[Please forward to anyone interested. Apologies for multiple mailing.] ========================================================================= The University of Birmingham School of Computer Science Research studentships in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ========================================================================= The School of Computer Science has research strengths in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, and Software Engineering. The Theory of Computation group concentrates on the development of logics and semantics for programming languages. The overall aim is to provide intuitive conceptual tools for the everyday practice of programming. Within this framework, the activities range from abstract mathematics to issues of implementation and software development. For an overview of past research activities of the group, including funded research projects and publications, see the URL: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/research.html Current academic and research members of the Theory group are: Dr Martin Escardo Dr Carsten Fuhrman Dr Mateja Jamnik Professor Achim Jung Dr Manfred Kerber Dr Marta Kwiatkowska Dr Gethin Norman Professor Uday Reddy Dr Eike Ritter Dr Mark Ryan Dr Jeremy Sproston Dr Hayo Thielecke There are also 11 PhD students associated with the group, of the total of 40 in the School. Possible topics for research include, but are not restricted to: Verification and model checking Feature interactions in reactive systems Abstraction and decomposition in model checking Verification of probabilistic systems (theory and implementation) Verification of real-time systems (theory and implementation) Probabilistic and stochastic calculi Semantics for concurrency Temporal and modal logics Domain theory Topological methods in computer science Exact real number computation Constructive mathematics Extensions to the relational database model (theory and implementation) Parametricity and foundations of data abstraction Semantics and formal methods for OO programming Continuations and control Semantics and reasoning for computational effects Categorical models of programming languages Linear logic, type theory and corresponding categorical semantics Linear abstract machines Agent-based mathematical reasoning Machine-assisted reasoning Diagrammatic reasoning Theorem proving and proof planning Applicants must have or be about to gain at least an upper second class honours degree or an overseas equivalent in Computer Science or a related subject. Successful applicants will be offerred an opportunity to join The Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science, a recent initiative between the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham and Warwick aiming to provide broader educational experience for doctoral students. For more information see URL: http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/MGS/ The School has a number of studentships and teaching assistantships. The teaching assistantships are available to UK and EU applicants while a range of studentships are available to all applicants. Details are given in: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~pjh/prospectus/funding/research.html The School's research student prospectus and application form are available from: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/studentinfo/form_mailer.html Informal enquiries can be directed to any member of the group (see URL http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/system/auto-gen/staff.html http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk for contact information), or *in the first instance* to Marta Kwiatkowska Email M.Z.Kwiatkowska@cs.bham.ac.uk Tel +44 121 414 7264 FAX +44 121 414 4281 =========================================================================