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Designing Benchmarks that Reflect Real-World NLP Use

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description . NLP benchmarks strongly influence research directions, yet many benchmarks prioritise convenience and leaderboard performance over realism, usability, and societal relevance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Alva Manchego, Dr JC Camacho Collados

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

Decision Tree Induction from Small Language Models for Black-Box LLM Adaptation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Flagship black-box large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-5 and Gemini-3 perform well across a wide range of tasks, including those that require reasoning or generating explanations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Kumar, Prof S Schockaert

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

Explainable AI using human-computer dialogue

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Details. Abstract . With the rise of autonomous intelligent technology, the ability to explain why a particular action was proposed or taken is more urgent than ever. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MWA Caminada, Dr R Booth

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

Intelligent, low-power, and networked biodiversity monitoring device

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. Note. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Beuchert, Dr NP Pham

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

Foundation Models for Tactical Understanding in Football (FOUND-Football)

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. The increasing availability of high-resolution football tracking data has transformed performance analysis, yet most existing machine learning approaches remain task-specific, league-dependent, and poorly transferable. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Karakus, Dr P Corcoran, Prof P Atkinson

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

Calibrated Multimodal Verification to Prevent Hallucination in Robot Planning and Manipulation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project Description. Large multimodal models are increasingly used as high-level “cognitive” modules in robotics, translating natural-language instructions into plans, explanations, and intermediate goal representations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Zhou, Dr JC Camacho Collados, Dr G Cao

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

Explainable Rankings through Computational Argumentation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Ranking systems are central to decision-making in domains such as sports analytics, search engines, recruitment, and academic evaluations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Booth, Dr MWA Caminada

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

Predictive Health Analytics from Integrated Social Service Records: A Natural Language Processing (NLP)-Based Framework for Early Intervention

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Perez-Almendros, Dr V Bennett, Prof SM Allen, Dr D Wilkins

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

Safeguarding Language Models: Engineering Protective Responses to Mental Health Crises

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Project Description. Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in contemporary digital environments, yet their handling of crisis-related interactions remains inconsistent and carries substantial safety risks. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Perez-Almendros, Dr LES Espinosa-Anke, Dr R Evans

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

Quantum Systems Engineering (Ref: SF-SJ-2026)

Loughborough University

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

The Quantum Systems Engineering (QSE) Research Group at Loughborough University has re-established with the ambition of becoming a world-class leader in the emerging, cross-disciplinary field of Qussical Systems - systems that integrate quantum technologies into existing classical infrastructures, such as secure communication networks and reliable navigation systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Ji, Prof M Henshaw

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

AI informed surrogate laser-material thermal models based on high-fidelity multi-physics modelling and test data

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Research Group: Applied Mathematics, Computational Metallurgy

The modelling of laser-material interactions is a complex multi-physics problem, very computationally intensive and often relies on detailed and expensive characterisation of the material's thermo-physical properties. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Flint, Prof J Robson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Designing highly dispersed metal catalysts for catalytic CO2 conversion

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Single atom catalysts have emerged as a novel class of catalysts that can exhibit optimal metal utilization, with all metal atoms being exposed to reactants and available for catalytic reactions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Xu, Dr D Lewis, Dr X Fan

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

Revealing Solvents Under Confinement

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Many technologies essential to a Net Zero future, including sustainable chemical processing, separations, and energy storage, rely on liquids operating inside nanoporous materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Falkowska, Dr T Youngs, Prof C Hardacre

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Intelligent Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) (Ref: CO/LG-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Computer Science

Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is an emerging research area and has been attracting great attention in recent years. VANET is a special case of MANET (Mobile Ad hoc Network) and is a key part of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) framework. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Guan

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Multi-arm and Constrained Manipulation

The University of Manchester

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Robotics applications in surgical, space, scientific, and nuclear domains often demand dexterous manipulation in constrained spaces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Marinho

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

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