[SDI-Europe] Two PhD fellowships in GeoInformatics, Spain (EU citizenship a plus but not essential)

[Kate Lance]

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From: F.Javier Zarazaga-Soria <javy at unizar.es>
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Subject: Two PhD fellowships in GeoInformatics

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F.Javier Zarazaga-Soria, PhD

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PhD fellowships in GeoInformatics, Background: physics, telecommunications or computer science

PARTICULAR INFORMATION FOR THESE SPECIFIC FELLOWSHIPS

· Reference: Beca-IA3PIF-10-2
· Background: physics, telecommunications or computer science
· PhD. topics: Process automation for remote sensing data management and processing. Integration of catalogue algorithms for image and data processing in web geoprocessing services. Image and sensor data discovery based on standard metadata.
· Fellowship starts on 1-Dec-2007, or later by negotiation


PhD fellowships in GeoInformatics, Background: mathematics or computer science  

PARTICULAR INFORMATION FOR THESE SPECIFIC FELLOWSHIPS

· Reference: Beca-IA3PIF-10-1
· Background: mathematics or computer science
· PhD. topics: Information recovery in high amounts of structured information based on XML. Efficient algorithms for indexing and ranking results. Application in discovery services for geographic information.
· Fellowship starts on 1-Dec-2007, or later by negotiation

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Advanced Information Systems Laboratory (http://iaaa.cps.unizar.es) at the Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (http://i3a.unizar.es) of the University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain) is inviting applications for Ph.D. students in the area of GeoInformatics. The Laboratory performs multidisciplinary applied research in areas as Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geographic Information Systems, Location Based Services and Remote Sensing. 

PhD program goes through a Master in Informatics and Systems Engineering.

Requirements
1.- Bachelors degree. Computer science skills will be highly appreciated.
2.- High interest and excellent qualifications
3.- EU citizenship is a plus but not essential
4.- Good knowledge of English (and interest to learn Spanish)

Grants
The IAAA Lab. offers a number of grants for students. The grants starts at 13.200 €/year (which is sufficient to cover housing and living expenses). The grants are given for one year at a time, the continuation being conditional on progress made during the previous year (grants may also be yearly increased depending on the student performance). Maximum standard time is four years but it can be extended depending on the thesis topic. If the student already holds a fellowship from another institution, he can also ask for complimentary financial help.

Application Procedure
There are no specific application forms. Applicants should write a free-form letter to the Director of IAAA Lab., together with all enclosures required.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to i3a at unizar.es (with indication of fellowship reference)

Enclosures required for the application are: 
1. Curriculum vitae, including official qualifications certificate.
2. Two letters of recommendation with referees' full contact addresses 
3. Certificate of knowledge of English (if available)
4. Motivation letter

Contact information
I3A, Ed Torres Quevedo, Maria de Luna 3, E-50018 Zaragoza (Spain)
Phone:  +34-976762707, e-mail: i3a at unizar.es 


Dr. F.Javier Zarazaga-Soria 
e-mail: javy at unizar.es
tno: +34 +976 762358       fax: +34 +976 761914          
web page: http://www.cps.unizar.es/~zarazaga                   
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Grupo IAAA
Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas 
Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A)
Universidad de Zaragoza  

IAAA laboratory
Dpt. of Computer Science and Systems Engineering 
Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A)
University of Zaragoza

http://iaaa.cps.unizar.es
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Maria de Luna, 1
E - 50018 Zaragoza (Spain) 
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