Real-time data fusion algorithms for internet of things (Advert Reference: RDF18/CIS/JIN)

Many engineering sectors have been undertaking ‘digital transformation’. For example, the smart grid, as a cyber-physical system, is enabling Internet of things (IoT) which has been significantly changing the ways of managing electricity production and consumption.
An application of IoT is a multi-sensor dynamic system, where a rich variety and a huge number of devices, sensors, smart objects and meters are connected to internet. They are generating a huge amount of data, from heterogeneous sources, arriving at a high speed. To analyse data jointly, timely and effectively, to discovery new knowledge and insights, and to comprehend and enrich our understanding to the dynamics of IoT are vital to the management of IoT systems in the future.

This PhD project will achieve this goal through pioneering and harnessing the state-of-art ICT technologies, such as data mining, machine learning and data fusion. The scientific advances will be applied to solve real world engineering problems.

Eligibility and How to Apply:
Please note eligibility requirement:
• Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
• Appropriate IELTS score, if required.
• Applicants cannot apply for this funding if currently engaged in Doctoral study at Northumbria or elsewhere.

For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see:
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/

Please note: Applications that do not include a research proposal of approximately 1,000 words (not a copy of the advert), or that do not include the advert reference (e.g. RDF18/…) will not be considered.

Deadline for applications: 28 January 2018

Start Date: 1 October 2018

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