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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) PhD Studentship Program 2019

Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) PhD Studentship Program 2019

Opportunity DeskAugust 15, 20183 Mins Read
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Deadline: September 1, 2018

Applications for the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) PhD Studentship Program 2019 are now open. The Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Computer Science for Africa (HPI in CS4A), affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cape Town, is offering PhD studentships in the field of Computer Science to students from the African continent.

More specifically, they seek high quality applications centered on ideas that revolve around proposing solutions to problems of computing that emerge in the African context. Areas of research of potential supervisors include (with subfield listed in brackets):

  • Computer Graphics (Augmented and Virtual Reality, Procedural Modelling)
  • Digital Libraries (Cultural Heritage Preservation, Architectures and Interoperability)
  • Distributed Systems (Distributed Data Management, Role Based Authorization, Cloud Computing Scheduling, Data Flow Programming)
  • Educational Technology (Computer Science Education, Gamification, Teacher-focused Interventions)
  • Human Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) (Community-based Content Creation, Participatory Co-Design for/with Mothers and Communities, Participatory Video for Maternal Health Education)
  • Information Retrieval (IR for development, African/marginalized language IR)
  • Knowledge Engineering (ontologies, knowledge representation and reasoning, natural language generation, intelligent conceptual modelling)
  • Networks (Wireless Community Networks, Network Measurements, Dynamic Spectrum Access/TVWS, Network measurements and performance engineering, Software Defined Networks, Research and Education Networks, Cloudlets / Edge Computing)
  • Parallel/High Performance Computing (GPGPU, Multithreading)
  • Visualization (Scientific visualisation, Tangible interfaces, Design)

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold a Masters Degree in Computer Science, supported by a good dissertation;
  • Be proficient in English as attested by a recent score (obtained within 3 – 5 years before application for admission) of at least 570 (paper-based test) or 230 (computer-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or a recent overall band score of 7.0 (with no individual element of the test scoring below 6.0) on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). If your medium of education was in English then you are exempt from this requirement.

Application

To apply, please submit the following:

  • A curriculum vitae ( 2-3 pages)
  • Academic Transcripts
  • TOEFL/IELTS Results
  • A brief research proposal (2-3 pages) with a potential supervisor at UCT identified

Your proposal must outline your research question(s) and proposed methodology for conducting the research. They will only consider proposals that fall within the core areas of research listed. Please submit a single PDF file, comprising all the application materials here.

Under the title field you should submit a provisional title for your research and under keywords list the areas of specialization. It is advisable to contact potential supervisors by e-mail beforehand to determine if your areas of research interest align with theirs. However, please do not indiscriminately contact all staff in the Computer Science Department at UCT. If you have more than one area of interest indicate this at the end of your research proposal.

For more information, visit HPI PhD Studentship Program.

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