MQRES Computing PhD Scholarships
Closing date: 31 March 2010
Postgraduate Scholarships in Social Relation and Trust Rating Analysis
A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is currently available.
Trust-Oriented Social Relation Analysis and Social Relation Aware Rating Analysis in Trust Management
Trust management is an emerging field offering critical challenges on evaluating the quality and trustworthiness of objects, services and raters. This project will develop innovative solutions based on Social Network Analysis Theory by considering social relations and their influences on trust relations and trust evaluations. Given the unique perspective of investigation, this project will explore new avenues to classical challenges in the field, with a strong potential for its results to lay a foundation to enable objective trust evaluations, detect attacks, protect honest raters, service providers and customers, and make significant impact to advance the state of the art.
MQRES scholarships are available to domestic and international students. Applicants should have completed equivalent research qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours in computer science, such as a Masters degree with substantial thesis component. Candidates with the experience on Web services are encouraged to apply. Early career professionals interested in returning to higher degree studies are particularly encouraged to apply. The MQRES stipend is currently $22,500 p.a. tax exempt (2010). Tenure is 3.5 years full-time, subject to satisfactory progress with tuition fees funded for the scholarship tenure. Additional support for project costs and conference travel will also be available from the Divisional (approx $12,000) and University (approx $4,000) Postgraduate Research Funds, as well as Macquarie International (international travel costs).
Requirements for applicants from China:
1. The applicant has obtained or will obtain the Master degree in Computer Science or Mathematics
2. The applicant has the IELTS score of 6.5 overall with 6 in each section (or an equivalent overall score of 250 in Computer-based TOEFL or 600 in Paper-based TOEFL).
3. At least one research paper (either conference or journal) in English published or accepted for publication.
Further information on the project is available from the Supervisor: Dr. Yan Wang, phone +61-2-98509539, email yanwang@science.mq.edu.au, or Associate Supervisor Prof. Mehmet Orgun email mehmet@science.mq.edu.au.
Application forms are available from the Higher Degree Research Office: telephone +61-2-9850 7987, fax: +61-2-98506198, email: hdrenq@hdr.mq.edu.au
Applications should be forwarded to:
The Scholarships Officer
Level 3, Research HUB
C5C East, Macquarie University
NSW 2109 Australia