Expansion of the Research School
“Service-Oriented Systems Engineering“
at Hasso-Plattner-Institute
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 on „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 1450-1650 Euro)
2 Postdocs (monthly stipend 1850 Euro)
Positions will be available starting October 1, 2011.
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
Human Computer Interaction for Service-Oriented Systems
Prospective candidates should have demonstrated expertise in one of the
above-mentioned research areas and 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 by August 1, 2011 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, 2011 and are expected
to enroll into the program on October 1, 2011.
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
