[Caml-list] Fully-funded four-year PhD scholarships at IMT Lucca (Italy) -- Deadline's approaching

[Caml-list] Fully-funded four-year PhD scholarships at IMT Lucca (Italy) -- Deadline's approaching

[Letterio Galletta]

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IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca <https://www.imtlucca.it/> invites
applications for PhD positions in the Systems Science program, and
specifically for its Computer Science and Systems Engineering
<https://www.imtlucca.it/en/programma-dottorato/phd/systems-science/csse>
track.

We carry out foundational, applied, and interdisciplinary research on the
modeling and analysis of systems, broadly construed. The SySMA
<http://sysma.imtlucca.it> research unit welcomes applications from
candidates in Computer Science with an interest in any of the following
topics:


- computational methods for the analysis of cyber-physical systems;

- cybersecurity;

- modeling and verification of concurrent, distributed, and self-adaptive
systems;

- program analysis;

- smart contracts and blockchain technology;

- software performance modeling and control;

- machine learning

- online social networks security (disinformation and social bot detection)

A (not exhaustive) list of possible research projects for PhD candidates is
available at:

https://sysma.imtlucca.it/services/5_phd_projects/



Prospective candidates are warmly encouraged to get in touch with members
<https://sysma.imtlucca.it/teams/> of the SySMA unit for informal
enquiries.

The scholarship is for 4 years and consists of a gross grant amounting to €
15,300/year, in addition to free accommodation and board at the IMT Campus
<https://www.imtlucca.it/en/campus-and-services/overview>. PhD candidates
have the possibility to defend their thesis from the beginning of the
fourth year of the program, but no earlier as per Italian legislation.

The initial start date of the PhD program is 2nd November 2021. The
official language of the PhD program is English.

Application deadline is June 30th, 2021, 12.00 pm CEST.

Note that candidates who have not obtained their undergraduate degree by
the deadline can still apply, and can be admitted if they graduate no later
than 31 October 2021.

Applications must be submitted through the online form at:

https://pica.cineca.it/imtlucca/imtlucca-phd-2021/

Further information can be found at:

https://www.imtlucca.it/en/phd/information-for-students

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