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Successful candidates will carry out their research with a team of international collaborators in context of an European Commission funded FP7 project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>No prior knowledge in criminal intelligence is required</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>, but an excellent background in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>data visualisation</b>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>human-computer interaction</b>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>data analytics algorithm</b>, or <b>research ethics</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>is essential.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Specific areas of research are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=square><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Visual Analytics for Geo-Spatial Temporal Re-Construction of Situations in Criminal Intelligence Analysis [<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Visual%20Analytics%20for%20Geo-Spatial.pdf"><b><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>details</span></b></a>: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Visual Analytics for Geo-Spatial.pdf].<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Visual Analytics for Insight Generation in Criminal Intelligence Analysis [<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Visual%20Analytics%20for%20Insight%20Generation.pdf"><b><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>details</span></b></a>: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Visual Analytics for Insight Generation.pdf].<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Interactive Feature Selection and Projection of High-Dimensional Data for Criminal Intelligence Analysis [<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Interactive%20Feature%20Selection.pdf"><b><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>details</span></b></a>: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Interactive Feature Selection.pdf].<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Ethically Informed Design for Addressing Legal and Privacy Issues in Criminal Intelligence Analysis [<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Ethically%20Informed%20Design.pdf"><b><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>details</span></b></a>: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Ethically Informed Design.pdf].<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>The<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>deadline is 14 March 2014</b>, and the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>application form</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>is available here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/"><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>INFORMAL INQUIRIES: Professor B.L. William Wong, w.wong@mdx.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>The details are available on the Middlesex University website:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/comp-sci.aspx"><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/comp-sci.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>OTHER Computer Science PhD studentships:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.jobs.ac.uk/employer/middlesex-university"><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>http://www.jobs.ac.uk/employer/middlesex-university</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>
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