Master Degrees by Distance Learning in Sweden

Below are six courses that you can take for master degrees by distance learning in Sweden.
The advantages of taking the courses among others are
Tuition fee: Free (no tuition fee in Sweden)
Living Cost: Free (no need to live in Sweden)

Key dates
When applying for a Master's programme, it is important to remember certain key dates.

Semester start August or September 2009
Online service opens: 1 December 2008
Application deadline: 15 January 2009
Documents must arrive no later than: 1 February 2009
Selection results/Notification of admission: Early May 2009


Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola
Master in Business Administration (1 year)
http://www.bth.se/mam/internetmba.nsf

Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola
Master in Informatics (1 year)
http://www.bth.se/tek/masters_eng.nsf/pages/6ac896e585ebeb73c12572330038a209!OpenDocument

Lulea Tekniska Universitet
Master in Information Security (2 years)
http://www.ltu.se/edu/program/FMISA?l=en

Lund University
Master´s programme in Geographical Information Systems (2 years)
http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=10901&lukas_id=NAGIV

Linkoping University
Master in Child Studies (2 years)
http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/programmes/F7MCS

Linkoping University
Master in Adult Learning and Global Change (1 year)
http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/programmes/L7MLG
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Master and PhD positions in Engineering at MIT-Portugal Program

Master and PhD positions in Engineering at MIT-Portugal Program

The MIT Portugal Program announces its call for applications for the 2009-10 academic year. Each program is offered in association by a consortium of Portuguese universities, with the participation of MIT (US) faculty.

The Leaders for Technical Industries program will train a new generation of leaders for companies with a technological profile, and enable a new European paradigm in managing product development and production systems. Students participating in this program will
have the ability to foster the innovative application of new knowledge in successful products and/or processes. LTI includes classroom curriculum, industrial internships, time at MIT, and a
doctoral thesis. Students will have the opportunity to participate in applied research projects developed under the frame of the EDAM agenda in cooperation with MIT Portugal's Industrial Affiliates program.

For more information please consult the following link:
http://www.mitportugal.org/edam/edam-doctoral-program.html

Candidates may simultaneously apply for FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) scholarships.

Degree in one of the following areas: mechanical, electronical, industrial, chemical or materials/polymers engineering or mathematics or physics (considered upon curricular analysis).

Website

www.mitportugal.org

Job Starting Date
15/09/2009

Application Deadline
28/02/2009

How To Apply
website

Required Education Level
Bachelor/ Masters

Degree Field
Engineering

Required Languages
ENGLISH

Certification
Bachelor/ Masters

Students in their bachelor's final year can apply.

Required Skills
Strong motivation to develop a career in the fields of technological or manufacturing management.

Further Requirements
Formal candidacy materials and the online application form are available at the MIT Portugal Program website.
PhD programs have application deadline of 28 February 2009. Please check www.mitportugal.org for complete information.

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Phd Scholarsip in Medicine and Life Sciences in German

The Graduate School of Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences (funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsch aft, DFG, and the German Government within the German university excellence program) at Luebeck University is now offering PhD scholarships for the following 16 projects:

1. <http://www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de/?q=node/13&expand=I1>Correction of Susceptibility caused Distortions in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2. <http://www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de/?q=node/13&expand=I1> Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in the Deep Brain

3. Transcranial sonography (TCS) in monogenic forms of Parkinsonism

4. Stroke Rehabilitation Robot

5. Parallel mode of action control: from human studies to intelligent robotic interfaces

6. Cardiac pacemaker localization

7. Brain Modelling

8. Robot assisted navigation guided OCT operating microscope

9. Definition of cortical networks for the control of eye and hand movements

10. 3-dimensional kinematic principles of eye, head and limb movements

11. Interfaces based on EEG, ECoG and DBS

12. Inhibitor Design

13. Efficient Methods of Exact Solutions of Complex Problems in Molecular Biology

14. Synaptic Plasticity: Regulatory Mechanisms in Receptor Trafficking

15. Computational analysis of RNA structure

16. Analysis of adult stem cells by computer vision

Please visit our website for more detailed descriptions of the projects.

PhD scholarships amount to 1250 Euros per month. The application deadline is January 15, 2009. Students with a master's degree (or its equivalent) in computer science, mathematics or engineering are invited to apply for admission. In certain cases, students must submit, as part of their application, the results of one of the acknowledged language tests to prove their English proficiency.

