Reference No RS/08/24
Applications are invited for a full-time studentship available in the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Technology. The studentship is tenable for up to 3 years for the MPhil/PhD (subject to satisfactory progress). The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK/EU rates plus a stipend (currently �12,940 for 2008/09) per annum. International applicants may apply but will be required to pay the difference between UK/EU and international fees. The successful applicant will start on 1st October 2009.
The project will work on "High Performance and Parallel Data Mining" in the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences. Across many applications, there is increasing utilisation of data mining algorithms to extract previously unknown knowledge from large datasets. Underpinning aspects of these algorithms include that they involve search space traversal and are relatively small and repeated frequently. Thus they are ideal for implementation on high performance accelerators and massively parallel machines. The project will investigate the area of parallel search and its application within a number of data mining approaches and application spaces. High Performance Computing (HPC) architectures and the new HPC technologies (GPGPU, IBM Cell, etc.) will be utilised.
Prospective candidates will have a good honours (or equivalent) degree in Computer Science, Engineering Disciplines or other relevant numerate subjects. The successful applicant should have a good background in C/C++ programming.
Informal queries about the project may be directed to Dr Firat Tekiner.
Requests for an application pack (quoting the reference number RS/08/24) should be directed to the Graduate Research Office. Tel +44 (0)1772 895082 or e-mail researchdegrees@uclan.ac.uk .
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 13th July 2009
Closing Date for Applications to the Graduate Research Office:
Friday 26th June 2009
Location and The Institute
The PhD student will be part of Jeremiah Horrocks Institute(JHI) which is located on UCLan's Preston campus, just five minutes north of the city centre. The Institute plays a leadership role in steering and operating the University's High-Performance Computational Science Facility, the centrepiece of which is a 56-node SGI Altix 3700. Procurement for a new 500-1000 node cluster on campus has begun, with installation planned for 2009-Q3.
Preston has numerous theatres, cinemas, pubs, clubs, and shops, and was England's first wireless city. It is also one of the most cost-effective places to live in the country. In a recent survey of graduate satisfaction by the Royal Bank of Scotland, graduates gave Preston a 69% rating - fourth in the country and better than Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester or London! Just beyond the city lies the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and to the west are the seaside resorts of Blackpool, Lytham St Annes and Southport. Further afield the Lake District and Peak District National Parks are within an hour's drive, as are the other regional centres of Liverpool and Manchester.
Preston lies on the West Coast Main Line, and is only two hours from London by train.
For further information on the Institute see www.star.uclan.ac.uk/index.htm,
http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/~ft/phd.html
For Preston information, see www.visitpreston.com
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