<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Please Distribute, Apologies for x-posting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at the School of Music and Sonic Arts, Queen's University Belfast, is pleased to announce 3 new PhD studentships for entry in 2008-09. The studentships are directed at the research areas listed below and have been funded by the Northern Ireland Executive’s Programme for Government. Full details of potential projects are available on the School website on <a href="http:/www.qub.ac.uk/music">http:///www.qub.ac.uk/music</a>.<span> </span>Covering both fees and maintenance, the studentships are available to Home students and EU Students with a UK undergraduate degree. For full eligibility criteria, please see:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Research/PostgraduateOffice/ProgrammeForGovernmentResearchStudentships">http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Research/PostgraduateOffice/ProgrammeForGovernmentResearchStudentships</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a minimum of a 2:1 honours degree and a Masters (or equivalent) in music technology, sonic arts, interaction design, computer science, electrical and electronic engineering or related discipline. Applicants without a Masters may, in exceptional circumstances, be considered. </span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><b>Deadline: 26th May 2008</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Applications will be accepted after the deadline, though applicants will not be eligible for funding. Applications should be made electronically, through the Queen's University Belfast Postgraduate Application Portal, which can be accessed on the following URL:</span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><a href="https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home">https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><b>Research Areas<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">ICT and Creative Media<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Responsive systems for interaction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; "></span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Low latency encoding of gesture information for remote interaction</span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Human computer interaction in creative performance<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Creative Media<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Listening in Place - context area interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Interaction and telepresence using multimodal interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Network Performance - music performance and dissemination over networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">LHS<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Communication systems for helping older people remain independent<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">For further information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br>Dr. Pedro Rebelo<br>Sonic Arts Research Centre<br>Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5406<br>Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 4828<br>email: <a href="mailto:P.Rebelo@qub.ac.uk">P.Rebelo@qub.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 44, 226); "><a href="http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/">www.sarc.qub.ac.uk</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; 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