[Caml-list] Fully-funded Ph.D. Positions in Software Quality - IMT Lucca, Italy

[Letterio Galletta <lillocpp@gmail.com>]

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca <https://www.imtlucca.it/en> -
recently ranked one of Italy’s top universities for computer science
in the last national research evaluation exercise - invites
applications for 12 fully-funded Ph.D. positions in Software Quality
<https://sys.imtlucca.it/program-overview/software-quality-sq>, a
doctoral track within IMT’s program in Systems Science
<https://sys.imtlucca.it/>.

Successful applicants will receive the following benefits:
- a stipend of ca. € 1,300.00 per month;
- free full-board, serviced accommodation at the stunning IMT campus
located in the heart of Lucca, Tuscany (estimated value € 800.00 per
month);
- 50% scholarship increase for research periods abroad;
- generous research allowance.

The positions are fully funded for three years, with the possibility
of a scholarship extension of up to one year.

Working closely with IMT's SySMA group, successful candidates will be
able to pursue research towards methods for analyzing both functional
properties, i.e., program correctness, and extra-functional ones such
as usability, accessibility, reliability, performance, and security.

We welcome outstanding applicants interested in software quality from
several areas of computer science, including formal methods, machine
learning, modeling and simulation, program verification,
cybersecurity, and software engineering.

IMT Lucca fosters an international environment. The working language is English.

The application deadline is **June 19, 2023**.
Applications must be submitted through the online form available at
<https://sys.imtlucca.it/how-to-apply>.

Further information about the Ph.D. program in Software Quality is
available <https://sys.imtlucca.it/program-overview/software-quality-sq>.

Interested candidates are welcome to direct informal inquiries to
sysma@imtlucca.it.