We have 16 The University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
The University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 16 The University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
AniBrain: Advancing Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interfaces Through Large Language Models
Non-invasive brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) present an exciting frontier for helping individuals to communicate more effectively, especially those with language disbilities. Read more
Use of genome-wide CRlSPR screening and machine learning to uncover novel therapeutic approaches for advanced metabolic liver disease and type 2 diabetes
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver condition in developed countries, with a global prevalence of 30%. Read more
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Safe Envelopes for Manipulator Robots
A popular approach to guaranteeing the safety of autonomous systems is to define a “Safe Envelope” – a space within which unverified operations may take… Read more
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Human-Robot Teams - from Requirements to Verification
This project will develop, and exhibit, mathematical methods for the end-to-end, formal specification and verification of human-robot teamwork. Read more
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] AI enabled democratisation of scientific computational workflows
Computational workflows are widely used to accelerate scientific discovery, support researcher productivity and scientific reproducibility and exploit (inter)national digital research data infrastructures. Read more
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Low-cost Multi-source Representation Learning
Encouraged by the continuing success of modern machine learning (ML) techniques, researchers have become ambitious to develop ML solutions for challenging science and engineering problems with complex input. . Read more
Robotics and AI - Cloud robotics/Networked Systems
This PhD project is in the areas of robotics and AI with the focus of networked/cloud robotics system. The student is expected to develop a new system architecture and software for future robotics systems. Read more
Biologically-Inspired Active Vision
Vision is a fundamental source of information for animals and robots when exploring their environment. Agents utilize visual data to initially perceive and gather information about the scenario. Read more
Bio-Inspired Sensor Fusion
Sensor fusion, i.e. the process of combining data produced by different sensor streams and types observing the same environment simultaneously, has thrived in recent years. Read more
Retrieved Augmented Generation with Data Lakes and Knowledge Graphs
Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved great success but still suffer from hallucination, indecisiveness, shortage of interpretation, failure to support data freshness and domain knowledge. Read more
VariantCurator: A “spell-checker” for genomic variant data that will improve diagnostic rates by improving the accuracy of genetic data in clinical literature and increasing the findability of data in historic literature
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
Machine Learning with Bio-Inspired Neural Networks
This research will investigate machine learning using biologically inspired spiking neural networks. While much is known about how to train deep artificial neural networks, relatively little is understood about how the brain learns and processes information using electrical pulses known as 'spikes'. Read more
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. 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
Skyrmionic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing
Future integrated systems will comprise considerably heterogeneous/hybrid technologies both for computing and (on-chip) data storage. Read more