Human Computer Interaction PhD Research Projects for UK Students

We have 57 Human Computer Interaction PhD Research Projects for UK Students

PhD studentship in Human-computer Interaction exploring AI in Film and TV

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics

One fully funded PhD position to work with Dr. Susan Lechelt and Prof. Ewa Luger in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh on a project titled “Scripted Production Futures in the Age of AI”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Lechelt

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

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Generative AI and flexible cognitive robots for discrete manufacturing

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Background. Current Human-Robot collaborations are driven by kinaesthetic teaching which requires humans to guide the robot end effectors to do a task. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Ward, Dr J Oyekan

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

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PhD in Media Provenance and Authenticity

University of Surrey School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

We are looking to recruit an excellent PhD student in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused on the problem of ensuring media provenance and authenticity in the age of Generative AI. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Collomosse

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

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Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within injection attacks, where data are presented to the algorithm in an electronic/media format. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RG Guest

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

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xAI for Biometrics – Legal Presentation of Data

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Increasingly AI-based biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and voice biometrics, are playing a major role in assisting public authorities to protect the public, reduce serious crime, and help safeguard vulnerable persons. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RG Guest

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

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Maritime autonomy for safe, fuel efficient port operations

University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Higham, Prof A Plater

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

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Computer Science: Fully Funded Swansea and No More Marking Ltd PhD Scholarship: Elevating Comparative Judgement Using a Large-Scale Human-In-The-Loop Bayesian Active Learning Approach (ECSTATIC)

Swansea University School of Mathematics and Computer Science

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering and No More Marking Ltd. Subject areas: Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence, Optimisation, and Decision-Making. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Rahat

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

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Computer Science: Fully Funded EPSRC and RCNDE PhD Scholarship: Real time tracking of cognitive load to assess human factors during inspections

Swansea University School of Mathematics and Computer Science

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and RCNDE. Subject areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Ahmad

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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An AI driven robotic system for physical exercise and personalised sports rehabilitation

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: Dr P Long, Dr P Delassus, Dr J Regan

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

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Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Image capture and multimodal AI for interactive radiology assistance (Canon Medical and University of Edinburgh)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

The EngD is an alternative to a traditional PhD aimed at students wanting a career in industry. Students spend about 75% of their time working directly with a company in addition to receiving advanced-level training from a broad portfolio of technical and business courses. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Reid, Prof S.A. Tsaftaris

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

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Resilient AI Systems for Polar Glacier Monitoring

University of York Department of Computer Science

AI has become a valuable asset in day-to-day life. It has also become an invaluable part of any research. It is often associated and combined within autonomous systems for monitoring environmental changes. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Calinescu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Sustainable Foundation Models for Time Series Processing Applied to Sustainability

University of Surrey The Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence

Foundation models are a special class of large AI models that are trained with huge amounts of data to learn general underlying patterns to be further specialised to downstream tasks via transfer learning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr EGSN Giovani Sperandio Nascimento , Prof P Kumar

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

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Examining the impact of Design HOPES’ interventions across NHS Scotland

University of Strathclyde Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management

The AHRC/ UKRI funded Design HOPES Green Transition Ecosystem (GTE) Hub aims to empower novel research to respond to significant green transition challenges in innovative, design-led collaborative ways. Read more

Supervisor: Prof PR Rodgers

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

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