Oregon State University is initiating a new PhD program in Ecosystem
Informatics that combines research in computer science, mathematics, and
ecosystem sciences. Graduate students in this program work in
cross-disciplinary teams to solve fundamental and applied research
programs in ecosystem science areas. The program begins with a 2-week
orientation at OSU's Andrews Experimental Forest in late summer. This
includes one week of field work and one week of data analysis and
modeling, as well as an opportunity to get to know the faculty and
students in the program. All students in the program participate in a
one-year core course that introduces the scientific and technological
challenges of ecosystem science and advanced computer science methods.
Students are expected to do a 3-6 month internship with a national or
international organization. Several organizations around the world have
agreed to host interns from our program (all internship expenses are
paid).
We are seeking students interested in the following computer science
areas:
(1) software engineering for supporting ecological modeling including
model construction, experimentation, and validation,
(2) mathematical methods for modeling complex ecosystems,
(3) spatio-temporal database systems,
(4) management of diverse ecological databases including data discovery
via the semantic web,
(5) machine learning, data mining, and pattern recognition with
applications to ecological modeling, change detection, and novel
instrumentation for ecological science.
Generous fellowships for qualified Ph.D. students are funded by the NSF
IGERT (Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training)
program. To qualify, students must be (1) US citizens or permanent
residents, (2) accepted into a Ph.D. program in one of the six
departments at OSU that are participating in the IGERT, and (3) have
proposed a research and study plan consistent with the goals of this
IGERT. The six departments are BioEngineering, Computer Science,
Fisheries and Wildlife, Forest Science, Geosciences, and Mathematics.
For more information, contact Prof. Tom Dietterich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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Thomas G. Dietterich, Professor Voice: 541-737-5559
School of Electrical Engineering FAX: 541-737-3014
and Computer Science URL: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~tgd
Dearborn Hall 102, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3102
