Applications are invited for two sponsored research studentships in the Distributed Systems Group of the Department of Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin, to undertake Ph.D. research in the area of Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN).

The research will be conducted within the context of the FP7 project Networking for Communications Challenged Communities (N4C) in
collaboration with a consortium of academic and industrial partners.

The focus of the research will be on DTN security and routing in the context of the overall goal of N4C project which is to develop
a lasting DTN testbed and a set of useful applications in northern Scandinavia (e.g. reindeer tracking).

Applicants should have a good honours primary degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related area.

These studentships are tenable immediately and carry a generous stipend, including fees.

Please apply by email to the address below including a curriculum vitae, in PDF format, giving full details of academic performance, qualifications and experience, together with the names of two referees.
The closing date for applications is the 22nd of March 2008. Contact:

Stephen Farrell
Distributed Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
Trinity College
Dublin 2
IRELAND

Email:
Tel: +353 (01) 8961761

Trinity College is an equal opportunities employer.