For further information, please visit our website at www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions via email: management@gradschool.uni-luebeck.de with subject=admission before sending your application.

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Post Doctoral BGG - Bioinformatics for the Melon Project (Melonomics)

/*Post Doctoral position BGG-1*/: Bioinformatics for the melon project (Melonomics)

The BGG is part of the Melonomics project, a project sponsored by Genoma España to sequence the melon genome. Sequencing will be performed using a combination of the traditional BAC based approach, and the new sequencing technologies (454 and solexa).

The main task of the candidate will be to use available tools, as well as to develop appropriate tools for genome assembly and gene annotation.
The candidate should have a very strong background in comparative genomics, and should be familiar with the most common tools for genome assembly and gene finding and annotation. The candidate should also be very skilled with scripting languages. A background in Plant Genomics is
a plus.

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10 La Caixa-CRG fellowships available to carry our PhD studies in the CRG International PhD program Deadline for applications: January 18, 2009Information and application forms available at http://pasteur.crg.es
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(1) Centre de Regulacio Genomica (2) Grup de Recerca en Informatica Biomedica (IMIM and UPF)
Dr. Aiguader, 88 +34 93 3160168
ph +34 93 3160110
ph secretary E-08003 Barcelona +34 93 3969983 fax
email: roderic.guigo@crg.cat http://genome.imim.es

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TOTAL Scholarship

TOTAL Scholarship

Sebagai salah satu wujud tanggung jawab sosial dan komitmen untuk mendukung pengembangan dalam bidang pendidikan, TOTAL memberikan beasiswa bagi para lulusan perguruan tinggi di berbagai Negara dimana TOTAL beroperasi. Salah satu program beasiswa tersebut adalah untuk menempuh pendidikan ke tingkat S2 (program Master) di Perancis.

Program TOTAL Scholarship ini dilaksanakan di Indonesia sejak tahun 2005, dan merupakan hasil kerja sama dengan beberapa perguruan tinggi di Indonesia . Bersama surat ini kami bermaksud membuka kembali kesempatan bagi para lulusan/sarjana lnstitut Teknologi Surabaya untuk mengikuti program Total Scholarship yang kelima, periode tahun ajaran 2009.

Persyaratan bagi para peminat Beasiswa ini adalah:

* Peserta :
Lulusan (Sarjana) atau Mahasiswa yang berada di semester akhir (sudah lulus pada bulan January 2009).
* Jurusan :
Teknik Mesin, Teknik Elektro, Teknik Fisika, Teknik Material1 Metalurgi,Teknik Kimia, Teknik Sipil, Teknik Industri, dan Teknik Kelautan.
* Prestasi Akademik :
Sarjanalmahasiswa terbaik dari masing-masing jurusan, dengan minimum IPK >= 3.00
* Nilai TOEFL min 550 atau mempunyai DELF diploma.
* Aktif dalam berorganisasi

Adapun dokumen yang harus dilengkapi adalah sebagai berikut:

* CV beserta transkrip nilai terakhir.
* Mengisi "Motivation Letter" Download Motivation Letter Disini
* Referensi mengenai kegiatan ataupun pelatihan yang pernah diikuti.

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silahkan menghubungi Anna Restu Wardhani
(ep-id-hrc.scholarship@total.com)

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TOTAL Summer School

TOTAL Summer School

Sebagai salah satu wujud tanggung jawab sosial dan komitmen untuk mendukung pengembangan dalam bidangpendidikan, Total mengadakan program Total Summer School. Program ini merupakan forum bagi para mahasiswa (dari negara-negara dimana Total beroperasi) untuk mendiskusikan topik-topik yang berkaitan dengan bidang energi. Forum
diskusi ini dihadiri pula oleh manajemen dari Total serta para ahli dari industri dan bidang penelitian. Kegiatan tersebut diadakan di Perancis dan akan berlangsung selama 8 hari.

Program TOTAL Summer School ini mulai diadakan di Indonesia sejak tahun 2006, sehingga tahun ini adalah tahun ketiga penyelenggaraan program ini. Bersama surat ini kami bermaksud membuka kembali kesempatan bagi para mahasiswali semester 5 - 6 dari lnstitut Teknologi Surabaya untuk mengikuti program Total Summer School yang keempat. Peserta yang terpilih akan berangkat ke Perancis pada bulan Juli 2009.

