The University of Edinburgh Coca-Cola Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh and Coca-Cola will offer a number of scholarships for undergraduate study in any subject offered by the university. The scholarship will cover the full tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance of £5,000 and will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study.

The scholarships are competitive and will be awarded to citizens from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine who are accepted for admission on a full-time basis for an undergraduate course of study and whose personal circumstances would make accepting an offer from the University of Edinburgh difficult.

Applicants must be self-financing. The scholarship is not available to students already on course.

Applicants should have applied through UCAS, and should have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh by the scholarship closing date of 17 June 2010.

Application Procedure

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application. Alternatively applicants can request a paper application form from:

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL
E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 131 651 4070 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +44 131 651 4070 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Completed application forms must be returned to the Scholarships and Student Finance Office no later than 17 June 2010.

Selection Procedure

A University of Edinburgh Selection Committee will meet in July 2010 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarship will be announced in July 2010.

The scholarship may be terminated at any time when an unsatisfactory progress report is received from the School or if the scholarship holder ceases to be registered as a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh.

Ph.D. Positions at The Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Applications are invited for a funded Ph.D. position in the Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), Knowledge and Data Engineering Group (KDEG), School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. CHI has a history of world-class research in electronic healthcare records, and is now principally interested in clinical decision support, especially in general practice.

KDEG enjoys a world-class reputation in the areas of knowledge driven information systems and intelligent systems. The successful candidate will have an excellent academic record (first class primary degree or a postgraduate qualification, e.g. M.Sc.) in Computer Science, or related discipline. They will be highly motivated, with strong communication skills and a demonstrated proficiency in software development. All candidates must be fluent in English, and have good writing skills. In addition the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Probabilistic reasoning (Bayesian networks, causal probabilistic networks, etc.),
• Rule-based systems (e.g. Drools, Jess, etc.),
• Agent-based technologies,
• Web-services technologies,
• Excellent Java programming skills

Experience in any of the following would be beneficial:

• Clinical decision support systems
• Clinical knowledge representation, clinical coding
• Electronic health care records, OpenEHR
• Industrial/Academic Research

Amount Awarded

This full-time Ph.D. position is for three years duration, starting in September 2010 and is supported under the EU FP7 TRANSFORM project www.transformproject.eu. The successful candidate will have their academic fees paid in full, and will be awarded a tax-free annual stipend of 18,000 euro.

Application requirements

Applications that do not satisfy the requirements listed below will not be considered. Applications must include:

• A targeted cover letter (600-1000 words) expressing your suitability for the position
• A complete CV
• Full academic transcripts
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate if appropriate (Translated to English if necessary)
• English language certification if English is not your first language (Required: IELTS: 7.0+, TOEFL iBT: 100+, TOEFL pBT: 600+, CEF: C1+, or equivalent)

Closing date for applications is 11th June 2010.

Please send applications via email with Subject Line “CHI Research Ph.D. Position” to:
jean.maypother@cs.tcd.ie