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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">PhD Studentships – Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS), Plymouth University, UK</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Following on the exceptional performance of Plymouth University in the UK Research Excellence Framework 2014, the university is now advertising the availability of 50 PhD
studentships for study commencing in 2015/16.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Of these studentships, at least two will be allocated to research projects and supervisors of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS), within the Faculty of Science
and Engineering. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
<u>first studentship</u> can cover any topic within the CRNS research areas:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Cognitive and Humanoid Robotics</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Computational Neuroscience</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Artificial Intelligence </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
<u>second studentship</u> will focus on Autonomous Systems, possibly with relevance to unmanned marine systems, and will be in collaboration with the School of Marine Science and Engineering:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">For more details on the CRNS research projects, interests and supervisors, see:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/research/crns/Pages/default.aspx">https://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/research/crns/Pages/default.aspx</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">For general information on the studentships and application procedure, see:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/the-graduate-school/fully-funded-phd-studentships"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/the-graduate-school/fully-funded-phd-studentships</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We recommend that in the application form and cover letter you specify a research topic and preferred supervisor. You are also encouraged to contact the individual supervisors before applying, for informal discussion.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The application deadline is 15 September 2015</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Roman Borisyuk, DSc, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Computational Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">School of Computing and Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of Plymouth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A224, Portland Sq<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Plymouth, PL4 8AA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phone: +44 (0) 1752 584949<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E-mail: <a href="mailto:RBorisyuk@plymouth.ac.uk">
<span style="color:blue">RBorisyuk@plymouth.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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