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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*** Apologies for cross posting ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI) <b>at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)</b> invites applications to the graduate program “<b>Service Research</b>”. In close collaboration with associated industry partners, the graduate program will investigate challenging research questions arising from complex service systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The graduate program focuses on two main research streams within Service Research: Human-based eServices and Service Value Network Analytics. The research will comprise of the theoretical foundations like Service Innovation, Market Engineering, Service Architecture, Operations Research and Semantics as well as their application in domains such as Energy, Healthcare, Logistics or Information and Communication Technologies. An interdisciplinary knowledge and research approach is essential to tackle the appealing research questions. The program offers wide prospects for interdisciplinary research in an inspiring, team-oriented, and international research environment with strong ties to industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Candidates have the opportunity to pursue a PhD degree, to be supervised by two KSRI directors, to work together with a mentor from the industry and stay with one of our (industry) partners for 4-6 months. Together with the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists KSRI offers a wide range of advanced training courses for improving professional skills as an integrated part of the graduate program. Candidates will receive a financial support which is equivalent to the rates of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG). Additional funds for consumables and travel will be provided by KSRI.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Interested candidates with an impressive academic record in the preferred disciplines <b>computer science, economics, information systems, management science and mathematics </b>as well as<b> engineering and social sciences</b> <b>with a tight focus on eServices</b> are invited to submit their application to </span><a href="mailto:applications@ksri.kit.edu"><span lang=EN-US>applications@ksri.kit.edu</span></a><span lang=EN-US> until <b>March 15th 2011</b>. Further information about the research streams, the requirements and the application process are available on our website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ksri.kit.edu/graduate-program"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.ksri.kit.edu/graduate-program</span></a><span lang=EN-US>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The preferable <b>date of entry is in April/May 2011</b>. Other dates can be contemplated on request.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>KIT is committed to increasing the share of women in research and especially encourages female candidates to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>