Six (6) PhD Scholarships in Computer Science and Information Security, Gjøvik University College, Norway (2015)

Gjøvik University College (GUC) has approximately 3400 students and 380 employees. More than 35 countries are currently represented among our staff. It is our goal to contribute to a sustainable and secure society through education, research and dissemination at a high international level, on the basis of bachelor’s and master`s degree programmes in health, care, technology, informatics, media, economy and management. The organization is characterized by an open and cross-disciplinary culture, based on high academic and ethical standards.

GUC is located 2 hours from Oslo and 1,5 hours from Norway’s main international airport-Gardermoen. GUC is currently in a merger process with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU),Sør-Trøndelag University College(HiST) and Ålesund University College(HiAls). According to the project plan the four institutions will form one university from January 1st 2016.

6 Funded Ph.D.Studentships-Computer Science and Information Security

Gjøvik University College (GUC, www.hig.no) invites applications for up to six Ph.D. positions in computer science and information security. The positions will be affiliated to the Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory (Colourlab, www.colourlab.no) and the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory (NISlab, www.nislab.no). Both laboratories are part of GUCs Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology (IMT, www.hig.no/imt). IMT is a research intensive faculty with a solid project portfolio in addition to a complete offering in higher Computer Science and information security education (B.Sc., M.Sc., and Doctoral education).

In addition IMT leads the national research school in information security (COINS) and hosts the Center of Cyber and Information Security (CCIS, www.ccis.no). CCIS will become one of the largest academic research groups in information and cyber security in Europe and will establish itself as a national resource and contact point for the nation’s international partners. IMT is actively embedded in the global research community and has English as its working language. NISlab operates Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. programmes dedicated solely to information security, and is also charged with leading the national research school in information security, COINS.

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