Monash University Malaysia, School of Information Technology scholarship for PhD position offering 2015. Deadline for application 1 November, 2015
Phd positions in the real-time health agent of anytime, anywhere patient care diagnosis and treatment.
The position will be in the area of human-computer interaction in pervasive computing environments. The candidate will explore the most appropriate and effective methods and prototypes to provide patients in remote areas to learn and manage their heart diseases based on physiological signs (i.e., blood pressure, heart rate from wearable sensors/implantable devices) and experienced symptoms (chat dialogs, Facebook, twitters, forums). This work will be carried out in collaboration with physicians and patients at hospitals in Malaysia with a focus on cardiovascular and diabetes patients.
Candidate Profile
-a Masters in Computer Science or Information Technology, or an equivalent degree (obtained before the start of their doctoral work)
-a good level of spoken and written English
-interest in working on interdisciplinary projects
Other information on eligibility requirement for scholarship:
http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/apply/eligibility/equivalence/
http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/research-degrees/handbook/chapter-two/2-2.html
Practical information and application procedure
-The starting date for the position is flexible, but candidates who are available to start on or before November 1st 2015 will be given preference. To apply, please send the following documents in pdft format to Dr. Nik Nailah Binti Abdullah (nik[dot]nailah[at]monash[dot]edu) with the subject line ‘PhD application’
- full CV
- letter of motivation
- transcript of courses taken (and results) at the university level, as well as url links to course descriptions if available
- copy of Master thesis (or sample of written work if thesis has not been completed yet) and list of publications (if available)
- copy of diplomas (or title of expected diploma)