Persyaratan bagi para peminat program ini adalah:

* Peserta :
Mahasiswa semester 5-6.
* Jurusan :
Teknik Mesin, Teknik Elektro, Teknik Fisika, Teknik Material1 Metalurgi, Teknik Kimia, Teknik Sipil, Teknik lndustri dan Teknik Kelautan.
* Prestasi Akademik :
Sarjanalmahasiswa terbaik dari masing-masing jurusan, dengan minimum IPK >= 3.00
* Dapat berbahasa lnggris secara aktif
(Nilai TOEFL min 550 atau mempunyai DELF diploma).
* Aktif dalam berorganisasi.

Adapun dokumen yang harus dilengkapi adalah sebagai berikut:

* CV ( Daftar riwayat hidup termasuk referensi semua kegiatan dan pelatihan yang pernah diikuti)
* Transkrip nilai terakhir
* Mengisi "Summer School Total Form" Download form disini

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silahkan menghubungi Anna Restu Wardhani
(ep-id-hrc.scholarship@total.com)

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Kaust Discovery Scholarship

KAUST DISCOVERY SCHOLARSHIP


Sponsored By : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) adalah sebuah universitas berskala internasional yang berbasis riset di bidang sains dan teknologi yang berlokasi di Arab Saudi. KAUST menawarkan program beasiswa yang disebut KAUST Discovery Scholarship diperuntukkan bagi mahasiswa S1 dari bidang studi sains dan teknologi di perguruan tinggi manapun di Indonesia.


Persyaratan:

• Terdaftar aktif pada tahun ajaran 2008/2009 sebagai mahasiswa S1 dari jurusan teknik dan sains;
• Memiliki IPK minimal 3,0 (secara keseluruhan) dan minimal 3,3 (khusus untuk mata kuliah keahlian), serta pengalaman riset yang memuaskan;
• Memiliki kemampuan Bahasa Inggris yang baik, dengan syarat: memiliki skorminimal 550 (TOEFL®ITP atau TOEFL®PBT) atau 213 (TOEFL®CBT) atau 79-80
• (TOEFL®iBT) atau 6.0 (IELTS);
• Pada bulan Agustus 2009/2010/2011 sudah bisa memulai pendidikan S2 di King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Arab Saudi.

Beasiswa yang diberikan mencakup:

Selama periode kuliah S1

1. Seluruh biaya kuliah (SPP dan biaya lain) sampai lulus kuliah S1 dari perguruan tinggi dimana anda sedang kuliah saat ini; Tunjangan hidup;
2. Tunjangan buku;
3. Tunjangan laptop/komputer;
4. Kesempatan berpartisipasi dalam kegiatan-kegiatan akademik (global workshop, regional workshop, seminar, dll) yang diadakan oleh KAUST, baik di kampus KAUST di Arab Saudi maupun di negara lain (seluruh biaya ditanggung).

Setelah lulus kuliah S1
Diterima untuk melanjutkan Program S2 di King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Arab Saudi; dan berhak atas; Beasiswa penuh yang meliputi SPP/biaya studi, akomodasi dan tunjangan transportasi - hingga lulus.

Cara Mendaftar: Pendaftaran hanya bisa dilakukan secara online di website: www.kaust.edu.sa paling lambat tanggal 16 Januari 2009.

Informasi lebih lanjut hubungi:

The Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF)
Menara Imperium Lt. 28 Suite B
Jl. H. R. Rasuna Said, Jakarta 12980
Tel. (021) 8317330; Faks: (021) 8317331
E-mail: scholarship@iief.or.id; Website: www.iief.or.id

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PhD Position in Pediatrics

The Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research Group at the Department of Pediatrics III, Pediatric Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of Heidelberg offers a position for a highly motivated and talented PhD Graduate Student (naturwissenschaftl. Doktorand/in,

TV-L13/2) for a research project investigating the role of microRNAs in the pathogenesis and as potential therapeutic targets for chronic obstructive lung disease in an established transgenic mouse model (Mall et al. Nature Medicine 2004 10:487-93).

