University of York, Department of Computer Science PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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.

Adaptive behaviour in IoT

Dr L Indrusiak

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. Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Cyber Physical Systems; Embedded systems; Automated and Model-Driven Software Engineering;.

Automatically Analysing Graph Programs for Termination and Complexity

Dr D Plump

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. Complex systems; Formal specification languages, methods and tools; Programming Languages and Systems; Safety analysis, system safety; Software engineering.

Autonomous Multi-Camera Monitoring Systems

Dr R Calinescu, 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. Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Computer Vision and Image Processing; Automated and Model-Driven Software Engineering; Safety of autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Software engineering.

Deep-learning computer vision for tracking animals with UAVs/drones

Dr DW Franks

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. Deep learning; Machine learning; Computer vision. Modern UAV / drone technology offers a non-invasive approach to recording animals in the wild.

Errors in interactions

Prof P Cairns

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.

People make errors and, even with skill and training, occasional errors are unavoidable. However, there are aspects of the design of interactive devices that promote errors.

Evolutionary algorithms

Dr L Indrusiak

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. Cloud computing; Computer architectures; Cyber Physical Systems; Embedded systems; Evolutionary computation; Real time languages and systems.

Generating Graphs Uniformly at Random in User-Specified Domains

Dr D Plump

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. Complex systems; Formal specification languages, methods and tools; Programming Languages and Systems; Software engineering;.

Generative Narratives for Complex Systems

Prof S Stepney, Mr R Walsh

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. Complex systems; Unconventional computing. Background. There is good evidence that people comprehend the world through narrative, through stories about the world, through the agents and their behaviours and relationships.

How do real-world engineers understand hazards and develop safety requirements for autonomous systems?

Dr R Alexander

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. Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Cyber Physical Systems; Safety analysis, system safety; Safety of autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Software testing.

How does safety-critical software actually get developed?

Dr R Alexander

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. Automated and Model-Driven Software Engineering; Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Cyber Physical Systems;. Safety of autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Software engineering; Software testing.

Human Interaction Recognition from Video Streams

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.

Mixed-criticality wireless communications over dynamic networks

Dr L Indrusiak

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. Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Cyber Physical Systems; Embedded systems; Real time languages and systems; Safety of autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Simulating complex systems; Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things.

Model-based engineering in swarm robotics

Prof A Cavalcanti

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. Autonomous and self-adaptive systems; Cyber Physical Systems; Formal specification languages, methods and tools;.

PhD studentship: Assured and Scalable Self-Adaptation for the Engineering of Trustworthy Autonomous Robotic Teams

Dr S Gerasimou, Dr J Cámara

Application Deadline: 3 July 2020

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.

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, supported by the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL), to be undertaken within the Department of Computer Science (http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/) at the University of York.