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PhD student position in on-line privacy using Multi-Agent Systems, London (England), Deadline: 15 Apr 2016

Title: On-line Privacy using Multi-Agent Systems
Institution: Computer Science, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London.
Start date: September 2016
Duration: 3 years
Annual Stipend: £16,296 p.a and includes Home/EU fees.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious graduate student to carry 
out research in multi-agent models to support on-line privacy. The 
successful candidate will work with staff from the Computer Science 
Department and Law Department at Royal Holloway University of London. This 
studentship will enable the candidate to develop academic-standard 
research skills and a deep understanding of privacy law and how to enforce 
this law using techniques from multi-agent systems with potential 
collaboration with external firms and start-ups.

This scholarship is fully funded as part of the Magna Carta Doctoral 
Training Centre supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

Project Overview

The goal of this project is to study new mechanisms for supporting the 
privacy of electronic transactions over large computer networks. The 
mechanisms to be studied will be modelled using architectures, protocols 
and models originating in multi-agent systems research and their 
associated deployment infrastructures. It is anticipated that agents 
deployed to support privacy will encapsulate knowledge about privacy 
policies on the data exchanged in an electronic transaction, maintain 
provenance of information as logs of data transfers and monitor access to 
this information in the long term to avoid privacy violations. It is also 
anticipated that agents will communicate with other agents to report 
violations and to maintain the required accountability between all 
relevant parties.

The student will be hosted in the DICE Lab (http://dice.cs.rhul.ac.uk), 
which conducts research in Distributed and Intelligent Computing 
Environments using Logic-based Agents and Multi-agent Systems.

Requirements

Applicants should have a first or upper-second class honours degree or an 
MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline 
and excellent understanding of computational logic together with software 
development skills, preferrably in Prolog and/or Java. Among desirable 
skills are experience with agent architectures, agent protocols, the 
formalisation of legal rules as well as the application of computers in 
the domain of the law.

Requirements

Applicants should have a first or upper-second class honours degree or an 
MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline 
and excellent understanding of computational logic together with software 
development skills, preferrably in Prolog and/or Java. Among desirable 
skills are experience with agent architectures, agent protocols, the 
formalisation of legal rules as well as the application of computers in 
the domain of the law.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply as soon as possible using the 
University's online application system:

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/applying/home.aspx.

Please read carefully all the information on the application process 
including English language requirements.

While completing the postgraduate application form please include also: - 
your most recent CV; and - a personal statement outlining your interest in 
the area of privacy and highlighting any relevant experience you have with 
multi-agent system models, architectures and technologies.

Closing Date:  15 April 2016.

For informal inquiries about the position, please contact Professor Kostas 
Stathis (kostas.stathis@rhul.ac.uk).
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