Applications close November 17, 2008

A number of PhD scholarships are now available for students commencing PhD study in 2009. The scholarships are offered by Smart Services CRC (Cooperative Research Centre), in the application of knowledge acquisition and data mining techniques for personalization of services such as product search and recommendation, in conjunction with CRC industry partners representing some of the largest companies in Australia, including Fairfax Digital (smh.com.au, drive.com.au, domain.com.au, rsvp.com.au, etc.), RACQ and other partners. These projects offer a rare opportunity to apply personalization techniques on realistic data sets to problems of contemporary industry relevance.

Scholarships are either top-up or full scholarships. Top-up scholarships provide a tax-exempt amount of $10,000 per year for three years plus $5,000 per year for travel and other expenses; this is in addition to any other scholarships you may hold (subject to the particular conditions of those scholarships). Full scholarships provide a tax-exempt amount of $25,000 per year for three years plus $5,000 per year for travel and other expenses. Smart Services CRC scholarships do not cover tuition fees, so international student holders of full or top-up Smart Services CRC awards will need some independent or other means of paying for tuition fees, and hence are recommended to concurrently apply for other scholarships.

Applicants for Smart Services CRC scholarships do not need to be Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Please contact Associate Professor Wayne Wobcke for further details on how to apply.