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We have 27 computational finance PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Non-invasive Therapy for Soft Tissue Reconstruction: Applications in Cosmetics and Wound Healing

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Soft tissue reconstruction is emerging as an important strategy to repair and replace diseased or damaged tissue that has been compromised due to tumour removal, injury, trauma, ageing, etc. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr O Almusaimi

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

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Comprehensive decision support system for effective disaster management

University of Bradford Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences

Research Group: Peace Studies

As the frequency and severity of natural disasters increases around the world, effective disaster management decision-making has become essential. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Rye

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

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Determining Cyber Attacks by Using Machine Learning to Detect Message Anomalies

University of Worcester Research School

We are interested in finding ways to determine internal and external attacks on cyber systems such as IoT devices, wireless sensor networks (WSN), car electronic components, or connected computer systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Tomlinson

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Determining and understanding digital exclusion

University of Worcester Research School

Although digital technologies bring benefits to many people, there are some groups, such as older people, people without jobs, or people with disabilities, who potentially face greater barriers to digital inclusion. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Tomlinson

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Adoption of Proprietary Home and Community Automation Technologies in Support of Ageing-In-Place

University of Worcester Research School

This PhD study will investigate the adoption of proprietary automation technologies used in the home or in the community by people affected by dementia. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Bowers

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Differential Privacy (DP) mechanisms for Large Language Models (LLMs)

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionised various fields with remarkable performance across diverse tasks. However, their training often relies on massive datasets scraped from the internet, which may contain sensitive personal information. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Yuan

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

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Rational Control of Crystal Morphology

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

The external shape of crystalline particles (called morphology) is of paramount importance in a wide range of applications, in particular pharmaceuticals and pigments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Seaton

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Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel polysialyltransferase inhibitors as anti- metastatic agents

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Polysialic acid plays an essential role in neuronal development, but by adulthood is absent from the human body. Its biosynthesis is regulated by two polysialyltransferases (polySTs). Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Dr S Shnyder

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

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PhD Studentship in “Multi-scale mathematical models to predict prostate cancer progression and treatment response.” (2024)

University of Sussex School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

PhD studentship in the Groups of “Mathematics Applied to Biology” and “Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing” at the University of Sussex (UK), with the collaboration of the “Group of Numerical Methods in Engineering” at the University of A Coruña (Spain). Read more

Supervisor: Dr MC Cerasuolo

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

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Explainable, Ethical, Green Artificial Intelligence

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Starkey, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman

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Mechanisms underlying the effects of activated protein C (APC) in cardiac muscle

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

APC is an anticoagulant enzyme that also exerts antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and a variety of other cytoprotective effects in different tissues, where the mechanism of action is thought to involve the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) and a protease activated receptor (PAR). Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr T Nasim, Prof MR Boyett

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Targeting the MAPK scaffold protein KSR1 for the treatment of prostate cancer

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of male cancer deaths. It arises when individual cells escape their normal growth control mechanisms and proliferate in an uncontrolled fashion. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Muller, Prof R Falconer

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Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin

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Molecular mechanisms of pacemaker (sinus node) dysfunction in ageing, heart failure and athletes

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

The heart’s pacemaker, the sinus node, initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat, and the atrioventricular node conducts the action potential from the atria to the ventricles, the pumping chambers of the heart. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr C Willis, Prof MR Boyett

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Characterisation of adrenoceptor and muscarinic receptor subtypes coupled to potassium channels in chondrocytes from bovine cartilage

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Several outward potassium currents have been identified in bovine chondrocytes (review Mobasheri et al. 2012). These include ATP-sensitive and a Calcium-activated potassium currents (Sanches & Lopez-Zapata, 2011). Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr M Katsikogianni, Dr N Javid

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We have 27 computational finance PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

computational finance PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 27 computational finance PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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