PhD degrees in the Division of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh In 1998, the University of Edinburgh established a Division of Informatics, to study the structure, behaviour and interactions of both natural and artificial computational systems. The Division reflects the University's vision of Informatics as a fundamental area of study, critical for the future developments in science, engineering, and society. The Division was formed from the former Departments of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Computer Science. The Division has positions for new research degree students pursing either an MSc(Research) (one year), an MPhil (two years) or a PhD (three years) through investigation of open problems in Informatics. The Division now contains over 75 academic staff and about 100 research students, grouped primarily into these research institutes: Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute Institute of Computing System Architecture Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour Institute for Representation and Reasoning Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science which reflect the main research themes in the Division: adaptive computing artificial intelligence automated and mathematical reasoning category and type theory cognitive science computational complexity computational learning theory computational linguistics and natural language processing computational musicology computer and network architectures computer communications and networks computer graphics and virtual reality computer science computer vision database systems design and analysis of dependable systems diagramatic understanding distributed systems formal program specification human-computer interaction intelligent tutoring systems knowledge representation and reasoning knowledge-based systems medical informatics mobile and assembly robotics neural modelling neural networks parallel, distributed and concurrent systems planning and activity management programming languages qualitative and fuzzy reasoning software engineering speech understanding and generation system level design and integration The UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has awarded the Division a number of full studentships that can be used by UK and EC students. Overseas students may be eligible for ORS awards, that pay approximately half of the total costs. In general, students should have a good BS/BSc degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate topic, plus other skills appropriate to the particular research area. More information can be found on the Division's PhD WWW page at: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/www/public/Courses/ For application forms and further information, write to: PhD Admissions Secretary Division of Informatics University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building King's Buildings Mayfield Road Edinburgh EH9 3JZ Email: phd-admissions@inf.ed.ac.uk Fax: +44 131 667 7209 Telephone: +44 131 650 5156 **************** ALSO: MSc Positions Available **************** We also have three thriving taught MSc courses. For more information, see: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/www/public/Courses/