Scholarships for MSc in Natural Computation at Birmingham, UK

[John Bullinaria]

         Studentships/Scholarships for MSc in Natural Computation
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                         School of Computer Science
                        The University of Birmingham
                               Birmingham, UK
                  (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/NC/)

Applications are invited for an advanced 12 month MSc programme in 
Natural
Computation starting in September 2005.  Natural Computation systems,
such as artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms, use ideas and
inspirations from biological, ecological, social and physical systems.
The programme comprise of six taught modules in Neural Computation,
Evolutionary Computation, Molecular and Quantum Computation, Nature
Inspired Optimisation, Nature Inspired Learning, and Nature Inspired
Design (10 credits each); two mini research projects (30 credits each);
and one full scale research project (60 credits).

The programme is supported by the EPSRC through its Master's Level
Training Packages and by a number of leading companies. Our industrial
advisory board includes representatives from BT Exact, Honda, Unilever,
QinetiQ, Rolls Royce, HP Labs, e-9 Ltd and SPSS.

The School of Computer Science is a research intensive school
and was rated 5 for its research excellence in the latest (2001)
research assessment exercise. The School has a world-leading
group in natural computation and computational intelligence
(http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/NC/), including more than
40 researchers (including teaching and research staff and PhD
students), working on a wide range of topics in natural computation and
computational intelligence.  We have a Centre of Excellence for Research
in Computational Intelligence and Applications (CERCIA), specialising
in applied research and knowledge transfer (www.cercia.ac.uk).

The programme is open to candidates with a very good honours degree or
equivalent qualifications in Computer Science/Engineering or closely
related areas.

Several fully funded EPSRC studentships (covering fees and maintenance
costs) are available. These are awarded on a competitive basis according
to applicants' academic achievements.  Additional financial support from
our industrial partners may be available during the summer project 
period.

Further details about this programme and funding opportunities, plus an
on-line application form, are available from our Web-site at:

    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/msc-nc/

The Programme Director is Dr Alastair Channon 
(a.d.channon at cs.bham.ac.uk).