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Open Postdoctoral,  PhD and M.Sc positions at the University of Iceland in Theoretical and Computational Physical Chemistry

Study Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, or related fields
Course Level: Postdoctoral, PhD, MSc
Scholarship Provider: Icelandic Research Fund
Scholarship can be taken at: Iceland

Open positions for students (Ph.D. and M.S.) and/or post-docs at the University of Iceland in a group of Theoretical and Computational Physical Chemistry, funded by the Icelandic Research Fund. The positions are open for applicants with background in Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, or related fields.

The projects involve long time scale simulations and density functional theory calculations on “Electrochemical production of fertilizer and green fuel”. Read the rest of this entry »

Doctorate Positions in the field of Impact of climate change on processes that influence survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) eggs and larvae in Icelandic waters MARICE at the University of Iceland – 2011

Study Subject: Impact of climate change on processes that influence survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) eggs and larvae in Icelandic waters
Employer: University of Iceland
Level: PhD

MARICE at the University of Iceland offer a PhD studentship as part of NorMER, a Nordic Centre of Excellence funded by Nordforsk. The MARICE PhD project will focus on the impact of climate change on processes that influence survival of offspring produced by different sub-populations of cod in Icelandic waters. This will include an investigation into the role of freshwater runoff and hydrodynamic variability on survival and drift of cod eggs and larvae. The student will also spend four months at the University of Bergen, Norway.

This three year studentship will commence on the 1st August 2011 Read the rest of this entry »

Icelandic  Government  Scholarship 2011-2012

Study Subject: Morphology, Syntax and Phonetics of Modern Icelandic
Employer: Árni Magnússonar Institute for Icelandic Studies
Level: Undergraduate

The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture awards annually a number of scholarships for studies in Icelandic for Foreign Students at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík. The scholarship program is
administrated by Árni Magnússonar Institute for Icelandic Studies, Sigurdur Nordal Office. Approximately 15
scholarships are available for the period from September 1st 2011 to April 30th 2012.
The scholarships are intended for students of language and literature. Students who have completed at least one or two academic years of university study and with some prior knowledge of Icelandic or other Nordic language will be given priority. Preference will, as a rule, be given to a candidate under 35 years of age.Icelandic for foreign students is comprised of both theoretical and practical fields of study. On the one hand it is a language course, where students are trained in speaking, reading and writing modern Icelandic. On the other hand it delves into the more academic aspects of the Icelandic language, literature and history of Iceland. Read the rest of this entry »

Iceland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Statistics Genetics

We are seeking to appoint several Post-doctoral Research fellows in statistical genetics to join Dr. Augustine Kong’s statistics group at deCODE genetics. The successful applicant will form part of a team working to understand the role of common and rare variants in common complex disease using genome-wide association scan and whole-genome sequence data. This position will be based at deCODE genetics Reykjavik.

deCODE is embarking on a large scale human whole-genome sequencing project. Data generated through that project together with the wealth of phenotypic information and the ability to phase the genomes of Icelanders allows for association analysis of sequence variants with frequency as low as 0.1% with over 300 different human traits.

Eligibility: Read the rest of this entry »

Post Doctoral Position in Speech Recognition, Reykjavik University, Iceland

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the area of computational speech processing. We are looking for a scientist/engineer with a PhD and experience in machine learning, statistics, and speech processing or in a closely related field. The ability to communicate and work as part of a highly interactive research team is essential. The project will focus on the development of dynamical modeling of recorded speech with special attention on linear Gaussian models, switching linear dynamical systems and continuos-valued hidden dynamic models. The principal investigator is Jon Gudnason of Reykjavik University and coinvestigators are Sigurdur Freyr Hafstein of Reykjavik University and Mike Brookes of Imperial College London.

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Postdoctoral research position on dynamic models for transitions towards sustainable transportation, Reykjavik University, Iceland

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships the field of humanities.
The Snorri Sturluson Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society.

The amount of the Fellowships is based in principle on travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses while in the country. Should two equally-qualified candidates be under consideration, preference will, as a rule, be given to a candidate from Eastern or Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America or Oceania.

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies advertises the Fellowships, handles applications, and assists Fellows during their stay in Iceland, at the conclusion of which Fellows are expected to submit a report to the Institute on how the grant was spent. Read the rest of this entry »