Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:23:02 +0530 (IST)
From: Shamprasad Pujar
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From: Library and Information Science Education in Asia
[mailto:LISEA@MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG] On Behalf Of Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher
(Assoc Prof)
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:18 PM
To: LISEA@MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG
Subject: [LISEA] PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge
Management in Singapore
Eight scholarships for PhD studies are available at the Sch. of
Communication &
Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for August
2008 and
January 2009 admission.
PhD students are sought in the following research areas:
- Knowledge organization: taxonomies, ontologies, human categorization
behavior
- Knowledge management
- Digital libraries: information retrieval, collaborative querying,
learning objects
repositories, mobile applications, Web archiving
- Natural language processing: information extraction, summarization,
sentiment
categorization
- User and usability studies, human computer interaction
- Information literacy, health information literacy.
The PhD students will be attached to the Division of Information Studies
research clusters:
- Digital Intelligence research cluster:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/digital.html
- Knowledge Management cluster:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/management.html
- Information Literacy cluster:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/infolit.html
- Knowledge Organization cluster:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/knowledge.html
The scholarships include tuition waiver and monthly stipend of SGD2,000
(approx. USD1,380), which are tenable for 4 years. The stipend will
comfortably
cover living expenses for a single person in Singapore.
Minimum requirements:
- A good Bachelor's degree at a reputable university
- Master's degree in a related area
- GRE
- TOEFL is required only for applicants whose undergrad education is not
in English.
Application procedure:
- Application has to be submitted online at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/GradStudies/Research%2BProgrammes/admission/
In the online application form, select "Wee Kim Wee School of
Communication & Information"
- Deadline: Feb 28th, 2008 for Aug 2008 admission. Late applications may
be
considered for Jan 2009 admission.
- Application material includes a 2-3 page research proposal, that
indicates the
research area of interest
Background information:
- The Division of Information Studies in the School of Communication &
Information
was set up in 1993 to offer the only LIS professional program in
Singapore. It now
offers 3 MSc programs in Information Studies, Knowledge Management and
Information Systems, with a total of about 400 graduate students.
More information about the MSc programs:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/graduate/information_studies.html
The Division's faculty pages are available at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/about/directory_is.html
- Singapore is a modern multiracial "garden city" that is safe and easy
to live in.
The main languages are English and Chinese.
- Nanyang Technological University is a research-intensive university
that started
as an engineering school but is developing into a comprehensive
university.
The medium of instruction is completely in English.
Queries can be directed to Dr Abdus Sattar Chaudhry at: h-dis@ntu.edu.sg