---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement of up to three PhD Scholarships to pursue PhD studies in the CLIP group (http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es), Technical University of Madrid (Spain) in the context of the MOBIUS EU project (http://mobius.inria.fr) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CLIP group at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) invites applications for up to three, fully funded, 4-year, PhD Scholarships for qualified graduate students. Candidates should have graduated in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields prior to the start of their study at UPM. The working language of the group is English, and candidates can be of any nationality. The Ph.D. work will center around the research areas of the CLIP group within the European research project "MOBIUS", under the direction of German Puebla and Manuel Hermenegildo. The general aim of "MOBIUS: Mobility, Ubiquity and Security" is to develop a framework for establishing trust and security of Java programs, using the Proof Carrying Code paradigm. The project will start September 1, 2005 and will run for four years. Within the MOBIUS project, the research of the CLIP group focuses on Abstraction Carrying Code, an Abstract Interpretation based approach to mobile code safety. This involves the development of new advanced program analysis techniques for security and verification, including resource consumption, both in terms of time and memory. The offered scholarships provide excellent opportunities for international collaboration since MOBIUS is a European project with 16 partners from 10 countries. Also, the CLIP group is active and international, with around 15 full-time members from 6 different countries. The grants include academic fees, medical care, plus a tax-free monthly payment which ranges from 1,100 to 1,600 euros, depending on experience. The following qualifications are not mandatory, but increase the chances of success: * Experience with Java, Java bytecode, and JML * Knowledge of (Constraint) Logic Programming * Interest in software verification and security Applications and information: ---------------------------- The deadline for applications is September 26, 2005. Applications received after this deadline may be considered if the scholarships have not been filled at the time. Applications should be sent to mobius-phd-grants@clip.dia.fi.upm.es and include a curriculum vitae, a listing of grades from previous studies, a brief description of research interests with regards to the CLIP group and MOBIUS, and, if at all possible, letters of recommendation from teachers or managers that the student has worked with. The latest information on the scholarships and the application process can be found at http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Job_Openings/mobius-phd-grants.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- =============================================================== | German Puebla | http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~german | | Facultad de Informatica | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | ===============================================================