Overview
This PhD scholarship is based on a Grant. It is for tuition plus a full stipend (NZ$24,000) at Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand for one year, from August 2010 to July 2011, plus tuition and half stipend (NZ$12,000) for the second year with an academic work supplement. Tuition support for the third year is normal, but you may need other stipend support to finish in year 3, or go part time.
You will be working in the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, with four other students in the Socio-Technical group. The project title is:
OKES: An Open Knowledge Exchange System to Support Ad-hoc Unconferences
It will develop a web-based knowledge exchange system (KES) based on socio-technical principles to support ad-hoc conferences, such as Foo and Bar camp "unconferences" which currently mainly use Twitter and Wikis. The system design details are discussed in this paper:
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2642/2287 You will work with others to design, develop and evaluate a socio-technical KES.
The international team supporting this project includes a NZ Masters student programmer and two US students. The project is split across three universities: Massey University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and James-Madison University. Project supporters include Bill Cope, Director of Common Ground Publishing; Nicole Radziwill, Chair of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division; and Mark Stockman, Chair of the ACM special interest group for Information Technology Education.
Eligible Candidates
Applicants must have completed a first class Masters degree, be competent programmers, and able to start in Auckland in August, 2010. You need a GPA of 7.0 or better on a 9 point scale, an A average or better in graduate level papers. A GRE score is desirable. Your English language capability must also be evident by an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, with no band less than 6.0.
How to apply
Apply with CV, GPA and Academic Transcripts, and IELTS score to Dr. Brian Whitworth, bwhitworth@acm.org See also http://brianwhitworth.com/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
This PhD scholarship is based on a Grant. It is for tuition plus a full stipend (NZ$24,000) at Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand for one year, from August 2010 to July 2011, plus tuition and half stipend (NZ$12,000) for the second year with an academic work supplement. Tuition support for the third year is normal, but you may need other stipend support to finish in year 3, or go part time.
You will be working in the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, with four other students in the Socio-Technical group. The project title is:
OKES: An Open Knowledge Exchange System to Support Ad-hoc Unconferences
It will develop a web-based knowledge exchange system (KES) based on socio-technical principles to support ad-hoc conferences, such as Foo and Bar camp "unconferences" which currently mainly use Twitter and Wikis. The system design details are discussed in this paper:
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2642/2287 You will work with others to design, develop and evaluate a socio-technical KES.
The international team supporting this project includes a NZ Masters student programmer and two US students. The project is split across three universities: Massey University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and James-Madison University. Project supporters include Bill Cope, Director of Common Ground Publishing; Nicole Radziwill, Chair of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division; and Mark Stockman, Chair of the ACM special interest group for Information Technology Education.
Eligible Candidates
Applicants must have completed a first class Masters degree, be competent programmers, and able to start in Auckland in August, 2010. You need a GPA of 7.0 or better on a 9 point scale, an A average or better in graduate level papers. A GRE score is desirable. Your English language capability must also be evident by an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, with no band less than 6.0.
How to apply
Apply with CV, GPA and Academic Transcripts, and IELTS score to Dr. Brian Whitworth, bwhitworth@acm.org See also http://brianwhitworth.com/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
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