<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Interesting opportunity at the University of Cape Town</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Melissa Densmore</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 11:40 AM<br>Subject: Call for PhD Applicants: HPI Research School at UCT<br>To: Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@cs.uct.ac.za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">staff@cs.uct.ac.za</a>>, <<a href="mailto:staff@ict4d.cs.uct.ac.za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">staff@ict4d.cs.uct.ac.za</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoTitleCxSpFirst" style="line-height:38.13333511352539px;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:26pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-transform:none">Call for Applicants</span><span lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoTitleCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 48pt;line-height:normal;font-size:26pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:22pt;text-transform:none">Hasso-Plattner Institute<br>Research School at UCT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;text-transform:none"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">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. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Support is available for the research work of PhD candidates with the supervisors of the research school:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Irwin Brown (IS) > ICT Innovations in Organisations and Society, and IS Management<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Josiah Chavula (CS) > Network Measurements, Performance Engineering and Software Defined Networking<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Melissa Densmore (CS) > Human-Computer Interaction<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Brian DeRenzi (CS) > Human-Computer Interaction<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">James Gain (CS) > Collaborative Visual Computing<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Maria Keet (CS) > Knowledge Engineering<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Michelle Kuttel (CS) > High-Performance Computing and Visualisation<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">David Johnson (CS) > Wireless Community Networks, Dynamic Spectrum Access<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Tommie Meyer (CS) > Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Deshen Moodley (CS) > Adaptive and Cognitive Systems<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Ulrike Rivett (IS) > iCOMMS – Community Services<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Lisa Seymour (IS) > Enterprise Systems, Business Process Management, IS Education, ICT4D<span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Hussein Suleman (CS) > Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, and Educational Technology<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Eligible candidates will meet the following criteria: <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"> <span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Hold a Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, supported by a good dissertation <span></span></span></p><p class="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">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. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;text-indent:2pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Accepted candidates should be prepared to study full-time in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be required to secure a study visa.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Important Dates <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">• Application Deadline: 15 August each year for admission in February of the following year<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Application Guidelines <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">To apply, please submit the following: <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">• A curriculum vitae ( 2-3 pages) <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">• Academic Transcripts <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">• TOEFL/IELTS Results <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">• A brief research proposal (2-3 pages) with a potential supervisor at UCT identified <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">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.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Please submit a single pdf file, comprising ALL the application materials, electronically to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/hpi-uct-scholarships" style="color:rgb(178,107,2);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt"><span lang="EN-US">https://tinyurl.com/hpi-uct-scholarships</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Shortlisted candidates will be expected to arrange for three reference letters to be submitted and be available for a video-conference interview in September. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span id="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-_x0000_t75"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span id="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-Picture_x0020_11" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Image result for hpi logo" style="margin-left:484.6pt;margin-top:762.05pt;width:21.25pt;height:21.25pt"><span><span></span></span></span><span id="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-Picture_x0020_10" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="/var/folders/mx/q53cfrsj5912p5jdch77swhr0000gn/T/com.microsoft.Word/WebArchiveCopyPasteTempFiles/sit_logo_darkgrey_whitetext.jpg.png" style="margin-top:760.9pt;width:142.6pt;height:22.7pt"><span><span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">Questions or requests for more information can be made to the Coordinator</span><span id="m_-8455334149011989248m_-9080971419818670265m_7830082723025207754gmail-Rectangle_x0020_25" alt="decorative element" style="margin-top:435.5pt;width:619.05pt;height:20.3pt"><span type="gradient"></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">, Dr Melissa Densmore, at <a href="mailto:mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za</a>. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">HPI Research School at UCT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">School of Information Technology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black">University of Cape Town</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.sit.uct.ac.za/sit/research/hpi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sit.uct.ac.za/sit/research/hpi</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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