Permanent Faculty Position in Computer Science, University of Camerino, Italy

Emanuela Merelli has asked me to distribute this announcement for a faculty position, which may be of interest to some readers of this blog.

Permanent Faculty Position in Computer Science
School of Science and Technology
University of Camerino

http://www.cs.unicam.it/home

The University of Camerino has opened a faculty permanent position at the level of Associate Professor in Computer Science for the School of Science and Technology.

We are interested in an lively and self-motivated candidate who is interested in working with existing faculty in one or more of the research areas within the Computer Science Division, in particular software engineering  and theoretical computer science. See
http://www.cs.unicam.it/home/component/content/section/2-research

for detailed information on the current research areas within the CS Unit.

Applicants should have published in international journals, had papers in proceedings of relevant conferences and given evidence of participation in international projects. The teaching language for some courses at Computer Science Division is English, hence applicants should have a track-record of teaching in English. Computer Science Associate Professor is expected to teach in the undergraduate, masters and PhD programs. Effective productivity and leadership in research, and interest in teaching are expected.

Applications must be sent, within 14 April 2012, to: Magnifico Rettore dell'Universita' di Camerino – Piazza Cavour 19/f, 62032 Camerino (MC).

See

http://www.unicam.it/servizi_online/cerca_bandi.asp

for detailed information.

Requirements for applicants: applications are welcome from candidates with the following qualifications:

a) candidates who received positive judgments according to “ Legge 210/1998” for the position corresponding to Associate Professor, candidates who were deemed fit for the position corresponding to Associate Professor according to “ Legge 210/1998” provided certification of fitness is still valid;

b) candidates who are already employed as associate professors in other universities i.e., since legislation “Legge 240/2010”;

c) scholars who are permanently employed in research or teaching activities at university level outside Italy in positions which are equivalent to those required in this call (according to ministerial equivalences).

Informal communication and discussions on any aspect related to the position are encouraged, and interested candidates are welcome to contact the chairman of the computer science division, Prof. Emanuela Merelli (emanuela.merelli@unicam.it), for further information.

The Computer Science Division of the School of Science and Technology at University of Camerino has about 500 students and 14 permanent staff members. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science and the doctoral programme in Information Science and Complex Systems that currently hosts 18 PhD students. 

Situated up on the hill, Camerino, a beautiful little town of Central Italy with its medieval historical center hosts one of the most ancient university in Italy.

See

http://www.cs.unicam.it/home/component/content/category/15-living-in-camerino

for more information about living in Camerino.

Second Alan Turing Year Event at Reykjavik University

Last Friday, my colleague Ýmir Vigfússon delivered the second talk in the Alan Turing Year at Reykjavik University. His talk was entitled Alan Turing: The man who won the Battle of Britain and was organized jointly by ICE-TCS , the School of Computer Science at Reykjavik University and the Icelandic Mathematical Society.  In case anyone is interested, the audio of the talk, with the accompanying slides, is here in .avi format. I thoroughly enjoyed Ymir's talk and I strongly encourage my readers to listen to it. Thanks Ymir!

We plan to record all the talks in the series and to make them available on line here.

Faculty Position at IMT, Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

Readers of this blog might be interested in this position, which has just been advertised. The call for applications states that:

Preference will be given to candidates performing research at the intersection between algorithms, theory and applications, and who are active in one or more of the following fields: analysis and modeling of massive data structures; graph theory and random structures; analysis and modeling of complex networks; machine learning; data mining; parallel and distributed computation.

Faculty Position
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca  is an international Graduate School and Institute of Technology that strives to reach the fusion of theoretical comprehension and practical relevance. The following goals are at the core of IMT's mission statement:

* to establish itself as a research center that promotes cutting-edge research in key areas, structuring its Ph.D. Programs in close connection with research activity;
* to attract top students, researchers and scholars through competitive international selections;
* to contribute to technological innovation, economic growth and social development.

These objectives are met by means of the fundamental principles (the IMT Policy) adapted by the governing bodies of the Institute.

IMT has opened an international scouting procedure to recruit for a tenured faculty position in the following fields:

Computer Science and Engineering, Large Scale Data Mining, Graph Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Machine Learning

We will consider highly qualified candidates with a strong theoretical background in computer science, physics, statistics, information science, engineering, or mathematics, with an orientation towards research on processing huge amounts of complex data in the analysis of technical, socio economic or biological systems. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications. They should have demonstrated remarkable ability in leading research groups, as well as experience in conducting/coordinating international projects.

