The Ph.D. in Innovative Technologies of Information & Communication Engineering and Robotics is a three-year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation, where students can specialize in one of the following curricula:
- Embedded Systems, with emphasis on real-time systems and resource management.
- Telecommunications, especially referring to networks and photonic technologies.
- Biorobotics, including micro-engineering, biomedical engineering, biomimetic robotics, rehabilitation technologies and computer assisted surgery.
- Perceptual Robotics, with emphasis on telerobotics, cognitive robotics and virtual environments.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
- Current undergraduate students who will be awarded such a degree before October 30, 2011, may also apply. In this case, a successful application will be conditional to the subsequent completion of the degree and the transmission to the School of adequate documentation, also in electronic form, no later than November 3, 2011.
- Applicants should not be older than 35 years on June 20, 2011; older than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee.
- 12 positions with 12 fellowships (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school’s canteen + Campus facilities):- 2 positions for curriculum Embedded Systems- 2 position for curriculum Telecommunications- 6 positions for Biorobotics- 2 position for Perceptual Robotics
- - The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of 12 further students without grant or other forms of financial support.
4 positions announced in this Call are dedicated to candidates with Research Projects in the field of Micro-Biorobotics, since the scholarships assigned are supported within the Agreement that Scuola Sant’Anna subscribed with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) of Genova with the aim of promoting fundamental and applied research and creating a
Deadlines:
- Candidates are requested to apply online at: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by June 20, 2011, 12.00 pm GMT. In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Admin. Office (tel. +39 050 88.33.36/83, e-mail: techschool@sssup.it).
- An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach by June 24, 2011, regardless of forwarding date:
Application and attachments
- Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:
- the copy of a valid identity document;
- two copies of their complete Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum covering scientific training, professional experiences, publications and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate; please use the UE model.
- the detailed list of academic courses taken. This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
- one a copy of their degree thesis (or two abstracts in English) and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable;
- two copies of a Research Project, of no more than 3.000 words which describes the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project will include:- a title;- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;- the aim and expectations of the research;- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;suitable;
- at least two recommendation letters written by Faculty Members or other academics who have assessed and/or supervised the applicant’s work during his/her university studies, offering a comparative evaluation of the learning achievements, research potential, maturity, and professional inclinations of the candidate;
- a numbered list of the documents attached.
Selection of applicants
- Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.
- Interview: dealing with documents and publications, the proposed Research Project and a test for assessing the level of knowledge of English language.
Beginning of the PhD Programme
The PhD Programme will start on November 3, 2011
Information
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