Sujet de these: PhD Studentships at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:08:51 +0100
From: Enrico Motta <enrico.motta at open.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <53DFA203.9080607 at open.ac.uk>
X-url: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/

PhD Studentships at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University
Deadline for applications: 29 August 2014

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The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) is home to internationally
recognised researchers in semantic technologies, educational multimedia,
collaboration technologies, artificial intelligence, cognitive science,
and human-computer interaction. KMi offers students an intellectually
challenging environment with exceptional research and computer
facilities.


We are currently offering fully-funded studentships
(http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/) commencing in Autumn
2014.  Applications are invited from UK, EU, and international students
for full-time, 3-year study on the following PhD projects:

* Influencing Energy Consumption Behaviour
  (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/iecb/)

  - An Integrated Human and Machine Annotation Platform for Business
    Intelligence (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/ihmapbi/)

  - Detecting Emerging Trends in Research
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/detr/)

  - Exploring and Making Sense of Research Data
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/emsrd/)

  - Human Centred Computing for Civic Engagement: Structuring Online
    Dialogues for Large-scale
    Deliberation. (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/hccce/)

  - Visual Food Log Analysis
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/vfla/)

  - Automated Linking between Media
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/alm/)

  - Learning from Watching TV
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/lwtv/)

  - The Semantically Quantified Self
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/sqs/)

  - Mining Services on the Web
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/msw/)

  - Web of Things (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/wot/)

  - Empowering Self-Regulated Learning
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/esrl/)

  - Knowledge Media with Augmented Reality and Wearables
    (http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/vacancies/kmarw/)

KMi sees PhD students as critical to its mission, and awards
Studentships (£13,726/year tax free for 20014/15), with no additional
fees, compulsory examinations or teaching required.
Participation is required in PhD training events and thesis milestones
are expected to be met, as specified in the KMi Research Degrees policy
(http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/policy/). Additional training
courses to develop your generic research skills are run across the OU,
attendance at which is agreed with your supervisor.


How to Apply
It is strongly recommended that applicants contact the named contact
point for the project of interest to get more information about the
project in question. It is also important to read the online prospectus
(http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/) before downloading and
completing the 10-page MPhil/PhD application form
(http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/contentlibrary/research/application_forms/application_form_phd_mphil.aspx).

Applications should be sent by email to research-degrees-kmi at open.ac.uk
(please cc kmi-recruitment at open.ac.uk when submitting applications) and
should include a covering letter, a research proposal
(http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/proposal/) (a maximum of 2,000
words), and a full CV, giving contact details for two academic referees.

All applicants must have a first or upper second class degree from a UK
university or the overseas equivalent and ideally a relevant Masters
degree. Unless from a majority English-speaking country, non-EEA
applicants will require an IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6 in
each element of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing.  IELTS
Certificates are valid for a period of 2-years.

Deadline for applications: 29 August 2014


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