Please distribute widely. An interesting PhD opportunity here at Glasgow. Deadline for application Friday 13 January at noon.
Best wishes, Niels
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Niels Cadée
Research Information Officer (Training and Support)
Direct line: +44 (0)141 - 330 6786
Room 509, University of Glasgow Library, Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QE
http://www.gla.ac.uk/datamanagement/
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From: Yunhyong Kim
Sent: 07 December 2016 10:35
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Subject: PhD Scholarship opportunity
Dear all,
Some of you have already received a message from me about a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith PhD project proposal I submitted in the area of digital preservation and data management. This has now successfully gone onto the next stage which means funding will be secured only if I can get an excellent candidate to apply to work on the project!
I am writing to you all to appeal to you for help in advertising it as widely as possible to maximise my chances of getting applications. If you know someone who likes "counting sheep or other amazing creatures", then this is the project for them.
I would be most grateful for your help in getting the word out (short description and URL below), so that this project has a chance of getting funded! Please tweet, post on web pages, or use any other devious means of advertisement.
Yours,
Yunhyong
Dr. Yunhyong Kim
HATII
School of Humanities
University of Glasgow
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Lord Kelvin Adam Smith PhD Scholaship opportunity
Project title: 'Counting sheep and other amazing creatures': managing animal surveillance to invigorate intelligent response to animal disease outbreaks
Project summary:
Contingency planning for exotic disease outbreaks has been at the top of the agendas for UK & Scottish government policy makers, the livestock industry, and the public, after the animal disease outbreaks in the recent past (e.g. Foot & Mouth Disease in 2001 & 2007). Rapid detection and response to disease incursions is only possible if there are effective & resilient disease surveillance systems with ongoing capacity to detect, assess & disseminate disease intelligence. In Scotland, the responsibility for animal data collection (for surveillance purposes) is borne by a range of local government organisations and industry stakeholders. However, the purposes and procedures for data collection vary and may be fragmented across different domains, and may be hampered by limited resources in remote regions. As both the volume of data, and types of technologies employed change and grow rapidly, the sustainability of surveillance data quality, data retention schedules, and procedures for disease outbreak data and disease surveillance strategies are not completely transparent. This project aims to build forward-looking policies regarding data preservation in emergencies as well as in "peacetime" with the aim of bringing harmonisation to current practices, and to improve learning models of disease spread/control that might mitigate economic consequences of exotic and, in some cases, endemic animal diseases.
For more detail on the project, see the information at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/postgraduateresearch/scholarships/kelvinsmith/shortlistedscholarshipprojects/coalkasprojectdescriptions/digitalpreservationanimaldisease/
In the first instance prospective applicants should contact Dr Yunhyong Kim, [log in to unmask] to discuss your eligibility.
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Dr. Yunhyong Kim
HATII
School of Humanities
College of Arts
University of Glasgow
11 University Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QH
The University of Glasgow is a registered Scottish charity: Registration Number SC004401
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