PhD Scholarships Masdar Institute

Fully-Funded PhD Scholarships Masdar Institute of Science & Tech In Association with MIT

The Masdar Institute (http://www.masdar.ac.ae) is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Institute offers Masters and PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. Its faculty is of the highest quality and the intent is to have the structure of its top administration
similar to MIT’s.

The Institute is located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ph.D. students will have the chance to spend up to 1 year at MIT in Cambridge, MA, and will have a joint thesis committee consisting of Masdar Institute and MIT professors.

The Masdar Institute is in the process of establishing a substantial research activity in AI, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Cognitive Science, and their applications to energy systems (e.g. smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, human behavior modeling). For more details consult: - http://www.mit.edu/~jcrandal/
- http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/

Details about the application procedure can be found here (deadline 30 April 2010):

http://www.masdar.ac.ae/Menu/Index.aspx?MenuID=7&CatID=150&mnu=Cat

For further details, please contact:

Dr. Jacob Crandall (http://www.mit.edu/~jcrandal/ )
Dr. Iyad Rahwan (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/)

Source : 1. http://scholarbuzz.com/2010/usa-scholarship/phd-scholarships-masdar-institute/
2. http://www.masdar.ac.ae/Menu/Index.aspx?MenuID=8&CatID=97&mnu=Cat#Intl