Preference will be given to candidates performing research at the intersection between algorithms, theory and applications, and who are active in one or more of the following fields: analysis and modeling of massive data structures; graph theory and random structures; analysis and modeling of complex networks; machine learning; data mining; parallel and distributed computation.

Submit your confidential expression of interest at: http://www.imtlucca.it/faculty/positions/professors_positions/2011/application.php

Deadline is May 15th 2012.

Visit the Institute on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4gE-_2RrB8).

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918-2012)

I recently heard from MohammadReza Mousavi that Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn passed away on the 17th of February. In his long and productive life, de Bruijn gave contributions to several areas of mathematics and to theoretical computer science. Examples of his contributions are the De Bruijn sequence, De Bruijn's theorem, the De Bruijn–Erdős theorem in graph theory, the De Bruijn notation for terms in the λ calculus and his pioneering work on the project Automath, which was aimed at designing a language for expressing complete mathematical theories in such a way that a computer can verify the correctness of proofs in those theories. (Automath can be seen as the predecessor of type theoretical proof assistants such as the well known Nuprl and Coq.)

To celebrate de Bruijn's 90th birthday, TU/e organized a festive event.  Quoting from the web site for that event:

A number of colleagues, friends and admirers of Dick de Bruijn, from all over the world, wrote a personal letter as a birthday present for his 90th birthday, on July 9, 2008. The collection of these letters can be downloaded here.

Dick de Bruijn's lecture at the day of the symposium has been recorded on film. This film can be seen via this link.

Addendum: One of the letters in the above-mentioned collection is from Donald Knuth. In the letter, Knuth says that de Brujin coined the word "multiset" in a letter addressed to him from 1968. Knuth's letter also mentions the work of three of my former colleagues and ICE-TCS members: Anders Claesson, Mark Dukes and Sergey Kitaev.

ERC Advanced Investigator Grant to Dale Miller

Even though this is not really news any more, I am happy to report that  Dale Miller has been awarded one of the prestigious Advanced Investigators Grants by the ERC for the project ProofCert: Broad Spectrum Proof Certificates. This is a 2.2 million euro grant (about 3 million USD) for the five years 2012-2016. A news item pertaining to this award is here and the list of all awards for 2011 is available from this link.

The following excerpt is taken from the proposal’s abstract.

The ProofCert proposal aims at building a foundation that will allow a broad spectrum of formal methods—ranging from automatic model checkers to interactive theorem provers—to work together to establish formal properties of computer systems. This project starts with a wonderful gift to us from decades of work by logicians and proof theorist: their efforts on logic and proof has given us a universally accepted means of communicating proofs between people and computer systems. Logic can be used to state desirable security and correctness properties of software and hardware systems and proofs are uncontroversial evidence that statements are, in fact, true. The current state-of-the-art of formal methods used in academics and industry shows, however, that the notion of logic and proof is severely fractured: there is little or no communication between any two such systems. Thus any efforts on computer system correctness is needlessly repeated many time in the many different systems: sometimes this work is even redone when a given prover is upgraded. In ProofCert, we will build on the bedrock of decades of research into logic and proof theory the notion of proof certificates. Such certificates will allow for a complete reshaping of the way that formal methods are employed.

More technical details are available from the project's web page.

It is good to see that the ERC is actively supporting researchers of Dale's calibre in carrying out this kind of work. I look forward to seeing the outcome of this five-year project.

First Alan Turing Year event at Reykjavík University

Last Thursday, I kicked off  the Alan Turing Year at Reykjavik University  by delivering a talk for the general public entitled Alan Turing: The Father of Computer Science (organized jointly by ICE-TCS , the School of Computer Science at Reykjavik University and the Icelandic Mathematical Society).  In case anyone is interested, the audio of the talk, with the accompanying slides, is here in .avi format.

We plan to record all the talks in the series and to make them available on line here. 

It is not easy to give a talk for a general audience. In enjoyed the experience, but I was mightily relieved when the talk was over :-)

The Alan Turing Year at Reykjavik University is part of the Alan Turing Year, a centenary celebration of the life and work of Alan Turing.

What is a good research environment?

