The University of Skövde offers scholarships to students attending a Master’s program at our university. The scholarships are tuition fee waivers of SEK 60,000 per year (50% of the tuition fee), and the amount will be deducted from the tuition fee when you receive the invoice. The scholarship granting criterion is academic merits. The scholarship can only be awarded to tuition paying students. Please note that you have to be able to finance the rest of the tuition fee yourself and to cover all the living expenses during your stay in Sweden. If you want to apply for a scholarship at the University of Skövde please fill in the Scholarship Application Form.

Eligibility
Students from all over the world, including non-nominated students from partner universities can apply to an international Master’s program (second cycle) and single subject courses on Basic (first cycle) or Advanced (second cycle) level. Basic requirements for Masters’ program and second cycle courses are a Bachelor degree and proof of English (can vary between countries or universities). Basic requirements for first cycle courses are a completed upper secondary education and proof of English (can vary between countries).

Application Deadline : March 1, 2012

Source Link
http://www.his.se/english/education/application-fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has announced admission for International Students in the Master programs. Admissions are opened starting from 2nd January 2012, and last date for submission for application is 21 March 2012. Commencement of Classes will be on September 2012.

Eligibility
Scholarships are available for students from OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) and COMSATS member countries. Eligibility Criteria -16 years first class education from recognized university -IELTS score of 70 OR -TOFEL minimum 5.0 band OR -NTS (GAT) score of 50% (Local test in Pakistan)

Application Deadline: 21 March 2012

Source Link
http://ciit-isb.edu.pk/NEFIles/InternationalStudentsGraduatePrograms2012.htm

The MSc in Global Innovation Management is a unique two year program offered jointly by the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), Aalborg University (Denmark), Hamburg University of Technology (Germany) and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) which enables graduates of first degrees in engineering, science and technology to successfully manage the innovation process across international boundaries.

Students have the opportunity to study at two European Universities, with a third option for EU students and self-funded non-EU students to study in Australia in year 2. The program’s delivery over two years provides a greater depth of learning, more industrial engagement and a rich cultural experience.

Eligibility
A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, at second-class level or higher, in an engineering, science or technology subject An appropriate level of competence in the English language, through attaining a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 95

Application Deadline : January 31, 2012

Source Link
http://www.globalinnovationmanagement.org/index.html

The broad objectives of this program are to:

• Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
• Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.

However applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the AfDB.

Eligibility

To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Applicants must:

• Be students, aged between eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years, and currently enrolled in a master’s level degree program or its equivalent in a recognized public or private institution of higher learning. The candidate can apply for an internship within one year of having obtained such a degree.
• Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment.
• Be citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.
• Be fluent in, at least, one of the Bank’s working languages (English or French).

Application Procedure

Applicants are required to apply through this link.

Applicants are requested to attach:

• A comprehensive CV and a cover letter.
• Copy of the latest Degree or equivalent or
• A recommendation letter from the academic institution they are currently attending.
• A brief description of the program or the topic (thesis or dissertation) to be prepared during the internship (when applicable).

Please note that only complete applications will be processed.

Duration / Timing / Location of Internship

Internships will initially be for a period of three months, renewable for up to six months (maximum).

The timing for the 2012 program is as follows:

• Winter – Session I: January through March 2012. Application period from 1st July 2011 to 30th September 2011 (closed).
• Summer – Session II: June through August 2012. Application period from 1st December 2011 to 28th February 2012

Terms and Conditions

Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend of 550 UA (ADB moving average exchange rate applicable in November 2011 is 1 UA= $1.58036 = 1.13022 Euro = 2.21172 TND).

Interns will be responsible for their airfare to and from the location of their internship, their visa if needed and will be required to have international medical and accident insurance coverage for the duration of their internship.

All enquiries regarding the internship program should be addressed to:
Human Resources Management Department

African Development Bank
P.O. Box 323-1002 Tunis-Belvedere, Tunisia
FAX: (+216) 71 83 14 72 or E-mail:  internsh

Source Link

http://www.afdb.org/en/careers/internship-programme/

The Multimedia Signal Processing Group at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, invites applications for the MUVIS (MUlti-view distributed coding for VIsual Sensor networks) project, financed by national funds through the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), that will address the following research topics:  distributed video coding and multi-view video coding.

The research grant is associated to a yearly renewable contract, for a maximum duration of 3 years. The project work plan can be found at http://www.it.pt/project_detail_p.asp?ID=1570

The research grants are available in accordance with the FCT regulations for advanced training and qualification of human resources, see http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.

