distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Collaborative Intelligent Computing Services in Integrated space-air-terrestrial Networks

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

With the advent of 6G, the proliferation of connected devices continues its exponential growth, spanning diverse applications such as IoT devices, video streaming platforms, surveillance cameras, and AR/VR, among others. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bozorgchenani, Prof K Djemame

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Security and Privacy of Energy-Constraint Internet of Things Communication using Distributed AI

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has progressed dramatically due to advancements in technology. It plays an important role in the development of abundant applications and economic ventures. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D GC

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

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AI4ME (BBC Prosperity Partnership) - PhD Studentship in Computer Networking & Distributed Systems

Lancaster University School of Computing & Communications

AI4ME is an exciting five-year EPSRC & BBC-funded Prosperity Partnership that is addressing the key challenges involved in creating and delivering personalised content at scale. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Race

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

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UAV-assisted Distributed Blockchain Technology to Secure the IoTs from DDoS

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Internet-of-Things (IoT) is an ecosystem of sensors and physical devices that are accessible through the Internet. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D GC

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

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Design and Simulation of Adaptive Product-Service System for Distributed Manufacturing

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

Product-service systems (PSS) aim to deliver value-in-use through integrated product and service solutions. Underpinned by sustainability research, PSS intend to produce a balanced approach to production and consumption. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Vasantha, Assoc Prof A Lawson

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

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PhD studentship in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems: Distributed Deep Learning, Personalising Foundation Models and Building Efficient Autonomous AI Agents

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems. Please contact Amos Storkey (amos+phdapps@inf.ed.ac.uk) as soon as possible about this opportunity. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Storkey

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Session types for safe distributed programming

Queen Mary University of London School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Distributed systems and Internet applications are fundamental to modern computing and society. However, the development of safe, practical and efficient languages and techniques for distributed programming remains an open area of computer science research. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Hu

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Rami Bahsoon's Autonomous, Intelligent and Distributed Software Engineering Lab

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

About. Rami Bahsoon's Autonomous, Intelligent and Distributed Software Engineering Lab at University of Birmingham, U. of Birmingham, UK is looking for highly-motivated PhD applicants. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Bahsoon

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

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International PhD Studentships in Next Generation Distributed Systems

University of St Andrews School of Computer Science

The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews hosts the Edge Computing Hub (https://edgehub.co.uk). The Hub conducts world-class research for addressing systems-oriented challenges in edge computing and at its intersection with machine learning. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Computing PhD Programme

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Instrumenting Cloud Systems for Scalability and Resilience

Keele University Faculty of Natural Sciences

Cloud computing is essential for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to create and use cloud-based services for various everyday systems, including critical fields such as telecommunications, healthcare, banking, and many more. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Al-Said Ahmad

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

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PhD position in Time-bin ion-photon entanglement for scalable quantum computing

University of Sussex School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

A fully funded, 3.5-year PhD position is available in the Ion Trap Cavity-QED and Molecular Physics (ITCM) Group in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Keller

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Artificial Intelligence enabled Distributed Edge-Centric Cellular Networks

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Today, wireless cellular networks rely heavily on the core network to deliver services. This introduces latency and other inefficiencies. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Grace

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

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Developing Novel Machine Learning Methods for Equation of State Uncertainty Quantification

University of Liverpool School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

This PhD project aligns with the CDT in Distributed Algorithms. The What, How and where of Next-Generation Data Science. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maskell

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Adaptive Security Threat Detection for Small Footprint Computing Devices within Industrial Control Systems, Intelligent Homes, Medical Devices & Smart Infrastructure

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Computing and Information Science

Research Group: Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group

Research Group. Cyber Security and Networking Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Adrian Winckles (adrian.winckles@anglia.ac.uk). Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Winckles

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

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Asynchronous virtual reality

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Collaborating with others is an essential part of work and play, and digital platforms that facilitate remote collaboration are becoming ever more important. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Mills

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

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Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Are you interested in Machine Learning and Signal Processing methods and their applications to autonomous systems and surveillance? We have a PhD project funded by the UK Government Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at the University of Sheffield, a leading World University and a Russell Group University in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

30 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Towards a unified AI-driven approach of context handling to support reconfiguration decisions in Cloud-to-Edge orchestration for next-generation IoT systems

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

The use of contextual information in computing systems (e.g., in desktop/web/mobile and pervasive/ubiquitous computing) and cloud computing were generally introduced, where it was necessary. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

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

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Securing Distributed Robotic Architectures: An Exploration into ROS Vulnerabilities and Beyond [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

The rapid increase of adoption of robotics across a plethora of industries calls for rigorous scrutiny into the cybersecurity of these systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Anthi, Dr J Hernandez Vega, Dr G Theodorakopoulos

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

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Data-driven generative AI for sensor fault prediction in distributed networks

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

In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), the quantity of devices with the ability to perceive their surroundings is growing continuously. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SUJ Ullah Jan, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Architecture for decentralising intelligence in dynamic cloud-fog-edge compute continuum

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

AI-enabled IoT systems are becoming an essential and integral part of our daily lives. For example, systems like e-health, smart homes, and smart manufacturing have already demonstrated a huge impact. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

