Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Python Program Model-Checking/Verifying Python Agents

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

CRADLE is an EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership that brings together the industrial experience that Jacobs have in applied robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) with the research expertise at the University of Manchester in this field. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LD Dennis

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Formal Verification of Robot Teams or Human-Robot Interaction

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

CRADLE is an EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership that brings together the industrial experience that Jacobs have in applied robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) with the research expertise at the University of Manchester in this field. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CD Dixon

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

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End-to-end Methods for the Verification of Autonomous Planetary Deployments

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

CRADLE is an EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership that brings together the industrial experience that Jacobs have in applied robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) with the research expertise at the University of Manchester in this field. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Farrell

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

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Instrumenting Cloud Systems for Scalability and Resilience

Keele University Faculty of Natural Sciences

Cloud computing is essential for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to create and use cloud-based services for various everyday systems, including critical fields such as telecommunications, healthcare, banking, and many more. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Al-Said Ahmad

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

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Development of Novel Miniaturized Device Technologies for Point-of-Need Diagnostics

University of Birmingham School of Biomedical Sciences

A PhD Studentship is available for a suitably qualified candidate to conduct research leading to the award of a PhD degree in the fields of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Goldberg Oppenheimer

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

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Cloud XR QoE for Programable Networks: Understanding how to deliver high-quality immersive XR experiences over future programmable networks.

Lancaster University School of Computing & Communications

Cloud rendered immersive Extended Reality (XR) has many applications across consumer, enterprise, and industry domains. Cloud gaming enables consumers to play immersive games on a variety of client devices by streaming content rendered from remote GPU servers. Read more

Supervisor: Prof NR Race

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Distributed cloud, software-defined networking and network function virtualization evolution toward 5G architecture for ultra-low latency applications

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Engineering and the Built Environment

Proposed supervisory team. Dr Sufian Yousef. Theme. Smart cities, 5G Networks. Summary of the research project. As the industry explores more flexible, automated network solutions, this part of the evolution toward 5G capabilities is already underway and researchers expect it to be fundamental to 5G. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Yousef

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

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Experimental and Numerical Study of Parameters Affecting the Wake Dynamics of a Simplified Car: Effects of Roughness - Turbulence - Yaw Angle

Cranfield University Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS), Shrivenham Campus

Overview. The PhD student will be testing these hypotheses. There is a strong effect of the vehicle shape on the wake flow and aerodynamic drag. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Depuru Mohan

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

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Fully funded PhD position - Programming Group, Univ. of St.Gallen, Switzerland

University of St Gallen Computer Science

The Programming Group at the School of Computer Science, University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, invites applications for an opening as PhD student. The Programming Group (https://programming-group.com/) is doing research on several topics at the intersection of programming languages and software engineering such as. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Salvaneschi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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An AI-driven approach to proactive Internet Of Things (IoT) based systems

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

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects such as smart devices, vehicles, buildings and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to interact autonomously and intelligently. Read more

Supervisor: Prof X Liu

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

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Application of machine learning algorithms to medical images and clinical/DNA data

The University of Manchester Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

This project will develop an automated classifier or the estimation of prognosis of the illness using medical images of the human body, clinical data, and gene information. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Costen

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

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Going beyond the mass scale: Exploiting state-of-the-art instrumentation to add molecular structure to 3D mass spectrometry imaging

University of Surrey School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences

The Surrey Group have been active in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) for over thirty years using the method to unravel the complexities of interface… Read more

Supervisors: Prof J F Watts, Dr GTF F Trindade , Dr MLA Laure Abel , Prof IG Gilmore

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

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Developing digital twin and digital product passports for high-value electric machines to support their end-of-life decisions

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

In support of the research activities of the EPRSC-funded Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, the University of Sheffield is offering a funded PhD scholarship to undertake research in the development of digital twin and digital product passports for high-value electric machines to support their end-of-life decisions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Tiwari

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

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Novel Applications of Remote Sensing for Health

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

PhD Supervisor: Dr Adriana Wilde. Project description. Experience with us the cutting edge of unobtrusive remote sensing and its integration into our daily lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Wilde

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

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Human-AI Collaboration in Chemical Experiments

University of York Department of Computer Science

Human-AI Collaboration in Chemical Experiments. About the Project. Autonomous and AI systems are an increasing part of daily life. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Calinescu, Prof A Cavalcanti

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

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Methods and tools for the verification of plug-and-produce robots in distributed manufacturing systems

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Applied Computing

The competitiveness of manufacturing companies in modern markets increasingly depends on cost-effective flexible automation technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Scrimieri, Dr RE Lefticaru, Dr S Kabir

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

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Application of machine learning techniques to the reconfiguration of automated manufacturing systems

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Applied Computing

The competitiveness of manufacturing companies in modern markets increasingly depends on cost-effective flexible automation technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Scrimieri, Prof S Konur, Dr S Kabir

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

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Agent-based cyber-physical production systems for Industry 4.0

