美国留学申请信息：圣地亚哥州立大学全奖Ph.D.招生(2015 秋季入学)

　　Research Assistantship

　　A National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project hasone research assistantship (RA) for qualified students who will pursue a Ph.D.degree of Computational Science(http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/csrc/programs/phd.php) at the San Diego StateUniversity (SDSU) in Fall 2015 semester. This is a joint Ph.D. program betweenSDSU and the Claremont Graduate University (CGU). The goal of the project is todevelop, implement, and evaluate a new flash storage system for emerging andfuture data-intensive mobile applications(http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~taoxie/research.html). The research assistantshipwill start in the Fall 2015 semester.

　　Required Qualifications:

　　1. A Bachelor degree in Computer Science,Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or closely related areas

　　2. A solid background in operating systems(Linux/Unix)

　　3. Strong programming skills in C/C++

　　Desired Qualifications:

　　1. A Master degree in Computer Science,Computer Engineering, or closely related areas

　　2. Hardware design experience with FPGAand VHDL

　　3. Background in computer systems; and/ora few years working experience in C

　　4. Interest in experimental computersystem research

　　Detailed Information:

　　- Please read page 71-75 of http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/catalog/2010_2011/GradCandC.pdf ;

　　- Among the 8 courses at SDSU, 3 courses(e.g., computer science courses) can be transferred from other countries ifthey are Graduate level courses;

　　- Students need to take 6 courses at CGUand need to drive to CGU once every week for two semesters. CGU is located inLos Angeles, which is about 2-hour driving from San Diego;

　　- Your diploma will be stamped by bothSDSU and CGU. Although your degree will be Computational Science, your researchis computer science and your publication will be in computer science too;

　　- Your tuition will be paid by SDSU and Iwill pay you stipend from my research funding if you are selected. Theapplication deadline is 15 February 2015 (please refer to http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/doctoral_checklist.html).This program only accepts Ph.D. students in Fall semesters. Your TOEFL scoreshould be at least 82 and GRE (general) should be no less than 1,100.

　　Preference will be given to students with a Masterdegree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, orclosely related fields. Interested candidates should send a statement ofresearch interests (no more than 2 pages), CV, and photocopies of GRE(general), TOEFL, transcripts, and diplomas to Dr. Tao Xie attxie@mail.sdsu.edu.

　　One Ph.D. student will graduate in May 2015 and he has received a job offer from storage companies such as SanDisk and Seagate.