Eligibility
The candidates must fulfill the following conditions:

• Background on the relevant technical areas. Preference will be given to candidates that better understand video compression principles, stereo/multi-view processing and computer vision, including view synthesis and depth estimation
• Strong motivation for research work on the video compression and processing fields and for the publication of results in international conferences and peer reviewed journals
• Fluent in English and with good skills in technical writing and presenting
• Good programming skills (C/C++, Matlab, etc.) are required

Candidates that would like to pursue a PhD degree are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline : 2 February 2012

Source Link
http://www.it.pt/other_positions_p.asp

The research will be developed in connection with the research project R-ARE, which is a long-term project focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and development in regions of varying economic density. R-ARE is placed at CIRCLE and is led by Professor Martin Andersson at CIRCLE. The project is carried out in collaboration with the Jönköping International Business School, and includes several international research partners in Europe and US. More information about the R-ARE project may be found at http://www.circle.lu.se/research/ongoing-projects.

The accepted candidate will get access to extensive research databases, such as longitudinal matched employer-establishment-firm databases for Sweden that are linked to firm-level Community of Innovation Surveys as well as patent and R&D data. These databases may be used for empirical research in the dissertation work.

Eligibility

An applicant has basic eligibility for third cycle studies if he or she:
1. has been awarded a second cycle degree,
2. has completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, including at least 60 credits at second cycle level, or
3. has acquired the equivalent knowledge in some other way, either in Sweden or abroad (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)

An applicant is eligible to be admitted to the third cycle degree programme in Economics if he or she fulfils the basic eligibility requirements, and has documented qualifications worth at least 90 credits in Economics and independent projects (degree projects) worth at least 15 credits in Economics. The official plan of studies for a doctoral degree in Economics can be found at, http://www.nek.lu.se/FU/document/EHLEconomicsDr.pdf

Source Link
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=433659&Type=E

Linköping University , Sweden, ranked 5th best environmental university in the world, offers a broad spectrum of two-years master’s programmes within the fields of Engineering, Computer Sciences, Environmental Studies and Natural Sciences, such as Advanced Computer Graphics Applied Ethology and Animal Biology Biomedical Engineering Communication Electronics Communication Systems, etc.

Students who have applied for a master’s programme at Linköping University through the online national application website universityadmissions.se, and who have chosen a programme at Linköping University as their first priority (ranked as No.1 out of 4), and who are required to pay tuition fees. The scholarship is a tuition fee waiver of 50-100 %.

This scholarship programme is not open for students from the following 12 countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Students from these countries may apply for a Swedish Institute Scholarship.

Application Link : January 16, 2012

Source Link

http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/feesandscholarships?l=en

This PhD project focuses on the biogeochemistry of organic phosphorus in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Phosphorus is one of the most important growth limiting nutrients in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The total pool of P is dominated by organic P-forms in both environments but the knowledge about its bioavailability and the export of bioavailable P from land to water is still limited. The mobilization of organic P is largely mediated via microorganisms. The successful PhD candidate will use quantitative and qualitative approaches to study the bioavailability of different P-forms, mechanisms for their release and biouptake, temporal and spatial variations in P availability in soils and water and also how the bioavailability of P in aquatic ecosystems is related to the export of terrestrial bioavailable P. The successful candidate will work in a stimulating research environment that includes both aquatic and terrestrial ecologists and chemists. The main focus will be on biological processes and we will use state-of-the art techniques in chemistry to study processes and identify organic P compounds in the environment.

Specific requirements
Experiences from biogeochemical studies in aquatic and or terrestrial environments as well as experience from microbial studies in these systems are considered a merit. The successful candidate should hold a drivers license.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Reiner Giesler, +46-(0)70-370 85 15, email: reiner.giesler@emg.umu.se or Associate Professor Ann-Kristin Bergström +46 90-786 95 44, ann-kristin.bergstrom@emg.umu.se.

Application
The application should include a short description of your research interests and why you are interested in the position, CV, certificates from higher education, copies of Bachelors/Masters thesis, and contact information for 3 reference persons. The application may be written in English or Swedish.

Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65, SEKO, +46-(0)90-786 52 96 and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31.

The procedure for recruitment for the position is in accordance with the
Higher Education Ordinance (chapt. 12, 2 §) and the decision regarding the position cannot be appealed.

Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format. Your complete application, marked with reference number 313-1011-11, should be sent to jobb@umu.se (state the reference number as subject) or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden to arrive January 13, 2012 at the latest.

Requirements
The recruitment procedure for the position is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance (Högskoleförordningen Chapter 5 and 7). Prerequisites include either i) 240 ECTS credits (Swe. högskolepoäng) of higher education studies of which 60 should be on an advanced level (Master level) in physical geography, ecology or comparable, or ii) 120 Swedish (old) credits (Swe. poäng; corresponding to 180 ECTS credits) of higher education studies if they were taken before July 1, 2007 or equivalent competence.

The successful applicant should have good ability to write and speak in English, creativity, power of initiative, independence and ability to collaborate. Evaluations will be based on results on University courses, quality of master’s thesis, references, interviews and the letter of intent.

