[Tccc] Marie Curie research Phd fellowships in Decentralized Online Social Networks
George Pallis
gpallisatcs.ucy.ac.cy
Mon Aug 27 08:47:58 EDT 2012
The Laboratory for Internet Computing, Department of Computer Science,
University of Cyprus announces the availability of 2 Marie-Curie Ph.D.
Fellowship Positions for Early-stage researchers in Online Social Networking
technologies,
with a focus on:
1) Modeling and Simulation of Overlay Infrastructures for DOSNs (code:
iSocial-ESR10)
2) Middleware for Decentralized Online Social Networking Application Deployment
(code: iSocial-ESR11)
The positions are for up to three (3) years, starting in late 2012-early 2013.
The positions are funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie
Initial Training Network (ITN) program iSocial,
which focuses on the design of distributed and scalable overlay networking and
distributed storage infrastructures for open online social networks and for
innovative social network applications
that preserve end-user privacy and information ownership. The main objective of
the iSocial Initial Training Network is to provide world class training for a
next generation of researchers, computer scientists, and Web engineers,
emphasizing on a strong combination of advanced understanding in both
theoretical and experimental approaches, methodologies and tools that are
required to develop Decentralized Online Social Networking platforms.
The iSocial ITN is expected to start in 10/2010 and finish in 09/2014.
The following institutions participate in the iSocial ITN: Royal Institute of
Technology, Sweden (prof. S. Haridi); Univ. of Cyprus (prof. M. Dikaiakos);
Univ. of Insubria, Italy (prof. E. Ferrari); ICS/FORTH, Greece (prof. E.
Markatos);
Univ. of Barcelona (prof. M. Boguna); IBM Israel (Dr. E. Dekel); Peerialism,
Sweden (Dr. S. El-Ansary), and a number of associated research and industrial
partners (IMIS/ATHENA, Greece; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
TELEFONICA TID, Spain; FORTHNET, Greece; FMT Worldwide, Cyprus/Australia;
Wadja.com, Cyprus/USA).
Requirements, Eligibility Criteria and Funding: Successful candidates are
expected to join the Ph.D. program of the Computer Science Department at the
University of Cyprus,
to conduct original research in collaboration with the principal investigators
of iSocial, and to contribute actively to the activities planned of the project
(scientific publications,
taking courses, secondments, participation to meetings and events, preparation
of educational material, coordination of work, etc.).
We seek candidates with experience and research interests in one or more of the
following topics: distributed systems (design, simulation and modeling),
peer-to-peer and content distribution networks, middleware and software
platforms, Eclipse and OSGi.
Preference will be given to highly motivated candidates with strong programming
and analytical skills, excellent knowledge of English, and a proven commitment
to their studies.
Eligible applicants are required to have a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in computer
science or related field from reputable institutions, and less than 4 years of
full-time research experience
after obtaining their degree. At the time of recruitment by the University of
Cyprus, the early-stage researchers must not have resided or carried out their
main activity (work, studies, etc.)
in Cyprus for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the
reference date. Marie Curie fellows enjoy good salaries and working conditions,
career development opportunities
and work-life balance. The Marie Curie financial support to Early-stage
researchers includes a considerable monthly living and mobility allowance
(approx. 32K euros per year gross)
and coverage of expenses related to the participation in research and training
activities (contribution to research-related costs, meetings, conference
attendance, training actions, etc.).
Applications: To communicate your expression of interest, please send your
curriculum vitae, two (2) references and a research statement by email to Dr.
George Pallis (gpallis at cs dot ucy dot ac dot cy),
specifying the position you wish to be considered for (iSocial-ESR10 or
iSocial-ESR11). While expressions of interest are accepted on a continuous
basis,
applications received by **** September 30, 2012 **** will be considered in the
first evaluation cycle.
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