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*Call for Applications for PhD Student Positions* Centre for Software Engineering School of Computing, Telecommunication and Network Faculty of Technology, Engineering and Networks Birmingham City University The Centre for Software Engineering t Birmingham City University calls for applications to PhD student positions in its focus research areas. The Centre is a new research centre formed in late 2013 with the appointments of Professor Jonathan Bowen to the Chair of Computer Science and Professor Zhiming Liu to the Chair for Software Engineering. The Centre works in the area of both empirical and formal software engineering, encouraging interdisciplinary research. The Centre undertakes research to make strong connections between theories of software and engineering practice. The focus research is in the areas of · *Theory and Methods of Modelling and Programming: *Model-driven software development - rich Architectural Modelling, verification, testing and validation, refinement; transformational approach to real-time scheduling, control synthesis, and fault-tolerance; rapid prototyping; unifying theories of modelling & programming; modular and distributed Ontologies. · *Systems Wide*: Hybrid systems, cyber-physical systems (CPS), web-services & cloud computing, and industrial control systems (i.e. networks of smart sensors, meters and control systems). · *Technology and Tools: *UML-based Eclipse Plug-ins, Theorem Proving & Model Checking, Semantic Preserving Model Transformations, Rapid Prototyping, Tool Integration (supported by unified semantics), Simulation, (Business Workflow Analysis & Simulation). · *Applications: *Healthcare, Environment Health/Care*, *Enterprise Systems, Transportation, Business Modelling, Medical Devices; Green Technology and economy, and smart cities. · *Challenging Issues* Integrating heterogeneous and distributed components and their platforms, digital components with big data and their interaction protocols; interfaces between digital and physical components; dependability (availability, reliability, safety, integrity, maintainability); security (privacy/confidentiality); integrating new components into legacy systems and reuse legacy components in new systems. *Scholarships* Applicants compete for a range of financial support through scholarships, from full bursaries that cover fees and a tax-free stipend to support living costs, through bursaries that cover fees a stipend to support partial living costs, to fee waivers. The Centre also provides positions to self-funded students. The fees are currently £3,900 for Home/EU students (£1,950 for part-time) and £10,500 for non-EU students (£5,250 for part-time). A full studentship covers the cost of tuition fees, and a stipend. In the 2014/2015 academic year, the stipend is £13,863 per annum. *Research Environment* Computing is an area that the Vice Chancellor has decided to support in developing research. Three research oriented professors and a reader have been appointed recently, and a number of further appointments including two in the Centre for Software Engineering are to be made. The Centre works in close collaboration with the Centres/labs for Cyber Security, Digital Media Technology, Low Carbon Research, Environment and Society Research, and Knowledge Based Engineering, and with the SISCO Academy. The Faculty has a strong link to car industry, enterprise companies and close collaboration with the health sector. The Centre enjoys wide contacts and collaborations in developing countries, as well as in industrial countries, Europe and North America in particular. *How to Apply* Applications should be submitted through the Faculty of Technology, Engineering and Environment (TEE) by email to Sue Witton through email by the address [log in to unmask] following the procedure given at http://www.bcu.ac.uk/tee/research/phd-mphil. If you have queries about PhD positions in the Centre, please email Professor Zhiming Liu ([log in to unmask]) and/or Professor Jonathan Bowen ([log in to unmask]). Also, you are suggested that having applied through the TEE faculty system, please also notify Professor Liu and Professor Bowen via email, so that they can follow up your applications. -- Prof. Jonathan Bowen Professor of Computer Science, Birmingham City University Emeritus Professor, London South Bank University Chairman, Museophile Limited http://www.jpbowen.com