University of Bradford AI & Machine Learning PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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.

Modern cyber-physical systems are made more sophisticated and fault-tolerant by including new functionality and capabilities into them.

Additive manufacturing biodiesel production nanocatalysts

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Mechanical and Process Engineering

Dr P Pimenidou

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.

Biodiesel is currently produced by transesterification of oils and fats by using a homogeneous catalyst.

Cyber Attacks Mitigation: Detecting Malicious Activities in Network Traffic

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Communication and Networks

Dr I Ghafir

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.

Cyber attacks have become more widespread and several attacks have made headline news over the past decade, targeting industrial companies and governmental organizations.

Data-driven and Model-based Design and Computational Analysis of Systems and Synthetic Biology

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Applied Computing

Dr S Konur, Prof M Gheorghe, Dr R Hamed

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.

Understanding how biological cells and organisms function is a very challenging task, as biological systems are getting more complex.

Development of Efficient Models of Frictionally Induced Vibrations for the Prediction of Automotive Brake Squeal.

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Mechanical and Process Engineering

Dr D Bryant

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.

Brake squeal continues to be a problem for vehicle manufacturers, generating noise pollution, customer dissatisfaction and significant warranty claims.

Edge Intelligence for Safety Assurance of Time Critical Cyber Physical Systems

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Dr S Kabir

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.

Cyber-Physical-Systems (CPS) harbor the potential for vast economic and societal impact in domains such as mobility, home automation, energy, agriculture, and delivery of health.

Impact of Sediment Transport and Vegetation to the Reservoir Hydrodynamics within Fluvial Environment

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Dr J Pu

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.

Reservoirs and dams are popular control mechanisms for different water resources around the world. However, lately, there have been increasing incidences of reservoir failure linked to sediment transport and vegetation within its environment, that have caused massive financial and social impacts.

Machine Learning for Advanced Automotive Analytics

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Advanced Automotive Analytics Research Institute

Prof D Neagu, Prof F Campean

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 University of Bradford’s Advanced Automotive Analytics (AAA) research laboratory is an interdisciplinary research unit building on research expertise and track record of the Automotive Research Centre and the Artificial Intelligence Research Group, particularly in automotive reliability and systems engineering modelling, big data and machine learning.

Machine learning for Autonomous and Interconnected Vehicles

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Applied Computing

Dr ARA Abdullatif, Dr S Kabir, Dr I Ghafir

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.

Cyber-Physical Mechatronic Systems such as autonomous vehicles, and intelligent transportation rely heavily on machine learning techniques for ever-increasing levels of autonomy.

Multi-agent systems for plug-and-produce manufacturing control

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Applied Computing

Dr D Scrimieri

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.

This project aims to develop novel methods and software tools for the implementation of highly adaptive multi-agent systems for manufacturing control, using plug-and-produce technology.