Hi Two fully funded PhD studentships available within the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation, to start early 2013 One studentship will be offered to a student interested in completing research within any Centre of IIDI. Research centres include the Centre for Social Informatics: http://www.csi.napier.ac.uk/ (where I'm based) The second studentship is specific to the Centre for Emergent Computing: http://www.cec.napier.ac.uk/. For this studentship, the successful candidate will be expected to work in the area of bio-inspired computing, applied to (but not limited to), for instance, optimisation, self-organising systems, games. Applications for both places are due by Monday 5th November and the successful candidates are expected to take up their doctoral studies in early 2013. More about the IIDI: the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk All research centres http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/groups Apply: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFI070/phd-studentships/ -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith@napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Edinburgh Napier University is one of Scotland's top universities for graduate employability. 93.6% of graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. The Telegraph newspaper named us as one of the "top ten UK universities for getting a job" in 2012. This university is also proud winner of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2009, awarded for innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life. This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373