PhD Scholarships in Advances Energy and Sustainable Technologies at Masdar Institute (UAE) and MIT (USA)

Friday, 05 March 2010 09:47 Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:12 Written by Administrator

MASDAR Institute in Abu Dhabi Announces Full Scholarships for Graduate Study
The Masdar Institute 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=8&CatID=97&mnu=Cat#Intl