Expansion of the Research School „Service-Oriented Systems Engineering“ at Hasso-Plattner-Institute

8 Ph.D. grants available - starting October 1, 2009

Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) is a privately financed institute affiliated with the University of Potsdam, Germany. The Institute‘s founder and benefactor Professor Hasso Plattner, who is also co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of SAP AG, has created an opportunity for students to experience a unique education in IT systems engineering in a professional research environment with a strong practice orientation.

In 2005, HPI initiated the research school in „Service-Oriented Systems Engineering“ under the scientific supervision of Professors Jürgen Döllner, Holger Giese, Robert Hirschfeld, Christoph Meinel, Felix Naumann, Hasso Plattner, Andreas Polze, Mathias Weske and Patrick Baudisch.

We are expanding our research school and are currently seeking

8 Ph.D. students (monthly stipends 1400 - 1600 Euro) 2 Postdocs (monthly stipend 1800 Euro)

Positions will be available starting October 1, 2009. The stipends are not subject to income tax.

The main research areas in the research school at HPI are: Self-Adaptive Service-Oriented Systems Operating System Support for Service-Oriented Systems Architecture and Modeling of Service-Oriented Systems Adaptive Process Management Services Composition and Workflow Planning Security Engineering of Service-Based IT Systems Quantitative Analysis und Optimization of Service-Oriented Systems Service-Oriented Systems in 3D Computer Graphics Service-Oriented Geoinformatics

Prospective candidates are invited to apply with:

Curriculum vitae and copies of degree certificates/transcripts A short research proposal

Writing samples/copies of relevant scientific papers

(e.g. thesis, etc.)

Letters of recommendation

Please submit your applications before August 15, 2009 to the coordinator of the research school:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Polze

Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Universität Potsdam Postfach 90 04 60, 14440 Potsdam, Germany

Successful candidates will be notified by September 15, 2009 and are expected to enroll into the program on October 1, 2009.

For additional information see:

http://kolleg.hpi.uni-potsdam.de or contact the office: Telephone +49-331-5509-220, Telefax +49-331-5509-229 Email: office-polze@hpi.uni-potsdam.de

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