Call for application - 2021 - 2nd call | Doctoral Program - Information Engineering and Computer Science

Call for application - 2021 - 2nd call

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Admission requirements and topics

For admission requirements and application procedure please check the call in the "Downloads" area on the right.

Only the Italian version of the call is legally binding.

In order to be admitted in the School, applicants must be in possession of an Academic title which grants access to a third level education programme (PhD) in the country it has been issued.

Deadline: August 31, 2021, hrs. 04:00 PM (CEST)

The application must be completed and submitted by the above deadline, solely by the online system:
https://webapps.unitn.it/Apply/en/Web/Home/dott
The application which you must select is "Doctoral School in Information Engineering and Computer Science 37th cycle - Second Call 2021"

Please note that applicants who do not have an account at the University of Trento must register in advance at: https://www.unitn.it/account

The application shall be subject to the payment of an application fee - non-refundable - amounting to € 15 to be paid by credit card, according to the instructions given in the application. 

Applicants are advised to register well in advance with respect of the deadline because the issue of the username and password (sent via email), necessary to enter UNITN’s online services, may require up to 2 working days. 

The administration strongly recommends that applicants ensure that they have received the notification email confirming the definitive completion of the application procedure.
Applicants are asked not to wait until the last days prior to the deadline before submitting their applications.

During the filling out of the online application, applicants must choose which research area and no more than two project-specific grants (reserved topic scholarships) within the area they are interested to apply for.   

Curriculum and scholarships

Curriculum

1: Computer Science

2: Telecommunications

Research Area

A

B

C

D

MUR - Dipartimenti di Eccelenza scholarships

-

2+1

-

+1

UNITRENTO scholarships

-

2

3

1

DISI reserved topic scholarships

-

3

-

2

FBK reserved topic scholarships

4

1

2

1

TIM S.p.A.

-

1

-

-

Accademia Europa di Bolzano (EURAC Research)

-

-

-

1

TOTAL

4

9+1

5

5+1

MUR - Dipartimenti di Eccellenza: Ministry of University and Research - Departments of Excellence
UNITRENTO: University of Trento
DISI: Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento
FBK: Fondazione Bruno Kessler

In addition, there is 1 supernumerary position (see Art. 8 of the Call) in Research Area A and 1 position reserved for applicants who are granted scholarships by foreign countries (see Art. 6 of the Call) in Research Area D.

Area A (Curriculum 1: Computer Science)

  • Deep and Structured Machine Learning
  • Language Speech and Interaction

Project Specific Grants (reserved topic scholarships)

FBK

  • A1 - AI at the edge: end-to-end neural networks for audio processing on IoT devices (1 grant) » details 
  • A2 - Deep continual learning under scarce supervision (1 grant) » details 
  • A3 - Distributed embedded AI for energy-efficient smart sensing in IoT (1 grant) » details
  • A4 - Flexibility and Robustness in Speech Translation (1 grant) » details

Area B (Curriculum 1: Computer Science)

  • Cyber Security
  • Embedded Intelligence and Robotics Systems
  • Next Generation Networks
  • Systems and Networks

Project Specific Grants (reserved topic scholarships)

Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

  • B1 - Music and Artificial Intelligence (1 grant) » details
  • B2/B3 - Music in Augmented and Virtual Reality (2 grants) » details

FBK

  • B4 - Multi-objective optimization methods to support one-click deployments of EdgeAI application flows (1 grant) » details

TIM S.p.A.

  • B5 - Functional modules for O-RAN architecture (1 grant) » details

Area C (Curriculum 1: Computer Science)

  • Data Intelligence
  • Social Informatics
  • Software Engineering and Formal Methods

Project Specific Grants (reserved topic scholarships)

FBK

  • C1 - Computational models for understanding and changing human behaviors (1 grant) » details
  • C2 - Engineering Game-based Motivational Digital System for Personalized and Cooperative Learning (1 grant) » details 

Area D (Curriculum 2: Telecommunications)

  • Remote and Distributed Sensing
  • Signal Processing and Recognition

Project Specific Grants (reserved topic scholarships)

Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

  • D3 - Development of techniques based on machine learning and signal processing for the design and data analysis of planetary radars (1 grant) » details
  • D4 - Development of methodologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for the automatic analysis of remote sensing images (1 grant) » details

FBK

  • D2 - Advanced methodologies for radar and radar sounder image processing (1 grant) » details  

Accademia Europea di Bolzano (EURAC research)

  • D1 - Snow cover detection and glacier mass balance estimation with machine learning methods and multi-source satellite data (1 grant) » details