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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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PhD in Rami Bahsoon's Autonomous, Intelligent and Distributed Software Engineering Lab

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

About. Rami Bahsoon's Autonomous, Intelligent and Distributed Software Engineering Lab at University of Birmingham, U. of Birmingham, UK is looking for highly-motivated PhD applicants. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Bahsoon

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

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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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Intelligent Software Engineering in the Era of Large Language Model

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

Software systems are eating the world but Artificial intelligence (AI) is eating the software systems. Given the tremendous development of AI in recent years, innovations like the Large Language Model (LLM), e.g., ChartGPT, have significantly impacted our daily lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr TC Chen

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

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Fully funded PhD position - Programming Group, Univ. of St.Gallen, Switzerland

University of St Gallen Computer Science

The Programming Group at the School of Computer Science, University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, invites applications for an opening as PhD student. The Programming Group (https://programming-group.com/) is doing research on several topics at the intersection of programming languages and software engineering such as. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Salvaneschi

Year round applications 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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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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AI-Enhanced Security Fuzzing: Advancing Vulnerability Detection in Software and Hardware Systems

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

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 R N Akram, Dr W Li

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

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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.

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

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

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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

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Rare diseases affect. This proposal builds on substantial efforts of a Human Genome Organization committee which has proposed a unified professional-standard for representing genomic data which, when finalised, will be adopted world-wide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Pettifer, Dr PF Freeman

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Distributed cloud, software-defined networking and network function virtualization evolution toward 5G architecture for ultra-low latency applications

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Engineering and the Built Environment

Proposed supervisory team. Dr Sufian Yousef. Theme. Smart cities, 5G Networks. Summary of the research project. As the industry explores more flexible, automated network solutions, this part of the evolution toward 5G capabilities is already underway and researchers expect it to be fundamental to 5G. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Yousef

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Identification of Security Flaws in Software Defined Networks

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

Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are evolving rapidly. As such, the challenge exists of keeping up with this evolution at a security level, with threats continually identified at all of the Management, Control and Data Planes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CTT Thomson, Dr IW Wadhaj

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Enhancing X-ray micro-CT scanners through hardware and software

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Philip Basford and Prof. Simon Cox. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Basford

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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How is visual music evolving? From experimental film making to assemblages of old A/V equipment, bespoke combinations of software and hardware to off the shelf units and live performance.

University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

How is visual music evolving? From experimental film making to assemblages of old A/V equipment, bespoke combinations of software and hardware to off the shelf units and live performance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S O'Neill

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

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We have 326 software PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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