From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/343 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: categories Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: BRICS International PhD School: Call for Applications Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:29:42 -0400 (AST) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241016903 25283 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 14:55:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:55:03 +0000 (UTC) To: categories Original-X-From: cat-dist Tue Mar 18 10:29:45 1997 Original-Received: by mailserv.mta.ca; id AA16797; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:29:42 -0400 Original-Lines: 160 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:343 Archived-At: Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:12:12 +0100 (MET) From: Uffe Henrik Engberg BRICS International PhD School in Computer Science University of Aarhus, Denmark Announcement and Call for Applications An international PhD School in computer science is opening at the University of Aarhus. This is its initial call for admissions and grant applications. The School is an integrated part of the BRICS (Basic Research in Computer Science) Research Centre, and both are funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The school admits 10-12 students annually, and provides a substantial number of grants for Danish as well as foreign students. The PhD School wishes to recruit foreign PhD students of the highest international standards. It provides an excellent research environment and scientific training facilities, and aims at making its PhD graduates attractive for a wide spectrum of employers - in private and public research and development institutions, both in Denmark and abroad. So, if you are a computer science student and soon to complete at least four years of full-time study, highly motivated for a PhD study in a truly international environment, please send us an application following the instructions below. For more details please visit http://www.brics.dk, or contact us by e-mail at phdschool@brics.dk. Also, we would appreciate your passing on this information to interested students and colleagues at your university or research institute. BRICS The Research Centre BRICS (Basic Research In Computer Science) was founded in 1994 by the Danish National Research Foundation at the University of Aarhus in association with the University of Aalborg. BRICS supports basic research in Algorithmics, Logic and Semantics, mainly through an extensive programme of short- and long-term visiting scientists. Research Areas The core areas of the PhD School are: Semantics of Computation; Logic in Computer Science; Computational Complexity; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Programming Languages; Distributed Computing; Verification; and Data Security and Cryptology. The school will provide its students with a solid background in the theoretical foundation centred around BRICS activities. From this foundation, the students may either continue in one of the core areas or venture into areas of a more applied or experimental nature as possible areas of thesis specialisation. Admission Prerequisites and Study Structure Admission is based on knowledge corresponding to four years of full-time studies, including basic courses in programming and programming languages, algorithms and data structures, computer architecture, computability and mathematics. (This list is based on the current undergraduate education at the University of Aarhus, and will be interpreted in a flexible way.) The time allocated for the PhD studies is a further four years, where the first two years include some mandatory course work and introductory research, concluded by a qualifying examination, whereas the last two years are dedicated to the writing of the thesis, finishing with a defence. All students admitted to the school will enter this study structure. We may, however, take into account merits from previous study. Students are normally admitted for the semester start September 1st, but admission may take place throughout the year. PhD Student Grants The school offers student grants of different types covering tuition waivers and/or living expenses. School Start The BRICS International PhD School formally started January 1st 1997. The first school students will be admitted by September 1st 1997. The school will admit approximately 10-12 students per year, of which half are expected to be foreign. How to apply 1. Fill in the application form on http://www.brics.dk/PhDSchool/Application.html Alternatively, send an e-mail to phdschool@brics.dk with subject "Application" including: - your full name, personal address and phone number, college / university, URL of home page (if applicable), e-mail address, - type of application, i.e. a combination of: admission; tuition waiver; studentship covering living expenses (for details see http://www.brics.dk). 2. Send by ordinary mail to the address below - a covering letter, including the information from your application form/e-mail, - a short curriculum vitae, - complete official transcripts from colleges or univer- sities, documenting minimally four years of full time study, - names of three people whom we may ask for letters of recommendation, - an indication of applicant's motivation for a PhD study, and particular research area of initial interest (max 2 pages). There are no general deadlines, but applications for admission September 1st, 1997 should be sent as soon as possible and preferably before April 15th. Further Information For further information, please e-mail phdschool@brics.dk or visit http://www.brics.dk Address BRICS PhD School Department of Computer Science University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Bldg. 540 DK-8000 Aarhus C. Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3264