Doctoral School ICE:

Start: 01.2011
End:   12.2017

Doctoral schools are excellent platforms to perform coherent high-quality research and teaching activities. They typically intensify collaborations within a university, set a certain focus, and thus also leverage visibility at an international level. Moreover, they typically provide a long-term perspective for PhD researchers with respect to financing and research topic. Due to these reasons, the establishment of a doctoral school and the acquisition of its funding have been a major goal of Lakeside Labs since its foundation.

The Joint Doctoral Programme in Interactive and Cognitive Environments offers PhD candidates an education programme in the field of research related to computer science, electronic and telecommunication engineering and industrial design. Candidates must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree or equivalent title and in-depth knowledge and understanding of the principles of ICT engineering. ICE aims at developing and enhancing master students' knowledge and skills in order to shape a new generation of professionals able to exploit (and further enhance) cutting-edge ICT technologies to design and implement - in multi-disciplinary work teams - innovative solutions in the ever more pervasive fields of application. 

The programme has three major focuses, that will be iteratively pursued during the whole progress of the candidate's track. The former concerns the acquisition and the formalization of knowledge in specific advanced domains, achieved through lectures and seminars. The second aims at keeping PhD students in strict touch with leading research groups that have proven experiences in research activities in basic disciplines necessary for the PhD course in the five partner universities. The latter involves actual industry/academy joint research activities on projects in cooperation with leading ICT companies, typically under international institutional umbrellas, such as the European Research Frameworks.

The Programme lasts three years. During this period a mobility scheme ensures that students will spend training / research periods in at least two different higher education institutions.

The language of instruction is English. Local language learning and integration in the society will be promoted through ad-hoc courses and university staff support.

With over 9.000 students and around 1.200 employees, the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt is the leading educational and research institute in Carinthia ? Austria?s most southern state. Its many research achievements have brought it an international reputation, making the university a major driving force behind Carinthia?s success as a business location. Recently, the university has expanded its research and teaching activities towards technical fields.
As a result the Faculty of Technical Sciences has been founded in 2007 comprising seven institutes with the main focus on Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Research groups of 19 full professors are cooperating with international, national, and regional partners in various fundamental and technology-oriented research topics. The proposed Erasmus Mundus program strengthens the international orientation of the Faculty's teaching activities which currently include a master program on "Information Technology"completely taught in English, a wellestablisheddouble-degree program on "Computer Science" with the Technical University of Poznan, Poland as well asa recently launched double-degree program with the University of Udine, Italy.

The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt is one of the five partner institutions in this joint program. Our primary role is the provide course, conduct lab and project works as well as supervise thesis work for the international students participating in this project. We expect that many courses of our established international program on "Information Technology" fits well into this Erasmus Mundus program. We further support thesis work to be carried out in collaboration with industrial or other academic partners.

For more information please visit http://www.uni-klu.ac.at

For more information on research topics and activities please refer to the following research group:

Pervasive Computing
Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems
Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt
Universitaetsstraße 65-67
Lakeside Park B02b
9020 Klagenfurt - Austria
contact: Prof. Bernhard Rinner
www: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/tewi/ict/nes/pc/index.html

Interactive Systems
Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt
Universitaetsstraße 65-67
Lakeside Park B02b
9020 Klagenfurt - Austria
contact: Prof. Martin Hitz
www: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/tewi/inf/isys/ias/index.html

Mobile Systems
Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt
Universitaetsstraße 65-67
Lakeside Park B02b
9020 Klagenfurt - Austria
contact: Prof. Christian Bettstetter
www: http://mobile.uni-klu.ac.at

Embedded Systems and Signal Processing Group
Klagenfurt University
Universitaetsstraße 65-67
9020 Klagenfurt - Austria
contact: Prof. Dr. Mario Huemer
www: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/tewi/ict/nes/es/index.html