UK: 12 PhD Positions: Media & Arts Technology Programme

Deadline: 31 Jan. 2013

Queen Mary, University of London

An RCUK Centre for Doctoral Training. Queen Mary University of London. Fully Funded Ph.D. Scholarships Available for September 2013.

• For 2013 entry we especially welcome applicants with interests in: - computational linguistics, psychology and cognitive science - media content, semantics and narrative for music, audio, video - social computing - interactive art and architecture

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is one of the UK's leading research universities and is located at the heart of Europe's largest concentration of creative industries. We run an innovative four-year inter-disciplinary training programme in the science and technologies that are transforming the creative sector. Our aim is to produce PhD graduates who combine world-class technical and creative skills and who have a unique vision of how digital technology transforms creative possibilities, cultural experiences and social economies. 

PhD places for entry in September 2013 have now been released. We are offering at least 12 fully funded PhD scholarships (circa £15,800 p.a. including all fees) for direct entry to the PhD programme.

You must be able to demonstrate academic achievement at the level of a first class honours degree and excellent critical and analytic skills. You should also be able to demonstrate a clear aptitude for interdisciplinary research and programming or mathematical ability. We welcome applicants with strong backgrounds in architecture, cognitive science, computer science, electronic engineering, interactive multimedia technologies, industrial design, psychology, or cognate disciplines. You will also develop a working partnership with one of our strategic collaborators including: BBC, BT, Furtherfield, Gracenote, The Barbican, V+A, Orange R+D, Proctor and Gamble, Goldsmiths Department of Computing, Illustrious, Inition, last.fm, leanmeanfightingmachine, Meridian, Seeper, SONY Computer Entertainment Europe, [space], Cinimod, Troika, The Union Chapel, United Visual Artists, V2_, Wildpalm, Smartlab, Culturelab, FXpansion, Seed Media New York.

Email: mat-enquiries@eecs.qmul.ac.uk for further details.