PhD studentship in "Foundations for Heterogeneous Computation", Birmingham, U.K.

The School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham is seeking to award a Microsoft PhD Scholarship on the topic "Structural Foundations for Heterogeneous Computation", starting on 1st October 2011.

Applicants require a first-class Honours degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or Computer Engineering, experience in programming and aptitude for mathematical subjects. A Masters degree is highly desirable. The Scholar will work under the supervision of Dr. Dan R. Ghica from University of Birmingham, a leading centre for research in programming language theory. On behalf of Microsoft Research, the Scholar will be also supervised by Prof. Satnam Singh.

Date of expiry: Friday, 15 April 2011. For more information, see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACG693/ or contact Dr. Dan R. Ghica at d.r.ghica@cs.bham.ac.uk.