AI & Machine Learning (human) PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Robotics systems used in time- and safety-critical domains (e.g. disaster response, nuclear decommissioning) are often remotely teleoperated, with little or no autonomy used to assist the human operator.

Human Interaction Recognition from Video Streams

University of York
Department of Computer Science

Dr A Bors

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research areas. Computer Vision and Image Processing; Machine learning; Neural networks. Recognition of human actions from video has many applications including.

A Neural Fuzzy Fusion Engine for Human-Machine Autonomous Systems

University of Technology Sydney
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Dr YK Wang

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Abstract. This project aims to develop an intelligent engine to adaptively fuse multiple trust-based information from various agents in human machine autonomous systems (HMAS).

3D Shape Modelling of the Human Head

University of York
Department of Computer Science

Dr N Pears, Dr W Smith

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research areas. Computer Vision and Image Processing; Machine learning. The proposed PhD project is concerned with the mathematical and computational modelling of human craniofacial 3D form and variation and its clinical application in craniofacial surgery.

Early fire detection for effective disaster management using Artificial Intelligence Technology

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Visual Computing

Mr I Mehmood

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Disaster management, as a hybrid research area, has attracted the attention of many research communities such as business, computer science, health sciences, and environmental sciences.

Deep Reinforcement Learning with Human in the Loop for Automated Medical Image Analysis

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Medicine

Dr R Smith, Prof C Marshall, Dr N Pugeault

Application Deadline: 25 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The ‘GW4 BioMed MRC DTP’ is awarding up to 18 studentships with an October 2020 start date, aligned with the themes of Infection, Immunity and Repair; Neuroscience and Mental Health; and Population Health.

Automatic Activity Analysis, Detection and Recognition for Efficient Visual Surveillance

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Visual Computing

Mr I Mehmood

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The detection and recognition of human actions from real-time CCTV video data streams is a popular challenge, with the potential to aid in video surveillance and anomaly detection of, for example, potentially hazardous scenarios in factories.

GW4 BioMed MRC DTP PhD studentship: Strain wars and the evolution of opportunistic pathogens

University of Bath
Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Prof S Sheppard

Application Deadline: 25 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the ‘GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership’ which is offering up to 18 studentships for entry in September 2020.

Analysing drone footage for detecting change in man-made environments

Aston University
School of Engineering & Applied Science

Dr G Vogiatzis

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

One of the major applications of aerial surveillance is the monitoring and detection of change in man-made environments.

AI based approaches for games design and development

Bournemouth University
Faculty of Science & Technology

Dr F Tian

Application Deadline: 31 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The game environments, storylines, and character behaviours are carefully crafted, requiring graphics artists, storytellers, and software engineers to collaborate.