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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PhD positions in Computer Science at IMT Lucca (Italy)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Deadline July 17, 2013 -</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Institute for Advanced Studies IMT Lucca - Italy (</span><a href="http://www.imtlucca.it/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.imtlucca.it/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) announces 41 PhD scholarships providing about €13,600 EUR gross yearly plus accommodation and full board.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Deadline for application is July 17th, 2013 at 18:00 Italian time.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">IMT Lucca (Italy) is a research university within the Italian public higher education system. IMT's mission is to establish itself as a research center that promotes cutting-edge research in key areas, structuring its PhD program in close connection with research, to attract top students, researchers and scholars through competitive international selections, and to contribute to technological innovation, economic growth and social development.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PhD programs are taught exclusively in English. The PhD Program includes a Track in Computer, Decision and Systems Science with a specific Curriculum in Computer Science. The track is coordinated by Rocco De Nicola and aims at preparing researchers and professionals with a wide knowledge of the theoretical foundations of computer science and informatics, control systems and optimization, image analysis, and management science.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The curriculum in Computer Science aims at training a new generation of researchers in the theoretical and practical aspects of modern computing systems, including global, cloud, autonomic and service-oriented systems. The focus is on the development of models, algorithms, verification methods and software tools that can tackle the challenges of today e-society efficiently and effectively. The main aim is that of characterizing and guaranteeing essential features and desirable properties of these systems such as reliability, open-endedness, autonomicity, security, concurrency, scalability, cost-effectiveness, quality of service, and dependability.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PhD students within the Computer Science curriculum will work in close collaboration with the SysMA research unit of IMT (</span><a href="http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/</a><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) or within research groups active in two institutes of the Italian National Research Council in Pisa, namely the Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (</span><a href="http://www.iit.cnr.it/en" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.iit.cnr.it/en</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione (</span><a href="http://www.isti.cnr.it/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.isti.cnr.it/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">). More details about possible PhD projects and topics can be found under </span><a href="http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/phd/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/<u></u>phd/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PhD students, besides receiving the standard research scholarship of €13,600/year (amount established by Italian law), are offered on-campus housing on a brand-new and fully integrated campus in the historical center of the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca, and daily access to the canteen. Students also get the opportunity to spend research periods abroad during the program.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please note that students who are expected to obtain the required degree by October 31, 2013 will also be considered; they must still apply by July 17. Further details, along with online the application form, can be found at: </span><a href="http://phd.imtlucca.it/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://phd.imtlucca.it</a><br>
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