We have a short term PhD exchange fund available. The fund is from Dr Hubert P. H. Shum and Dr Nauman Aslam under the gLink project. It supports a PhD to work in Northumbria University for up to 24 months, with a salary of 1500 Euro (tax-free) + airplane tickets + insurance + visa application cost. During the visiting period, the PhD can take up to 1 month of paid leaves. Extra travel allowance and conference budget are available subjected to performance. We have very limited applications in the past runs of this fund and therefore would encurage any interested applicants to apply.
Since this is an exchange fund, the applicants should currently be studying a PhD. For the successful applicant, we will agree on a collaboration scheme among the home university PhD supervisor, Dr Hubert P. H. Shum and Dr Nauman Aslam to form a co-supervision team. He/she can continue any existing research projects in the existing research areas under such an arrangement.
We would like the project to start in early-mid 2017. However, we have some flexibility on the actual start date. We can make arrangement to fit the researcher's based on his/her background and requirements.
Applicants should fulfill all of the following requirements:
We are happy to decide the project and research domain based on the applicant's background. If the applicant has any existing research projects, we are happy to collaborate with the applicant and continue these projects.
This project will be co-supervised by the home university PhD supervisor, Dr Hubert P. H. Shum and Dr Nauman Aslam from Northumbria University. The successful applicant may utilize the Motion Capture and Virtual Reality Laboratory managed by Dr Shum, which consists of more than £124,000 worth of equipment, including 3 sets of motion capture system (Xsens, OptiTrack), 3D scanners, head mount displays, depth cameras, 4K camcorders, etc. He/she will also have a chance to work with Dr Shum's research team, which currently consists of multiple research fellows and PhDs. More information about the team can be found here.
Background knowledge in any of the following areas is beneficial (but not essential):
Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Hubert P. H. Shum via email (hubert.shum[at]durham.ac.uk) for more information or even some informal communications before the application.