On January 27, I will be giving a ten-minute presentation at a town-hall meeting that will take place at Reykjavik University on the theme "What is a good research environment?". I roughly know what I am going to say, but I am curious to hear what would be the items on my readers' wish list when they think about a good research environment.

• What do you look for in a research environment you would be happy to work in? 
• What are the best aspects of your current research environment?
• What would you improve in your current research environment?

Two PhD fellowships at Reykjavík University in Design of Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks

I am very happy to post the following announcement of two Ph.D. fellowships on behalf of my colleague, and work-space neighbour, Magnús M. Halldórsson. I trust that it will be of interest to some of the readers of this blog and/or their students. The project "Design of Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks", which has Magnus as PI and sees the participation of ICE-TCS members Pradipta Mitra, Eyjólfur Ásgeirsson, Henning Úlfarsson and Ymir Vigfusson, has just been awarded a three-year excellence grant  by The Icelandic Research Fund.



Design of Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks

School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University

Two Ph.D. fellowships



Applications are invited for two Ph.D. fellowships at the School of Computer Science (SCS), Reykjavik University. The positions are part of a three-year research project funded by a grant-of-excellence by the Icelandic Research Fund, under the direction of Magnús M. Halldórsson.

Aim of the project

The aim of this project is to elucidate fundamental properties of wireless networks, broadly construed. Our focus is on general provable properties that hold for arbitrary configurations and are independent of situation-specific characteristics. We explore realistic models of interference, with the aim of bridging some of the gap between theoretical and applied research. We will also investigate practical protocols to disseminate information in general networks.



Some of the aspects of the projects include:

· Spectrum management, including game theory and spectrum auctions, and cognitive radio.

· Analysis of increasingly realistic models of wireless communication, including shadowing and obstacles, mobility, and network coding.

· Installation of a comprehensive wireless testbed, and the implementation of empirical confirmation studies.

· Resolution of fundamental open questions on wireless scheduling and capacity, and the design of communication primitives.

· Creating and evaluating protocols for information dissemination in combined wired and wireless networks.

· Devising practical systems and implementing applications for general networks.



The mode of operation of the project is three-pronged:

· Designing and implementing systems and kernel primitives.

· Conducting empirical studies in a wireless testbed, along with simulations studies.

· Designing and analysing algorithms with provable performance bounds.





Research environment

The research group consists of faculty members from three schools at Reykjavik University and collaborators at TU Aachen and ETH Zurich. The group includes Ýmir Vigfússon, Henning Úlfarsson and Pradipta Mitra (SCS), Eyjólfur Ásgeirsson (School of Science and Engineering) and Sverrir Ólafsson (School of Business and School of Science and Engineering). The project director is Magnús M. Halldórsson (SCS). Our primary collaborators are Berthold Vöcking (TU Aachen) and Roger Wattenhofer (ETH Zurich); we also collaborate with other world-class researchers in Europe, N-America, and Asia. The research group website is http://alnet.ru.is/sinr.html.


The successful candidates will benefit from, and contribute to, the research environment at the Icelandic Centre of Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science (ICE-TCS). ICE-TCS has currently 14 permanent members, five postdoctoral researchers and three Ph.D. students. For more information about ICE-TCS, its members and its activities, see http://www.icetcs.ru.is/.

Qualification requirements

Applicants for the Ph.D. fellowships should have a MSc degree in Computer Science, or closely related fields, and have a solid background in the analysis of algorithms and a good understanding of networking. One of the studentships is expected to be systems-oriented, for which an experience with systems design and implementation is essential. The other will be focused on algorithmic analysis, for which mathematical competence is crucial.

Remuneration

Each Ph.D position provides a stipend of 250,000 ISK (roughly 1600€[1]) per month before taxes, for three years, starting as early as possible and no later than September 2012.

Application details

By Friday, 15 February 2012, interested applicants should send their CV, including a list of publications where applicable, as a PDF document to mmh@ru.is, together with a transcript of their academic record, a 1-2 page statement outlining their suitability for the project and the names of two referees who can comment on the research potential of the candidate.

We will start reviewing applications as soon as they arrive, and will continue to accept applications until the positions are filled. However, we strongly encourage interested applicants to send in their applications as soon as possible.

