*Department of Computing and Communication Technologies* *3 year full-time funded PhD Scholarship* 3 years full-time fees will be paid by the University. Bursary: £10,500 pa (without inflation increase). Start date: April 2016 Eligibility: Home/EU and International students *Deadline: 14 December 2015* *Interview date: *Interviews will be held in week beginning 11 January 2016 The Department of Computing and Communication Technologies at Oxford Brookes University is pleased to offer a three year full-time PhD Scholarship to a new student commencing in April of 2016 The successful applicant will receive an annual bursary of £10,500 for three years (with no inflation increase) with fees paid by the University. Topic of Research:* Adaptive Technology for Healthcare* The topic of this Phd is the development of ontologies for healthcare that capture diverse protocols, terminologies and standards. The vocabulary associated with any branch of medicine is huge, including symptoms, scientific names and medication for example. The problem of managing such vast, growing terminologies in medicine is a core challenge for medical informatics. One way to address this problem is to translate the meaning of the terms into a language that can be processed by a computer, i.e. an ontology. The W3C standard language for ontology development is OWL 2, and important medical standards (e.g. Snomed CT, NCI Thesaurus) have been ported to OWL. This research will include the development and verification of an ontology that can be used for any medical application and that is compatible with such established standards. An application of the result will be to facilitate interoperability in exchanging medical information between computerized health systems. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with: · a solid background in Computer Science, evidenced by a good BSc: 2.1 or above and/or an MSc degree; · a solid background in Mathematics; knowledge of software engineering methods; · an appreciation of empirical techniques; · good communication and collaboration skills. To request an application pack from Mrs Anna Guarnieri, email *tdestudentships@brookes.ac.uk* <tdestudentships@brookes.ac.uk>, quoting *Adaptive Technology for Healthcare* in the subject line. Fully completed applications must be sent to *tdestudentships@brookes.ac.uk* <tdestudentships@brookes.ac.uk> - by *Midday on Monday 14th December 2015.*If you have any queries about the project, please contact: Clare Martin cemartin@brookes.ac.uk