[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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