[University of Warwick] Industrial CASE PhD Studentship ICT Research Group

£16,000 per annum tax free stipend plus home fees.

Applications are invited for a full-time 3.5 year Industrial CASE PhD studentship to start at a mutually convenient date as soon as possible after 1 January 2010. The studentship is co-funded by FTI Communication Systems ltd (http://www.ftiltd.co.uk/), the market leader in airport communications for air traffic control, and the EPSRC (http://www.epsrc.ac.uk).

The aim is to research the application of Ethernet for Safety Critical Systems to advance high reliability digital communications. The work will entail simulation of solutions developed and their testing at FTI, which is located on the Warwick Science Park.

The Warwick School of Engineering is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It is research led and achieved excellent results in the 2008 RAE with 70% of its output ranked as internationally excellent and 95% of international standard. This performance puts the School in the top ten departments in the UK.

Candidates should possess at least a good 2.1 or MSc in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related subject. Applicants must be UK students or others with indefinite leave to remain in the UK issued by the Home Office, held for at least 3 years.

Informal enquiries should be directed to: Dr Mark Leeson (email mark.leeson@warwick.ac.uk; tel +44 (0)24 7652 3908) or Professor Roger Green (email roger.green@warwick.ac.uk; tel +44 (0)24 7652 3133).

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