Doctoral Studentships in Computing Science Oxford University Computing Laboratory (CancerGrid) Microsoft Research Applications are invited for two doctoral studentships at the University of Oxford, starting in October 2005, in the areas of: * object models * web services The students will be working alongside other members of the Software Engineering Research Group (www.softeng.ox.ac.uk). A focus for the research activity will be the Medical Research Council (MRC)-funded CancerGrid project (www.cancergrid.org), an ideal environment for applying, investigating, and extending modern software engineering techniques. There will also be opportunities for collaboration with Microsoft Research, Cambridge, who are providing financial support, together with the e-Science Centres at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The studentships will cover all university fees at the `home' rate, and provide a student stipend equivalent to a standard EPSRC award. Applicants will need to satisfy the selection criteria for doctoral students in computing science at Oxford web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/prospective/dphil/dphil-criteria.pdf The closing date for applications is 1st July 2005. For further information and details of how to apply, please contact Jim Davies (Jim.Davies@comlab.ox.ac.uk) or Jeremy Gibbons (Jeremy.Gibbons@comlab.ox.ac.uk). -- Jeremy.Gibbons@comlab.ox.ac.uk Oxford University Computing Laboratory, TEL: +44 1865 283508 Wolfson Building, Parks Road, FAX: +44 1865 273839 Oxford OX1 3QD, UK. URL: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/people/jeremy.gibbons.html