PACE, the University of Paderborn institute that organizes our three-year PhD programs in mathematics, mechanical and electrical engineering, informatics, and the natural sciences. Paderborn University was one of the first institutions in Germany to offer international students fully funded PhD programs in English, and to combine these with organized cultural events and soft skill training. Since the year 2001, our expertise has grown in guiding doctoral researchers towards their degrees within an average of 38 months. We are very proud of our more than 50 alumni from all over the globe.

Currently recruiting Phd students for

• International Graduate School Dynamic Intelligent Systems
• SCALUS: Scaling by means of Ubliquitous Storage, Marie Curie Initial Training Networks

International Graduate School Dynamic Intelligent Systems

The International Graduate School Dynamic Intelligent Systems at the University of Paderborn is one of seven NRW Graduate Schools which are initiated and supported by the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the federal state North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since October 2009, the Graduate School is funded by the program “NRW-Forschungsschulen” of the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia.

Located in the heart of Europe, it offers a stimulating and supportive environment for research in the rapidly developing field of software, systems and network engineering. This field deals with the construction of so-called embedded or mechatronic systems, which is already a research focus of the University of Paderborn.

The Graduate School is run by the faculties of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics (EIM), Business Administration and Economics and Mechanical Engineering as a research center of excellence in this field. The International Graduate School offers an English speaking program – based on a well structured curriculum – that allows excellent and motivated students to finish their doctoral work within three years. Additionally, attractive fellowships are available. Individual guidance and supervision, education in soft skills and a challenging environment prepare for leadership in academia and industry.

The Graduate School is one of the academic institutions which have been qualified for the International Postgraduate Programmes (IPP) of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/German Academic Exchange Service). With its focus on “Dynamic Intelligent Systems” the International Graduate School is the only supported institution which offers a course of studies for Computer Science and Engineering. Members of the International Postgraduate Programmes are only institutions with a high academic standard, well-organized structured studies and opportunities for study periods abroad.

Go to http://pace.uni-paderborn.de/studienprogramme/igs for further details

SCALUS

Storage research increasingly gains importance based on the tremendous need for storage capacity and I/O performance. Over the past years, several trends have considerably changed the design of storage systems, starting from new storage media over the widespread use of storage area networks, up to grid and cloud storage concepts. Furthermore, to achieve cost efficiency, storage systems are increasingly assembled from commodity components. Thus, we are in the middle of an evolution towards a new storage architecture made of many decentralized commodity components with increased processing and communication capabilities, which requires the introduction of new concepts to benefit from the resulting architectural opportunities.

The consortium of this Marie Curie Initial Training Network (MCITN) “SCALing by means of Ubiquitous Storage (SCALUS)” aims at elevating education, research, and development inside this exciting area with a focus on cluster, grid, and cloud storage.

The vision of this MCITN is to deliver the foundation for ubiquitous storage systems, which can be scaled in arbitrary directions (capacity, performance, distance, security).

Providing ubiquitous storage will become a major demand for future IT systems and leadership in this area can have significant impact on European competitiveness in IT technology. To get this leadership, it is necessary to invest into storage education and research and to bridge the current gap between local storage, cluster storage, grid storage, and cloud storage. The consortium will proceed into the direction by building the first interdisciplinary teaching and research network on storage issues. It consists of top European institutes and companies in storage and cluster technology, building a demanding but rewarding interdisciplinary environment for young researchers.

Go to http://www.scalus.eu/ for furher details