We have 2,485 funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Context. Advanced cyber-attacks can massively disrupt the physical systems such electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. It is not always possible to protect the system against potential threats and the available detection capabilities may not be enough. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Saxena, Prof L Cipcigan, Prof O F Rana

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

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Towards Next-Generation Gaming: Enhancing Immersive Gameplay through Customised AI-Driven Non-Player Characters (NPCs) [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

We are seeking highly motivated and ambitious candidates to join our research team and pursue a PhD in the cutting-edge field of next-generation gaming. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Qin, Dr D Finnegan, Prof Y Lai

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Securing Distributed Robotic Architectures: An Exploration into ROS Vulnerabilities and Beyond [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

The rapid increase of adoption of robotics across a plethora of industries calls for rigorous scrutiny into the cybersecurity of these systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Anthi, Dr J Hernandez Vega, Dr G Theodorakopoulos

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Machine Learning with Ontologies for Supporting the Management of Mental Health Problems and Disorders [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

According to Mind [1], 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year and 1 in 6 will report experiencing a common mental… Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Abdelmoty

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Mapping the Character of Geographic Places [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Historically maps were often designed to engage the reader and to communicate some particular aspects of the places portrayed, including the appearance of landscape and of individual buildings. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Lai, Prof C Jones, Prof P Rosin

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Learning to Understand 2D/3D Facial Dynamics [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Humans are particularly good at recognising faces, not only for identities but also for more subtle expressions and micro-expressions. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Lai, Prof P Rosin

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Deep learning for Intelligent Stock Trading [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Stock market is traditionally highly volatile, affected by various kinds of economic, political, social, and psychological factors. Read more

Supervisor: Dr XS Sun

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Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Vehicles and Robots [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Model predictive control (MPC) is a family of modern control methods that have demonstrated impressive performance in a variety of scenarios, including in robotics and autonomous vehicle control. Such methods rely on models that can predict a system's future behaviour in response to control inputs in order to find the optimal actions that drive the system to a desired state. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Sidorov

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Enriching Music Libraries [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Visual Computing

Music is an important phenomenon in human civilization, about which we understand surprisingly little. The information contained in musical scores is the central resource for musicological research, performers, composers, and librarians. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Sidorov

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Developing the next generation of pedestrian behaviour models for revival of high streets and sustainable transport [Self-Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Data and Knowledge Engineering

Modelling the behaviour of pedestrians in city centres is of practical importance not only for sustainable transport (reducing reliance on motor vehicles addresses issues of carbon emissions, congestion and health) but also can help inform planning for town centres in a post-COVID world. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Cooper, Dr C Mumford

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Investigating Older Adults’ Experiences with Multimorbidity and How Digital Health Strategies Can Shape, Enable or Hinder Better Trajectories of Care [Self-Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Cybersecurity, Privacy and HCC Research Section

Project Highlights. Understand the socio-cultural, environmental and infrastructural challenges that influence multimorbidity and older adults’ lived experiences negotiating and navigating care. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Verdezoto Dias

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Event-based Visual Understanding in Complex Environment [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Visual Computing

Events record dynamic changes in environments. They are sparse, but an important information source that draw our attention and make us aware of the dynamic surroundings. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Wu, Dr Z Ji

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Improving Electric Vehicles’ Safety and Security through Cyber Situational Awareness [Self-Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Context. To reduce greenhouses gases from the largest emitting sector, electric vehicles (EVs) present great opportunities for country like UK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Saxena, Dr QZ Zhang, Prof O F Rana

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Keeping users and citizen scientists in the loop in transport modelling [Self-Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Modelling transport of all forms (car, public transport, walking and cycling) remains highly relevant to Net Zero goals, inclusivity and economic development. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Gould, Dr C Cooper

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Learning concept evolution in data streams [Self-Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

In applications with concept evolution, new concepts emerge in data stream and existing/known concepts disappear over time, e.g., new types of attack in a computer network and new topics of interest in social medial data stream. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Li

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We have 2,485 funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 2,485 funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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