The Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications Technology (HICT) is a joint initiative by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, the two leading universities within this area in Finland. The network involves at present 60 professors and over 200 doctoral students, and the participating units graduate altogether more than 40 new doctors each year.
The activities of HICT are structured along five research area specific tracks:
- Algorithms and machine learning
- Life science informatics
- Networks, networked systems and services
- Software and service engineering and systems
- User centered and creative technologies
The participating units of HICT have currently 20 fully funded positions available for exceptional doctoral students. In this call you can either apply to a research group in general, or/and to a specific research project. The group descriptions can be found through the list of HICT supervisors at "http://www.hict.fi/supervisors”, and the call-specific projects are described at "http://www.hict.fi/projects”.
For more information on the call, go to "http://www.hict.fi/Admission".
HICT Autumn call 2015 consists of two phases:
Phase 1: Student-supervisor matching. Application form closes August 6, 2015 noon Finnish time. If you do not yet have a HICT supervisor, you must submit an application in this Phase. Doctoral students who already have a designated HICT supervisor can go directly to Phase 2.
Phase 2: Full application, closes September 30, 2015 noon Finnish time. To enter Phase 2, you must have a committed supervisor, with whom you prepare the full application.
For more information and application instructions, see "http://www.hict.fi".
Deadline:
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Jobs:
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