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Machine unlearning for large language models

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

ChatGPT has popularized Large Language Models (LLMs), which are now at the forefront of today's AI boom. The LLMs are remarkable tools that can understand, generate, and interact with human language in a natural way. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Tan, Dr YY Yu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The use digital tools and online information for the self-management of health

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

This is an open call for research proposals related to the broad area of the use of digital and e-health tools and/or online information for the self-management of health and wellness. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FR Ryan

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The role of digital technologies in shifts towards sustainable behaviours – empowering end user engagement through user-centred design

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

New digital technologies and interactive experiences offer the potential to help enhance our day to day lives and mitigate many of the challenges our society faces today, but many of these are reliant on end user acceptance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AM Morton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Designing Meaningful Mixed Reality Experiences

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The aim of this research project is to investigate the design of Mixed Reality Experiences, with the long-term objective of investigating how they can be designed, developed and deployed in engaging, impactful, and ultimately more meaningful ways, in any given application context. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DD Darzentas

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Trust, risk and digital identity for digitally-unsure citizens

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

There is an increasing research interest in security as a user experience issue (Zagouras et al, 2017), and some calls to examine the information practices around privacy and security (eg Dourish & Anderson, 2006). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Cruickshank, Dr DH Haynes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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A new model for information literacies of community representatives

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Direct participation has been an important threat in democracy for some decades now. However, the ideals of widespread individual participation are often in reality under threat of hijacking by a minority of self-efficacious individuals. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Cruickshank, Dr BR Ryan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Using ontologies to explain AI based risk assessment

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The proposed new EU legislation on artificial intelligence will increase demand for systems that can explain decsions made by AI systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DH Haynes, Dr ST Thomson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Security and Privacy in Quantum Cryptography

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The project is going to explore the existing security attacks related to Quantum Cryptography, such as Collective, Coherent and Symmetric Collective attacks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr ZS Siddiqui

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Hardening the Computing Continuum against Adversarial Attacks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

ML technologies rapidly expand as they perform predictions or support decisionmaking in healthcare, intrusion detection, fraud detection, autonomous vehicles, and many other applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Pitropakis, Prof B Buchanan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Reconfigurable Surfaces for High-Efficiency RF Energy Harvesting

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The objective of energy harvesting is to convert electromagnetic waves into usable direct currents that can be stored. A promising innovation in this field is the use of two-dimensional artificially engineered reconfigurable surfaces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Phased Array Antenna Systems for MM-Wave/THz Communications

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

With the escalating need for greater data traffic and the proliferation of connected devices, millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) and Terahertz (THz) frequencies have become pivotal elements, opening numerous possibilities in diverse wireless communication scenarios. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Intelligent Metamaterials/Metasurfaces for 5G/6G Wireless Networks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Within the framework of 5G/6G infrastructure, advancements in addressing solutions and service extensions pave the way for innovative technologies like Intelligent Metamaterials and Meta surfaces systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Soft Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage Device Development

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Hybrid energy storage offers multiple advantages in electrochemical energy storage especially for portable electronic gadgets and autonomous systems due to its high energy and power density. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Manjakkal

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of Stretchable Conductive Layers For Wearable Devices

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Flexible and wearable electronic devices require the development of, highly conductive , mechanically, electrochemically stable (against oxidation/reduction with various fluids), weightless and a sustainable (recyclable and biocompatible materials), and conductive electrodes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LM Manjakkal, Prof AH Hussain

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Secure V2V Communication for self-driving NETworks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The project aims at designing an integrated end-to-end VANET (+ UAV) Simulation Framework which gets feedback from relevant traffic applications that actually simulate a realistic VANET environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof LM Maglaras, Prof B Buchanan

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We have 168 education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 168 education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Machine unlearning for large language models

The use digital tools and online information for the self-management of health

The role of digital technologies in shifts towards sustainable behaviours – empowering end user engagement through user-centred design

Designing Meaningful Mixed Reality Experiences

Trust, risk and digital identity for digitally-unsure citizens

A new model for information literacies of community representatives

Using ontologies to explain AI based risk assessment

Security and Privacy in Quantum Cryptography

Hardening the Computing Continuum against Adversarial Attacks

Reconfigurable Surfaces for High-Efficiency RF Energy Harvesting

Phased Array Antenna Systems for MM-Wave/THz Communications

Intelligent Metamaterials/Metasurfaces for 5G/6G Wireless Networks

Soft Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage Device Development

Development of Stretchable Conductive Layers For Wearable Devices

Secure V2V Communication for self-driving NETworks

We have 168 education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 168 education policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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