PhD Student Scholarship for Jordanian Students

The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE) announces one full-time PhD Student Scholarship to individuals with Jordanian nationality or citizenship. The KIOS CoE operates within the University of Cyprus, in collaboration with Imperial College London.

The selected student will be enrolled in either the Electrical Engineering or the Computer Engineering PhD program of the University of Cyprus and will conduct her/his research at the facilities of the KIOS Center of Excellence, within the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus. The thematic areas of the KIOS Center of Excellence include: Control systems, computational intelligence and machine learning, autonomous systems, optimization, networks, embedded and real-time systems hardware and software, fault diagnosis, cyber-security, reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance, cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, intelligent transportation systems, water networks, power and energy systems, and telecommunication networks. Motivated candidates with strong mathematical and/or algorithm development backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct fundamental or applied research in one of the above KIOS thematic areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), with emphasis on the Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems. She/he will be encouraged to produce, submit and publish research results in international conferences and journals, with a view to acquire the PhD degree. The successful candidate may also participate in research projects of the KIOS Center of Excellence, including ongoing research collaboration with Imperial College London.