About the School of Computer Science at Reykjavik University

The School of Computer Science at RU (http://en.ru.is/CS) has approximately 440 students at the undergraduate, masters and doctorate levels. The School is home to several strong research groups and the main research areas are algorithmics, artificial intelligence, combinatorics, concurrency theory, databases, human-computer interaction, natural language processing, engineering software systems, theoretical computer science and virtual environments.

The School of Computer Science at Reykjavik University has ties with several leading foreign universities, facilitating collaboration, as well as faculty and student exchanges. In particular, the School has a joint M.Sc. degree in Computer Science with the University of Camerino, Italy, and joint Ph.D. degree programs with KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, and Eindhoven University of Technology, Holland.

Information about Ph.D. studies at the School of Computer Science is available at
http://en.ru.is/departments/school-of-computer-science/ph.d-studies/



[1] Up-to-date Exchange Rate can be obtained from http://sedlabanki.is/?PageID=183

Merry Christmas, if it comes.....

From xkcd. My daughter would not be very happy with this Zeno behaviour :-)

Accepted papers for FOSSACS 2012

The list of accepted papers for FOSSACS 2012 is now available. The competition for the available slots was very hard, and several deserving submissions could not be selected for the conference.

On a personal note, the more I serve on PCs for competitive conferences, the more I have the feeling that the quality of the competition is increasing. The same holds true for grant applications, job applications, promotions and just about any other aspect of academic life.

News from the LICS Community

Here is some news I just discovered by looking at the web page for LICS 2012.

Highlights and changes for LICS 2012

1. Starting 2012, LICS is jointly organized by ACM and IEEE, and is cosponsored by ACM SIGACT and the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing.
2. In response to concerns about LICS becoming overly selective with a too-narrow technical focus, the program committee will employ a merit-based selection with no a priori limit on the number of accepted papers.
3. LICS 2012 will continue the tradition of pre-conference tutorials that was initiated in 2011. This year, Jan Willem Klop will give a tutorial on term rewriting systems and Andre Platzer will give a tutorial on logics of dynamical systems.
4. Special Events and Invited Lectures: There will be an invited lecture by Robert J. Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, and a plenary session in honor of Alan Turing on the occasion of his centenary, with talks by Robert L. Constable, E. Allen Emerson (co-winner of 2008 A. M. Turing Award), Joan Feigenbaum, and Leonid Levin. 

These are very interesting developments for the LICS community, some of which should be of interest for the TCS community as a whole.

Development A above paves the way to the formation of an ACM Special Interest Group on Logic in CS, say a SIGLOG, about which I have heard reports in private conversations with key players in the LICS community. Such a special interest group would play an important role in the development of volume B TCS research in North America.

Development B is most interesting and might be a watershed event, if it pans out. LICS plays the role of FOCS/STOC for the volume B TCS community and I believe that all of TCS will be interested in observing the outcome of the LICS 2012 experiment. Typically, the quality of an average LICS submission is very high and this new policy might encourage even more submissions to the conference than usual. How will the PC handle these submissions? Will the conference move to parallel sessions? Will this development decrease the value of the "LICS currency"? Will other conferences follow the lead of LICS, if the experiment "succeeds"?

Time will tell. In any event, this is a courageous step taken by the LICS conference and I look forward to seeing how it will affect the conference and the LICS/TCS community.

Last, but not least, items C and D above look exciting. I have heard from several sources that the tutorials at LICS 2011 were a resounding success. (See here, here and here for the slides used by Prakash Panangaden, one of my favourite speakers, in his tutorial on Semantics. Albert Atserias gave a tutorial on Finite Model Theory.)

Standards for promotions

My department is developing its strategy for the next five years. As part of this strategy work, we are working on a "promotion strategy" and we are discussing standards for promotion to associate and full professor positions. Needless to say, there is a wide array of opinions amongst my colleagues on this point. In order to obtain a broad survey of current best practices, let me ask any reader out there:

• What does it typically take to be promoted to associate and full professorships at your institution? 
• What role does teaching performance play in such decisions? And how is it measured?
• What are the incentives to undergo a promotion process, apart from the obvious ones like tenure and possibly higher wages?

Thanks in advance!

Dr. Cimini, I presume

Last Friday, Matteo Cimini successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Contributions to the Meta-theory of Structural Operational Semantics. Congratulations to Dr. Cimini! I expect that his thesis will be available on line soon, but, for the moment, you can read some of the papers that form the bulk of that tome.