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Applied Computing

This project aims to develop novel methods and software tools for the implementation of highly adaptive multi-agent systems for manufacturing control, applying plug-and-produce technology to cyber-physical systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Scrimieri, Prof S Konur, Dr S Kabir

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

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zk-Cloud Forensics: Privacy-Aware and Tamper-proof Cloud Forensics using a Public Key Trust Infrastructure

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

In order to detect contraband content within a cloud-based system, it is possible to sample fragments of data [1] and match them against hashed values. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr J Ahmad

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

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Generative navigation for autonomous robots using active inference

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

Simultaneous Location And Mapping (SLAM) is a strategy that allows autonomous mobile robots to navigate their environment. Sensors on board the robot detect walls and objects and the sensor data is used to construct a representation of the physical surroundings. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BD Davison, Dr AS Steyven

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

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Enhanced Deep Learning and Semantic-based Predictive Analytics for Reactive IoT Applications and Streaming Data

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

The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) has formed a bridge that connects most of the real-world entities with the related computer entities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr OB Bamgboye, Prof X Liu, Dr KB Babaagba

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

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Computational Acoustics: Predicting, Simulating and/or Auralising how the world sounds

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Research Group: Acoustics Research Centre

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Hargreaves

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

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Physical layer security for connected autonomous vehicles

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

Secure data exchange between communicating vehicles is one of the greatest technical challenges pending to be addressed prior to mass production of fully autonomous vehicles. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof P Karadimas

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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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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Trusted-Edge and Semantic-based Approach for Dependable IoT and Smart Systems

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

The integration of sensors and embedded devices for the purpose of data acquisition to support human activity recognition, management of living challenges, and behavioural patterns for the purpose of proactive decision making has continue to open more direction of research in smart home applications such as Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). Read more

Supervisors: Dr OB Bamgboye, Prof X Liu

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

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EPSRC DTP: Development of an Adaptive Augmented Reality Interface for Medical Robotics

University of Sussex School of Engineering and Informatics

A 3.5 year EPSRC DTP-funded PhD studentship in the department of Engineering under the supervision of Dr Carlo Tiseo. Available for September 2024 entry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CT Tiseo

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Design for early detection of symptoms of anxiety and depression in university students

Brunel University London Design

Anxiety, depression, and psychological distress can have a severe impact on university student quality of life and academic performance, and recent studies have highlighted the role that the COVID-19 pandemic has played in exacerbating symptoms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Colecchia

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

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Use hydrogen for heat … but not directly

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The UK and many other countries are embracing hydrogen as a pivotal technology in the ambitious journey towards net-zero. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Friedrich, Dr WS Sun

3 January 2025 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Artificial Intelligence to Transform Optical Fibre Design

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Greg Jasion, Dr Greg Jackson, Prof. Francesco Poletti. Project description. PhD Position. AI-Driven Design of Hollow Core Optical Fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Jasion

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 164 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 164 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Python Program Model-Checking/Verifying Python Agents

Formal Verification of Robot Teams or Human-Robot Interaction

End-to-end Methods for the Verification of Autonomous Planetary Deployments

Instrumenting Cloud Systems for Scalability and Resilience

Development of Novel Miniaturized Device Technologies for Point-of-Need Diagnostics

Cloud XR QoE for Programable Networks: Understanding how to deliver high-quality immersive XR experiences over future programmable networks.

Distributed cloud, software-defined networking and network function virtualization evolution toward 5G architecture for ultra-low latency applications

Experimental and Numerical Study of Parameters Affecting the Wake Dynamics of a Simplified Car: Effects of Roughness - Turbulence - Yaw Angle

Fully funded PhD position - Programming Group, Univ. of St.Gallen, Switzerland

An AI-driven approach to proactive Internet Of Things (IoT) based systems

Application of machine learning algorithms to medical images and clinical/DNA data

Going beyond the mass scale: Exploiting state-of-the-art instrumentation to add molecular structure to 3D mass spectrometry imaging

Developing digital twin and digital product passports for high-value electric machines to support their end-of-life decisions

Novel Applications of Remote Sensing for Health

Human-AI Collaboration in Chemical Experiments

Methods and tools for the verification of plug-and-produce robots in distributed manufacturing systems

Application of machine learning techniques to the reconfiguration of automated manufacturing systems

Agent-based cyber-physical production systems for Industry 4.0

zk-Cloud Forensics: Privacy-Aware and Tamper-proof Cloud Forensics using a Public Key Trust Infrastructure

Generative navigation for autonomous robots using active inference

Enhanced Deep Learning and Semantic-based Predictive Analytics for Reactive IoT Applications and Streaming Data

Computational Acoustics: Predicting, Simulating and/or Auralising how the world sounds

Physical layer security for connected autonomous vehicles

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

Locomotion and navigation strategies for quadrupedal robots

Trusted-Edge and Semantic-based Approach for Dependable IoT and Smart Systems

EPSRC DTP: Development of an Adaptive Augmented Reality Interface for Medical Robotics

Design for early detection of symptoms of anxiety and depression in university students

Use hydrogen for heat … but not directly

Artificial Intelligence to Transform Optical Fibre Design

We have 164 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 164 Software Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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