Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship to undertake research in the area of Message-Oriented Middleware to support decision making during physical environment crises, starting September 2010. The PhD project aims to research and develop an advanced knowledge-base service framework which enables access to information generated by ground truth-measurement instrumentation (in situ sensors, video cameras, space-borne and air-borne sensors) numerical models and data simulation services, processing rules and workflows.
This position, under the supervision of Dr. Stefan Poslad, and is funded as part of the EU FP7 Collaborative, Complex and Critical Decision-Support in Evolving Crises (TRIDEC, see http://tridec.gfz-potsdam.de/) project. The successful candidate will be based in Queen Mary's Interaction, Media & Communication Group (http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/research/imc/) in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London and will collaborate closely with the Networks Research Group (http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/networks/index.html) under the supervision of Dr. John Bigham and Dr. Raul Mondragon. These groups are amongst the leading research groups of their kind in Europe in investigating human interaction and computer network data exchange. This PhD will seek to build on and enhance existing work by these groups.
The candidates should have a first class honours degree or Master's degree (distinction) in, Computer Science or in a related field, and be able to demonstrate strong mathematical and analytical skills. Good distributed system programming skills are essential, preferably using Java. Research experience in distributed computing is desirable.
The three year studentship will cover student fees and a tax-free stipend starting at £15,450 per annum and is available to candidates of all nationalities.
Informal enquiries can be made by email to Dr. Stefan Poslad: stefan@eecs.qmul.ac.uk. Do not email applications to this address.
An application form can be obtained at http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/
To apply please follow instructions at http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/
and upload the following documents via the electronic submission system: a completed application form, a CV listing all publications, your representative publications in PDF format, 3 reference letters, a research statement and other relevant documents as requested.
The closing date for the applications is 23rd August 2010.
Interviews are expected to take place during w/c Monday 30th August, 2010.
