PhD Studentships
Reference SCI1261 
Closing Date Friday, 17th May 2013 
Job Type Research & Teaching 
Department Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute 
The Digital Economy promises to transform the ways in which we work, shop, travel, learn, socialise and play. It is transforming many aspects of society, particularly with regard to technology and provides research challenges in both technical and social areas, including:

• Ubiquitous Computing - where millions of computers are embedded in the world around us;
• Location-Aware Computing - taking advantage of knowing the geographical position of these fixed or mobile computing and communications devices.
• Pervasive Data – with a vast amount of data generated and captured on processes, products and people, the potential for gathering information from this data is huge but subject to the availability and development of algorithms and infrastructure able to cope with such vast amounts of often distributed data. Further, the processing of data is increasingly subject to privacy-protecting policies and other restrictions such as regional legislation, strengthening the need for tools which are not only functional but satisfy requirements such as transparency, privacy and personalisability. 
• Science in Society - considering the technological, social or legal perspectives to the grand challenge associated with modelling users, their environment and the interactions between the two.

We are interested in students from a wide variety of backgrounds including computer science, engineering, human factors, psychology, sociology, business, geography, social science and the arts, providing that they have an excellent first degree and can demonstrate an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.

Would you like to be at the heart of this revolution, researching across the disciplines to explore new uses of ubiquitous and location-aware computing, creating new technologies, or studying their impact on people’s lives?

The Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique PhD programme for the Digital Economy. Supported by RCUK and over 30 industry partners, we are training a community of over 70 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field within industry or academia.

Our current industry partners include: Active Ingredient, Aerial, BBC, Blast Theory, BT, EADS Astrium, EUROCONTROL, Fhios, Guidance Monitoring, HP, HW Communications, IBM, innovITS, Leica Geosystems, Location and Timing KTN, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Nottingham Scientific, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson, SERCO, Sharp Labs Europe, Thales, Trinity House, TRL Technology.

Our students will benefit from:
• A fully-funded four-year PhD programme that integrates a leading-edge research project with research training in interdisciplinary skills.
• A personalised pathway through this programme that enables students to gain a balance of skills across key technology areas, future applications and human and societal issues.
• Training in innovation and ingenuity to equip students for careers in industry, from global companies to start-ups.
• A three-month internship at one of our partners including BBC, BT, EADS Astrium, HP, IBM, Logica, Microsoft, Network Rail, Nokia, Ordnance Survey, PARC, Scott Wilson, Sharp Labs Europe and Thales (see list above)
• Regular seminars and meetings with industry representatives to develop contacts with future employers.
• An enhanced stipend of £15,800 per annum as well as a personal laptop.
• Supervision from international leaders in the associated disciplines.
• Use of over £3m state-of-the-art facilities including positioning and sensing testbeds and transport simulators.
• Career guidance support tailored to individual needs.
• Office and laboratory space on Nottingham’s award-winning Jubilee Campus.

We have funding for 8 UK/Home/EU students. Places are also available for those in receipt of four year independent funding/scholarships. For international studentships, please visit http://www.idic.nottingham.edu.cn/.

Further information can be found on the Horizon Doctoral Training Centre website; http://www.horizon.ac.uk/. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Miss E Juggins, tel: 0115 823 2316 or Email: [log in to unmask]

Application forms are available from Miss E Juggins or downloadable from http://www.horizon.ac.uk/Current-Opportunities and should be returned by email with a detailed CV and a statement of research interests to [log in to unmask] Please quote ref. SCI/1261. Shortlisting date: 30 May 2013. Interview date: 12 June 2013.

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