Studentship Opportunity
Graduate Teaching Assistant Studentship in Autonomic Cloud Computing
The studentship
This studentship is funded by the School of Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Business, Computing and Law (BCL), University of Derby and provides an opportunity for a graduate to undertake a three year programme of research leading to the award of PhD, in the subject of Autonomic Cloud Computing.
The PhD will be supervised by Dr Richard Hill (Head of Subject, Computing and Mathematics) and Professor Nik Bessis (Head of DISYS research group), and will be undertaken on a full-time basis over three years.
The studentship will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU level, and will pay a bursary of £14,100 per annum (pa). There is also - subject to satisfactory progress - an extra £1,000 pa for professional development purposes. Fees for international (non-EU) students will not be met by the studentship. Non-EU students would be responsible for paying top-up fees to the relevant level.
If appointed and as part of your professional development, you may be asked to teach and/or demonstrate lab sessions for up to six hours per week.
To apply
Applicants must hold a good first and a master's degree in computer science or other relevant disciplines (such as mathematics). The research will require subject specific knowledge in autonomic computing and distributed systems. Applicants are expected to have strong analytical and mathematical programming skills, and an interest in resource management and collective intelligence techniques.
The RD02 form asks for a research proposal in section 8(e). Please use this space to clearly describe what your intended research plan is. The research proposal should be no more than 2-3 pages long and provide a state-of-the-art review on the specifics of the proposed research study, a list of aims and objectives, a section detailing the proposed methodology, a justification and a motivation for undertaking the proposed study, a referencing list and finally, a time plan of the research activity tasks. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Richard Hill, Email: r.hill@derby.ac.uk
- Closing date for applications: Friday 27 April 2012
- Interviews: Thursday 17 May 2012
To apply, please email the following documents to the Research Office at researchoffice@derby.ac.uk
- a completed application form (RD2)
- a copy of the photo page of your passport (showing name, date of birth, etc)
- copies of your degree certificate(s) and transcript(s)
- two signed academic references (either completed reference forms RD3, or letters of reference)
- copy of IELTS certificate if appropriate (see below)
Where appropriate, for Research programmes an IELTS level of 7.0 or better is required (please note we do not accept the TOEFL qualification). Copies of your IELTS certificate must accompany the application, and it must be a recent qualification (gained within the last 2 years).
Please note that if you have not heard anything from us by the interview date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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If you do not have access to email, the documents can be posted to Research Office, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB.
Please note that we cannot process an incomplete application; all forms must be fully completed, and all supporting documentation must be present.
If we have not contacted you by the interview date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
If you have any questions about the application procedure please contact the Research Office either by phone on +44 1332 591060 or by email at the above address. If you need further details about the studentship itself, please contact Dr Richard Hill, r.hill@derby.ac.uk.
