Sweden: Two PhD positions in Distributed Systems at KTH School of Information and Communication Technology

Deadline: 20 May 2013

Application

• Full curriculum vitae including all your relevant academic, professional, and other achievements, experience and knowledge.

• Copy of the degree certificate(s) and transcripts of records from your previously attended university-level institutions, with certified translations in English (unless provided so by the issuing institution).

• Statement of purpose: Why the applicant wants to pursue a PhD, what are your academic interests, how they relate to your previous studies and future goals; maximum 2 pages long.

• Representative publications or technical reports: Up to 2 documents, no longer than 10 pages each. For longer documents (e.g. theses), please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

• Letters of recommendation or contact information for two reference persons.

Please refer to the reference number I-2013-0308 in the subject line of your application.
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The School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm announces two PhD students in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Distributed systems are part of the computer systems discipline that also encompasses the related fields of operating systems, databases, and embedded systems. The scope of this doctoral position is to apply and develop techniques from computer systems research in the area of secure big data, that is, both the storage and processing of large amounts of sensitive data. The positions are supported by grants from the Swedish E-Science Research Centre and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. More information is available at: web.ict.kth.se/~jdowling/bigdataphd.html

The application must include:

·         Cover letter: a summary of the application on one page.

Applications via e-mail are to be sent to  registrator@ict.kth.se