graphics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

This project aims at modelling human motion and body/facial shape data with deep neural network to synthesize virtual humans for computer graphics and animation applications. Read more

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

Computer Graphics and Puzzles

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

Computer Graphics techniques have an expanding range of applications in animations, movies, games, virtual reality, etc. today. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Wang, Dr T Kelly

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Human Data Modelling

This project focuses on deep learning algorithms to model human data such as human images/video, 3D skeletal motion, 3D body/facial surfaces for recognition, prediction and reconstruction. Read more

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

Invent a novel AI-based method for osteoporotic fracture risk assessment by Localized Bone Mineral Density and Radiomics Biomarker analysis, and further improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the system

University of Hong Kong Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology

The number of osteoporotic fracture cases is ever increasing, and it ranks among the top-five conditions causing disability and prolonged hospital stay. Read more

Supervisor: Prof W Lu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Immersive VR Video Creation from 360° Videos

University of Bath Department of Computer Science

The University of Bath is inviting applications for the following funded PhD project supervised by. Dr Christian Richardt. in the Department of Computer Science. The University is located in a UNESCO World Heritage city, providing a vibrant research environment in one of the most beautiful areas in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Richardt

28 March 2021 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Computational modelling of ground heat exchangers for geothermal energy

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Civil Engineering

Geothermal energy sources have received significant attention in recent years as a source of renewable energy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Khan, Dr S J Rees

30 March 2021 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

FIERCE: Fast IntERactive simulation for Crowds and Environments-G

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

Understanding and predicting airflows in enclosed environments not only lowers physical dangers in extreme situations but also has a wider and long-term impact on safety, thermal comfort and energy efficiency. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

3D Human Motion Analysis

Research Group: School of Computing

Human motion is deceivingly simple but intricately complicated. We walk, run and jump on a daily basis without realising how much time and effort we made to master these motor skills when we were little. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

3D realistic and interactive fabric simulation

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

Cloth Simulation has been used widely in many industries such as fashion (design, on-line retail, etc.) and entertainment (games, movies, etc. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

3D realistic and interactive fluid simulation

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

Fluid simulation has been widely used in many areas in engineering, ranging from aircraft design to entertainment (games/movies/apps). Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Machine Learning based Human Motion Analysis for Automatic Diseases Diagnosis

This project aims at researching machine learning algorithms for analyzing 3D human motion data (e.g. video, 3D joint positions) to diagnose motion-related diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. Read more

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

Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Understanding the People Context in Artworks

This project aims at understanding the context of paintings or drawings, particularly those with humans, with advanced machine learning and computer vision algorithms. Read more

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

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI)

Queen Mary University of London

IGGI is an exciting opportunity to undertake a four-year PhD in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence, working with world-leading academics, game companies, and social organisations on games research that matters. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI)

University of York Department of Computer Science

IGGI is an exciting opportunity to undertake a four-year PhD in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence, working with world-leading academics, game companies, and social organisations on games research that matters. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Investigating the attentional consequences of the uncanny valley

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The “uncanny valley” was hypothesed by roboticist Mori in 1970, whereby people would like robots of increasingly human-likeness until they were close to, but not fully human. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Poliakoff, Dr E Gowen, Dr C Capek

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