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PhD
studentship - Cost modelling for long term digital preservation
Academic
Supervisors:
Dr Essam
Shehab and Dr Paul
Baguley
Closing
Date:
31 March 2011
Supported
by EU-FP7 funding a studentship of up to £15,000 p.a. for up to three years
plus fees* is available
Cranfield
University, as part of a European consortium which includes members IBM,
Philips Electronics, Fraunhofer, JRC and CSISP, has an exciting research
project entitled ‘Enabling knowledge Sustainability, Usability and
Recovery for Economic value’ (ENSURE).
Focusing
on cost modelling for digital preservation this ENSURE project aims to address
the increasing difficulty experienced with ensuring long-term usability of
commercially relevant data produced or controlled by organisations. It will
draw on motivation from use cases in health care, finance and clinical trials
to deliver state-of-the-art digital preservation.
The
PhD project aims to develop a cost model which considers the whole life cycle
of digital preservation. The successful applicant will research how to adapt
existing cost modelling methods and techniques to the entire life cycle of
digital preservation and aim to identify the cost drivers, work and cost
breakdown structures associated with digital data reservation to develop the
cost models. They will develop a framework to incorporate risk and uncertainty
factors into cost estimation and define an uncertainty identification and
prioritisation process to enhance efficiency in capturing uncertainty of long
term data preservation.
Start
date:
ASAP
Entry
requirements
Applicants
should have a First or Second Class UK Honours degree (or equivalent) or MSc in
a relevant discipline such as software engineering, information technology, or
other relevant engineering disciplines. In addition, some experience in cost
engineering and data preservation would be beneficial. The researcher will
require technical report writing, organisation, analytical, communication (oral
and written), technical paper and article writing, and client handling skills.
Funding
* Supported by EU-FP7
grant, this studentship will cover the tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only. Non
UK/EU students will have to pay the remainder of their tuition fees (£11,050)
before commencing their studies. Applicants are also eligible for a bursary of
up to £15,000 p.a. for up to three years dependent upon qualifications and
experience.
How
to apply
Please complete the
application form at: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/students/applications/apply_pgresearch.pdf
Alternatively
you can request that we post one to you. For more information please contact:
School
of Applied Sciences
T: 44 (0)1234 754086
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Best Wishes,
Essam
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Dr. Essam M. Shehab, MIET, MACostE, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Decision Engineering
Cranfield University, Building 50, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL,
UK
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http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/aboutus/staff/shehabe.jsp