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Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games

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

Historical Games continue to find critical and commercial success. Game series such as Assassin’s Creed, Red Dead Redemption, Total War, and Civilisation are amongst the most recognisable forms of popular history. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ID Donald, Dr HW Wagner

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

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Designing Meaningful Mixed Reality Experiences

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

The aim of this research project is to investigate the design of Mixed Reality Experiences, with the long-term objective of investigating how they can be designed, developed and deployed in engaging, impactful, and ultimately more meaningful ways, in any given application context. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DD Darzentas

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Trust, risk and digital identity for digitally-unsure citizens

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

There is an increasing research interest in security as a user experience issue (Zagouras et al, 2017), and some calls to examine the information practices around privacy and security (eg Dourish & Anderson, 2006). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Cruickshank, Dr DH Haynes

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Designing Interactive Digital Storytelling Experiences

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

This research project will investigate questions around new forms of digital storytelling, with a focus on the creative design of interactive narrative experiences. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr IH Helgason

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The role of digital technologies in shifts towards sustainable behaviours – empowering end user engagement through user-centred design

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

New digital technologies and interactive experiences offer the potential to help enhance our day to day lives and mitigate many of the challenges our society faces today, but many of these are reliant on end user acceptance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AM Morton

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Ionogel Based Self-Powered Wearables for Energy Efficient e-health Monitoring

Atlantic Technological University Research

The Postgraduate Research Programme MedAgriTech AI eXcellence (MATX) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Each project will include an enterprise placement of minimum 12 weeks duration. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Pillai, Dr K Munoz Esquivel

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

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Turst Detection from Brain Signals in Human-AI Teaming

University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Are you passionate about the future of human-AI collaboration? Do you want to explore the intricate dynamics of trust between humans and artificial intelligence systems? We invite applications for a PhD position in the exciting field of trust detection from brain signals in human-AI teaming. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi

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

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AI-based interventions for mental health conditions

Durham University Department of Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science at Durham University, UK. AI-based interventions for mental health conditions. This project will aim to explore, design, develop and evaluate AI-based interventions for mental health conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Hadzidedic

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User-Centric Privacy-by-Design AI-based Adaptive Access Control in a HealthCare Robot for the Elderly

Sheffield Hallam University Computing and Informatics

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JW Wang, Dr J Marchang, Prof A Di Nuovo

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

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Emotional response to immersive audio in live music performance

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

This project is a collaboration between University of York and L-Acoustics as part of CoStar LiveLab. It will address the challenges of understanding the impact of different listening environments, contexts and technical setups and sound formats on listeners. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Daffern, Prof G Kearney

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

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Tangible interfaces in creative practice.

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

This research will investigate the benefits of tactile feedback during the manipulation of objects, in the early design phase by creative practitioners. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MS Smyth, Dr IH Helgason

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Contextual awareness and intelligent data mining with end-to-end performance in 5G networks

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. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Yousef

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Human emotion analysis and recognition for improving trusted human-robot interaction. Main project focus: AI and Robotics

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M He, Prof T Cox, Dr S Ameen, Prof W Yao

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Investigating digital approaches to creating meaningful experiences of place

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

This PhD opportunity will critically examine the ways in which people engage and experience place and how technology can be used to alter and create new… Read more

Supervisor: Dr TG Grandison

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Coping with Social Robots and Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Care

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

The project concerns the spectrum of societal, technological, user-related, and context-dependent implications of involving Social Robots and Artificial Intelligence in the field of Care. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ES Sobolewska, Prof FZ Zeller

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We have 106 user experience PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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