[PlanetKR] Doctoral Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Information Security

Mary-Anne Williams Mary-Anne at TheMagicLab.org
Thu Jun 23 12:03:17 EST 2011


Doctoral Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Information Security

Intelligent Systems Laboratory
School of Computing and Mathematics
University of Western Sydney, Australia

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:   22nd July 2011

General Background

The Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) in the School of Computing and
Mathematics is seeking an excellent doctoral candidate to undertake a funded
research project in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Information
Security.

ISL comprises a number of academic staff, research fellows and postgraduate
students  from the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of
Western Sydney, cAustralia. ISL members share research interests in
computational intelligence,  information security and software development.
It is the objective of ISL to undertake excellent research in these areas
and their fundamental common grounds.  In the last a few years, ISL
researchers have demonstrated outstanding research performance in these
areas, including a number of major national and international competitive
grants, high quality PhD/Master completions and many research publications
in prestigious Computer Science and AI journals and conferences. ISL has
also established various national and international research collaborations,
and has a strong interest to extend its linkages with more excellent
external individual researchers, research groups/institutes and industrial
organizations.

About the Project

This scholarship will support a funded research project focusing on
Artificial Intelligence and Information Security.  In particular, the aim of
this research is to apply the answer set programming approach to develop a
sophisticated access control framework under a complex computing
environment.

Criteria

The successful applicant should:
- Hold a Bachelor Honours (First Class) degree or a Master (Honours) degree
in
  Computer Science or relevant field, with demonstrated good knowledge in
  AI, logic, and/or computational theory.

What does the scholarship provide?
- Tax free stipend of $22,860 per annum and a funded place in the doctoral
 degree.
- Opportunities may also be available to undertake paid work as a
 Research Assistant during the candidature.
- Funding may also available for project costs

Need more information?
- Contact Professor Yan Zhang to discuss the project:
 yan at scm.uws.edu.au or              +61 2 47 360 746
- Contact the Research Training, Policy and Programs Officer to discuss
  enrolment and scholarships:
  Ms Sandra Lawrence: sg.lawrence at uws.edu.au
- For further information about the research being conducted in ISL and the
  School of Computing and Mathematics:
  isl.scm.uws.edu.au/
  www.uws.edu.au/computing_**mathematics/scm<http://www.uws.edu.au/computing_mathematics/scm>

How to apply
- Applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Yan Zhang to discuss the
 project prior to submitting an application.
- Submit an application form and CV by the closing date.  The application
form
  can be downloaded from the web at:
  www.uws.edu.au/research/**scholarships<http://www.uws.edu.au/research/scholarships>

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:   22nd July 2011



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Professor Mary-Anne Williams
Associate Dean (Research and Development)
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
*
Research and Development Office
Building 2 Level 7 Room 7092
*P.O. 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
Phone: + 61 2 9514 2663 (Gunasmin)
Facsimile: + 61 2 9514 2868
http://innovation.it.uts.edu.au/Mary-Anne
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