[ns] WSN research: open positions for PhD students at INESC-ID, Lisboa, Portugal

[Pedro Vale Estrela]

I'm forwarding this announcement open in my research institute

Pedro Estrela

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Dear all

INESC-ID (http://www.inesc-id.pt) is offering 2 (TWO) temporary 
scholarships (12 months  max) for PhD students who wish to join the 
institute's Wireless Sensor Networks research team. This scholarship is 
intended to support the student while he/she  is not eligible to apply 
to the CMU/IST ECE PhD program (http://www.ist.utl.pt/en/html/cmu-pt/) 
and to respective full program scholarship offered by the portuguese 
government agency FCT (http://www.fct.mctes.pt/bolsas/cmu/).
In case the candidate is not accepted into the CMU/IST program, he/she 
will have the possibility to apply to the regular ECE PhD program at 
IST (http://www.ist.utl.pt) and respective FCT scholarship.
The temporary scholarship of 12 months, which might be extended and/or 
complemented depending on the student's activities in funded INESC-ID 
research projects.

Candidates must be M.Sc. or graduated in a 5-year program (e.g., 
pre-Bologna European graduates). In order to apply to the temporary 
scholarship, candidates are required to send the following documents to 
Antonio Grilo (antonio.grilo at inesc.pt):
- CV (please indicate your experience with network modeling tools such 
as ns-2)
- M.Sc. thesis (or equivalent)
- Letter or motivation (please indicate the Wireless Sensor Network 
topics of interest)
- Letters of Recommendation (if any) with respective contacts

NOTE: As part of the selection process, candidates shall be asked to 
write a short review of one research paper (chosen by the juri) related 
with their preferred topics listed in the motivation letter.

For more information, please send email to Antonio Grilo 
(antonio.grilo at inesc.pt).

Kind regards,
Antonio Grilo
(Assistant Professor at IST)
(http://comp.ist.utl.pt/amg)