Three (3) PhD Positions, School of Computer Science & Informatics, De Montfort University, UK (2016-2017)

The School of Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Technology is looking for THREE self-motivated Early Stage Researchers (ESR) to undertake research and development on active ageing and assisted living within the EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN ACROSSING project (http://www.acrossing-itn.eu).

The ACROSSING training network aims to develop advanced technologies and platforms for smarter assisted living by combining research expertise and capabilities of 10 partners from 6 European countries, including research institutes, universities and SMEs. In total 15 ESRs will be recruited and each of them will conduct research on a specific but closely related research area. The THREE ESRs at De Montfort University will be responsible for developing novel approaches, architectures, technologies and tools to enable and support wellbeing and activity data modelling, activity recognition and behavioural analysis. They will each undertake research in a well-defined individual research project – refer to the individual project descriptions in the ACROSSING website (http://www.acrossing-itn.eu/?q=node/3). In addition to this, they will also contribute to network-level research activities, technology and system integration, deliverables, event organisation and public engagement for dissemination and impact.

The ESRs will be required to undertake PhD studies and must fulfil the requirements of the university's doctoral training programme. They will have opportunities to visit other network partners for secondments, and attend the research and training events of the network. All costs will be fully funded (100% employment) by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme which also offers highly competitive and attractive salary and working conditions.

Applicants have to ensure compliance with the Marie-Curie mobility requirement: At the time of recruitment, you must not have lived in the UK for more than 12 out of the past 36 months. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account. Candidates for ESR positions are expected to have less than 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience at the selection time and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.

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