PhD position in computational biology at KHT, Sweden

Highlights:

1. KTH The School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) seeks a PhD student in computational biology
2. KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. There are circa 13,300 full-year undergraduate students, 1,500 postgraduate students and 3,900 employees.
3. CSC is one of Sweden’s most advanced and successful research and education institutions in Information Technology at KTH and Stockholm University. The activities of the school focus on higher education and research within the traditional core areas of numerical analysis and computer science; from theory building and analysis of mathematical models to algorithm construction, implementation and simulation. Other core areas of growing importance are technology and methods for the support of human communication and computer mediated cooperation over distances in time and space. The applied research includes scientific computing, computer science, computer vision, robotics, neuroinformatics and neural networks, human-computer interaction, media technology and graphic arts, and communication through speech, language and music.

1. For more information see: www.kth.se/csc go to"CSC International Website".
2. The Division of Computational Biology is pursuing research in computational neuroscience, biophysics, systems biology, and bioinformatics. The research goal is to use mathematical and computational methods to derive a better understanding of biological systems.
3. The present PhD position concerns studies to develop new methods for analysis in evolution and genomics. This entails development of new models and algorithms as well as their application to data in cooperation with other scientists.
4. This is a four-year, time-limited position and normally includes 20% departmental duties, usually teaching. Research students must be registered at KTH. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
5. Qualifications: A suitable background for this position would be a Master of Science in Computer Science or the equivalent. In addition to the traditional academic merits a degree project within bioinformatics and language skills are regarded as advantageous qualifications.
6. Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possessing good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.
7. To address its varied work, KTH aims to employ a diversity of talent and thus welcomes applicants who will add to the variety of the University, especially as concerns its gender structure.
8. Employment: Form of employment: Time-limited, Start date: According to agreement
9. The salary follows the directions provided by KTH.
10. Application deadline: May 10, 2010, Employer's reference number: D-2010-0136
11. Applications via email to: susanneb@csc.kth.se. Write reference number in the email subject. (CV, etc should be sent as an attachment preferably pdf-files.)
12. Alternatively applications by ordinary post to be sent to:
13. KTH, CSC att. Susanne Bergman
    Lindstedtsvägen 3, plan 4
    SE-100 44 Stockholm
    Sweden
14. Application shall include the following documents:
1. Curriculum vitae
2. Transcripts from university/university college
3. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student
15. Contact(s)
16. Queries concerning PhD studies at KTH can be directed to:
    Eva-Lena Åkerman, HR Manager
    Phone: +46 8 790 91 06

ela@csc.kth.se

Queries concerning the project content can be directed to:
Lars Arvestad, lecturer
Phone: +46 8 5537 8565

arve@csc.kth.se

Union representative

Rikard Lingström, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 82 92

rlm@kth.se

http://www.kth.se