Competitions are open for admission to PhD Programs at IMT (Institutions Markets Technologies).

Deadline for application is November 22nd, 2005. Courses start in January 2006.

The doctoral program aims at preparing researchers and professionals with a wide knowledge about the foundations of informatics and about its applications to a variety of systems and disciplines, focusing on aspects of particular importance in the present context. Scientific theories developed within informatics have been, and still are, remarkably relevant not only for developing devices and tools which are commonly used in today society, but also for facing new theoretical problems of wide perspective and for helping innovative developments in biology, humanities, economy, etc. In particular, the study of models, algorithms and verification methods of distributed systems with shared resources, with attention to the problems of security, concurrency, real time, open endness, distributed decisions, etc. has fostered the development of the informatics of the new wide area networks. The new version of informatics is changing the perspective of other disciplines and several aspects of common life, and is the target of very active research in the international scene.

Students acquire extensive knowledge of the fundamentals and applications of architectures and languages for global and grid computing, web systems and services, in particular for business applications, embedded systems, web data mining, wired and wireless networks, and mobile systems. In addition to offering broad scope for basic research, these domains define a professional area where all the needs of computer applications on wide are networks can find their fulfilment. Research doctors are qualified to work in universities and research centers, or they may take on professional roles and high-profile tasks and responsibilities in both the private and public sector.

For more info about the program:
http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/computer_science_engineering/index.php
For more info about the competition:
http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/open_applications/index.php
Online Application:
http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/open_applications/login.php