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Dr Marco Volino
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Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Guildford
United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Data Science
Digital Media
Machine Learning
Production
About the Project
This research aims to address the challenges of single view human reconstruction in large uncontrolled capture volumes, where factors such as occlusion, lighting variations, and low-resolution degrade performance.
The primary focus will be on developing robust learnt representations of humans leveraging the latest advances in AI and data generation techniques to accurately reconstruct human shape and appearance from monocular inputs.
Expected contributions include:
- Temporally stable single view human geometry reconstruction from unconstrained low-resolution video.
- A learnt model of human appearance from unconstrained low-resolution video.
- A unified model of human shape and appearance from unconstrained low-resolution video.
Ultimately this work aims to democratise human reconstruction technology by enabling its deployment in settings with minimal resources, dramatically lowering barriers to entry, and broadening its impact across industries and communities.Dr. Marco Volino (Lead Supervisor)
Prof. Adrian Hilton (Second Supervisor) Dr. Armin Mustafa (Third Supervisor). Plus an Expert Mentor from Abertay University (TBC).
This PhD is aligned with the CoSTAR research themes: AI Futures / Createch Futures
For more information on CoSTAR and the PhD opportunities please see: https://www.costarnetwork.co.uk/latest/come-research-with-us-at-costar-national-lab
Funding Notes
Awards cover UK tuition fees and provide a stipend at the UKRI rate for a period of 3 years. The stipend (Tax-free maintenance payment based on the UKRI minimum rate) is £20,780 from 1 October 2025 (£22,780 if London weighting applies).
As a doctoral student, you may be able to access added funding to cover the cost of training and development.
Applying
Stage 1: Please contact the Lead Supervisor of the PhD opportunity via email and work with the Lead Supervisor and supervisory team to send your CV and 500-word Expression of Interest by Friday March 14th, 2025.
Please label your files clearly with your surname plus Surrey1 in correspondence, i.e; SURNAME_SURREY1
Stage 2: Interviews before Thursday March 27th, 2025.
Stage 3: Offers made by Friday April 25th, 2025.
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