PhD Scholars Programme @ University College Cork, Ireland in Cancer Biology

Description: The PhD Scholars Programme in Cancer Biology welcomes applications from either EU or non-EU countries. Successful applicants must possess a primary degree (minimum 2:1 honours or equivalent) in the biological sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, or medicine.

The research theme of the programme is cell signalling systems and gene regulation in cancer, with an emphasis of fundamental processes driving the genesis and progression of virtually all cancers. The first year of the programme includes three, laboratory rotation projects and selected courses. In the subsequent three years, each Scholar focuses on a chosen research project, leading to the award of the PhD.

Appplication: Applications are invited from high-calibre, motivated students for the 2011 PhD Scholars Programme in Cancer Biology at University College Cork, Ireland. This prestigious, four-year, PhD-training programme, funded by the Health Research Board of Ireland, aims to train scientists to the highest international standards.

Stipend: stipend of €18,000 per annum for four years plus tuition fees (at EU level).

Deadline- 21 January, 2011. Invited applicants must be available for an interview during the week of 21 March 2011. The Programme will begin on 1 October 2011.

Link: For more details click here

PhD Fellowship @Ireland : in Dynamic Graph-Mining and Analysis of Online Communities and Social Networks at National University of Ireland,Galway(DERI)

Description: We are seeking applications for a funded PhD student. The successful candidate will join the EU-funded FP7 ROBUST project team in DERI at NUI Galway, which focuses on the analysis of online community and social network content and structure, predicting its evolution and making suitable suggestions for rapid action or stimulation.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

·       Feature Selection and Merging to provide appropriate, tractable abstractions;

·       Structural analysis of dynamic online communities in order to measure and understand emergent structural and communication characteristics;

·       Uncovering and measuring how community structures and substructures evolve over time and influence each other;

·       Designing real-time algorithms for stream mining and cluster-based computing;

 

Requirements: The successful candidate should have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, maths, science or engineering, have the pre-requisites for PhD studies at NUI Galway, and must have good English-writing skills. Further, good programming and data analysis skills are expected. The PhD studentship covers academic fees, a generous monthly stipend and a research travel allowance for a three-year period, as well as the use of DERI's facilities for experimentation and research.

  Desirable : Masters or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline or topic; Familiarity with graph algorithms and theory (e.g., finding connected components efficiently) and with social network analysis;Familiarity with dynamic community analysis Familiarity with modelling and simulation; Familiarity with large-scale, dynamic data analysis (e.g., data streaming algorithms); Familiarity with data mining, feature selection and machine learning;Familiarity with parallel algorithms;

 
Procedue to Contact: Interested applicants should send an application with the subject header ROBUST_PhD_STR to conor.hayes@deri.org and marcel.karnstedtderi.org. The application must contain the following:

·       A CV

·       A one page statement explaining the candidate's interest in and compatibility with the objectives of the position

·       A list of (minimum two) referees

·       Additionally, publications, software and other artefacts that the student may be consider relevant - as links to resources available online

Link: http://www.deri.ie/about/jobs/
Deadline : 15 January 2011

Job____Postdoctoral Researcher - Neural Biomaterials @ Natinal university of Ireland,Galway

Subject:Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials

Application: Qualified candidates of Postdoctoral Researcher for two years within the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The project represents an Irish Industrial Development Authority facilitated collaboration between NUI Galway with an industrial partner.
Description: The position is designed for the development of a platform delivery technology for neural repair and spinal cord regeneration amongst other clinical applications. The successful candidate will become part of a collaborative industrial-research program focusing on development of a platform delivery technology.
Procedure: Applicants are requested to submit a i) covering letter, ii) CV, iii) statement of research goals and the iv) contact details of three referees.
 Contact: Contact  to Ms. Tara Cosgrave, Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) by E-mail: (nfb@nuigalway.ie) Please put reference number NUIG-056-10 in subject line of e-mail application.
Salary:   €38,286 per annum    
Start date:  February 2011
Deadline: Wednesday 5th January 2011 till 5 pm
Links: www.nfb.ie

PhD Fellowships: Ireland: At DERI

Funded PhD Studentship in Dynamic Graph-Mining and Analysis of Online Communities and Social Networks

The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the National University of Ireland Galway is seeking applications for a funded PhD student. The successful candidate will join the EU-funded FP7 ROBUST project team in DERI at NUI Galway, which focuses on the analysis of online community and social network content and structure, predicting its evolution and making suitable suggestions for rapid action or stimulation.

DERI Galway is an internationally recognised institute of 130 people that focuses on research in Semantic Web and Web Science. DERI's mission is to enable networked knowledge, globally interlinking information from the Web and the physical world. The successful candidate will be based in DERI’s Unit for Information Mining and Retrieval, which focuses on topics such as web-mining, graph theoretic analysis, social network analysis, information diffusion and modelling, modelling of dynamic social systems, adaptive personalisation and recommender systems, case-based reasoning and machine learning, as well as data management and query processing for Semantic Web and the Web of Data. The unit has several national and internationally funded projects and a wide number of collaborations at national and international level.  

Criteria: The successful candidate should have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, maths, science or engineering, have the pre-requisites for PhD studies at NUI Galway, and must have good English-writing skills. Further, good programming and data analysis skills are expected. The PhD studentship covers academic fees, a generous monthly stipend and a research travel allowance for a three-year period, as well as the use of DERI's facilities for experimentation and research.

  In addition, the following criteria are desirable but not necessary:

·      Masters or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline or topic;

·      Familiarity with graph algorithms and theory (e.g., finding connected components efficiently) and with social network analysis;

·      Familiarity with dynamic community analysis

·      Familiarity with modelling and simulation;

·      Familiarity with large-scale, dynamic data analysis (e.g., data streaming algorithms);

·      Familiarity with data mining, feature selection and machine learning

·      Familiarity with parallel algorithms;

 

The successful candidate will work with the DERI Principle Investigator, Dr. Conor Hayes, and Dr. Marcel Karnstedt. There will be extensive opportunities for collaboration with other researchers and with other research groups and projects in DERI and Europe, and with other world-wide institutes with whom DERI collaborates.

 Contact us: Interested applicants should send an application with the subject header ROBUST_PhD_STR to conor.hayes@deri.org and marcel.karnstedtderi.org. The application must contain the following:

·       A CV

·       A one page statement explaining the candidate's interest in and compatibility with the objectives of the position

·       A list of (minimum two) referees

·       Additionally, publications, software and other artefacts that the student may be consider relevant - as links to resources available online

Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered.

Closing date: Jan 15th, 2011.

Deadline : 15 January 2011

Link: http://www.deri.ie/about/jobs/