Maths & Computing PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Reading

Heating and cooling distribution systems are the most common parts of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems, which account for a significant portion of energy used in HVAC&R systems. Read more

This studentship is open to students from the UK and ECMWF member states. Read more

The Indian summer monsoon provides rainfall to over a billion people and has a profound effect on many sectors of industry, especially agriculture. Read more

Decarbonisation of heating and cooling in buildings can be achieved through switching fuels and transferring the demand from Natural Gas to low carbon electricity. Read more

With increasing computer power, the resolutions at which we are able to forecast the weather are ever increasing. We are now closer to achieving the ambition of resolving fine (100 metre)-scale convection allowing for accurate forecasts of intense and damaging rainfall. Read more

Virtual reality systems are fundamentally altering how we study human sensory perception. Similarly, to build good virtual reality systems we need a clear understanding of how the brain integrates sensory information into a robust and useful percept. Read more

In Functional data analysis (FDA), the variable of interest can be naturally viewed as a smooth curve or function, rather than scalars in univariate analysis or vectors in multivariate analysis. Read more

Accurate and timely weather forecasts save lives and livelihoods and are important to a host of industries from energy to agriculture and retail. Read more

In this project you will determine how reactive greenhouse gases such as methane and ozone are affected by climate change, and so in turn affect the climate. Read more

One of the key drivers of weather and climate (on any planet with an atmosphere) is the state of the jet stream. The jet stream is not a steady and continuous flow of air; it is highly variable in both space and time, with many timescales (from a few days to several months) interacting nonlinearly. Read more

"The task of predicting weather and climate may be reduced to the following iterative procedure. First, given the state of the system at any time (the input), use the governing equations to compute the state at a slightly later time (the output). Read more

Tibetan Plateau Vortices (TPVs) are cyclonic storms, about 500 km in diameter, that form over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) all year round. Read more

Speech is a complex task requiring highly coordinated movements of a large group of respiratory, laryngeal and articulatory muscles and involves precise integration with auditory and somatosensory feedback to plan and execute speech movements. Read more

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for a PhD project that will focus on genetic and nutritional epidemiology and statistical genetics. Read more