|  |  |  | | | | | The Scholarship | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A PhD candidate is sought for the project Shade trees in cacao agroforestry systems: influence on roots and net primary production with the Department of Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Germany. The project The presence of shade trees in agroforests is often assumed to negatively affect growth and yield of cacao plants through competitive water use. In contrast, results from a previous collaborating project suggest no such negative effects due to clear differences in vertical partitioning of soil water uptake among cacao and shade trees. Our earlier project indeed showed different vertical rooting patterns and a different soil drought response of shade and cacao trees. However, there are still few information about systematic differences in fine root biomass, vertical rooting pattern, and below-ground productivity of cacao and shade tree species under different soil moisture regimes.
The proposed project intends to test the hypotheses that (1) the vertical segregation of the root systems of cacao and shade trees is more pronounced under low than under ample water supply, (2) both Gliricidia and native shade trees have deep root systems contributing to complementary soil water uptake, and (3) below-ground carbon partitioning into fine root biomass and turnover is higher in cacao agroforests at drier sites. The project shall compare cacao
agroforests with no shade tress, Gliricidia shade trees, and native shade trees under contrasting rainfall. We will investigate standing fine root biomass, vertical root distribution and the occurrence of ‘deep roots’, and above- and below-ground productivity. The application of stable isotope (deuterium) techniques will help to clarify the importance of single ‘deep roots’ for the trees’ water uptake. We will particularly cooperate with a project addressing ecohydrology of these stands. The contract The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and currently financing has been approved for first 18 months, and may be extended to a total of 36 months. Gross salary is 65% of TVL 13.
The anticipated start date is 15 November 2010. The applicant The applicant should have a M.Sc. degree in biology, forestry, ecology, geography or related disciplines. Good English writing skills and an independent scientific work style are mandatory.
Team players with some living experience in South East Asia are most welcome. Please send your application before 15 September 2010 to
Dr. D. Hertel, Department of Plant Ecology, (dhertel@gwdg.de). The University of Göttingen seeks to increase the participation of women in areas in which they are currently underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages applications from female candidates.
Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favored. Application Deadline : 15 September 2010 Web Link http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/sh/71395.html | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Answer set programming (ASP) is a form of non-monotonic reasoning which is based on the stable-model semantics. Intuitively, an answer set program can be seen as a collection of rules on which non-deterministic forward chaining is applied. Among others, ASP has proven successful as an elegant and convenient vehicle for commonsense reasoning in discrete domains, and to encode combinatorial optimization problems in a purely declarative way. Extensions of ASP have been proposed with the aim of increasing the expressivity and application potential of traditional ASP.
Possibilistic answer set programming (PASP), for instance, unites ASP and possibilistic logic to support declarative programming under uncertainty. In fuzzy answer set programming (FASP), a generalization of ASP based on fuzzy logic, literals are associated with truth degrees from the unit interval [0,1] to reflect the intensity of properties, thereby allowing to encode continuous optimization problems. Most existing work assumes that rules and facts are given by an expert; in other words, they assume the intervention of a user who explicitly defines the rules of the program. In many potential applications, however, these rules can only be generated (automatically) from imperfect data. This is for example the case when extracting rules from natural language (e.g. interactions between proteins from biomedical literature), or when translating metadata from objects and users from the web 2.0. Tasks
The successful applicants will perform research to adapt the semantics of ASP and its extensions to satisfy the needs that have arisen in the application domains mentioned above. This includes theory development as a basis for efficient algorithms for reasoning with variants of the FASP and PASP semantics. Context
One PhD project is part of the Multidisciplinary Research Partnership “Nucleotides to Networks” at Ghent University. The emphasis of this project will be on logic based modelling of biological networks. The successful applicant will carry out his/her research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (Ghent University) and the Department of Plant Systems Biology (Ghent University). The other PhD project is part of the FWO funded project “Fuzzy Answer Set Programming 2.0″. The emphasis of this project will be the development of a theoretically justified alternative for (generalizations) of ad hoc Web 2.0 techniques. The successful applicant will carry out his/her research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (Ghent University) and the Department of Computer Science (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). When Both positions are available from October 2010. Profile The positions are open to highly motivated candidates interested to do research in an academic environment for a 4 years period in view of a PhD degree. Successful candidates are responsible, communicative and flexible persons, who are able to plan and carry out tasks in an independent way. Their English is fluent, both speaking and writing.
Eligible candidates must have a master degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, logic, computer science or computer engineering, or a related field. Apply Please send your application letter together with your CV to Martine.DeCock@UGent.be
Screening of credentials will begin Sep 15, 2010 and continue until the positions are filled. Application Deadline : 15 September 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Post-doctoral Fellowships
Asian Institute of Technology, School of Management, Thailand
Due date for applications: 31 January 2010 The School of Management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, invites applications for resident fellowships in the areas of Socially and Environmentally Responsive Management and Innovation and Entrepreneurship for 2010.
A minimum requirement for the position is a PhD degree from a well-reputed university. The fellowship competition is open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice to facilitate the design, mplementation, and evaluation of effective interventions that promote sustainable development. The initial appointment will be for a period of one year. The compensation and benefits will depend on qualifications and experience.
Applicants should describe how their work would contribute to one of the following themes:
- "Corporate Social Responsibility" which also link to the main research themes of the AIT on "Climate change" and "Poverty alleviation,"
- "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" which covers a wide area from R&D management in innovation and development, organizational processes, project management, and the role of entrepreneurship in the innovation creation process. The qualified post-doctoral fellows will be responsible for:
• The development of cross functional teaching modules in sustainability and CSR; innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Teaching support and co-teaching with the School faculty.
• Preparation of Business Cases for teaching.
• Communication with businesses to develop research projects in the research fields.
• Communication with donors to develop research projects in the research fields.
• Coordinate and support the AIT Yunus Center's activities Interested candidates should send curriculum vitae including the names and addresses of three referees and a write-up on how their work contributes to the research themes in the near future. Please submit applications through e-mail, fax or air-mail to: The Dean, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand, Fax:
(66-2) 524-5667, E-mail: Dean_som@ait.ac.th For further information about AIT and the School, visit http://www.ait.ac.th
and http://www.som.ait.ac.th Application Deadline : 31 January 2011 Web Link http://www.som.ait.ac.th
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Function description - You are conducting research on cognitive networking solutions in the framework of European-level and national research projects.
- You are analyzing the current wireless network technologies thoroughly and you are developing new network algorithms and concepts, e.g. intelligent cross-network negotiation strategies, distributed optimization algorithms based on gaming theory or machine learning, distributed network monitoring, wireless network management, auto-configuration techniques for wireless networks…
- You are building up hands-on experience by implementing these network concepts and by evaluating through experimental validation on a large-scale wireless testbed or through detailed simulations.
- Depending on your own interests and motivation, this research can lead to a PhD
Profile • You have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Informatics or Electronics. You are acquainted with the low programming languages (C, C++, NesC). Experience and a strong interest in existing or new wireless network technologies are a plus.
• You are interested to do research in an academic environment for a 4 years period in view of a PhD degree.
• You are able to plan and carry out your tasks in an independent way.
• You have strong analytical skills to interpret the obtained research results.
• You are a responsible, communicative and flexible person.
• You are a team player.
• You respect the predetermined milestones in research projects.
• Your English is fluent, both speaking and writing. Apply Interested ? Please send your application letter together with your C.V. to Martine.Buysse@intec.UGent.be Application Deadline : 31 December 2010 Web Link http://www.ibcn.intec.ugent.be/PhD%20Researcher%20Cognitive%20Networking.pdf | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
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