- From: Diego Calvanese <calvanese@inf.unibz.it>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:59:00 +0200
- To: Diego Calvanese <calvanese@inf.unibz.it>
=============================================================== CALL FOR PhD POSITIONS - DEADLINE October 23, 2009 6 fully funded PhD positions at the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data <http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/> Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy =============================================================== The Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB), Italy, offers an opening for 14 positions for its 3-year PhD program. Some of these positions have a PhD studentship, others have a research contract. *** 2 PhD positions with studentship, and 4 PhD positions with a research contract are offered by the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data. *** The application deadline is Oct. 23, 2009. For information about the PhD program, the studentship, and the application, please visit <http://www.unibz.it/en/inf/progs/phdcs/default.html> and click on "PhD Course 25th cycle". Additional information about the PhD program at FUB is at <http://www.unibz.it/en/public/research/phd/default.html>. A PhD studentship as well as a PhD research contract amounts roughly to 51,000 Euro over the three years of the PhD. Substantial extra funding is available for participation in international conferences, schools, and workshops. The faculty of Computer Science and its PhD program are entirely based on the English language. RESEARCH TOPICS The KRDB Research Centre <http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/> invites applicants to get in touch with the research group as soon as possible (see CONTACT PERSON below), in order to have a better understanding of the possible research activities in which the applicants may be involved. Relevant research topics in the centre are the following: * Logics for Knowledge Representation * Intelligent Access to Databases * Controlled Natural Language * Temporal Aspects in Data and Knowledge * Advanced Database Technologies The topics require good knowledge of Logic, Foundations of Databases, some knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, and of Knowledge Representation. Other research topics are listed in the personal web pages of the members of the KRDB Research Centre, see <http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/staff.php>. CONTACT PERSON To get in contact with the KRDB Research Centre, send an email to: Prof. Diego Calvanese Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano via della Mostra, 4 I-39100 Bolzano, Italy Email: calvanese@inf.unibz.it Phone: +39-0471-016-160 Fax: +39-0471-016-009 To get in touch with the current PhD students, see <https://www.inf.unibz.it/phd/>.
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