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

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Bio-Inspired Models and Biologically Plausible Mechanisms for Long-Term Motion Learning

University of York Department of Computer Science

Biological systems can learn from interactions with their environment throughout their lifetime. Learning is a defining ability of biological systems, whereby experience leads to behavioral adaptations that improve performance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Liu

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Computer Arithmetic and Numerical Analysis

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

In 1985, a floating-point standard has been introduced, which, among multiple things, defined a set of required and recommended arithmetic operations and mathematical functions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Mikaitis

6 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Evaluating the meaning and distribution of ‘Tree Equity’ in Surrey: An interdisciplinary approach

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Having access to trees reduces respiratory illness and improves mental health and well-being (Pataki et al 2021). Tress also provide protection from climate extremes such as flooding and heatwaves (Leets et al 2022). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kelly

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

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Novel Machine Learning for Forecasting PV output

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

The rapid proliferation of wind and solar installations, coupled with the growing impact of climate change on the volatile UK weather, creates formidable operable challenges for the UK electricity Grid. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Cai

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

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Privacy-preserving Systems around Security, Trust and Identity

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

Blockpass and the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University have set up an advanced Blockchain Identity Lab (BIL), which aims to support world-leading research related to cryptography, blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, privacy-preserving machine learning, and their linkage to sovereign identities such as decentralised identities and verifiable credentials. Read more

Supervisors: Mr SP Papadopoulos, Dr N Pitropakis

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

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Computational aerodynamics of high speed flow over rough surfaces

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Neil Sandham. Project description. You will join a group of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers using high performance computing to advance understanding of high speed aerodynamics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Sandham

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Cloud XR QoE for Programable Networks: Understanding how to deliver high-quality immersive XR experiences over future programmable networks.

Lancaster University School of Computing & Communications

Cloud rendered immersive Extended Reality (XR) has many applications across consumer, enterprise, and industry domains. Cloud gaming enables consumers to play immersive games on a variety of client devices by streaming content rendered from remote GPU servers. Read more

Supervisor: Prof NR Race

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Blockchain-based Ecosystem to Combat Fake News

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

Building blocks for the so-called "Internet of Value" are provided by blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), which allow for the recording… Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Jaroucheh

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

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AI-driven Cloud-to-Things application-level orchestration framework for next-generation Internet of Things systems

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

The next generation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems is becoming an essential part of our day-to-day environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

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

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Security threat intelligence

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Computing and Information Science

Research Group: Cyber Security and Networking Research Group

Research Group. Cyber Security and Networking Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Adrian Winckles. Theme. Cyber security. Summary of the research project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Winckles

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

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We have 40 distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 40 distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Collaborative Intelligent Computing Services in Integrated space-air-terrestrial Networks

Security and Privacy of Energy-Constraint Internet of Things Communication using Distributed AI

AI4ME (BBC Prosperity Partnership) - PhD Studentship in Computer Networking & Distributed Systems

UAV-assisted Distributed Blockchain Technology to Secure the IoTs from DDoS

Design and Simulation of Adaptive Product-Service System for Distributed Manufacturing

PhD studentship in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems: Distributed Deep Learning, Personalising Foundation Models and Building Efficient Autonomous AI Agents

Session types for safe distributed programming

PhD in Rami Bahsoon's Autonomous, Intelligent and Distributed Software Engineering Lab

International PhD Studentships in Next Generation Distributed Systems

Instrumenting Cloud Systems for Scalability and Resilience

PhD position in Time-bin ion-photon entanglement for scalable quantum computing

Artificial Intelligence enabled Distributed Edge-Centric Cellular Networks

Developing Novel Machine Learning Methods for Equation of State Uncertainty Quantification

Adaptive Security Threat Detection for Small Footprint Computing Devices within Industrial Control Systems, Intelligent Homes, Medical Devices & Smart Infrastructure

Asynchronous virtual reality

Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems

Towards a unified AI-driven approach of context handling to support reconfiguration decisions in Cloud-to-Edge orchestration for next-generation IoT systems

Securing Distributed Robotic Architectures: An Exploration into ROS Vulnerabilities and Beyond [Self Funded Students Only]

Data-driven generative AI for sensor fault prediction in distributed networks

Architecture for decentralising intelligence in dynamic cloud-fog-edge compute continuum

Bio-Inspired Models and Biologically Plausible Mechanisms for Long-Term Motion Learning

PhD in Computer Arithmetic and Numerical Analysis

Evaluating the meaning and distribution of ‘Tree Equity’ in Surrey: An interdisciplinary approach

Novel Machine Learning for Forecasting PV output

Privacy-preserving Systems around Security, Trust and Identity

Computational aerodynamics of high speed flow over rough surfaces

Cloud XR QoE for Programable Networks: Understanding how to deliver high-quality immersive XR experiences over future programmable networks.

Blockchain-based Ecosystem to Combat Fake News

AI-driven Cloud-to-Things application-level orchestration framework for next-generation Internet of Things systems

Security threat intelligence

We have 40 distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 40 distributed computing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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