PhD students – CISTER Research Center, Porto, Portugal

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> Call for applications: PhD students – CISTER Research Center, Porto, Portugal
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> Apply before May 31.
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> The CISTER Research Center is looking for applications from potential candidates for PhD students. Research grants are available.
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> BACKGROUND
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> The CISTER Research Center is one of the most internationally prominent Portuguese research units, being one of only two units in the area of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering evaluated with the top grade of Excellent in the last evaluation performed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (the Portuguese organization governing research), and the only one having reached this rating in two consecutive evaluations.
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> CISTER Research areas are within the scope of one the most prominent European strategy areas: Embedded Computing Systems. In this area, the European Union has launched a joint technology initiative with member states, industry and research institutions, ARTEMIS, which will manage and co-ordinate research activities through a 10-year, €2.5 billion research programme on Embedded Computing Systems. CISTER is highly involved in this initiative and is currently involved in two running 3-year long ARTEMIS sponsored projects, with European industry and other European top-ranked research centers.
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> CISTER is also a core partner in the two European Networks of Excellence (networks of top research centers financed by the European Union) in the areas of Embedded Systems Design and Cooperating Objects (Cyber Physical Systems), and its excellent level of internationalization and networking allows for continuous active participation in the most relevant events and initiatives in the area.
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> Researching with CISTER is an opportunity to connect in national and international networks of researchers and companies, in an excellent research environment with researchers of different nationalities.
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> RESEARCH GRANTS
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> The grants are for the duration of the PhD Studies. Salary will be up to 14,400.00€ (no taxes apply) per year. Other benefits include social security, 25 days of paid vacation and access to institutional private health insurance.
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> PHD STUDIES
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> PhD studies with CISTER can be made within a specialized stream in Embedded and Real-Time Systems in Doctoral Programs of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto) or within the Dual-degree Ph.D. Programs of the Portugal-CMU initiative, where CISTER is involved. Potential enrollment in September 2010.
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> APPLICATION PROCEDURE
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> The CISTER Research Center is looking for applications in all its areas of expertise: Wireless Sensor Networks, Multicore Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Adaptive Real-Time Systems and Real-Time Software.
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> If you are interested, please send your CV and a research statement, as soon as possible, to the e-mail JOBS@cister-isep.info. Candidates with relevant CVs will be interviewed.
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> Apply before May 31. Anticipated starting date is September 2010.
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> More information about CISTER and the PhD studies at: www.cister.isep.ipp.pt.
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