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Hybrid OFDM transmission system for connected autonomous vehicles

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a technique that exploits orthogonal carriers to transmit information and enhance received signal diversity and consequently increase received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof P Karadimas

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

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Compact MIMO antennas for 6G mobile devices

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Antennas are the corner stone of wireless communications as they are responsible for transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave that carries the information message. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof P Karadimas

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

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Multi-modal machine learning for cybersecurity

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

With the time, the intruders are becoming more intelligent with higher ability of attacking networks without being identified. Multi-modal machine learning-based intelligent intrusion detection systems must be designed to identify stealthy and adversarial cyber attacks. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SUJ Ullah Jan, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Data-driven generative AI for sensor fault prediction in distributed networks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), the quantity of devices with the ability to perceive their surroundings is growing continuously. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SUJ Ullah Jan, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Adversarial machine learning for intrusion detection system

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The demand of secure and reliable communication infrastructure has never been higher due to elevated number of applications in the present-day world such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Read more

Supervisors: Dr SUJ Ullah Jan, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Multiple PhD project topics available around Trustworthy AI-enabled multimodal assistive hearing and conversational technologies

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Flexible PhD project topics are available as part of the prestigious UK EPSRC funded Programme Grant. COG-MHEAR, led by Programme Director, Professor Amir Hussain. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AH Hussain, Mr MG Gogate

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

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Safeguarding the Internet of Things: A Machine Learning Driven Security Paradigm

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The integration of Machine Learning (ML) techniques within the domain of Internet of Things (IoT) security has emerged as a critical research area due to the escalating risks posed by sophisticated cyber threats. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BG Ghaleb, Prof A Al-Dubai, Dr IW Wadhaj

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

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Fast and Secure Multi-party Computation Techniques

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Multi-party computation (MPC) protocols enable multiple parties — each holding their own private data — to evaluate a computation without ever revealing any of the secret data held by each party. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BG Ghaleb, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Realising Internet-scale Network Telemetry

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The Internet is a vital conduit to many part of our daily lives. From banking to education, it has become an integral part of how society functions and operates. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Broadbent

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

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Context-Aware Wireless Power Transfer Scheduling for Vehicular Edge Computing

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Vehicle Edge Computing (VEC) is a promising paradigm that exposes Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) to road scenarios. VEC and wireless power transfer (WPT) are regarded as promising technologies that have attracted significant attention in many areas. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Al-Dubai, Prof AH Hussain

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

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Understanding the Drivers and Challenges of DevOps Outsourcing in Context of Client and Vendor Relationship

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Alongside DevOps moment, a wave of DevOps outsourcing has arrived in which DevOps process is used as a service provider. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SR Rafi, Prof X Liu

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

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Evolutionary Robotics: Generating diverse and functional robots by jointly optimising their body-plan and controllers

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The PhD project will explore optimisation, learning and/or adaptation in the context of evolutionary robotics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LL Le Goff, Prof E Hart

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

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Adaptive Robot Behaviours in dynamic and outdoor settings

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In controlled settings such as factories, robots are able to achieve many tasks efficiently and accurately. However, it is still a challenge to enable robots to operate in unstructured, dynamic and outdoor environments. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LL Le Goff, Prof E Hart

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

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Locomotion and navigation strategies for quadrupedal robots

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Robotic systems can be used in remote or hazardous environments to perform tasks that would be harmful for human beings. Several modes of locomotion are available, but the majority of surface-based robots use either wheels or legs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BD Davison, Dr LL La Spada

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

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Continual Learning in Black-Box Optimisation

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Optimisation problems are ubiquitous across many sectors. In a typical scenario, instances arrive in a continual stream and a solution needs to be quickly produced. Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Hart, Dr K Sim

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

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We have 459 motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 459 motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Hybrid OFDM transmission system for connected autonomous vehicles

Compact MIMO antennas for 6G mobile devices

Multi-modal machine learning for cybersecurity

Data-driven generative AI for sensor fault prediction in distributed networks

Adversarial machine learning for intrusion detection system

Multiple PhD project topics available around Trustworthy AI-enabled multimodal assistive hearing and conversational technologies

Safeguarding the Internet of Things: A Machine Learning Driven Security Paradigm

Fast and Secure Multi-party Computation Techniques

Realising Internet-scale Network Telemetry

Context-Aware Wireless Power Transfer Scheduling for Vehicular Edge Computing

Understanding the Drivers and Challenges of DevOps Outsourcing in Context of Client and Vendor Relationship

Evolutionary Robotics: Generating diverse and functional robots by jointly optimising their body-plan and controllers

Adaptive Robot Behaviours in dynamic and outdoor settings

Locomotion and navigation strategies for quadrupedal robots

Continual Learning in Black-Box Optimisation

We have 459 motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 459 motivation PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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