A PhD is not enough, however. I wish Matteo the best of luck for his future career. 

EATCS ballot on the future of the publication of the ICALP proceedings

Today, the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science started a ballot on the future of the publication of the proceedings of ICALP. This is a very important decision for the EATCS, and for the ICALP community in general. As chairman of the publication committee of the EATCS, I urge all the members of the TCS community who have a right to vote as members of the EATCS, to give this matter serious thought and exercise their right to express an opinion on whether future ICALP proceedings should be published with Springer or with LIPIcs. Note that if you attended ICALP 2011, ESA 2011 or MFCS 2011, you have the right to vote since your registration fee probably included a one-year membership of the EATCS.

Note also that the result of the  ballot will only take effect if at least 25 % of the EATCS members participate. Otherwise, the proposal of the EATCS council to recommend to the EATCS membership to go along with Springer for the next four years will take effect automatically.

The ballot on the future of the publication of the ICALP proceedings, as well as all the supporting documentation,  can be found here.  I do hope that you will take time to consider this matter and vote as soon as possible.

Assistant Professor position in Modelling and Analysis of Concurrent Systems at IMT Lucca (deadline October 31st)

Perhaps this announcement will be of interest to some of the readers of this blog. IMT Lucca is an exciting place and there will definitely be some competition for the position. 


Addendum dated 7 October: This video issued by IMT Lucca gives an enticing introduction to that academic institution. Do have a look, if you are interested in applying for this position.

The IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in the areas of foundations and formal specification of concurrent (distributed, mobile, autonomic) systems; quantitative and qualitative modelling and analysis of concurrent systems and design and development of software tools to support their formal analysis; applications to socio economic systems.

IMT Lucca (http://www.imtlucca.it) is a public international Graduate School and Institute of Technology that acts as a research university with the aim of forming human capital in disciplines characterized by their high potential for concrete applications. IMT strives to reach the fusion of theoretical comprehension and practical relevance. 

The Assistant Professor will be a part of the Research Unit "System Modelling and Analysis" (SysMA, http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/) in the Computer Science and Applications area of the Institute, and will perform research activities, tutorship and mentoring of Ph.D. students, limited teaching of graduate courses and participation in the development of the research activities of the Institute. 

Appointment compensation packages will depend on the candidates and their records of accomplishment, but are competitive on an international level. Applicants must be able to teach graduate courses in English; knowledge of Italian is not required.

The deadline for application is October 31st, 2011 12:00 pm CET.

Interested candidates must apply before the deadline by filling in the online application form at http://www.imtlucca.it/faculty/positions under "Junior Faculty Recruitment Program". They will also be asked to submit a CV, a research paper (published or working) and the name and contact details of three referees.

For further information about the position, applicants can refer to 

http://www.imtlucca.it/faculty/positions/junior_faculty_recruitment_program.php#modelling_concurrent_systems

or can contact either Rocco De Nicola or Sara Olson: researchers.opening@imtlucca.it.

LICS 2012 Test-of-Time Award

The latest issue of the LICS Newsletter (dated July 29) mentioned the appended information related to the LICS 2012 Test-of-Time Award. 

I strongly encourage the members of the LICS community to send their comments to Andre Scedrov (scedrov@math.upenn.edu), who chairs the award committee. As usual, the committee is faced with a very hard choice and they can do with some input from the community.


LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS) - TEST OF TIME AWARD

• The LICS Test-of-Time Award recognizes a small number of papers from the LICS proceedings from 20 years prior that have best met the "test of time".
• The LICS 2012 ToT Award committee consists of
• Martin Grohe,
• Prakash Panangaden,  
• Andre Scedrov (Chair), and  
• Ashish Tiwari.
• The committee will select between 0 to 3 papers  that appeared in LICS 1992 proceedings. All papers are nominated by default, but the  committee welcomes input from our community: please send your comments to  Andre Scedrov (scedrov@math.upenn.edu) which will be shared only among the committee members.  
• LICS 2012 ToT award will be presented during the business meeting at LICS 2012  to be held in Dubrovnik from June 22 to 25, 2012. 
• The list of papers from LICS 1992 is available at  http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/archive/1992/index.html 
• The information about LICS ToT award and the list of past winners is available at  http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/archive/test-of-time-award.html

