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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Apologies in advance for any cross-posting which may inevitably occur.</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Maynooth University's Naturally Inspired Computation Research Group has</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>one
4-year PhD scholarship position</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">available for a suitably qualified candidate to commence from February 2021 (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Deadline: 18th
October, 2020</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">). The Scholarship includes full annual fees support (EU and overseas students are welcome to apply) and monthly tax-free stipend.</span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>The research focus of this PhD scholarship is related to Evolving Deep Learning Networks for selected real-world problems</u>. </span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Informal inquiries can be made to: Dr. Edgar Galvan (edgar.galvan@mu.ie) and Dr. Peter Mooney (peter.mooney@mu.ie)</span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Full details and information about the application procedure are available in [1].</span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We would be very grateful if you could forward this to any potential candidates and/or advertise the position within your own professional networks.</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">With every best wishes,</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Edgar and Peter</span><span style="margin: 0px"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">[1] </span><a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/computer-science/news/doctoral-scholarship-computer-science-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Doctoral
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