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.

A testbed simulator for autonomous vehicle testing methods

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.

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.

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI)

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Funding Type

PhD Type

EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training conduct research and training in priority areas funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Potential PhD topics are usually defined in advance. Students may receive additional training and development opportunities as part of their programme.

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

Up to 12 fully-funded PhD studentships to start September 2019. Covers fees at Home/EU rate and a stipend for four years. IGGI is an exciting opportunity for you to undertake a four-year PhD in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence, working with top games companies and world-leading academics in games research.

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;.