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The Ubiquitous Internet Group of IIT-CNR (Institute for Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council), Pisa, Italy opens 2 fully funded PhD Student positions in the framework of the FP7 FET-AWARE RECOGNITION project due to start on 1st October 2010.

The PhD students will be supervised by Marco Conti and Andrea Passarella.

RECOGNITION aims to develop innovative, groundbreaking self-awareness
paradigms for the Future Internet, looking primarily at content-centric networking aspects. The massive scale of content the Future Internet will have to manage and the long tail of user interests require novel content management solutions. Specifically, RECOGNITION will identify, design and evaluate the self-awareness mechanisms to support a global network where the legacy Internet will be replaced by a more fluid content-centric infrastructure where data are often located on mobile users' devices possibly disconnected from the network, and where content access, rather than connectivity, will be the key design goal.

The PhD thesis will focus on one or more of the following topics:
- definition of self-awareness mechanisms for heterogeneous (mobile/fixed) content-centric networks
- content dissemination in massive scale heterogeneous (mobile/fixed) networks
- social/human inspired self-aware networking paradigms
- self-aware content management, indexing and acquisition in massive scale heterogeneous (mobile/fixed) networks.

The ideal candidate for these positions holds a MSc (or an equivalent degree) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a solid background on computer networking and mobile computing. Experience either in systems design or in analysis (applied to mobile networks) will be positively considered. Experience in simulation of computer networks will be a plus. Good knowledge of English is also desired.

Closing date for applications: 15/09/2010 (or as soon as the positions are filled)
Expected start date: October 2010

Each application must contain the following documents:
- a detailed CV in English
- a list of relevant academic courses (with grades)
- a list of 1 or 2 references with contact addresses
- a 1-page research statement, indicating the experience/interest with
respect to the proposed topics

Applications should be sent electronically to m.conti@iit.cnr.it and a.passarella@iit.cnr.it with subject "application for PhD positions - RECOGNITION".

For more information, please contact

Marco Conti
Research Director
IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
m.conti@iit.cnr.it

Andrea Passarella
Researcher
IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
a.passarella@iit.cnr.it

The Researchers of the Ubiquitous Internet Group of IIT-CNR feature vast expertise in the area of mobile networking, distributed systems and performance evaluation. They participate in several European Projects on opportunistic, delay-tolerant, mesh, sensor networks, such as SOCIALNETS (http://www.social-nets.eu), Haggle (http://haggleproject.org), EU-Mesh (http://www.eu-mesh.eu/), as well in recently funded EU Projects such as FP7-AWARE RECOGNITION and FP7-FIRE SCAMPI.

They have coordinated the FP5 MobileMAN project, which defined, developed and tested a campus-wide, self-organizing, and totally wireless network. The UIG group is actively involved in the European initiatives related to the Future Internet, both through participation in cutting-edge, exploratory research projects, and through the participation of its members to consulting groups of the European Commission. In this framework, and with specific reference to the open position, UIG welcomes inter-disciplinary research approaches exploiting complex network models of social structures in the design of Future Internet architectures.
 
 
At the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme we are keen to build capacity for research in East Africa. We are aware that good PhD training is the foundation for a successful research career. As such, our PhD scheme is aimed at providing students with an opportunity to carry out their training in a high quality research environment. We have developed a quality assured supervision system that includes both direct supervision teams of two or three senior researchers and student advisory committees that monitors the students' progress and advise on academic, career and if necessary social issues that may affect the students' progress. In addition, the students' progress is monitored through six monthly reports and an upgrading mini viva at the end of the first year to determine their suitability to continue with the PhD training. Our supervision system is internationally recognised and we are now an Affiliated Research Centre of the Open University of the UK with authority to wholly supervise students registered with that University. As such the Open University is the default institution for registering PhD students within our Programme. Admission to the PhD scheme is through winning a studentship in a competitive interview process. The studentships are proposed by potential supervisors and are mainly funded from a Wellcome Trust capacity building Strategic Award. Those who win the studentships are appointed for a six month probation period during which they are assessed for their suitability for registration for PhD. At the end of this period the students are either registered directly for their PhD or encouraged to apply for a Wellcome Trust Master Fellowship. The WTM fellowship includes one year taught Masters course and funding to cover the first one and a half year of the PhD training.

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENTSHIPS TO START IN AUGUST 2010. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS THE 23RD OF JUNE. ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED; PLEASE DO NOT SEND A SEPERATE APPLICATION BY EMAIL. ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED.

Application process

To apply please create a new account then check you email. You will receive an email with instructions on how to login. After you login please click on PhD Application under "Add New" tab on top of the page. Kindly fill in all the questions paying attention to word limits where indicated. After filling in each page you may click on PREVIEW to see the information you have just filled in then click on SAVE.

If DRAFT is checked, the information is saved but not submitted and you may edit or finish it later.

To submit please make sure DRAFT is unchecked and click SAVE. The information submitted before the deadline may still be edited but as of the deadline day it will be taken as you final submission irrespective of completion status.

: http://careers.kemri-wellcome.org/phd_studentships