October 2011 issue of the BEATCS Concurrency Column

I have just submitted the material for the October 2011 issue of the BEATCS Concurrency Column. This instalment of the column consists of a double bill:

• Interval Temporal Logics: a Journey by Dario Della Monica, Valentin Goranko, Angelo Montanari and Guido Sciavicco. [PDF]
• Assertional and Behavioral approaches to concurrency by Uri Abraham. [PDF]

The first piece is a survey  devoted to interval temporal logics. The article presents the main developments in the study of interval temporal logics over the past 10 years (a field of research to which the authors have contributed substantially) and outlines some landmark results on expressiveness and (un)decidability of the satisfiability problem for the family of interval logics. The authors give us a guided tour of this body of work, which, to my mind, deserves to be better known within the concurrency-theory community.

The second contribution is a a piece by Uri Abraham in which he compares two proofs of the mutual-exclusion property for the well known algorithm by Peterson: an assertional proof and a behavioural one. The article outlines a framework within which the behavioural approach can be formalized in a way that retains the intuitive content of the behavioural reasoning.

This is my last issue as editor of the Concurrency Column. I have been editing the column for the last eight years, and I feel that it is time to step down. The column will benefit greatly from a fresh perspective on the world of concurrency theory and I look forward to reading the pieces that will appear in future issues.I thank the contributors to the Concurrency Column over the last eight years and all my readers.

12 PhD positions in Computer Science and Engineering at IMT Lucca

Courtesy of Rocco De Nicola, here is an exciting opportunity for excellent students, which I am happy to advertise.

The institute for advanced studies IMT Lucca (Italy) announces 12 PhD positions in Computer Science and Engineering. The deadline for applications is September 28, 2011.

IMT (http://www.imtlucca.it/) is a research institute located in Lucca (Italy); courses are taught exclusively in English.

The PhD Program (https://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/computer_science_engineering/) coordinated by Rocco De Nicola aims at preparing researchers and professionals with broad training in the foundations of informatics as well as in applications to a variety of cutting-edge systems and disciplines.

A number of PhD students will be selected for working within the the two newly founded Research Unit:

SysMA (http://sysma.lab.imtlucca.it/

)
lead by Rocco De Nicola doing research on concurrent (distributed, mobile, autonomic) systems modelling and analysis
and
Dysco (http://dysco.lab.imtlucca.it/)
lead by Alberto Bemporad doing research on control and optimization technologies.

In addition, students will be selected to work on topics related to medical imaging, and imaging for the life sciences
http://users.eecs.northwestern.edu/~stsaft/#Openings

We hope that you may consider applying for and/or signaling these opportunities to colleagues and collaborators.

======= DETAILS ON THE ADVERTISED POSITIONS =======
6 IMT scholarship (12.423 EUR after taxes) plus accommodation and free meals (lunch and dinner).
1 MIUR scholarship (12.423 EUR after taxes) plus free meals (lunch and dinner).
5 positions to be funded with internal projects or third-party scholarships (negotiable salary) that come with a research budget of 3.000 EUR offered by IMT and free meals (lunch and dinner).

For further information please visit
http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/call_for_applications/index.php
and/or contact the sender of this mail.

PhD positions at the University of Camerino, Italy

Emanuela Merelli has asked me to circulate the following announcement of eight PhD positions at the University of Camerino, Italy. The deadline for applications is very close, but perhaps some readers (or some of their students) might want to apply. 

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We kindly remind you that  the PhD call for applications at University of Camerino is still open. See

http://www.unicam.it/laureati/dottorato/call.asp

There are 8 fellowships available for the Doctoral Study Programme in Information Science and Complex Systems. See

www.cs.unicam.it/merelli/PhD-Informatica.pdf

The deadline is approaching, 26 August 2011.

2011 CNRS Silver Medal to Jean Goubault-Larrecq

Jean Goubault-Larrecq receives the 2011 CNRS Silver Medal. The web site with the list of medal winners states that:

La Médaille d'argent du CNRS distingue un chercheur pour l'originalité, la qualité et l'importance de ses travaux, reconnus sur le plan national et international.

So, Jean is recognized for the originality, the quality and the importance of his research work. Congratulations to Jean for the award, and to LSV as a whole for yet another achievement.

The silver medal for mathematics went to François Loeser.