PhD positions for MIS/CS at The University of Iowa

jjbay

Dr. Kang Zhao is looking for PhD students for Fall 2014. His research focuses on social computing and business analytics, including the analysis, mining and simulation of social network and social media. More information be found at http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/faculty/kanzhao/. Students from other related areas are also encouraged to apply. Full scholarships are available (fellowship/TA/RA).

Ideal candidates should be motivated to conduct high-quality research. Solid programming skills and quick learning ability are necessary. Research experience in data/text mining, social network analysis, or related areas is a plus.

If you are interested in these positions, please send your package (CV, transcripts, research papers, etc) to kang-zhao@uiowa.edu. You can apply through either of the two programs at the University.

(1) The Management Sciences program at the Tippie College of Business (Information Systems track) http://tippie.uiowa.edu/management-sciences/phd/apply.cfm.
or
(2) The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics (Information Science track)  http://informatics.grad.uiowa.edu/prospective-students/how-to-apply.

The University of Iowa is a tier-1 research university in the U.S. Founded in 1847, it is one of the very early members of the prestigious American Association of Universities, which includes only 60 leading research universities in the U.S nowadays (http://baike.baidu.com/view/3028660.htm). The university is located in Iowa City, a friendly town with a diverse population, affordable living, and low crime rates. The city ranks 21st in CNN’s “100 best places to live and launch”.

geffer

this prof's interest is very interesting.
I just wonder why he could find phd for his own without deciding by the committee in his department?

zjq407

geffer 发表于 2013-9-23 01:12
this prof's interest is very interesting.
I just wonder why he could find phd for his own without de ...

不同program的policy不太一样的，有些比较小的program(比如Iowa的management science这样一年申请人可能还不到30个的），就是coordinator或者需要招学生干活的老板翻翻申请材料看到合适的就招了。。。

蜡笔小强

我的方向是social network的， 但是我今年已经决定去做RA了。

jjbay

确实每个学校和program的政策都不一样