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[Amreesh Phokeer]

Interesting opportunity at the University of Cape Town

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From: Melissa Densmore <mdensmore at cs.uct.ac.za>
Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Subject: Call for PhD Applicants: HPI Research School at UCT
To: Staff <staff at cs.uct.ac.za>, <staff at ict4d.cs.uct.ac.za>


Call for Applicants

Hasso-Plattner Institute
Research School at UCT

The Hasso-Plattner Institute (HPI) Research School at University of Cape
Town, affiliated with the School of Information Technology at the
University of Cape Town, annually grants new PhD scholarships to qualifying
students from the African continent in the fields of Computer Science (CS)
and Information Systems (IS). We seek high quality applications centred on
ideas that revolve around proposing and evaluating solutions to problems of
computer science and information systems that emerge in the African
context.



Support is available for the research work of PhD candidates with the
supervisors of the research school:



·      Irwin Brown (IS) > ICT Innovations in Organisations and Society, and
IS Management

·       Josiah Chavula (CS) > Network Measurements, Performance Engineering
and Software Defined Networking

·       Melissa Densmore (CS) > Human-Computer Interaction

·       Brian DeRenzi (CS) > Human-Computer Interaction

·       James Gain (CS) > Collaborative Visual Computing

·       Maria Keet (CS) > Knowledge Engineering

·       Michelle Kuttel (CS) > High-Performance Computing and Visualisation

·       David Johnson (CS) > Wireless Community Networks, Dynamic Spectrum
Access

·       Tommie Meyer (CS) > Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

·       Deshen Moodley (CS) > Adaptive and Cognitive Systems

·       Ulrike Rivett (IS) > iCOMMS – Community Services

·       Lisa Seymour (IS) > Enterprise Systems, Business Process
Management, IS Education, ICT4D

·      Hussein Suleman (CS) > Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, and
Educational Technology



Eligible candidates will meet the following criteria:



1.    Hold a Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or
related field, supported by a good dissertation

2.    Be proficient in English as attested by a recent score (obtained
within 3 - 5 years before application for admission) of at least 570
(paper-based test) or 230 (computer-based test) on the Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL); or a recent overall band score of 7.0 (with no
individual element of the test scoring below 6.0) on the International
English Language Testing System (IELTS). If your medium of education was in
English then you are exempt from this requirement.



Accepted candidates should be prepared to study full-time in Cape Town,
South Africa, and will be required to secure a study visa.



Important Dates

• Application Deadline: 15 August each year for admission in February of
the following year



Application Guidelines

To apply, please submit the following:

• A curriculum vitae ( 2-3 pages)

• Academic Transcripts

• TOEFL/IELTS Results

• A brief research proposal (2-3 pages) with a potential supervisor at UCT
identified



Your proposal must outline your research question(s) and proposed
methodology for conducting the research. We will only consider proposals
that fall within the core areas of our supervisors. It is advisable to
consult the web pages and publications of potential supervisors, then to
contact them by e-mail beforehand to determine if your areas of research
interest align with theirs. However, please do not indiscriminately contact
all staff in the School of IT at UCT. If you have more than one area of
interest indicate this at the end of your research proposal.



Please submit a single pdf file, comprising ALL the application materials,
electronically to https://tinyurl.com/hpi-uct-scholarships.



Shortlisted candidates will be expected to arrange for three reference
letters to be submitted and be available for a video-conference interview
in September.

Questions or requests for more information can be made to the Coordinator,
Dr Melissa Densmore, at mdensmore at cs.uct.ac.za.


HPI Research School at UCT

School of Information Technology

University of Cape Town

http://www.sit.uct.ac.za/sit/research/hpi
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