<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Please share with potential postgraduate students in your networks.</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">----------</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><b>PhD and MSc scholarship</b> opportunities at UCT, <span style="font-family:inherit">Computer Science. The prospective candidates will</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Serif",serif;font-size:19px;white-space:normal"> work on exploring effective ways of analysing and drawing insights about peering, traffic localization and interconnection opportunities in Africa.</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.josiahchavula.com/improving-africa-route-analysis/">www.josiahchavula.com/improving-africa-route-analysis/</a>     </div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">1) PhD in Computer Science at UCT:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">We are offering a R180,000/year scholarship for a  full-time PhD student. The successful candidate will study techniques for analysis and visualisation of Africa’s Internet topology (routing/peering) and metrics.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><br></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">2) Masters Scholarship – Computer </span>Science at at<span style="font-family:inherit"> UCT:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">We are offering a R160,000/year scholarship for full-time masters study in Computer Science (by dissertation).  The successful candidate will explore efficient techniques for data pipelining, scheduling and synchronization of routing/peering datasets. This will include evaluating strategies for data replication and caching. </div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">If interested or need further details, email Dr Josiah Chavula at <a href="mailto:jchavula@cs.uct.ac.za">jchavula@cs.uct.ac.za</a>, providing a brief description of your academic background and experience.</span><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit">Thank you!</div></div></div></div><div>Josiah</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Josiah Chavula, PhD<br>Computer Science Department<br>University of Cape Town<br>Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa<br>Tel: +27 21 650 1330<br><a href="http://www.josiahchavula.com/" target="_blank">www.josiahchavula.com/</a><br></div></div></div></div>