Computer Science (community development) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Transition Engineering Lab on the Housing Ecosystem. The Problem of Finding an Affordable, Decent Place to Live, within a Net Zero Community. A breakthrough in the accelerated transition of cities to net zero, thriving environments

Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences

This project will be based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus. Rapid emissions reductions[1] require transition of personal transport and freight, and reduction of energy in buildings and embedded in vehicles, and construction in urban areas. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Krumdieck

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

Design of digital technology and machine learning solutions for mental health

The significant societal and economic impact of mental health conditions worldwide is well documented. With a growing awareness of mental health, the pressing need to streamline access to sustainable care services is now an imperative. Read more

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

Design of virtual immersive environments for inclusive multimodal experiences

Immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality are a topic of fast-paced research, and knowledge boundaries are presently being pushed by design research on inclusive immersive social environments, among others. Read more

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

Design of virtual immersive environments for advanced anatomy training

Virtual immersive environments, including those that are anticipated to become available in the context of the Metaverse – a future immersive virtual world envisaged as a hypothetical iteration of the Internet – hold significant potential for future healthcare education. Read more

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

Anglia Ruskin University ARU Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Community-centred heritage and language revitalisation powered by creative technologies and immersive storytelling.

This PhD will explore how creative technologies and immersive storytelling can support the revitalisation of the endangered heritage, languages, and identities of minority groups, as well as opportunities for social integration across marginalised communities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Galeazzi, Prof V Swami, Dr S Rasinger

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Design for early detection of symptoms of anxiety and depression in university students

Anxiety, depression, and psychological distress can have a severe impact on university student quality of life and academic performance, and recent studies have highlighted the role that the COVID-19 pandemic has played in exacerbating symptoms. Read more

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

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

Development of a highly innovative label-free & deep-learning based analysis method: Histoplasmonic Tissue Cytometry

The doctoral candidate (DC) will perform applied research in bioinformatics, i.e., the extraction of numerical values from biological samples, by engaging deep learning technologies to microscopic images with the aim to develop a novel solution for future clinical diagnostics of cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RE Ecker, Dr IE Ellinger

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

Disruptive Digital Experiences

Supervisors: Dr H Agius, Dr D Daylamani-Zad

Digital experiences deliberately go beyond simply communicating information - they seek to strongly engage, involve, and emotionally affect the user using digital means. Read more

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

INRAE Inrae - Paris-Saclay Food and Bioproduct Engineering Research Unit

FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in explainable machine learning techniques to support the design of plant-based fermented food products – Development of a serious game to support the design of plant-based fermented food products.

About the Project. Plant-based dairy and meat alternatives have grown in popularity in recent years for various reasons, including sustainability and health benefits, as well as lifestyle trends and dietary restrictions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ANN Ngonga-Ngomo, Dr MS Sherif, Dr CP Pénicaud, Assoc Prof ASE Saint-Eve, Dr LE Espinosa

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Development of micro-incubator OCT/ OCE bioreactor system to engineer a robust musculoskeletal tissue model

Achieving adequate musculoskeletal tissue healing is one of the most challenging factors in the repair of orthopaedic tissues. The problem of hard-to-soft tissue fixation is the major cause of failure of replacement grafts and leads to further musculoskeletal degeneration e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Vorstius, Dr C Li

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Development of a collaborative robot – human-robot collaboration

Robots work effectively in factories. For example, in car factories, huge robotic arms pick up car parts and join them to the skeleton of the car, working at less than millimetre and millisecond precision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi

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

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Spatio-temporal drivers of insect biodiversity and conservation

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hassall, Dr R Neely, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof W E Kunin

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

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

VariantVisualiser: Ensuring precise diagnoses of genetic disorders through the development of intuitive software that facilitates the integration and visualisation of complex informatics with biological and clinical data.

Rare diseases affect <1-in-2,000 people, but ~8,000 rare genetic diseases impact ~10% of births globally. These arise from variations in patients’ DNA sequences. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Pettifer, Dr PF Freeman

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

University of Adelaide Defence Trailblazer

Development of broadband electronic warfare sensors for signal detection and direction finding

Who can apply? Australian & New Zealand Citizens. Industry partner and funding body SRC Aus Pty. Ltd. Defence Trailblazer. Program of study available Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with the University of Adelaide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Trong

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