UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Biomedical AI – funded places available for 2020 entry

The new UKRI CDT in Biomedical AI at the University of Edinburgh is looking to recruit 12 students to start in September 2020. Students will be fully funded for 4 years (stipend, fees and research support budget).

CDT website: http://web.inf.ed.ac.uk/cdt/biomedical-ai/apply

Building on a tradition of world-leading research and innovation at Edinburgh, our Centre will train a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists who will shape the development of AI within biomedical research over the next decades. Our students will be equipped with all the technical skills to realise biomedical breakthroughs through AI while anticipating and addressing the societal issues connected with their research.

The CDT programme follows 1+3 format. In Year 1 you will study towards a Master by Research, undertaking a number of taught courses and taster research projects to broaden and refine your skills and explore different research areas. In Year 2-4 you will propose and pursue an interdisciplinary PhD project under the joint supervision of an AI expert and an application domain expert.

Programme benefits

• Fully funded 4-year studentship, covering tuition fees, stipend and travel/research support.
• Extensive choice of projects at the intersection of AI, biomedicine and social sciences, under guidance of world-leading researchers and clinical experts.
• Interdisciplinary training programme comprising a bespoke bootcamp, taught courses, workshops, taster projects and other activities.
• Opportunities for joint projects, research visits, internships and other collaboration with our extensive network of research and industry partners worldwide.
• Tailored training in public engagement, entrepreneurship awareness, responsible innovation and leadership skills.
• Wide variety of CDT events throughout the year, including seminar series, masterclasses, summer school, conferences, guest lectures and industry days.
• State-of-the-art facilities and vibrant world-class research community at the University of Edinburgh.

Entry requirements

A UK 2.1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering or a related discipline.

Applicants from a biomedical or social sciences background with relevant technical experience are also welcome.

Funding

CDT studentships fund 4 years of study, covering tuition fees, stipend and travel/research support.

Deadlines

Deadline for international applicants: 29 November 2019

Deadlines for UK/EU applicants: 29 November 2019; 31 January 2020

More information and how to apply: http://web.inf.ed.ac.uk/cdt/biomedical-ai/apply

Follow us on Twitter: @BioMedAI_CDT

 

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

The 19th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications

 

The 19th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, a four day conference, will be held in Porto, Portugal, June 16-19, 2020. The four day technical program will consist of plenary sessions, invited sessions, and presentations of contributed papers in several topics on Game Theory and its Applications. The International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications is a biennial event, running since 1984, which showcases the latest research in dynamic games, broadly defined.

 

More details can be found at the symposium website

https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/isdg2020/

 

Alberto Pinto and Mark Broom (symposium co-chairs).

The groups of Dr Kit Yates and Professor Robert Kelsh at the University of Bath, UK, are advertising a PhD studentship in mathematical biology: The four year fully-funded project, at the newly formed Milner Centre for Evolution, will model the evolution of zebrafish pigmentation patterning.

For more details see:

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/evolution-education-trust-phd-project-in-silico-modelling-of-the-evolutionary-capacity-and-constraints-of-pigment-pattern-formation-in-the-diverse-teleost-genus-danio/?p117463

or email KIt: c.yates@bath.ac.uk or Robert: bssrnk@bath.ac.uk

Three Fully Funded PhD positions on Quantitative Developmental Biology and Mathematical Modeling of Blood Vessel Growth near Tumors at Leiden University, The Netherlands

*Key responsibilities*

The PhD projects will be part of an interdisciplinary project that will unravel how modifications of the extracellular matrix, as they can occur for example near tumors, can modify the structure of new blood vessel networks. In this highly interdisciplinary project experimental biologists will work closely together with mathematical modelers on a daily basis, to enable incremental development and testing of theories of single-cell behavior and collective cell behavior during tumor angiogenesis. Based on cycles of iterative refinement of the mathematical model, followed by experimental validation, you will unravel aspects of blood vessel growth. You will prepare your insights for publication in the biological, biophysical, and/or biomathematical literature. One mathematical modeling project will focus primarily on the cellular scale and on the molecular mechanisms of mechanical cell-cell interactions. The second mathematical modeling project will focus on collective cell behavior, initially simplifying the underlying molecular details. The experimental project will focus on imaging single cell behavior and collective cell behavior during angiogenesis. Our interdisciplinary team carries out mathematical biology research in close interaction with our recently established experimental lab.

More information about the group can be found at

http://pub.math.leidenuniv.nl/~merksrmh2/

This interdisciplinary group is embedded at the Mathematical Institute and the Institute of Biology Leiden, both at the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. It is physically based at and embedded within the Cell Observatory of the Faculty of Science:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/research-facilities/science/cell-observatory

Details about the positions and application procedure:

For the mathematical modeling positions:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2019/q4/19-594-phd-candidates-on-the-mathematical-modeling-of-blood-vessel-growth-near-tumors

For the experimental position:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2020/q1/20-018-phd-in-quantitative-cell-and-developmental-biology

The 11th Conference on Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences, DSABNS, will be held at the Dipartimento di Economia e Management of University of Trento, in Italy, from February 4-7, 2020. SEE HOW TO GET THERE

http://dsabns2018.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/

http://www.dsabns2019.unina.it/

The conference has both theoretical methods and practical applications and the abstracts included in the program will cover research topics in population dynamics, eco-epidemiology, epidemiology of infectious diseases, molecular and antigenic evolution and methodological topics in the natural sciences and mathematics. 

THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE. However registration is required. Participants are kindly requested to REGISTER HERE. 

Looking forward to see you there, 

The Organizing Committee 

IMPORTANT DATES 

Registration for attendance only by January 15, 2020 

Abstract submission for contributed talks and posters
Deadline: December 02, 2019
Acceptance Notification: December 20, 2019

We would like to invite you to apply with proposals for Minisimposia and Satellite Conferences during the 8th European Congress of Mathematics (8ECM), to be held at Portorož, Slovenia, 5-11 July, 2020.

Internal and External Satellite Conferences (SC) will be held three days prior and after the official conference program. 8ECM Organizing Committee will offer full organizational and logistic support for organizers of Internal SC, so your focus would be entirely on the scientific programme.
For Minisyposia organizers, special incentives are offered.

Please review the open call at the official 8ECM website and apply no later than the following deadlines:
Satellite Conferences - February 1st 2019
Minisymposia - December 1st 2019

We would also kindly ask you to forward this announcement to colleagues at your institution. If possible, please publish it on your institution's social media and website using this link. 

We are looking forward to welcome you and your colleagues at the Congress and we remain available for further questions you may have at 8emc2020@famnit.upr.si.

More information:
https://www.8ecm.si
8emc2020@famnit.upr.si

The 12th ECMTB will be held in Heidelberg, Germany from August 31 till September 4, 2020. This conference is co-organized by the ESMTB and SMB. More information will be posted soon.