PhD Studentship
 

TITLE OF PROJECT: Web Collider

(Keywords: Semantic Web, Internet, Search Engine, Creative Computing and Future Computation)

Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, England

STARTING OCTOBER 2010 
 

Applications are invited for a PhD research studentship at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University.    
 

The next generation of the web is known as Semantic Web, or Web 3.0. Here, users’ search intentions are interpreted semantically by search engines, so that search results returned will in theory be closer to what they wanted. However, as the web becomes better at understanding and steering user intentions, yet more of the more serendipitous and creative aspects of surfing will be lost. This PhD project will aim to provide users with a 'breadcrumb trail' of unique navigations through tagged content of all types: text, images, sounds and media. These navigations will provide creative stimulation and offer new insights into relationships between information that are not based simply on chance or even oppositional encounters, but rather on a more poetic sense of unity. To achieve this kind of result the tool will interrogate the way in which current search algorithms distinguish “positive” and "negative" information in order to achieve a new system of values for the classification of data. The supervision team will include Prof Hongji Yang, Prof Andrew Hugill and Prof Jim Hendler. 
 

For more information about the project please contact Prof Hongji Yang by e-mail (hyang@dmu.ac.uk) or telephone (00-44-116-2506398).  
 

This research opportunity is one of over 15 scholarships funded by De Montfort University in 2010-11 to build on our excellent achievements in RAE 2008, to develop our research capacity into new and evolving areas of study and to consolidate our national and international research partnerships.  Applications are invited from citizens of UK or EU who should have a good first degree (First Class, Upper Second Class or equivalent) in a relevant subject and a keen interest in computer science.  Doctoral studentships are available for up to 3 years full-time study starting October 2010 and provide a bursary of £13,500pa in addition to all university tuition fees. 
 

Applicants need to contact Lisa McNicoll, lmcnicoll@dmu.ac.uk, to receive an admission pack and are requested provide a full CV with two supporting references.   
 

Please quote ref:  DMU Studentships 2010 
 

CLOSING DATE: Friday 30^th April 2010 
 

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