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Please note, the information and advice on how to apply, what our entry requirements are and what application documentation is required given on this web-page takes precedence over the information given on any other web-pages on the University web-site giving general information about the PhD/Research application process.
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has received a multi-year academic donation from Microsoft to support research on a range of cloud computing-related legal and regulatory issues (the ‘Cloud Legal Project’) as well as additional funding for collaborative work on cloud computing which we are undertaking with the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory (the ‘Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre’). In the context of these projects, applications are invited for two PhD Studentships.
The successful candidates will undertake research for a PhD degree within the field of cloud computing law under the supervision of Professor Christopher Millard, Professor Chris Reed, Professor Ian Walden, or other CCLS academics, as appropriate based on the specific research topics that are agreed. The students will also participate in the ongoing work of the Cloud Legal Project and Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre.
By way of further context, examples of current and anticipated research topics are legal and regulatory aspects of block chain, cloud robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, cloud localisation requirements, the use of cloud computing in regulated sectors such as financial services and healthcare, cybersecurity, inconsistencies in the treatment of assets offline and in the cloud, and the implications for cloud computing of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Over the past eight years the team has published articles and presented at conferences on a broad range of cloud-related legal and regulatory topics, including many aspects of cloud contracts, cloud privacy policies, law enforcement access to cloud data, cloud localisation requirements, cloud standards, and consumer protection in the cloud.
The deadline for Studentship applications to the School of Law is Thursday 1 June 2017. Please note, the PhD application system will close after this date, so late submission will not be possible.
You must have completed both the main PhD application process, including the submission of all required supporting documentation, by this date
There is a section within the PhD online application form labelled ‘Funding’. To notify us that you wish to apply for our Studentship award you will need to respond to the question: ‘How do you intend to finance your studies at Queen Mary?’ by stating ‘I will fund my studies by other means’. Then in response to the next question: ‘Please give details of any scholarships or grants you are applying for or have already secured’, you should specifically state that you wish to apply for a School of Law Cloud Project Studentship.
Without this notification, you will not be considered as a funding applicant. You will be treated as an applicant to our PhD programme only.
Only applicants who have completed the online application process to the PhD programme prior to the funding submission deadline will be considered for funding. For more information on how to make an application, what our entry requirements are and what supporting documentation must be submitted, find out how to apply for the PhD programme.