[alife] Fully Funded EPSRC Studentships/Scholarships for MSc in Natural Computation

[Alastair Channon]

Fully Funded EPSRC Studentships/Scholarships for MSc in Natural Computation
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                        School of Computer Science
                       The University of Birmingham
                              Birmingham, UK
        http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/msc-nc/

Applicants are invited for an advanced 12 month MSc programme in Natural
Computation (i.e. computational systems that use ideas and inspirations
from biological, ecological, social and physical systems).  This will
comprise of six taught modules in Neural Computation, Evolutionary
Computation, Molecular and Quantum Computation, Nature Inspired
Optimisation, Nature Inspired Learning, and Nature Inspired Design (10
credits each); two mini research projects (30 credits each); and one full
scale research project (60 credits).

The programme is supported by the EPSRC through its Master's Level
Training Packages and by a number of leading companies. Our industrial
advisory board includes representatives from BT Exact, Honda, Thales,
Unilever, QinetiQ, Rolls Royce, HP Labs, Severn Trent, e-9 Ltd,
STMicroelectronics and SPSS.

The School of Computer Science is a research intensive school
and was rated 5 for its research excellence in the
latest (2001) research assessment exercise. The School has a world-leading
group in natural computation and computational intelligence
(http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/NC/), including more than 40 researchers
(including teaching and research staff and PhD students), working on a wide
range of topics in natural computation and computational intelligence.
We have a Centre of Excellence for Research in Computational Intelligence and
Applications (CERCIA), specialising in applied research and knowledge
transfer (www.cercia.ac.uk).

The programme is open to candidates with a very good honours degree or
equivalent qualifications in Computer Science/Engineering or closely
related areas.

Several fully funded EPSRC studentships (covering fees and maintenance
costs) are available. Additional financial support from our industrial
partners may be available during the summer project period.

Further details about this programme and funding opportunities are
available from our Web-site at:

   http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/msc-nc/

The Programme Director is Dr Alastair Channon (A.D.Channon at cs.bham.ac.uk).

Applications will be considered until places are filled.