About Umeå University
Umeå University – with its 36,700 students and over 4,200 employees – is an organization in constant change and development. Umeå University conducts groundbreaking research within several areas – several in which we are among the best in the world – within others regarded as the leaders in Sweden. We are one of Sweden’s largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes. Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here. We wish to co-operate with companies and organizations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.

Source Link

http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/313-1011-11.html#eng

Founded in 1946, the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) is the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. It is located at the Science Park Amsterdam and is part of the “Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research” (NWO). The institute is internationally focused and renowned for its high quality research. Over 160 researchers conduct pioneering research and share their acquired knowledge with society. More than 30 researchers are employed as professors at universities. The institute has generated twenty-one spin-off companies.

Research Group

SEN1 studies software systems: their design, their construction and their inevitable evolution. The mission is to learn to understand software systems and to improve their quality. The focus is on complexity as the primary quality attribute of software systems. Software complexity is an important subject, which is not only due to the ubiquity of software systems and failing ICT projects in society. SEN1 studies the causes of software complexity and how complex systems can be made simpler.

Job Description

Software dominates our modern civilization. However, as size, complexity, and lifetime of software in- crease, so does its cost. It is estimated that software maintenance exceeds 80% of the total development costs. Of this, nearly half is spent in program understanding. Two main classes of instruments support program understanding. First, program analysis techniques extract a wealth of information from source code, dynamic program execution, and the development pro- cess itself, such as models, metrics, and proofs of correctness. Secondly, software visualization methods present this information in interactive ways to support the comprehension process using techniques such as graph layouts, diagrams, dense pixel displays, treemaps, glyphs, and timelines.

However, a fundamental gap is identifiable between the two: software analysis and visualization are not integrated in ways that effectively and efficiently support the sense-making, reasoning process, and hypothesis forming central to understanding. We argue that this gap is at the center of the limited adoption and success of software visualization methods and, arguably, of some more complex software analysis methods. For software visualization to make a true difference, it has to be centered on answering the questions of its stakeholders, rather than show the data emerging from program analyses.

We cast software analysis and visualization in a new framework, inspired by the highly successful visual analytics field. Central to our approach is providing abstractions, methods and tools that enable the stakeholders to effectively and efficiently formulate their questions as directly and as easily as possible, and ways that translate these questions, abstracting away from the raw analysis data, into suitable combinations of analysis and visualization instruments.

Requirements

The PhD candidate is required to have at least a master degree in computer science. Preferable qualifications for a candidate includes proven research talent, system programming skills, practical experience with systems and software development in a team. It is essential that you have good academic writing and presentation skills. Candidates are expected to have an excellent command of English, and good academic writing and presentation skills.

Terms and Conditions

Institutes (“CAO-onderzoeksinstellingen”). Moreover CWI offers attractive working conditions, including flexible scheduling and help with housing for expat employees.

The gross monthly salary, for an employee on a full time basis, is €2,037 during the first year and increases to €2,610 over a four year period. CWI also offers excellent and flexible terms of employment, including an employee pension fund. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Research
Information:

+31(0)20 592 4126 and on our website http://www.cwi.nl/research-groups/Software-Analysis-and-Transformation

Application

Please send your application before 15 January 2012 to: pd@cwi.nl.

Applications should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter, a list of your M.SC. courses and grades, a copy of Additional information can be obtained from prof. dr. Paul Klint, email Paul.Klint@cwi.nl telephone your master thesis, and preferably a list of publications.

Source Link

http://www.cwi.nl/jobs/phd-student-information-visuallization-applied-software-in-escher-project

There are five University of Sheffield Santander Postgraduate Scholarships 2012. These scholarships are available for students starting their postgraduate taughts masters degree in any faculty in the University in September 2012. Each scholarship will take the form of a £5,000 tuition fee reduction for one year only.

To be eligible to receive a scholarship students must be self funded and classed as overseas for fee paying purposes, plus be a national of, or permanently domiciled in one of the following countries:

•     Argentina
•     Brazil
•     Chile
•     Columbia
•     Mexico
•     Peru
•     Portugal
•     Puerto Rico
•     Spain
•     Uruguay
•     Venezuela

To be eligible, you must apply for a study place by 22 June 2012 and hold an offer of a study place for entry in September 2012.

The University of Sheffield Santander Postgraduate Scholarships 2012 will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and a short personal statement demonstrating an interest and passion in enterprise and entrepreneurship.

If you wish to be considered for this scholarship you need to apply to study at Sheffield. Eligible students will automatically be sent details of how to apply for a scholarship from January 2012 onwards.

Applicants cannot apply for the scholarship before being offered a study place at Sheffield.

The deadline for applications is Friday 29 June 2012. The results will be announced by Friday 27 July 2012.

Source Link
http://www.shef.ac.uk/international/money/santander