[ecoop-info] PhD positions within Pervasive and Grid Computing

[Jakob E. Bardram]

The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applicants for 4 PhD 
scholarships starting spring 2007 within the research areas of desktop 
Grid Computing and Pervasive Computing.

               http://www1.itu.dk/sw56464.asp


COLLABORATIVE MINI-GRID COMPUTING
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Two scholarships within the Mini-Grid project ref. no. 225-0024:
The scholarships are within the area of software architectures, 
ubiquitous computing systems, interaction design and collaborative 
computing. The goal of this project is to design a collaborative, 
peer-to-peer software architecture for distributed bioinformatics 
algorithms, which can be used to support biologists working with 
laboratory-based and theoretical molecular biological research into 
RNA-based diseases like HIV, SARS and bird flu.

The PhD project “Peer-to-Peer Architectures for distributed 
bioinformatics algorithms” specifically aim to create a software 
architecture which enables a P2P distribution of computational tasks on 
unstable, end-user computers while exploiting more robust servers, if 
available. Specifically, research will be done within adaptable software 
architecture and contingency management.

The PhD project “Collaborative user-interface technologies for biology 
work” will focus on the design and implementation of user interface 
technologies for ad hoc, peer-to-peer collaboration which enables users 
to engage in loosely coupled groups of collaborators who can share 
(biological) data and distribute computation amongst them. This 
technology will address the design of user interface technology for peer 
discovery, data sharing, computational sharing, activity awareness, 
workflow management, and physical-digital linkage between biological 
material and digital representations and computation.


ACTIVITY-BASED COMPUTING
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Two Scholarships within the Activity-based computing (ABC) project ref. 
no. 225-0021:
The scholarships are within the area of software architectures, 
ubiquitous computing systems, interaction design and collaborative 
computing.

The PhD project “Activity-based computing for the World-Wide Web” will 
research on how the current activity-based computing service 
architecture can be integrated and enhance the World Wide Web (WWW) 
architecture and how activity-based computing user-interfaces can be 
created using new web technologies. Special focus is on the integration 
and interoperability on the desktop using WWW standards like ATOM and Ajax.

The PhD project “Collaborative user-interface technologies for 
activity-based computing” will research the design, implementation, and 
evaluation of collaborative activity-based computing user-interfaces for 
e.g. medical conferences and co-located collaboration in operating 
rooms. Focus is especially on the design of user-interface technologies 
for new types of hardware technologies like embedded, interactive 
displays, sensor systems, fine-grained location tracking, RFID tagging, 
image recognition, and large wall-based and table-based interactive 
surfaces.

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The successful applicant will be an excellent student capable of 
conducting research under supervision at the highest international 
level. Applicants are expected to have a solid background in a relevant 
field such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or within 
Information and Media Sciences. In the evaluation of the applications 
emphasis will especially be put on grade average and demonstrated skills 
in the design, implementation, and evaluation of non-trivial software 
systems within the two areas above. Some knowledge within bioinformatics 
is useful for the Collaborative Mini-Grid project, but not a requirement.

For more information on the positions, please contact Jakob E. Bardram, 
bardram at itu.dk


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Jakob E. Bardram, Professor, PhD
IT University of Copenhagen - http://www.itu.dk

address: Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 København S, Denmark
office : 4D.24
phone  : +45 7218 5311         fax   : + 45 7218 5001
mobile : +45 2555 0446         e-mail: bardram at itu.dk
www    : http://www.itu.dk/~bardram
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