PhD Scholarship on "Topological characterization of network dynamics", Florence

The Ph.D. school in Information Engineering of the University of Florence has recently funded a scholarship in “Topological characterization of network dynamics”. The scholarship falls within the university program in multidisciplinary education, and therefore it is open to graduate students coming from various fields, such as Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. The scholarship lasts 3 years, and it is completely funded during this time. The winner has to attend the Ph.D. school during these years and will have to write a dissertation to earn the PhD degree.

The ideal candidate is a student familiar with Dynamical Systems, and also with the concept of “network of dynamic agents”. Experience in ODEs, PDEs or stochastic models is appreciated, but it is not necessary.

Interested students must apply before August 10th, 12:00 am (Italian time), by using the web form at the following link: https://www.unifi.it/cmpro-v-p-11202.html

Complete information about the application procedure can be found at the same link in English.

The application requires the candidate to submit a project and to attend an interview. The project should be about 2 pages long, and it should be a research proposal based on the skills and interests of the candidate. Candidates may ask the tutors for the original research outline, and freely adapt it to make it their own project. The final choice of the type of scholarship will be done only at the end of the selection process.

Candidates are encouraged to get in touch with the scholarship tutors before the deadline for more information about how to better present their project and summary of previous research. The interview will be performed remotely via Skype or other services for foreign students (fair knowledge of English is required).

For more information, feel free to contact the scholarship tutors Giacomo Innocenti (giacomo.innocenti@unifi.it) or Duccio Fanelli (duccio.fanelli@unifi.it) at any time.