Toshiba Fellowship Programme 2010, Japan

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REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW! The Toshiba Fellowship Programme 2010 is open for applications from Tuesday 01 September 2009 through to Friday 11 December 2009 inclusive.

Toshiba, supported by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) is offering outstanding European scientists the opportunity to join one of its high-technology research teams in Japan for up to two years.

The Toshiba Fellowship Programme is open to PhD level researchers of EU nationality currently working in a UK academic institution. The research areas vary broadly from year to year in the field of science and engineering. The Programme offers the successful Fellow a generous package including travel to and from Japan.

What is the Fellowship Programme?

The Toshiba Fellowship Programme offers outstanding scientists an annual opportunity to apply to join Toshiba’s research and development laboratories in Japan for up to two years, on a Research Fellowship Contract.

The Toshiba Fellowship Programme is a unique opportunity for recently qualified PhD level scientists, mainly from science, computing and mathematics disciplines. It offers a chance to journey alongside Toshiba into innovation, discovering a new world of research and development, as well as exploring and living a new cultural experience in Japan.

Toshiba Fellows nurture cross-cultural understanding between the UK, Europe and Japan whilst benefiting from working in our highly innovative and research-centred organisation, in a country renowned for its world class technology. Every Toshiba Fellow has a real possibility to contribute to our future technologies. Participating in our scheme leads to both career development and personal growth.

The Programme has successfully operated for over 25 years, enjoying a strong and long-running collaboration with the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) as well as fostering and developing the relationship between Japanese industry and UK academia. The successful Fellow receives a generous package, including relocation assistance to and from Japan, together with support and advice prior to and during their stay.

Research Topics for 2010



Wireless & Network Research Topics

Linearisation and efficiency improvement technologies for RF transmitters
Methodology for highly reliable industrial network design and testing
Media Technologies Research Topics

Unified approach to automatic speech recognition and knowledge integration
Emotional speech synthesis
Machine vision for object recognition
Dialogue interface for robots
Software Research Topics

Software optimisation technologies for multi-core processors

Software design technology for dependable as well as cost-effective embedded systems

Materials & Devices Research Topics

Quantum computing devices
Microwave frequency spin-torque oscillator technology
Novel nano-devices fabricated by self-organization processes
Developments of organic functional materials for advanced light-emitting devices
Semiconductor power module packaging technologies for high temperature applications
Security Research Topics

Automated proof for computational security of cryptography
Other Research Topics

Proposals from applicants for new advanced research topics which are relevant to the Toshiba Fellowship Programme 2010 research areas are also welcome. Toshiba appreciates such proposals and will determine their acceptability based on the current circumstances of Toshiba’s R&D activities.

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