[Tccc] 9 PhD student positions in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Distributed Computing

Paolo Romano romano
Tue Nov 29 10:01:01 EST 2011


The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Distributed Computing (EMJD-DC) 
offers 9 PhD student positions (contracts) for 3-4 years (duration 
depending on each PhD).

The EMJD-DC is a EC funded joint doctoral programme run by
- BarcelonaTech UPC, Spain (Coord)
- Universit? Catholique de Louvain UCL, Belgium
- Instituto Superior T?cnico IST, Portugal
- Kungliga Tekniska H?gskolan KTH, Sweden
- Associate industrial partners: Ericsson Research, Telefonica Research, 
Yahoo Research, CA Labs, Euranova, Peerialism, Swedish Institute of 
Computer Science (SICS), Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Centre 
of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (CETIC), 
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investiga??o e 
Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID).

Topics of research include, but not limited to:
Ubiquitous data-intensive applications, scalable distributed systems 
(including Grid and Cloud computing, and P2P models), adaptive 
distributed systems (autonomic computing, green computing, decentralized 
and voluntary computing), and applied distributed systems (distributed 
algorithms and systems, working in an inter-disciplinary manner, in 
existing and emerging fields to address industrial and societal needs in 
the European and worldwide context.

Students carry out their research work over up to four years in two 
universities from different countries, with additional internships with 
industry. Joint training schools will cover both scientific topics and 
transferable skills, such as project and scientific management, 
communication, innovation techniques.

The scholarships include up to 7500 EUR for travel and installation 
costs and a monthly gross salary of 2800 EUR (net 1300-1500 EUR) during 
3-4 years. Tuition fees are also covered by the scholarships.

An EMJD-DC brochure:
http://emjd-dc.eu/files/2011/11/emjd-dc.pdf

We kindly ask you to post this brochure in your department or distribute 
this information.

For more information and application to this call visit
http://emjd-dc.eu <http://emjd-dc.eu/>

The deadline for applications is January 23, 2012.

Dr. Leandro Navarro, UPC
email: emjd-dc at ac.upc.edu <mailto:emjd-dc at ac.upc.edu>



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