Utrecht University International Students Scholarships

The International Students Scholarships research continues by investigating how median trajectories can be used in various applications. These include trajectory collection visualization, trajectory clustering, classification, and related problems, for which efficient algorithms and implementations should be developed. This will be done in collaboration with researchers in these application areas, whose data will be used.

The International Students Scholarships research will lead to scientific ID in the fields of computational geometry and geographic information knowledge, to be published in conference proceedings and journals. The collective research results will lead to a PhD thesis.

You will have office space at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences and will be supervised by Dr M. van Kreveld.

Requirements

• Master in computer knowledge, or arithmetic with minor in CS.
• Interest in GIScience applications and algorithms development.
• Fluency in English writing.

Situation of employment

You are offered a full-time position for 4 years years. Salary is in the range between € 2,042 and maximum € 2,612 per month.

The International Students Scholarships salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme, a to a degree paid parental leave, flexible employment situation. Situation are based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities. The research group will provide you with necessary support on all aspects of the project.

More information in this area the employment situation.

Contract type

• Temporary

Organisation

Utrecht University, Faculty of Knowledge

The International Students Scholarships Faculty of Knowledge consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Arithmetic. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000 staff and is internationally celebrated for the quality of its research. The Faculty’s academic programmes reflect developments in today’s society.

Department

Department of Information and Computing Sciences

The department of Information and Computing Sciences actively takes part in this dynamic and quick evolving world. We are on the edge of research and educate enthusiastic students to become thorough professionals in these fields. The department of Information and Computing Sciences is one of the leading institutions in the Netherlands for research and teaching in the information and computing sciences. Our mission is to learn new principles for information and computing systems, to make new techniques for the design and use of intelligent systems in knowledge and business, to educate first-rate students, and to delight in the fantastic things in our field. IT is intriguing, IT is fascinating, IT is hot, IT’s fun! Join us in our quest for a better understanding of the power of computing.

Bonus information

Bonus information in this area the vacancy can be obtained from: Dr M. van Kreveld (marc@cs.uu.nl).

You can also visit the website of the Multimedia and Geometry Group.

Place: Postbus 80125 3508 TC Utrecht
Function types: PhD positions
Scientific fields: Natural Sciences
Hours: 40.0 hours per week
Salary: maximum € 2612
Education: University Graduate
End course of action: 30 April 2011

Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant International Students Scholarship

The ACG International Students Scholarship is a federal grant for Pell Grant recipients who are U.S. citizens, and is designed for students and the second, completed a program of rigorous high school. Students receive $ 750 and $ 1,300 the second year.
MSU will try to determine if you qualify for ACG and enter the first forecast. Once approved by the Federal Government and a review of your high school transcript, the estimated price will be replaced by actual prices. There International Students Scholarship is no separate application and pay the award automatically once you have registered. You can receive the award while enrolled at least full time (12 credits per semester), but the amount paid is less than the amount shown on your award letter. In addition, the recipient of the second year of 3.0 GPa.

Application deadline: 1 July 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

PHD International Students Scholarship

Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Built & Natural Environment. The International Students Scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only. UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years. Numerous initiatives and rhetorical statements seek to promote energy saving and carbon reduction by improving the environmental performance of urban areas, in particular residential property. While initially a trans-disciplinary desk exercise that draws on, and provide a systematic overview of, a wide range of international comparisons, the evaluation and testing stages of this research will require a range of different types of engagement. These may include ‘Action Research’ and Ethnographic methodologies to identify ‘public’ and institutional attitudes and behaviour, alongside analysis of the policy making and implementation process within various public bodies, its impact on commercial decisions and the wider business environment, and other approaches to market testing and performance measurement. This International Students Scholarship should include identification and appraisal of various schemes intended to provide a standardised way of classifying buildings, projects or places in terms of their environmental performance or contribution to sustainability, energy or carbon goals.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 13 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

International Students Scholarship Positions in Arctic Geophysics at University Centre in Svalbard

UNIS provides education and carries out scientific research based in Svalbard within the high Arctic, and benefits greatly from this geographical location. Approximately half of the staff and students are from abroad, and all teaching is in English. UNIS is located in a new building in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, with very good access to modern laboratories and equipment. UNIS is a state owned.

Qualifications

The successful candidatesmust have a Master degree in Physics or equivalent in a field related to the above described projects. Due to logistics, the candidates need to have driver licenses.Admission to the doctoral programme at one of the Norwegian mainland universitiesis a condition of employment in the position as PhD student. The final plan for researcher education shall be approved and a contract signed with the mainland university at the latest six months after commencement. The applications will be prepared by the candidates and the supervisors. Employment Conditions for Ph.D positions :The employment contracts are of 4 years and include mandatory duties of 25% each. The successful candidatesmust live in Longyearbyen. They are expected to contribute actively to ongoing scientific activities in the department. It is also expected that the Ph.D. students take an active part in the advancement of their field of research, and they must also be willing to contribute to the development of UNIS in a more general sense.

All salaries are set in accordance with the Norwegian government’s University salary scale. Ph.D students starts at salary step 48, which currently is a gross salary of NOK 383 900.As a resident in Svalbard an annual allowance of NOK 26 400.(Svalbardtillegg) will be added to the salary. A Social Security contribution of 2 per cent, to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, will be deducted from the salary. Income tax on Svalbard is 8 per cent, plus 7.8 per cent toward National Insurance coverage. Selection and appointment :An expert Committee appointed by the Managing director of UNIS, will evaluate the qualifications of the applicants. The Committee will review the applications in detail, and is the basis for interviews. The final appointment will be made by the Appointment Committee.

Selection and appointment

An expert Committee appointed by the Managing director of UNIS, will evaluate the qualifications of theapplicants. The Committee will review the applications in detail, and is the basis for interviews. The finalappointment will be made by the Appointment Committee.

Application and further informationInquiries about this position may be directed to :

Prof. Dr. Fred Sigernes, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 35, email: fred.sigernes@unis.no

Prof. Dr. Dag Lorentzen, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 36, email: dag.lorentzen@unis.no

Managing Director Gunnar Sand, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 05, email: gunnar.sand@unis.no

Deadline for application is 15. April 2011.

Please apply online by using our application form found at www.unis.no/vacancies