This project is funded by the „Frontier“ innovation fund of the Excellence Initiative of the University of Heidelberg and is embedded within the inspiring environment of the Molecular Medicine Partenership Unit (MMPU) of the University of Heidelberg and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Applicants must hold a Master’s degree (‘Diplom’) in a Life Science related area (e.g. Biology or Biochemistry). Prior experience in molecular and cell biology techniques, cell culture and animal handling are desirable.

Please send your CV, a short letter indicating prior research / future goals and names of three references to:

PD Dr. Marcus Mall, M.D.
Group Leader and Head of Cystic Fibrosis Center
Department of Pediatrics III
Pediatric Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis Center
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 350
D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Email: Marcus.Mall@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Websites:
http://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/Forschergruppe-Zystische-Fibrose-Chronische-Atemwegserkrankungen.100620.0.html
http://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/Molecular-Medicine-Partnership-Unit-MMPU.101349.0.html

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Internship Opprotunity AIESEC

AIESEC is a global student organization, exists in 106 countries, providing
exchange for young people which the program called Global Exchange
Program(GEP)

.
The Global Exchange Program is a program which provides internship
opportunities abroad to young people around the world.

The requirements that must be fulfilled are:
- maximum age is 30 years old
- fluent in english

If you are challenged to take this opportunity, what you need to do are:
- Contact shirin.z.zahro@aiesec.net to get a form
- Fill the Exchange Participant form, prepare your CV & motivational letter
- Submit the application kit (EP form, CV, and motivational letter *to
exchange.aiesecui@gmail.com at December 15th,2008 for the latest*.

Projects are vastly growing in AIESEC China and India and that's what I
strongly suggest to you. Pick China and India as your destination.

What are the benefits to join AIESEC Global Exchange Program? Please keep in
mind, you will pay for the flight, yes you will. And you will pay for your
own living cost there as well. But here's the difference, AIESEC is a global
organization existed in 106 countries, so our link spread on those 106
countries. Therefore, what we can promise you is that AIESEC will provide
for your accommodation (house and place for a living) and transportation
there ?actually, it will be provided by your destination country's AIESEC.
That's their responsibility, and that should be your benefit joining this
program. Suppose you go to India, then AIESEC India will provide for your
transportation and accommodation.

Hereby I attach the Frequently Asked Question to help you get more
understanding about AIESEC and its Global Exchange Program.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need more information.

*Shirin Zahro
Local Committee Vice President of Outgoing Exchange 08/09
AIESEC University of Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia

Phone +62 21 787 2256/57 (office) , +62 817 99818 59 (mobile)
E-mail **shirin.zahro@gmail.com* <shirin.zahro@gmail.com>*
YM **shirin.zahro@yahoo.com* <shirin.zahro@yahoo.com>*
MSN **shirin.zahro@hotmail.com* <shirin.zahro@hotmail.com>*
Web **www.aiesec.org/indonesia/ui*<http://www.aiesec.org/indonesia/ui>

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Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) Fellowship

Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) Fellowships
http://users.ictp.it/www_users/ItaLab/ogs_2009.html
Application form : http://users.ictp.it/www_users/ItaLab/form_tril.txt or http://users.ictp.it/www_users/ItaLab/how_to_apply.html

Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2009-2010
Through its TRIL Programme operating under an agreement with the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), ICTP will offer, for the years 2009 and 2010, a number of grants to scientists from Developing Countries (including Central and Eastern Europe) interested in taking part in the training and research activities carried out at the OGS laboratories. The main lines of activity at the OGS groups are described in the announcement for the fellowships.

National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
(Trieste, Italy)

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (the Abdus Salam ICTP) and the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) will offer in the years 2009 - 2010 a number of grants to scientists from Developing Countries (Central and Eastern Europe included) interested in taking part in the training and research activities carried out at the OGS laboratories. The main lines of activity at the OGS groups are described in the Annex.
The minimum amount of these grants will be Euro 1,350 per month and stays longer than twelve months may be possible. Limited funds for travel expenses will be available in case these are not covered by other sources. Health insurance coverage will be provided for visitors and their accompanying family members. A monthly family allowance for those having dependant family members will be granted.
All applications and correspondence should be addressed to:

