Ingegneria e Scienza dell'Informazione Ciclo XXVIII

The PhD school in “Engineering and Science of Information” arises from the fusion between the PhD School in Information Engineering and the PhD School in Mathematical Logic, Informatics and BioInformatics. The formative program is driven by the need to provide future researchers in both academic and industrial environments with the background and methodological skills in the framework of Information Engineering and Science. The school includes 9 Curricula with scientific-technical content associated to the CUN Area 01 (Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche) and 09 (Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione). The school includes 9 Curricula mainly framed in the following SSD: INF/01, MAT01, MAT 09 of Area 01 , and ING-INF/01, ING-INF/02, ING-INF/03, ING-INF/04, ING-INF/05, ING-INF/07, ING-IND/31, ING-IND/35 of Area 09. These Curricula are mainly oriented to research in Electronics, Telecommunications, Electromagnetic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Engineering, Robotics, Measurements, Management Engineering, Informatics, Networks, Bio-informatics, Mathematical Logics and Computer Science, Information processing, Complex Systems. The Board (Collegio docenti) is composed by 15 Professors of the University of Siena, 10 of the “Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione”, 4 of the “Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche”, and one of the “Dipartimento di Biotecnologie”. One Industrial representative and 3 external professors will be invited to the PhD board meeting, 2 of which from non-national Universities. Following the long tradition of the original PhD schools, the PhD students will benefit of a broad offer of PhD courses, excellent laboratories, large variety of international contacts, international stages in renowned University and research centers, support from the Department for participation to conferences. In the XXVII cycle, the school will have a multitude of external financial supports, especially from EU projects and from national Industries. This year the school will offer 8 positions fully financed from outside, with budget already available. On the basis of the past history, we expect 14-16 new PhD students per year, with 30% of participation from outside University of Siena and 20% from outside Italy.