Eight (8) PhD Positions for the New Media & Pervasive Systems PhD Programme, COPELABS, University Lusofona, Portugal (2015-2016)

The increasing Internet pervasiveness as communication and social media is changing the daily routines of today's Information Society. The impact of this active participation is the consequence of two fundamental principles of Informatics Sciences: i) a fast-paced evolution of Internet services and architectures; ii) a wider interaction and immersion of the Internet user, as integrating part of these services, and technologies. NEMPS has as main goal to train individuals within the context of Informatics Sciences and has a total minimum duration of 3 consecutive years, full time, and a maximum duration of 4 years. The programme comprises 2 main parts: Curricular Component: a total of 60 ECTS are split across two semesters (each holding 30 ECTS). Research Component: a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 3, this is the part dedicated to the thesis work, which will end with the presentation of the doctoral thesis.

Research Fields
Computer science - Informatics
Computer science - Informatics

Other costs
This is a PhD scholarship, 980 Euros per month (according to Portuguese law) adding also support for social security voluntary insurance, as well as support for insurance against accidents at work. The total fees for 2015/18 are € 5813. Fees are FREE for students entering in 2015/2016.

Further details:
http://ec.europa.eu