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[交流] Four Scholarships available at Macquarie University

http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~qsheng/PhD-scholarship-MQ.pdf

Four PhD Scholarships in Web Technologies and Data Science
Department of Computing
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
We are now offering four PhD scholarships (2 to be started anytime in 2017 and the other 2 to be started in
2018) in the broad areas of Web technologies and Data Science. Students who are interested in research of
the Internet of Things, big data analytics, Web mining and knowledge discovery, service-oriented computing,
social media analysis, machine intelligence, as well as challenging and world-changing application areas
such as smart cities and smart aging, are strongly encouraged to apply.
These positions will be based in Sydney, Australia’s largest and most famous city with well-known
landmarks. The PhD research will be performed under the supervision of Prof. Michael Sheng from
Department of Computing, Macquarie University.
The stipend of the scholarship is $26,682 per annum (tax exempt, 2017 rate) for 3 years, plus travel funds for
attending conferences.
We are looking for highly-motivated, dedicated candidates who meet the following requirements:
- An excellent Masters in Computer Science or a closely related field,
- Very good programming and math skills,
- Very good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and writing,
- Research experience within the fields of database, statistics, data mining, sensor networks/RFID,
Internet of Things, Web services, social media, information retrieval or natural language processing,
- Meet Macquarie University’s PhD entry requirements (http://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-andresearch-degrees/how-to-apply/entry-criteria)
Local Information:
Macquarie University is a research
intensive university in Australia.
Although relatively young, the
university enjoys an enviable
reputation for its research and
education excellence. Macquarie is
ranked just outside the top eight, or
has ranked within the top eight, in
Australia in most international rankings. Macquarie was ranked the first in Australia under the age of 50 (18th
in the world), prior to its golden jubilee in 2014, according to the QS World University Rankings.
Located in Sydney’s North Ryde, Macquarie’s campus features 126 hectares of rolling lawns and natural
bushland. The campus is in close proximity to the Macquarie Technology Park, widely regarded as
Australia’s Silicon Valley. The university also has easy access to high quality schools, Macquarie Shopping
Centre (the largest in NSW), and rail station. More information can be found from
http://www.mq.edu.au/about.
Application: Interested candidates are requested to send their application to Prof. Michael Sheng
(michael.sheng@mq.edu.au) by 31/03/2017, including:
1. A cover letter describing yourself and your research interests
2. Soft copy of your publications (e.g., master’s thesis, conference/journal papers)
3. Your CV
4. Your transcripts of undergraduate and honors/master degrees
5. Recommendation letters from at least two referees
6. Proof of proficiency in English (e.g., TOEFL or IELTS) if English is not your first language
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