PhD Position in Personal Data Servers

The SMIS (Secured and Mobile Information System) team at INRIA is offering two Ph.D. positions in a new project to start December 1, 2011. The project is in the area of Personal Data Servers and deals with data privacy and embedded databases.

About the project: an increasing amount of personal data is automatically gathered and stored on servers by administrations, hospitals, insurance companies, etc. Citizen themselves often count on internet companies to store their data and make them reliable and highly available through the internet. Personal Data Servers suggest a radically different way of managing personal data. It builds upon the emergence of new portable devices combining the security of smart cards and the storage capacity of NAND Flash chips (from Gigabytes to Terabytes soon). By embedding a full-fledged Personal Data Server (PDS) in such devices, user's control of how her sensitive data is shared by others (by whom, for how long, according to which rule, for which purpose) can be fully reestablished and convincingly enforced.

More information about the project and the PhD research topics can be found here: http://www-smis.inria.fr/

About INRIA: INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, is one of the top research center in Europe. It is dedicated to fundamental and applied research in ICST. More than 3000 scientists work in the 174 research teams of INRIA. INRIA is based at Rocquencourt, close to Versailles and Paris. It then offers the best choice of cultural opportunities, as well as excellent food and wine.
More information about INRIA: http://www.inria.fr/en/

Requirements:
- Master in computer science or equivalent diploma.
- good analytical, technical, and problem solving skills.
- good teamwork and organizational skills.
- A solid knowledge in database management systems and in database security.
- A complementary knowledge in cryptography will be highly appreciated.

How to apply:
send a pdf file including
- Resume
- transcripts of certificates and grades
- List of publications
- Motivation letter
- Recommendation letter(s)

Contact persons (depending on the PhD offer):
Nicolas Anciaux, Benjamin Nguyen, Philippe Pucheral (Firstname.Lastname@inria.fr)

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Training in Indore for on-campus recruitment and off-campus placements in TCS, Accenture, MindTree and other MNCs.

The Importance of Spoken English

This is an actual letter taken from the Times of India in response to a 'Marriage Proposal' advertisement.

Madam, I am one young gentleman living only with myself in Patna. I am seeing ur advertisement for marriage purpose in the daily newspaper. So I decide to press myself on u and I am hopping you will make the marriage with me.I am the son of my father & mother of agriculture family from inside Patna . I having no sister and no brother also. I become big in Patna only. I educate myself in the Zuarilal Himmatlal High School, Bezna Road. I am nice and big, six foots tall and six inches long. My body is filled with hardness why because I am working hardly. I am playing also hardly. Especially I am liking the cricket. I am a good batter also I am fast baller. Whenever I am coming running for the balling, all batters are running everywhere why because they are afraiding my balls. My balls are bouncing too much high. That is very danger for them.I am very nice gentleman. I always laughing loudly at everyone. I am happy always and gay also. Ladies they are saying I am nice and soft because I giving respect to them. I am always liking if ladies are on top. That is how nice I am. I am not having any bad habits. I drink milk only and no other bad things. I am not drinking cigarettes or eating gutka paan. Why? Because it is not good for all the peoples. So I am not doing. I am keep fitting everyday. Morning I am going to jim and I am pumping like anything. Daily I am pumping and pumping. If you want you can came and see how I pumping the dumb bells in the jim. And now good muscles are come outing everywhere.I am having very much money in my pant everyday and my pant is everyday open for you why because I am nice gentleman, but still I am living with myself only. What to do? So I am taking my things into my own hands everyday. That is why I want to press myself on you, so that you will come and take my things into your hands.

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You see, how important it is to commnunicate in English properly...

Everybody knows that is the best coaching class of spoken English in Indore.

Happy Friendship Day, FRIENDS!

Dear Friends,

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY!

You are invited to the morning DANCE PARTY tomorrow at 8 am. with captain Jaison Thomas.

Here is the address.

 

 

 

Advanced English & Business Communication Coaching Class in Indore

This training game for Business Communication I designed several hours ago and implemented in the LSPT class in Incisive Indore.

OK, you might hardly be acquainted with two following terms:

LSPT – Leadership Skills & Personality Development Training. Attendants: bachelors, masters’ students, young professionals.

Incisive Indore – Human Resource Training Enterprise, a training centre located in Indore, Central India.

I’m willing to share this training game with everyone who is willing to innovate around, think and perform on the spot and learn non-stop together with students whatever the age. Please use it for your benefit and for the sake of your personal and professional growth, I AM happy to contribute. You can make me even happier by posting your feedback, activity’s outcomes, surprising happenings during the game flow. Just comment or contact me.

This training game will say no new word in educational science. The game’s design is based on my corporate experience, knowledge of other training games for various age groups / education levels, basic understanding of social psychology, global and local markets structure, human nature and Indian specifics.

Read full Game's description below the pictures.

The Task on the Board.

Painting Money.

Marketplace Activity.

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Countng Profit.

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Feedback and Reflection.

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Business Equals Life

Duration: 40 minutes, including:

Writing on the board (trainer) and drawing money (students) – 3 minutes.

Task presentation and instructions – 2 minutes.

Marketplace activity – 20 minutes.

Counting profit / loss – 1 minute.

Feedback, results, reflection – 5 minutes.

Discussion – 10 minutes.

Equipment:

“Money” drawn by students, ten banknotes per person.

Ready-made pictures of money may be used, but (a) developing money individually by students enhance participants’ creativity and involvement, (b) cash flow may be tracked during the follow-up discussion by analyzing whose money everyone has got in the end.

Preparation:

Relevant business / finance vocabulary, according to the age group and education level of students.

Intro Task (briefly written on the board):

According to the number of students choose various areas of business, one per student. For classes with 10+ strength two-three students per business is ok. Example for the class of seven students:

1. Food and beverages / catering.

2.   Transportation and moving.

3.  Office for rent.

4.  IT: software and web development.

5.  BPO.

6.  Education.

7.  Banking and insurance.

Game flow:

Every participant is playing an entrepreneur with the same amount of initial capital (ten banknotes ten thousand rupees each, total one hundred thousand rupees – in India they call it One Lakh Rupees). During the free market activity students are supposed to sell services of their businesses to each other, negotiate and make deals.

Important notice:

1.     Maximize profit.

2.     Minimize expenses.

3. Three deals for every entrepreneur are mandatory.