The phd program in Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (see https://adsai.units.it ) at the University of Trieste, Italy, is offering 14 funded positions (con borsa) + 2 unfunded positions (senza borsa).
The call for application is out, with deadline
June 27, 2022, 13.00 Italian timezone
Link to the call and instructions on how to apply can be found in our website, following links from this page: https://adsai.units.it/how-to-apply/
Trieste is a lively and beautiful city on the sea in the north of Italy,
Trieste is an international city on the Mediterranean sea, suspended between a glorious past of "Little Vienna by the Sea" and the cosmopolitan present. It is a Central European city, where you can breathe a multicultural atmosphere, visit historical cafés, art museums, and appreciate heterogeneous architecture and stunning sea. At the back of Trieste, the Karst plateau rises with a natural landscape of great beauty, scattered with typical villages and natural caves.
It ranks among the top Italian cities in terms of quality of life.
Trieste is also one of the cheapest cities in Italy in terms of living costs and rents.
The city of Trieste, European city of Science in 2020, is internationally known for its high concentration of researchers and scientific institutions of excellence.
The phd program in applied data science and artificial intelligence is an international doctorate course, taught in English, and it is offered by the University of Trieste, with the collaboration of researchers from other research institutions within the broader the Trieste area, among which SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), INAF (Astrophysics observatory), OGS (Oceanography and Geophysics institute), and Area Science Park (technological park and tech transfer).
Each position lasts 3 years, with a funded scholarship of a minimum of 1.2k euros per month, and with 1.6k euros/ year of travelling funds. Students can spend up to 18 months abroad, generally the first 12 months are covered by a 50% increase in the scholarship (scholarship which have a fixed topic can have different rules for such salary increase).
Some positions are with open topic, some are project-based, and are funded by research institutions or companies.
Details are as follows:
* 6 scholarships with free topic (please check https://adsai.units.it for research profiles of faculty members)
* Automated floor planning and routing algorithms for layout of AMS circuits (funded by INFINEON at ~1.75k / month)
* Ocean life and plancton biodiversity. Data driven models to describe marine ecosystem functioning and resilience (funded by OGS)
* Expert systems for decision making support into failure management (funded by ASAC srl)
* Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: statistical methods supporting an ethical approach to Artificial Intelligence in field of insurance and asset management (funded by GENERALI ASSICURAZIONI SPA at ~1.6k /month)
* Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for the automated classification of the sea-bed (funded by UNITS and OGS)
* Development of AI algorithms for FAIR-by-design approach in scientific data management (funded by AREA SCIENCE PARK)
* Development of AI algorithms for Quantum Biology (funded by AREA SCIENCE PARK)
For further info, please contact us at dottorato.adsai@units.it
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