All,

I would be grateful if you could pass this on to any suitable applicants 
at your institution.

Best regards

Lee

Dr Lee Margetts
University of Manchester
 
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Using Computational Biology to Bring Predatory Dinosaurs Back to Life

The proposed programme of research seeks to use state-of-the-art 
computational techniques to reverse engineer the walking cycle of a 
predatory dinosaur. Software for image-based modelling, parallel finite 
element analysis and evolutionary robotics will be coupled and deployed 
over a computational Grid comprising many thousands of processors. This 
resource will facilitate a range of unique meta-experiments, enabling new 
scientific research to be undertaken that would otherwise not be possible. 
Not only will these experiments provide insight into the evolution of 
bipedalism or answer questions such as "How fast could T-Rex run?", they 
will also lead to the development of computational techniques that may be 
applied in classical engineering sectors such as the Automotive and 
Aerospace Industries.

The project is fully funded through a Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship 
and Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award. For further details please contact 
Dr Lee Margetts ([log in to unmask]).

Please note that only students from the following countries are eligible:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, 
Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, 
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,Brazil, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, 
Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, 
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial 
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, 
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, 
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, 
Kiribati, Korea,Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, FYR Macedonia, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, 
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, 
Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, 
Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau Islands, 
Palestinian Administered Areas, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, 
Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, 
Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South 
Africa, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & 
Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, 
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, Tunisia, 
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uruguay, 
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe.