Expansion of the Research School "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/research_school/home.html?L=1 The Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering (HPI) in Potsdam is one of Germany’s top-ranked computer science institutes. Annually, the institute’s Research School seeks talented junior researchers and accordingly offers 10 Ph.D. and Postdoc Scholarships The HPI Research School focuses on the foundation and application of large-scale, highly complex and interconnected IT systems. With its interdisciplinary and international structure, the Research School interconnects the HPI research groups as well as its international branches at Cape Town University, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Nanjing University. The HPI Future SOC Lab, a state-of-the-art computer center, enriches the academic work at the HPI Research School. Research Topics The HPI professors and their research groups ensure high quality research and will supervise Ph.D. students in the following topic areas: - Human Computer Interaction, Prof. Dr. Patrick Baudisch - Computer Graphics Systems, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Döllner - System Engineering and Modeling, Prof. Dr. Holger Giese - Software Architecture, Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld - Internet Technologies and Systems, Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel - Information Systems, Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann - Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts, Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner - Operating Systems and Middleware, Prof. Dr. Andreas Polze - Business Process Technology, Prof. Dr. Mathias Weske Application If you have prior experience in any of these areas, you are invited to submit a full application with the following documents: - curriculum vitae and copies of certifi cates/transcripts - brief research proposal - work samples/copies of relevant scientific work (e.g. master‘s thesis) - a letter of recommendation Applications must be submitted by August 15th 2014. Positions are usually available at the beginning of October. Please send your applications to: research-school-application@hpi.de.