[Please accept our apologies if you receive this more than once] B R I C S International PhD School in Computer Science University of Aarhus Denmark Call for Admission and Grant Applications This is a call for admission and grant applications from students to BRICS International PhD School in Computer Science at University of Aarhus, Denmark. The call is aimed at students starting August 1998, with application deadline January 1st, 1998. BRICS International PhD School is an integrated part of the BRICS (Basic Research in Computer Science) Research Centre, and both are funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The school admits 10-15 students (Danish and foreign) annually, and it provides a substantial number of student grants. The core areas of the PhD School are: Semantics of Computation; Logic in Computer Science; Computational Complexity; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Programming Languages; Distributed Computing; Verification; and Data Security and Cryptology. The PhD school will provide its students with a solid background in the theoretical foundation centred around BRICS activities. From this foundation, the students may either continue in one of the core areas or venture into areas of a more applied or experimental nature as possible areas of thesis specialisation. The PhD School wishes to recruit PhD students of the highest international standards. It provides an excellent research environment and scientific training facilities, and aims at making its PhD graduates attractive for a wide spectrum of employers - in private and public research and development institutions, both in Denmark and abroad. So, if you are a student with at least four years of full-time study by the summer of 1998, highly motivated and well prepared for a PhD study in computer science within a truly international environment, please send us an application following the instructions below. For more details, please visit http://www.brics.dk, or contact us by e-mail at phdschool@brics.dk. Also, we would appreciate your passing on this information to interested students and colleagues at your university or research institute. BRICS The Research Centre BRICS (Basic Research In Computer Science) was founded in 1994 by the Danish National Research Foundation at the Universities of Aarhus and Aalborg. BRICS is a centre of basic research in Algorithmics, Logic and Semantics, and has a scientific staff of 30 (permanent and long term visitors), and around 100 short term visitors annually. Admission Prerequisites and Study Structure Admission is based on knowledge corresponding to four years of full-time studies, including basic courses in programming and programming languages, computer systems, algorithms and data structures, computability and mathematics (this list will be interpreted in a flexible way) The time allocated for the PhD studies is a further four years, where the first two years include some mandatory course work and introductory research, concluded by a qualifying examination, whereas the last two years are dedicated to the writing of the thesis, finishing with a defence. All students admitted to the school will enter this study structure. We may, however, take into account merits from previous study. Students are normally admitted for the semester start September 1st, - however, we advocate arrival to Aarhus from August 1st so that there will be ample time for the students to settle in and get used to the city and the university environment - but admission may take place throughout the year. PhD Student Grants The school offers student grants of different types: 1. tuition waiver and full studentship 2. tuition waiver and partial studentship 3. tuition waiver Only a limited amount of type 1. grants are available. How to apply 1. Fill in the application form on http://www.brics.dk/PhDSchool/Application.html Alternatively, send an e-mail to phdschool@brics.dk with subject "PhD Application" including: - your full name, personal address and phone number, college / university, URL of home page (if applicable), and e-mail address, - in case you apply for grants from the PhD School, the type of your application (see above - for details see http://www.brics.dk). 2. Send by ordinary mail to the address below - a covering letter, including the information from your application form/e-mail, - a short curriculum vitae, - complete official transcripts from colleges or universities, documenting minimally four years of full time study, - names of three people whom we may ask for letters of recommendation, - an indication of your motivation for a PhD study, and particular research area of initial interest (max two pages). Applications for admission August 1st, 1998 should be sent as soon as possible and before January 1st, 1998. Decisions will be announced in March, 1998. Postal Address BRICS International PhD School Department of Computer Science University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Bldg. 540 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3264 Fax: +45 8942 3255