PhD Positions at UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

A number of PhD scholarships are available at the Institute of Informatics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/), in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Applications are welcome in most areas of research in Computer Science.

Specifically, Prof. Ana Bazzan is seeking outstanding applicants interested in research on Multiagent learning, Traffic Simulation, and Coordination & Task Allocation and Prof. Rafael Bordini is seeking outstanding applicants interested in Formal Verification of Multi-Agent Systems, Multi-Agent Oriented Programming, and Development of Autonomous Software Applications. The most promising applicants, regardless of research area, are selected by the Post-graduate Programme in Computing (http://ppgc.inf.ufrgs.br/) to receive the available scholarships (including a stipend of about 1200 USD pcm, which is over 3 times the minimum wage in Brazil).

Deadline for application is 2 June 2011 and applications should be made at: http://inf.ufrgs.br/ppgc/applying-en/.