Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

We have 27 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

Automating Software Development with Semantic-based Generative AI

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

Automatic design and development of software applications has been the dream of software communities for decades. Read more

Supervisors: Prof X Liu, Dr OB Bamgboye

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

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Advancing Software Development and Maintenance through Foundation Models

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

Software development and maintenance are complex and resource-intensive processes that often require manual intervention and extensive human expertise. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AS Sami

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

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PhD Studentship in Secure and Private Software Engineering

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics

One fully funded PhD position to work with Dr Adriana Sejfia in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, on a project titled “Secure and Private Software Engineering”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AS Sejfia

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

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Secure Code Generation with Foundation Models

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

The PhD aims to evaluate the security of code generated by foundation models, with a primary focus on identifying vulnerabilities and potential threats that could pose risks to software systems and data. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AS Sami

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

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An AI-driven approach to proactive Internet Of Things (IoT) based systems

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

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects such as smart devices, vehicles, buildings and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to interact autonomously and intelligently. Read more

Supervisor: Prof X Liu

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

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Expanding the capabilities of the Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

The Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF, mosdef.org) is an open-source, extensible Python-based software package designed to facilitate the hierarchical… Read more

Supervisors: Prof PT Cummings, Prof C McGabe

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

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Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Image capture and multimodal AI for interactive radiology assistance (Canon Medical and University of Edinburgh)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

The EngD is an alternative to a traditional PhD aimed at students wanting a career in industry. Students spend about 75% of their time working directly with a company in addition to receiving advanced-level training from a broad portfolio of technical and business courses. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Reid, Prof S.A. Tsaftaris

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

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Enabling CO2 Capture and Storage Using AI

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the viable solutions that can effectively reduce CO. 2. emissions from hard to decarbonise industries (e.g., steel, cement, power generation). Read more

Supervisors: Prof PT Cummings, Prof C McGabe

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

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PhD studentship in Foundations of Quantum computing and quantum cryptography

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics

One fully funded PhD position is available to work with Dr Mina Doosti and Dr Myrto Arapinis, in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, and co-advised with Dr Farid Shahandeh at the Royal Halloway University of London on a project titled “Resource frameworks for secure quantum computing and quantum cryptography”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MD Doosti

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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zk-Cloud Forensics: Privacy-Aware and Tamper-proof Cloud Forensics using a Public Key Trust Infrastructure

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

In order to detect contraband content within a cloud-based system, it is possible to sample fragments of data [1] and match them against hashed values. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr J Ahmad

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

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Enhanced Deep Learning and Semantic-based Predictive Analytics for Reactive IoT Applications and Streaming Data

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

The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) has formed a bridge that connects most of the real-world entities with the related computer entities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr OB Bamgboye, Prof X Liu, Dr KB Babaagba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD 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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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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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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A unified approach based on semantic models and continuous deep learning to sensor data uncertainty and inconsistency in smart systems

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

Smart IoT (Internet Of Things) based Applications, such as smart city/building/home and smart factory, are characterized as sensor-driven technology, which has the tendency of producing huge volume of data with increasing velocity. Read more

Supervisors: Prof X Liu, Dr OB Bamgboye

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We have 27 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

We have 27 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

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