Funded PhD Studentships, Clique, Ireland

Funded PhD Studentships, Clique, Ireland
Applications are invited for PhD studentships on a large multidisciplinary project on graph and network data analysis and visualisation in the University College Dublin (UCD) and the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). This research programme will address research challenges in understanding of social and biological networks.

Deadline : 08 March 2009

These studentships are relevant for students with postgraduate or undergraduate degrees in computer science, statistics, mathematics, HCI, bioscience and related disciplines. These positions are particularly relevant for students with some experience in data mining, machine learning, visualisation or bioinformatics.

The PhD research will cover topics in:
anomaly detection
biological network analysis
community finding
computational techniques in network analysis
models of information flow
probabilistic network models
information visualisation.

The PhD studentships cover academic fees and a generous stipend for a four year period. The researchers will be based in the Complex and Adaptive Systems lab in UCD and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at NUIG.
Applications must consist of:
a statement of research interests
a detailed CV
the names and email contacts of two academic referees

Applications should be sent by email or post to the Clique Research Manager before March 8th 2009. Please quote ref. CRC/080309.

Contact Details
Email Address Clique Research Manager
Email:info@cliquecluster.org


Mailing Address: Clique Research Manager, Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory, University College Dublin, Belfield Office Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
The closing date for this round of PhD applications is 8th March 2009.