PhD studentship - Cost modeling for long term digital preservation

[Michael Factor]

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Please could you circulate this PhD opportunity:

http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/postgraduatestudy/researchopportunities/page52824.html

PhD studentship - Cost modelling for long term digital preservation
Application deadline:18 March 2011
Supervisors: Dr Essam Shehab and Dr Paul Baguley
Duration of award: Three years
Award type: PhD

Supported by EU-FP7 funding a studentship of up to £15,000 p.a. for up
to
three years plus fees* is available

Cranfield University, as part of a European consortium of 13 partners
which
includes members IBM, Philips Electronics, Fraunhofer, JRC and CSISP, 
has
an exciting research project entitled ‘Enabling knowledge
Sustainability,
Usability and Recovery for Economic value’ (ENSURE).

Focusing on cost modelling for digital preservation this ENSURE
project
aims to address the increasing difficulty experienced with ensuring
long-term usability of commercially relevant data produced or
controlled by
organisations. It will draw on motivation from use cases in health
care,
finance and clinical trials to deliver state-of-the-art digital
preservation.

The PhD project aims to develop a cost model which considers the whole
life
cycle of digital preservation. The successful applicant will research
how
to adapt existing cost modelling methods and techniques to the entire
life
cycle of digital preservation and aim to identify the cost drivers,
work
and cost breakdown structures associated with digital data reservation
to
develop the cost models. They will develop a framework to incorporate
risk
and uncertainty factors into cost estimation and define an uncertainty
identification and prioritisation process to enhance efficiency in
capturing uncertainty of long term data preservation.

Start date: ASAP

Doctoral Training Centres
This higher research degree is associated with one of our Doctoral
Training
Centre, which is funded in part by the Research Councils and industry.
A
generic core skills training programme is provided for all research
students. This is structured as a series of half day or full day
events and
acts as a social and networking forum to foster and develop
Cranfield’s
research student community.

Entry Requirements
Applicants should have a First or Second Class UK Honours degree (or
equivalent) or MSc in a relevant discipline such as software
engineering,
information technology, or other relevant engineering disciplines. In
addition, some experience in cost engineering and data preservation
would
be beneficial. The researcher will require technical report writing,
organisation, analytical, communication (oral and written), technical
paper
and article writing, and client handling skills.

Funding
* Supported by EU-FP7 grant, this studentship will cover the tuition
fees
at the UK/EU rate only. Non UK/EU students will have to pay the
remainder
of their tuition fees before commencing their studies. Applicants are
also
eligible for a bursary of up to £15,000 p.a. for up to three years
dependent upon qualifications and experience.

How to apply
If you are eligible to apply for this research studentship, please
complete
the  Application Form, or you can request that we post one to you.
Alternatively you may wish to apply online. For further information
contact
us today:

School of Applied Sciences
T: +44 (0)1234 754086
E: applied...@cranfield.ac.uk


Please note that we are unable to consider submissions for

Best Wishes,
Essam
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Dr. Essam M. Shehab, MIET, MACostE, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Decision Engineering

Cranfield University, Building 50, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
W: +44 (0) 1234 750 111 Ext 5241
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/aboutus/staff/shehabe.jsp
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