Call for giCentre PhD positions

We welcome applications to undertake PhD research in Visualization & Visual Analytics from those wanting to join our group at City University London.

The Department of Computer Science, is offering three Doctoral Scholarships each valued at around £50,000 over three years. These will be awarded to the best proposals for research in priority areas: Software Systems Engineering ; Human Centric Systems ; Information Analysis and Visualisation

www.city.ac.uk/citygraduateschool/fees-and-funding/university-doctoral-studentships

We encourage high calibre candidates to apply to undertake research in Information Analysis and Visualization through a research proposal that clearly identifies the area of research, articulating the challenge, why this is a challenge and how this challenge will be tackled.

Application Closing Date: 14 March 2014

Please contact us to discuss our research and your proposal before the end of February.

Criteria for assessment of applications are as follows :

50%  Academic Qualifications - we expect a first class undergraduate degree (or 2.1 at high ranking institution), distinction at Masters level or equivalent academic qualifications.

25%  Proposal & References - we expect an outstanding proposal describing work likely to make a valuable contribution to the field and unequivocal support from referees.

25%  Academic record - we anticipate successful candidates having high quality publications or relevant professional roles and experience.