are PhD candidates from outside Germany and/or with a focus on lesser-studied non-European languages that will help to extend the cross-linguistic coverage and will ideally help to build up stable cooperations with the applicants’ home universities. The research center also encourages candidates from German universities with a migrant background to apply.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31.08.2011
Further Scholarships 2011 Information and Application
http://www.dfg.de/en/service/career_opportunities/positions_dfg_funded_projects/index.html

PhD Scholarships within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), Future Urban Mobility (FM) IRG, Singapore Read more: PhD Schol

PhD scholarships for projects within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), Future Urban Mobility (FM) IRG, to be supervised by NTU and MIT faculty.

Study Subject(s):Future urban mobility systems
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), Future Urban Mobility (FM) IRG
Scholarship can be taken at: Singapore

Eligibility:
Excellent Bsc, GRE and TOEFL scores

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes
Scholarship Description:The Future Urban Mobility (FM) Interdisciplinary Research Group is the fourth and most recent IRG established within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). The FM IRG`s activities began officially on July 1, 2010.

The goal of the FM IRG is to develop, in and beyond Singapore, new paradigms for the planning, design and operation of future urban mobility systems. Innovative urban mobility systems, aimed at both passengers and freight, will materially enhance sustainability and societal well-being on a global scale.

This is a particularly opportune time to address this topic due to a confluence of relevant developments: major advances in computing, communications, and sensing technologies; the great progress that has been made in recent years in our ability to model, evaluate and optimize urban mobility systems; the growing importance of environmental sustainability issues; the aging of physical infrastructure in developed countries and the need for massive new infrastructure in less developed ones; and the vast economic stimulus that can be provided by the modernization and renewal of urban mobility systems worldwide.


The FM IRG will:

* harness and enhance promising networked computing and control (NCC) technology-enabled innovations that may contribute to improved future urban mobility;
* develop decision models that can be applied to support various novel mobility concepts, such as the pervasive use of real-time information, mobility-on-demand services and green logistics;
* investigate the potential and impacts of these innovations and decision models; and
* assess their implications for urban development and urban planning organizations and institutions.

The concrete project is the following:

Real-time Path Tracking/Predictions and On-Demand Route Guidance Under Uncertainty
Develop algorithms that use real-time data to (i) track and predict paths in dynamic transportation networks, and (ii) provide on-demand route guidance under uncertainty.

How to Apply: Please send detailed curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, three references, GRE and TOEFL scores, and relevant publications (if applicable) electronically to:Prof. Justin Dauwels(recruitment-at-dauwels.com)

Scholarship Application Deadline: October 15, 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application