[Students-l] PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge Management in Singapore

[M.J. Menou]

> Sujet: PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge Management in Singapore
> De: "Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof)" <ASSGKHOO at NTU.EDU.SG>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:19:42 +0800
> 
> Eight scholarships for PhD studies are available at the Sch. of
> Communication & 
> Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for August
> 2008 and January 2009 admission.
> 
> PhD students are sought in the following research areas:
> - Knowledge organization: taxonomies, ontologies, human categorization behavior
> - Knowledge management
> - Digital libraries: information retrieval, collaborative querying, learning objects 
>   repositories, mobile applications, Web archiving
> - Natural language processing: information extraction, summarization, sentiment 
>   categorization
> - User and usability studies, human computer interaction
> - Information literacy, health information literacy.
> 
> The PhD students will be attached to the Division of Information Studies
> research clusters:
> - Digital Intelligence research cluster:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/digital.html
> - Knowledge Management cluster:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/management.html
> - Information Literacy cluster:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/infolit.html
> - Knowledge Organization cluster:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/knowledge.html
> 
> The scholarships include tuition waiver and monthly stipend of SGD2,000 
> (approx. USD1,380), which are tenable for 4 years. The stipend will
> comfortably cover living expenses for a single person in Singapore.
> 
> Minimum requirements:
> - A good Bachelor's degree at a reputable university
> - Master's degree in a related area
> - GRE 
> - TOEFL is required only for applicants whose undergrad education is not
> in English.
> 
> Application procedure:
> - Application has to be submitted online at:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/GradStudies/Research%2BProgrammes/admission/
>   In the online application form, select "Wee Kim Wee School of
> Communication & Information"
> - Deadline: Feb 28th, 2008 for Aug 2008 admission. Late applications may be 
>   considered for Jan 2009 admission.
> - Application material includes a 2-3 page research proposal, that indicates the 
>   research area of interest
> 
> Background information:
> - The Division of Information Studies in the School of Communication & Information 
>   was set up in 1993 to offer the only LIS professional program in Singapore. It now 
>   offers 3 MSc programs in Information Studies, Knowledge Management and
> 
>   Information Systems, with a total of about 400 graduate students.
>   More information about the MSc programs:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/graduate/information_studies.html
>   The Division's faculty pages are available at:
> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/about/directory_is.html
> - Singapore is a modern multiracial "garden city" that is safe and easy
> to live in. 
>   The main languages are English and Chinese.
> - Nanyang Technological University is a research-intensive university that started 
>   as an engineering school but is developing into a comprehensive university. 
>   The medium of instruction is completely in English.
> 
> Queries can be directed to Dr Abdus Sattar Chaudhry at: h-dis at ntu.edu.sg
> 
> 
> ******************************************
> Dr Christopher KHOO 
> Division of Information Studies
> Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information
> Nanyang Technological University
> 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718
> email: assgkhoo at ntu.edu.sg
> tel: (65) 6790-4602, fax: (65) 6791-5214
> web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/assgkhoo
> ******************************************