Thursday, November 3, 2011

Master and PhD Positions at National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico

The Natural Language Processing Laboratory of the Center for Computing Research (CIC) of the National Polytechnic Institute (NLP), Mexico City, Mexico, offers a limited number of scholarships to international students for earning Master or PhD degree in Computer Science (we have no undergrad level, sorry). After earning a Master degree, the students are encouraged to continue to the PhD degree, and the scholarship is extended accordingly.

Requirements

Strong interest to NLP, self-motivation, independence in learning and research.
Absolute determination to finish the program: once admitted, you must finish the program and receive the degree.
Good knowledge of English: reading and writing in scientific and technical domain.
Programming skills are a big plus. Willing to learn Perl.
Willing to publish scientific papers in top journals. Willing to acquire writing and publication culture. For PhD, publication in ISI JCR-indexed journals is required for graduation.
Willing to participate in the activities of the Lab, such as organization of conferences, and in general willing to help is a plus.
For Master, willing to learn Spanish is required. Knowing Spanish in advance is not required but is a plus. For PhD, willing to learn Spanish is a plus, though is not strictly required.
For Master, finished undergrad degree is required. For PhD, finished Master degree is required.
Patience: applying for an international program may require considerable paperwork, including certified translations, etc.

For more information visit:  http://www.gelbukh.com/scholarships.html

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