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LogiCS has been established in 2014 and currently includes 44 students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="http://logic-cs.at/phd/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://logic-cs.at/phd/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>THE PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>LogiCS focuses on logic and its applications in computer science. Successful applicants will work on interdisciplinary research topics covering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(i) computational logic, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(ii) databases and artificial intelligence, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(iii) computer-aided verification, and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(iv) emerging application domains, such as cyber-physical systems, distributed systems, and security & privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>FACULTY MEMBERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Austria has a vibrant and highly active and successful logic in computer science community. Students are supervised by leading researchers in their fields:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>M. Baaz E. Bartocci A. Biere R. Bloem <br>A. Ciabattoni G. Gottlob T. Eiter C. Fermueller <br>R. Grosu L. Kovacs M. Maffei M. Ortiz <br>R. Pichler U. Schmid M. Seidl S. Szeider <br>G. Weissenbacher S. Woltran</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Details are provided on </span><a href="http://logic-cs.at/faculty/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://logic-cs.at/faculty/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>POSITIONS AND FUNDING<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>We are looking for 16 doctoral students, where 30% of the positions are reserved for highly qualified female candidates. The doctoral positions are funded for a period of 4 years according to the funding scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (details: </span><a href="http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/forschungsfoerderung/personalkostensaetze/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/forschungsfoerderung/personalkostensaetze/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>). Additional positions will be available through other funding. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>HOW TO APPLY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Detailed information about the application process is available on the LogiCS web-page<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://logic-cs.at/phd/admission/">http://logic-cs.at/phd/admission/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The applicants are expected to have completed an excellent master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field. Candidates with comparable achievements (e.g., bachelor of honors) may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applications by the candidates need to be submitted electronically.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The positions will be filled on continuous basis till October 2018. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The evaluation of applications will start on 1st of March, 2018. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>STUDYING AND LIVING IN AUSTRIA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Austria has a vibrant and highly active and successful logic in computer science community. Vienna, Graz, and Linz, located close to the Alps, are surrounded by beautiful nature. Vienna is constantly ranked the city with the highest quality of life in the world. Austria has an exciting cultural scene, world-famous historical sites, a large international community, varied cuisine, and famous coffee houses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>For further information please contact: <a href="mailto:info@logic-cs.at">info@logic-cs.at</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>