University of Ulster

Overview:

With Invest NI, the University of Ulster and Queen’s University Belfast, five of the world’s leading capital markets firms have come together to establish a research collaboration in Capital Markets Engineering. This initiative represents a unique opportunity for those wishing to develop expertise in this essential sector for the economy.

Please see below details of the 5 PhD studentships which will be based at the ISRC in Derry/Londonderry. It is envisaged that the students will also spend a considerable amount of time at the company locations. The studentships, while distinct and individually tailored, will enhance and contribute to the overall objective of creating a significant research collaboration between industry and the two universities, by addressing complementary problems of interest to the overall consortium of companies.

Eligibility:

These are international studentships and we invite applications from students worldwide.  Candidates should hold, or expect to hold by 15 August 2011, a first class or 2:1 honours degree in a relevant branch of engineering, mathematics, computer science or a closely related discipline. An appropriate degree at Masters level will be an advantage.

Funding:

The studentship covers tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of £13,590 per annum.

Duration and closing date:

These studentships will be of 3 years duration, subject to satisfactory progress, commencing September 2011. Closing date for applications is 13 June 2011.

Project Descriptions:

Please click below for a brief project description.

1. Computational Intelligence Approaches for Markets Surveillance

2. Real-time Cross Asset Portfolio Management

3. Intelligent Approaches to Determine Investor Sentiment and its Effects on Stock Price Movement

4. Biologically Inspired Models of High Speed Financial Computations Based on Massively Parallel GPU Architectures

5. Comparative Performance Assessments of High Speed Financial Computations Based on GPU, CPU and FPGA Architectures

For more information please contact Professor T.M. McGinnity at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

How to apply:

Please click here for a copy of the application form

This form should be completed and returned to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Further information can be found at the website of the research office of the University of Ulster:
http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/prospective/application.html