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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We invite applications for fully-funded
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PhD studentships in Game AI and related areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There are two types available:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* IGGI Centre for Doctoral Training:
<a href="http://iggi.org.uk">http://iggi.org.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (see Queen Mary University of London supervisors here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/iggi2018-cfc/">http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/iggi2018-cfc/</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">These are 4-year studentships, with significant taught<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">components and industry placements, but restricted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">to UK/EU students apart from exceptional cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There are 12 studentships available across the 4 IGGI sites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(York, Essex, Goldsmiths and QMUL)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">funded studentships: these are 3-year studentships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">open to candidates from any country (we have several<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">of these available)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd-studentships2018/">http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd-studentships2018/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Games provide a perfect test bed and application area<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">for AI. Recent advances in AI have been amazing, and will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">take many aspects of games to exciting new levels in the coming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">years. We look forward to receiving applications from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">talented and enthusiastic candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see above links for details of how to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline in each case is 31 Jan 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor Simon Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Head of School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Electronic Engineering and Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Queen Mary University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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