The Doctorate program is centered around three main areas of research, namely: Computer Science, Telecommunications and Electronics. The school publishes two calls per year, roughly speakup in the periods December-February and May-June. The last call for the Academic year 2006/2007 announces 12 positions, of which 8 have also attached a grant.
ICT AREAS:- Computer Networks and Mobility
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Software Engineering and Formal Methods
- Bioinformatics
- Distributed Systems and Service Oriented Computing
- Data Mining and Learning Systems
- Human Language Technology
- Pattern Recognition and Remote Sensing
- Multimedia Communication and Networking
- Wireless and Satellite Communication
- Industrial Diagnostics and Monitoring
- Electronic Sensors and Microsystems
- Embedded Systems and Pervasive Computing
- Nanotechnology and nano-on-micro integration
The 14 research lines span several detailed topics as it can be seen in the table on the web page http://dit.unitn.it/research/index.xml
Applicants are encouraged to take into account the detailed topics above when selecting which of the three main areas they should apply.
Second call
- ICT Computer Science:
Number of Doctorate places: 36
Number of grants: 18- Computer Networks and Mobility
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Software Engineering and Formal Methods
- Bioinformatics
- Distributed Systems and Service Oriented Computing
- Data Mining and Learning Systems
- Human Language Technology
- ICT Telecommunications:
Number of Doctorate places: 7
Number of grants: 7- Pattern Recognition and Remote Sensing
- Multimedia Communication and Networking
- Wireless and Satellite Communication
- Industrial Diagnostics and Monitoring
- ICT Electronics:
Number of Doctorate places: 9
Number of grants: 6- Electronic Sensors and Microsystems
- Embedded Systems and Pervasive Computing
- Nanotechnology and nano-on-micro integration
Application deadline: July 11th, 2006
source of info:http://dit.unitn.it/edu/ict/calls.xml?lang=en