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Fully-funded PhD positions at University of Cagliari, Italy<br>
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11 PhD grants (3-year Programme) are offered by the Department of
Computer Science at the University of Cagliari. 1 of these is
reserved to foreign candidates. Three more grants might be added for
foreign candidates too.<br>
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Each grant amounts to 50,000 euros. For research visits abroad
(maximum 18 months) the grant increases of 50%.<br>
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Substantial extra funding is available for participation to
international conferences, schools, workshops, and research visits.<br>
The language of the PhD program is English.<br>
Please note that one grant will be awarded to carry out work within
the domain of financial technology for the forecasts of stocks
market indexes and shares (Robo-Trading, Robo-Advisory) and will be
in collaboration with a spin-off of the University of Cagliari.<br>
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Students will have the opportunity to work in different research
areas including Machine Learning, AI, Big Data, NLP and Natural
Language Understanding, Semantic Web, Recommendation Systems, Data
Science, Computer Vision, Complex Networks, Computational Geometry,
Blockchain, Sensors and Pervasive Computing, Architectures and
Portable computing.<br>
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Equal opportunities to all applicants will be provided.<br>
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Application procedure must be done online. Deadline for applications
is 27th August at 12.00 Italian time (GMT+2).<br>
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For details on the application check this link: <a
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href="https://unica.it/unica/it/studenti_s01_ss05.page">https://unica.it/unica/it/studenti_s01_ss05.page</a>
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If you are interested in working within the domain of AI, Machine
Learning, Deep Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning, Big Data,
Natural Language Processing, Graph Theory, Recommendation, and
Semantic Web, we are the contact persons at the Department. We have
several collaborations with International, National Institutions and
Companies and within several national and International (e.g. H2020)
projects. Our lab is expanding and we always search collaborations
with foreign institutions to maximize the opportunities of our PhDs.<br>
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Questions can be forwarded to us:<br>
Diego Reforgiato Recupero, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:diego.reforgiato@unica.it" moz-do-not-send="true">diego.reforgiato@unica.it</a><br>
Salvatore Carta, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:salvatore@unica.it" moz-do-not-send="true">salvatore@unica.it</a><br>
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Background information of the location.<br>
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Cagliari is the main city of the gorgeous Sardinia, autonomous
region of Italy. Cagliari is an ancient city with a long history. It
has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and very mild
winters and wonderful beaches and ocean! Further details at <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari"
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or google (just look for Sardinia in Google Images to get an idea of
the place)<br>
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The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is hosted in the
Palazzo delle Scienze, located on top of a hill nearby the
historical area of Castello.<br>
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More info about Cagliari: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/places/south/cagliari"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/places/south/cagliari</a><br>
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<b>Diego Reforgiato Recupero, PhD</b>
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Associate Professor
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science<br>
University of Cagliari<br>
Via Ospedale, 72<br>
09124 Cagliari - Italy<br>
Tel.: +39 070 675 8537
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Skype: diegoref
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Email: <a href="mailto:diego.reforgiato@unica.it">diego.reforgiato@unica.it</a>
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Web: <a href="http://people.unica.it/diegoreforgiato/">http://people.unica.it/diegoreforgiato/</a>
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