ICTP PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN ITALIAN LABORATORIES
the Abdus Salam INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste (Italy)

telefax (+39) 040/2240558 - telephone (+39) 040/2240553/

556
e-mail: itlabs@ictp.trieste.it
web-page: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/www_users/ItaLab/index.html
The applicants should submit in duplicate copy the Application Form completed in dark legible print or type and attach the requested documents.
Applications should be submitted by March 2009

November 2008
Annex
Department of Oceanography
Fellowship coordinator: Gacic, M. (mgacic@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Experimental oceanography: studies of general circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, response to atmospheric forcing, statistical data analysis.
Fellowship coordinator: Crise, A. (acrise@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Numerical modelling of ocean dynamics and marine ecosystems, general circulation models for the Mediterranean and adjacent seas,
numerical studies of the coupling between biology and hydrodynamics, marine food web modelling, data assimilation applied to ecological parameters and fields.

Department of Marine Biology
Fellowship coordinator: Mosetti, R. (rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Marine biology with special emphasis to phytoplankton dynamics,
primary production and biogeochemical cycles.
Facilities as: microscopes, chemical and genetics laboratories, bacteria and plankton cultures.

Department for Development of Marine Technology and Research
Fellowship coordinator: Rebesco, M. (mrebesco@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Clastic marine sedimentation; Antarctic paleoclimate;
Geological structure reconstruction and tectonics;
Geophysical data acquisition and processing at sea;
Geotechnical properties of sediments.

Department of Geophysics of the Lithosphere
Fellowship coordinator: Seriani, G. (gseriani@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Exploration and environmental geophysics;
Geophysical data acquisition methods and seismic data processing; Measurement while drilling methods;
Wave propagation in complex geological structures;
Seismic inversion and tomography; Gas hydrate and CO2 geophysical modeling;
Gravity field methods, radar and satellite remote sensing.

Department of Seismological Research
Fellowship coordinator: Priolo E. (epriolo@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Local earthquake tomography;
High-resolution earthquake location methods;
Local site response from ground motion data;
Engineering seismology, earthquakes modelling and site response analysis;
Seismic network, innovative data analysis and data exchange;
GPS geodetic network for estimating the crustal deformation

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
AFTER THE SELECTION HAS TAKEN PLACE ONLY SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED. IN CASE YOU SHOULD NOT BE SELECTED, KINDLY NOTE THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL REMAIN ON FILE.

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Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Copenhagen

Institution/

Organization: University of Copenhagen
Department: Center for Language Technology
Web Address: http://english.cst.ku.dk

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing

Description:

Center for Language Technology, University of Copenhagen, invites applications
for a PhD Fellowship in language technology; preferably within the strategic
fields: language resources and tools (research infrastructure), cognitive
science, knowledge systems and tools for multilinguality. For more information,
see our website provided above.

Application Deadline: 09-Feb-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://english.cst.ku.dk

Contact Information:
Bolette Pedersen
bspedersen@hum.ku.dk
Phone:45 35 32 90 78
Fax:35 32 90 89

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Semantics: PhD Student, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Institution/

Organization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Department: Traducció i Filologia
Web Address: http://www.upf.edu/dtf

Level: PhD

Duties: Project Work

Specialty Areas: Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax


Description:

The Formal Linguistics Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona has
available one four-year research assistantship for doctoral study associated
with the funded project "Natural Language Ontology and the Semantic
Representation of Abstract Objects."

The basic eligibility requirement is a Bachelor's degree or equivalent by the
end of June 2009. Interest in semantics, the syntax-semantics interface, or
computational semantics
is essential; some prior background would be a plus. Knowledge of Spanish or
Catalan is not required but would be useful.

The scholarship includes a monthly stipend, coverage by the Social Security
system, and university fees related to doctoral study. The assistantship also
includes the possibility of applying for grants for short-term stays abroad.
Annual renewal of the assistantship will depend on successful progress in the
doctoral program and collaboration on the research project.

As the application for these assistantships will be handled through the Spanish
Ministry of Science and Innovation, individuals who are interested in applying
are advised to contact us for technical assistance with the application process.

For more information please contact Louise McNally (see contact information
below) as soon as possible, and in any case no later than December 15, 2008. The
Ministry deadline
will be in mid-January, but we ask for advance contact so that the documentation
can be properly prepared.

For more information about the Formal Linguistics Group, visit our website.

