Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme

Doctoral School

Call for Applications for the Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme

– 2015-2016 Edition

Guidelines for application:
Fill in the online application in the webpage of the Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme.
Fill in this form, sign it, scan it and send it with additional documents in electronic format to . You must send just one ZIP or RAR compressed file.
Applications without documentation will be excluded from the selection process.

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Previous Studies

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Master’s degree in: / Date of degree:
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Research line

(Choose a maximum of 3 sub lines and prioritize it in accordance with your research interest: 1, 2 and 3)

Research Line: Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
-Object recognition:
-Scene recognition and understanding:
-Recognition of facial expressions
-Human Pose Recovery and Behavior Analysis
-Biologically-inspired computer vision
Research Line: Distributed, Parallel and Collaborative Systems
-Parallel and Distributed Scientific Applications: Performance and Efficiency
-Reliability and availability issues in distributed computer systems
-Community cloud systems based on non-dedicated resources
-Simulation environments for networking and distributed systems
-Time Synchronized Channel Hopping (TSCH)
Research Line: Simulation and Optimization
-Optimization and Simulation of Industrial and Engineering Systems
Research Line: Information and Communication Systems and Services
-Outsourcing of ICT services for companies and public administrations
-Procurement and implementation services for integrated systems
-Novel approaches for ICT services management and governance
-Innovative curriculum engineering for ICT programmes at any level
-Novel formal approaches and methods for researching ICT and IS
Research Line: Information and Network Security and Privacy
-Digital media security, privacy and forensics (steganography, watermarking, fingerprinting and steganalysis)
-Privacy on social networks
-Security in cognitive radio networks
-Security and privacy in Smart Cities
-Security and privacy in reality mining
-Computer security forensics
Research Line: Knowledge Technologies
-Knowledge representation and reasoning
-Knowledge engineering for computational intelligence
-Knowledge discovering and analytics
-Authorship, Authentication and Certification in e-assessment
-Data mining techniques to discover knowledge in databases
Research Line: Learning technologies
-Analysis and visualization of interaction in virtual learning environments
-Algorithms and methods for educational data mining and learning analytics
-ICT education through formative assessment, Learning Analytics and Gamification
-Emotion-awareness tools for affective eLearning
-Computer-Mediated Collaboration and Learning within an Adaptive, Interactive, Personalized, Emotion and Context-aware Environment
-Information models for enhancing security in eLearning
-Ontologies in support for affective and emotional collaborative learning systems
-Technology-Enhanced Assessment, Analytics and Feedback
-Models, Tools and architectures for Computational Thinking
-Video-games and gamification in higher education learning environments
-Design and development of environments that integrate theoretical and practical learning activities in a natural manner
-Verification of learning activities authorship
-Intelligent tutoring systems for learning digitals systems
Research Line: Software Engineering
-Automated tools for software engineering
-Reuse-based software engineering methodologies for developing complex collaborative learning systems
-Model-driven development
-Graphical formalisms and their application to computing education
-Software analytics
-Software to empower non-technical people
Research Line: Wireless Networks
-Device to Device (D2D) communications in cellular networks:
Research Line: Human-computer interaction
-User-centered interaction design
-Human computer interaction and e-learning
-Tools and architectures for interaction modelling
-Remote usability research
Research Line: Applications of Geographic Information Systems
Location Based Systems (indoor and outdoor) and context aware recommender systems

- Attached Documents:

· Cover Letter

· Curriculum Vitae

· Copy of Degree Certificate

· Copy of Postgraduate Certificate

· Degree Study Transcript

· Postgraduate Study Transcript

· Information about reference people

· Copy of DNI or passport

· Accreditation of English Language Skills

· Recent Academic Work

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