From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/10220 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Enrico_Franconi?= Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Several four-year PhD grants at the Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 16:11:46 +0200 Message-ID: Reply-To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Enrico_Franconi?= Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="34601"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Original-X-From: majordomo@rr.mta.ca Thu May 28 15:41:43 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from smtp2.mta.ca ([198.164.44.55]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jeIn1-0008v0-ER for gsmc-categories@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 May 2020 15:41:43 +0200 Original-Received: from rr.mta.ca ([198.164.44.159]:54772) by smtp2.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jeIlN-0005YF-TH; Thu, 28 May 2020 10:40:01 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by rr.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.92.1) (envelope-from ) id 1jeIii-0008Vm-Jr for categories-list@rr.mta.ca; Thu, 28 May 2020 10:37:16 -0300 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.science.mathematics.categories:10220 Archived-At: 18 four-year grants=A0are offered by the Faculty of Computer Science of= the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy for its PhD programme=2E= Each grant amounts to 68=2C000 =80=A0(i=2Ee=2E=2C 17=2C000 euro per ye= ar=2C net after taxes)=3B for research visits abroad the grant increase= s up to 50%=2E Additional substantial extra funding (including a person= al budget of 2=2C500 euro per year) is available for participation to i= nternational conferences=2C schools=2C workshops=2C research visits=2E = Some of the 18 PhD grants are supported by FBK=2C CNR=2C University of = Ume=3F=2C and by software companies=2C and interested candidates might = carry out their PhD research in collaboration with these external partn= ers=2E The language of the PhD programme is English=2E The deadline for applications will be on the 13th of July=2C 2020=2E For more info=2C the call=2C and applications look at=3A www=2Eunibz=2E= it/en/faculties/computer-science/phd-computer-science The university is located in one of the most fascinating European regio= ns=2C the Dolomites=2E This young university has already established it= self as an important research institution=2C both in Italy and abroad=2E= According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019= =2C the university is the ninth world=92s best small university=A0and i= t is the second best young Italian University=2C and its Faculty of Com= puter Science is ranked among the 150 best Computer Science departments= worldwide (in absolute terms) and it is the 21st best Computer Science= department worldwide for scientific citations=2E According to the same= ranking=2C the Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of B= ozen-Bolzano is the third best Italian computer science department=2C i= t is the best for international outlook Italian computer science depart= ment=2C and it=A0is the best for citations Italian computer science dep= artment=2E At this time of global uncertainty=2C you may be wondering whether your= application to the PhD programme will be affected=2E The Free Universi= ty of Bozen-Bolzano is in constant contact with the competent authoriti= es to monitor the development of the COVID-19 emergency to provide the = adequate preventive actions for the university community=2E It is possi= ble that by November 2020=2C when the PhD programme starts=2C some rest= rictive measures may be in place=3A the university will support new stu= dents to go through the initial process as smoothly as possible=2E The KRDB Research Centre=A0for Knowledge and Data of the faculty is wid= ely recognised as one of the internationally leading groups in Artifici= al Intelligence Knowledge Representation research=2C with a synergy bet= ween foundational and application-oriented research=2E Among the variou= s available PhD topics (fully described in the call)=2C the KRDB Resear= ch Centre is looking for PhD students interested in=3A =091=09Logic-based languages for knowledge representation=3B =092=09Intelligent data access and integration=3B =093=09Semantic technologies=3B =094=09Conceptual and cognitive modelling=3B =095=09Data-aware process modelling=2C verification=2C and synthesis=3B= =096=09Business process monitoring=2C mining=2C and conformance=3B =097=09Temporal aspects of data and knowledge=3B =098=09Extending database technologies=3B =099=09Visual and verbal paradigms for information exploration=3B =0910=09Reasoning with uncertain and imprecise knowledge=2E To get in contact with the KRDB Research Centre and discuss about the o= pportunities of this call contact prof=2E Alessandro Artale at artale=40= inf=2Eunibz=2Eit [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]