Application Deadline: 15-Dec-2008

Web Address for Applications: http://www.micinn.es/ciencia/becasfpi

Contact Information:
Louise McNally
louise.mcnally@upf.edu

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General Linguistics: PhD Student, City University of Hong Ko

Institution/

Organization: City University of Hong Kong
Department: Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ctl

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics


Description:

PhD Studentships in Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Studies, 2009

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at City University
of Hong Kong announces the availability of studentships for study leading
towards Ph.D. degrees in linguistics and cross-cultural studies.

Areas of Study

The studentships will be available for the following broad areas of study
(listed in alphabetical order):

-Computational/Corpus Linguistics
-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies
-Discourse and text analysis
-Linguistics and language studies (Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, etc)
-Syntax and Semantics
-Translation Studies

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics represents a dynamic
body of teaching and research expertise embracing three disciplines of study:
Chinese, translation studies and linguistics. It is within the Faculty of
Humanities and Human Sciences of City University of Hong Kong.
It hosts the following research groups:

-Chinese Philology Studies Group
-Cross-Cultural Studies Group
-Dialogue Systems Group
-Language Acquisition Group

It is at the same time in close cooperation with the following research
centres:

-The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies
-Language Information Science Research Centre

Our offer

-Successful applicants receive stipends of HK$13,440 (about ?1,280 or
US$1,730) per month for three years.
-The studentships require residence in Hong Kong for at least half of the
study period and they must result in a Ph.D. dissertation.
-Research-degree tuition scholarships are also available which will waive
tuition fees for one year.

Your profile

-an M.A. degree in a related field such as Linguistics, Computer Science and
cultural studies, depending on your research area
-excellent academic record at undergraduate and Master's levels
-strong ability to work independently
-keen interest in interdisciplinary research
-prior research experience and publication a plus

Application

Interested applicants should send a research proposal and a CV via email to
Ms Peggy Tse (peggy.tse@cityu.edu.hk).

For information about requirements or online application, please visit:
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm

Additional information

For additional information, interested applicants are welcome to contact Dr Alex
Fang (see contact information below).

Application Deadline: 25-Apr-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm

Contact Information:
Alex Fang
Dept of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Hong Kong SAR
Email: acfangcityu.edu.hk.
Phone: (852) 2788 8793

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Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Ghent University, Belgium

Institution/

Organization: Ghent University
Department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Web Address: http://expsy.ugent.be/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Psycholinguistics


Description:

Ph.D. Position In Visual Word Recognition at Ghent University

Applications are invited for a 4-year full-time PhD position in the domain of
visual word recognition at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent
University.

As part of the Odysseus program 'Reading Research in Flanders', we are
investigating the processing of written Dutch words from a first and second-
language perspective.
In this project, we are collecting reading times for a large number of words,
together with their lexical characteristics. These data will be used to examine
competing models of visual word processing and to assess the differences in
visual word processing between Dutch and English.

Profile of the applicant:
-Master's Degree in Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, Mathematics,
Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
-A good command of English
-Experience with corpus-based research, mixed effect models, computational
modelling of visual word processing, and knowledge of at least one programming
language are an asset.

Duties:
-Monitoring of the behavioural studies on visual word processing
-Assisting in the assembly of a new corpus for Dutch and in the development of
new frequency-norms based on this corpus
-Construction and maintenance of an easy-to-use website integrating behavioural-
and corpus-data
-Integrating new findings in existing computational models of word recognition.
-Writing a Ph.D. dissertation

How to apply:
The grant starts with a probation period of 1 year, which is automatically
extended to 4 years after a positive evaluation. Applications, including a
curriculum vitae and a
copy of the required diploma, should be addressed to the address provided below.

The final date for receiving applications is December 11, 2008. Interviews with
the selected candidates are expected to take place on December 17, 2008.

More information can be obtained, preferably by e-mail, from Prof. Dr. Marc
Brysbaert (see contact information below) or from Dr. Emmanuel Keuleers
(emmanuel.keuleers@ugent.be).

Application Deadline: 11-Dec-2008

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Universiteit Gent Directie Personeel en Organisatie
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25
Gent 9000
Belgium

Contact Information:
Prof. Marc Brysbaert
marc.brysbaert@ugent.be
Phone:3292649425

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