[Haskell] Phd position starting in April 2016

[Clare Martin]

*Department of Computing and Communication Technologies*

*3 year full-time funded PhD Scholarship*



3 years full-time fees will be paid by the University.

Bursary: £10,500 pa (without inflation increase).

Start date: April 2016

Eligibility: Home/EU and International students

*Deadline: 14 December 2015*

*Interview date: *Interviews will be held in week beginning 11 January 2016



The Department of Computing and Communication Technologies at Oxford
Brookes University is pleased to offer a three year full-time PhD
Scholarship to a new student commencing in April of 2016 The successful
applicant will receive an annual bursary of £10,500 for three years (with
no inflation increase) with fees paid by the University.



Topic of Research:* Adaptive Technology for Healthcare*



The topic of this Phd is the development of ontologies for healthcare that
capture diverse protocols, terminologies and standards. The vocabulary
associated with any branch of medicine is huge, including symptoms,
scientific names and medication for example. The problem of managing such
vast, growing terminologies in medicine is a core challenge for medical
informatics. One way to address this problem is to translate the meaning of
the terms into a language that can be processed by a computer, i.e. an
ontology. The W3C standard language for ontology development is OWL 2, and
important medical standards (e.g. Snomed CT, NCI Thesaurus) have been
ported to OWL. This research will include the development and verification
of an ontology that can be used for any medical application and that is
compatible with such established standards. An application of the result
will be to facilitate interoperability in exchanging medical information
between computerized health systems.



We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with:

·       a solid background in Computer Science, evidenced by a good BSc:
2.1 or above and/or an  MSc degree;

·       a solid background in Mathematics; knowledge of software
engineering methods;

·       an appreciation of empirical techniques;

·       good communication and collaboration skills.



To request an application pack from Mrs Anna Guarnieri, email
*tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk* <tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk>,
quoting *Adaptive
Technology for Healthcare* in the subject line.  Fully completed
applications must be sent to *tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk*
<tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk> - by *Midday on Monday 14th December 2015.*If
you have any queries about the project, please contact: Clare Martin
cemartin at brookes.ac.uk
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