Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology
are launching
INTERNATIONAL PHD PROJECTS
IN INTELLIGENT COMPUTING
Coordinator: Sławomir Zadrożny, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Systems Research Institute PAS)
financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the
Operational Programme Innovative Economy operated by Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) in the framework of the International PhD Projects Programme (MPD)
The candidates from all around the world may apply to carry out one of the proposed 15 research projects!
The successful candidates will be supervised by leading Polish and foreign experts in a cutting edge computer science area!
They will be provided with scholarships (3000 PLN and 4500 PLN during the stay in Poland and abroad, respectively + 500 PLN for social security) for 4 years or until they defend their PhD theses!
They will spend at least 6 months with foreign partners – leading academic institutions in Europe and beyond!
The recruitment is under way - details are given here.
Intelligent Computing is one of the high-tech trends of modern computer science. It provides methods and tools for building complex learning systems, able to adapt and evolve as well as to act in an intelligent way what was so far reserved for human beings. Our „Intelligent Computing” project, carried out by the consortium of 3 Polish and 16 research institutions from all around the world, provides PhD students with a unique opportunity to conduct research under the supervision of leading scientists and prepare their PhD dissertations in one of the most innovative fields of science. It is expected that the project will result in both new theoretical findings concerning the foundations of Intelligent Computing and in novel applications in the areas of multi-agent technologies, data analysis and mining, decision support systems and other. There will be 15 PhD students working within the project, selected in a careful recruitment process taking into account e.g., the background of the candidates and their good command of English.
The successful candidates will be simultaneously enrolled to a special track of the PhD Studies at the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences.
(There are two call for applications planned. The first call is expired on 20 Sep 2010. However, second call will be announced in Dec 2010.)
An application submitted in the first stage of the recruitment procedure should include the following documents:
Mandatory documents:
a scientific CV (template available here) in English, including e-mail address and phone number, current affiliation (if any), educational background, list of publications (if any), information on scientific awards received, research experience, etc.;
please include at the end of your CV the following statement: "In accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act of 29th August 1997, I hereby agree to have my personal data processed and stored by the Institution for recruitment purposes”.
a certified copy of an MSc diploma or equivalent (academic degree compatible with the requirements for the doctoral student status in Poland) or information on the planned defense date of the MSc thesis before November 1, 2010, confirmed by the candidate’s supervisor (in English or Polish),
an official copy of the transcript (academic record),
in case of candidates who have successfully completed the first year of a PhD programme – written opinion on the candidate from his/her present supervisor (in English),
a letter of interest, stating the candidate’s motivation and qualifications to carry out research on at least two topics selected from among those proposed by the consortium and open for the application in this Call (in English). Feel free to contact the supervisors of particular research tasks to get more details on each of them; e-mail addresses are provided together with the descriptions of the tasks here.
Optional documents (submission of these documents is not a prerequisite for admitting the candidate to the recruitment process, but they will contribute to an overall evaluation of the candidate):
a letter of recommendation,
copies of scientific publications authored or co-authored by the candidate,
documents confirming the candidate’s experience in research work (former positions at universities and other research institutions, notably internships abroad; scientific scholarships; participation in scientific projects/grants, etc.).
documents confirming the candidate’s participation in scientific conferences, workshops, summer schools etc.,
documents stating English proficiency.
An application package comprising electronic versions of the above documents should be sent by e-mail to the following address:
The receipt of the documents will be confirmed by the Office of the Project with an e-mail message.
The following criteria will be taken into account, the maximum scores that may be earned for meeting each criterion being given in the right-hand column of the table:
Criteria Max scores
Research output of the candidate (publications, scientific awards etc.) and its relevance for the research project to be undertaken by the candidate 30
Quality of the transcript (academic record) and the final score on the diploma 30
Experience in research work (former positions at universities and other research institutions, scientific scholarships, participation in scientific projects/grants, etc.) 20
Internships abroad, experience in international scientific cooperation etc. 15
Participation in scientific conferences, workshops, summer schools etc. 5
Second stage is described here.
Application Deadline : 31 December 2010
Homepage: http://mpd.ibspan.waw.pl/index.php
