X-Received: by 10.182.246.7 with SMTP id xs7mr21479855obc.15.1404149192041; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:26:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.41.114 with SMTP id y105mr47594qgy.11.1404149192014; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:26:32 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!hn18no20856966igb.0!news-out.google.com!a8ni0qaq.1!nntp.google.com!i13no4058127qae.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.specification.misc Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:26:31 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=193.60.143.15; posting-account=JWUl2woAAAA0VH8yNU-87X7C2NHZQWV4 NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.60.143.15 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7c9befa0-7080-4e8a-8bec-38b46cc296de@googlegroups.com> Subject: Call for Applications for PhD Student Positions (Software Engineering) From: Jonathan Bowen Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:26:32 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: csiph.com comp.specification.misc:83 Call for Applications for PhD Student Positions Centre for Software Engineering School of Computing, Telecommunication and Network Faculty of Technology, Engineering and Networks =20 Birmingham City University =20 The Centre for Software Engineering t Birmingham City University calls for = applications to PhD student positions in its focus research areas. The Cent= re is a new research centre formed in late 2013 with the appointments of Pr= ofessor Jonathan Bowen to the Chair of Computer Science and Professor Zhimi= ng Liu to the Chair for Software Engineering. The Centre works in the area = of both empirical and formal software engineering, encouraging interdiscipl= inary research. The Centre undertakes research to make strong connections b= etween theories of software and engineering practice. The focus research i= s in the areas of =20 * Theory and Methods of Modelling and Programming: Model-driven software de= velopment - rich Architectural Modelling, verification, testing and validat= ion, refinement; transformational approach to real-time scheduling, control= synthesis, and fault-tolerance; rapid prototyping; unifying theories of mo= delling & programming; modular and distributed Ontologies. * Systems Wide: Hybrid systems, cyber-physical systems (CPS), web-services = & cloud computing, and industrial control systems (i.e. networks of smart s= ensors, meters and control systems). * Technology and Tools: UML-based Eclipse Plug-ins, Theorem Proving & Model= Checking, Semantic Preserving Model Transformations, Rapid Prototyping, To= ol Integration (supported by unified semantics), Simulation, (Business Work= flow Analysis & Simulation). * Applications: Healthcare, Environment Health/Care, Enterprise Systems, Tr= ansportation, Business Modelling, Medical Devices; Green Technology and eco= nomy, and smart cities. * Challenging Issues Integrating heterogeneous and distributed components a= nd their platforms, digital components with big data and their interaction = protocols; interfaces between digital and physical components; dependabilit= y (availability, reliability, safety, integrity, maintainability); security= (privacy/confidentiality); integrating new components into legacy systems = and reuse legacy components in new systems. Scholarships =20 Applicants compete for a range of financial support through scholarships, f= rom full bursaries that cover fees and a tax-free stipend to support living= costs, through bursaries that cover fees a stipend to support partial livi= ng costs, to fee waivers. The Centre also provides positions to self-funded= students. The fees are currently =A33,900 for Home/EU students (=A31,950 f= or part-time) and =A310,500 for non-EU students (=A35,250 for part-time). = A full studentship covers the cost of tuition fees, and a stipend. In the 2= 014/2015 academic year, the stipend is =A313,863 per annum. =20 Research Environment =20 Computing is an area that the Vice Chancellor has decided to support in dev= eloping research. Three research oriented professors and a reader have been= appointed recently, and a number of further appointments including two in = the Centre for Software Engineering are to be made. The Centre works in clo= se collaboration with the Centres/labs for Cyber Security, Digital Media Te= chnology, Low Carbon Research, Environment and Society Research, and Knowle= dge Based Engineering, and with the SISCO Academy. The Faculty has a strong= link to car industry, enterprise companies and close collaboration with th= e health sector. The Centre enjoys wide contacts and collaborations in deve= loping countries, as well as in industrial countries, Europe and North Ame= rica in particular. =20 How to Apply =20 Applications should be submitted through the Faculty of Technology, Enginee= ring and Environment (TEE) by email to Sue Witton through email by the addr= ess sue.witton@bcu.ac.uk following the procedure given at http://www.bcu.ac= .uk/tee/research/phd-mphil . =20 If you have queries about PhD positions in the Centre, please email Profess= or Zhiming Liu (zhiming.liu@bcu.ac.uk) and/or Professor Jonathan Bowen (jon= athan.bowen@bcu.ac.uk). Also, you are suggested that having applied throug= h the TEE faculty system, please also notify Professor Liu and Professor Bo= wen via email, so that they can follow up your applications. -- Prof. Jonathan Bowen Professor of Computer Science, Birmingham City University Emeritus Professor, London South Bank University Chairman, Museophile Limited http://www.jpbowen.com