Opening for 8 Full-Time Doctoral Scholarships at the Bonn-Aachen International Research School of Applied Information Technology

Opening for 8 Full-Time Doctoral Scholarships at the Bonn-Aachen International Research School of Applied Information Technology (B-IT Research School), Aachen/Bonn, Germany
http://www.b-it-center.de/research-school

Application deadline: January 2nd, 2010
Submit electronically to: rs-applications@b-it-center.de

The Bonn-Aachen International Research School of Applied Information Technology (B-IT Research School) is operated by RWTH Aachen University (http://www.rwth-aachen.de) and the University of Bonn (http://www.uni-bonn.de) in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute Center Birlinghoven Castle (http://www.izb.fraunhofer.de).

The research school covers a wide range from foundations to different areas of application, including interdisciplinary topics:
- Media Informatics and Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
- Communication Systems Engineering
- Software and Information Engineering
- Life Science Informatics
- Computer Graphics
- IT Security
- Data Mining, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- Algorithm Design and Formal Foundations of Applied IT

Applications are sought for up to eight Full-Time Doctoral Scholarships to be filled by March 2010, under the following conditions:

Prerequisites
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A very good Master degree in Informatics/ Computer Science or another field related to the topics of the research school.

The research school will also consider a few exceptionally qualified Bachelor graduates with an outstanding track record for a funded scholarship covering an integrated Master-Doctoral program linked to the international Master programs of the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT).

Applicants should have a strong background and interest in one of the eight research areas above.

Details can be found at http://www.b-it-center.de/research-school.


Scholarship
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Scholarship amount is 1.468 Euro per month, tax free. Under certain conditions, increased scholarships are available for candidates with children. Scholarships can be granted for a maximum of three years, with an intermediate evaluation.


Application
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Applications must include
- a curriculum vitae,
- copies of exam transcripts,
- a recommendation by at least one university professor, and
- a short description of work done so far (e.g., Master thesis or other research-related experience) and research interests, including the specific research area of interest and possibly first ideas for a thesis topic.
- TOEFL (or IELTS) and GRE scores should be included.

The B-IT Research School has a strong interest in bringing in the full pool of talent in applied Informatics and therefore strongly encourages female students and students from outside Germany to apply. The working language of the research school is English.

Applications must be submitted electronically to rs-applications@ b-it-center. de no later than *January 2, 2010*. Questions can be directed to the Coordinators of the B-IT Research School: Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University (jarke AT
dbis.rwth-aachen DOT de) and Prof. Dr. Armin B. Cremers, University of Bonn (abc AT cs.uni-bonn DOT de).