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Supervisor	Research Opportunities	School	Department
Dr Robert Best School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Distribution network modernization. Electrical energy storage. Grid integration of renewable generation. Power system ancillary services and power...	Distribution network modernization. Electrical energy storage. Grid integration of renewable generation. Power system ancillary services and power system analysis.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Hamza Shakeel School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD projects are available in the following areas 1. Development of Highly Sensitive Chemical Detection Platform2. In-situ Characterization of Nano...	PhD projects are available in the following areas 1. Development of Highly Sensitive Chemical Detection Platform2. In-situ Characterization of Nanomaterials 3. Internet of Things based Calibrated Low Cost Pollution Monitoring Sensor Network	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Ayesha Khalid School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Efficient hardware accelerators (FPGAs, VLSI) for Lattice based cryptography Efficient and secure cryptographic software for embedded platforms. C...	Efficient hardware accelerators (FPGAs, VLSI) for Lattice based cryptography Efficient and secure cryptographic software for embedded platforms. Cryptanalytic vulnerabilities and countermeasures for Post Quantum cryptography Side channel analysis (SCA) attacks for cryptographic hardware	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Happy to do research from device physics level to system level in the field of high frequency electronics, antennas and RF-front end.	Happy to do research from device physics level to system level in the field of high frequency electronics, antennas and RF-front end.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Richard Gault School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in computer vision and more generally artificial intelligence. computer vision, AI, Deep learning, microscopy	Open to PhD applications in computer vision and more generally artificial intelligence.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Hien Quoc Ngo School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I am looking for UK/EU candidates interested in pursuing a PhD thesis in wireless communications theory, in particular in massive MIMO, and cell-fr...	I am looking for UK/EU candidates interested in pursuing a PhD thesis in wireless communications theory, in particular in massive MIMO, and cell-free massive MIMO systems.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr David Cutting School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in: Software Engineering (legacy systems, mining software repositories, development processes, refactoring to microservic... software, msr, software evolution, development practice, computing education	Open to PhD applications in: Software Engineering (legacy systems, mining software repositories, development processes, refactoring to microservices) Computing Education (lifelong programmer education, project alignment for authentic educational experience and industrial collaborations in education)	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Ahmad Elkhateb School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of… High-Efficiency Onboard Chargers (OBCs). Non-thermal Irreversible Electroporation for Cancer Tre... power electronics, power converters, power supply, electroporation, electric vehicles	Open to PhD applications in the fields of… High-Efficiency Onboard Chargers (OBCs). Non-thermal Irreversible Electroporation for Cancer Treatment. DC-DC Converters for EV Drivetrains. Bidirectional Power Flow and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Capabilities. High-Power and Long-Range Wireless Power Charging. High-Frequency Converters and Control Schemes of Wireless Power Charging	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Vincent Fusco School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to high impact industry relevant PhD applications in modern application areas such as Autonomous vehicles The internet of things Satellites H...	Open to high impact industry relevant PhD applications in modern application areas such as Autonomous vehicles The internet of things Satellites Healthcare imaging and sensors	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Desmond Greer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Software engineering including Automated Software Refactoring Requirements Engineering and Evolutio...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Software engineering including Automated Software Refactoring Requirements Engineering and Evolution Software Evolution prediction	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Power and reliability characterisation and machine learning based modelling of processors and...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Power and reliability characterisation and machine learning based modelling of processors and memories Energy-efficient software, hardware design schemes for dependable/secure systems Accelerators (FPGAs, co-processors) in Cloud and Edge environments Cross-layer approximate computing based techniques Circuits and systems for multimedia, communications and machine learning applications Open PhD projects: Energy-Quality Scalable Processors based on Data Mining A Smart Data Analysis System for Food Safety based on Pattern Recognition Failure Prediction based on Data Mining for Energy-Efficient & Dependable Cloud/Edge Ecosystems In-Time and In-Space Sharing of FPGA Resources in Cloud/Edge Ecosystems Intelligent Memory Access Pattern Scheduling for Power and Performance Optimization	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Xueqin Amy Liu School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Smart Grid data analytics including Wind/Solar energy/Demand forecasting, Smart Grid Event Detectio...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Smart Grid data analytics including Wind/Solar energy/Demand forecasting, Smart Grid Event Detection and Classification Energy storage optimization to facilitate renewable energy integration	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Vien Ngo School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Machine learning, robotics, planning	Open to PhD applications in the field of Machine learning, robotics, planning	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Michalis Matthaiou School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Wireless communications Cell-free massive MIMO Electromagnetic information theory Reconfigurable... massive MIMO, RIS, ISAC	Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Wireless communications Cell-free massive MIMO Electromagnetic information theory Reconfigurable intelligent services	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of SDNFV security Predictive analytics for network security Network monitoring and forensics Edge-based netw...	Open to PhD applications in the field of SDNFV security Predictive analytics for network security Network monitoring and forensics Edge-based network security Performance-optimized security implementation	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Hans Vandierendonck School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Prospective students with an interest in high-performance computing, runtime systems and compilation, or performance and scalability aspects of dat...	Prospective students with an interest in high-performance computing, runtime systems and compilation, or performance and scalability aspects of data analytics, in particular graph analytics, are welcome to apply. I am moreover developing an interest in blockchain technology.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Maarten Van Walstijn School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dr Van Walstijn is open to PhD applications in the following areas: Musical instrument modelling Numerical methods Physical modelling Sound synthe... musical instruments, design, acoustics, sound synthesis, sensors, numerical methods, explicit schemes, linearly-implicit methods energy methods, energy quadratisation, articulation, tuning, physics-based modelling, parameter estimation	Dr Van Walstijn is open to PhD applications in the following areas: Musical instrument modelling Numerical methods Physical modelling Sound synthesis Instrument design Sensing and estimation	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Roger Woods School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science There are PhD opportunities open in creation of innovative embedded systems: New Edge Computing Solutions for Machine Learning Physical Layer Secu...	There are PhD opportunities open in creation of innovative embedded systems: New Edge Computing Solutions for Machine Learning Physical Layer Security Approaches for Internet-of-Things Advanced Data Analysis for Manufacturing Applications	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Dmitry Zelenchuk School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of mm-wave antennas and systems Wideband millimetre wave imaging antenna Automotive radar sensor anten...	Open to PhD applications in the field of mm-wave antennas and systems Wideband millimetre wave imaging antenna Automotive radar sensor antenna system	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Anna Jurek-Lougherey School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Machine Learning in Precision Medicine Computational Methods for Online Fake News Detection Machine Learn...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Machine Learning in Precision Medicine Computational Methods for Online Fake News Detection Machine Learning for Heterogeneous Data Analysis	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Charles James Gillan School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of KTP and FUSION projects EPSRC projects H2020 projects	Open to PhD applications in the field of KTP and FUSION projects EPSRC projects H2020 projects	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Chongyan Gu School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) Approximate computing for hardware security Hardware security t...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) Approximate computing for hardware security Hardware security techniques for the Internet of Things (IoT) Machine learning attack resistant hardware security solutions	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Deepak Padmanabhan School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Fake News Detection Fairness and Ethics in Machine Learning Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics	Open to PhD applications in the field of Fake News Detection Fairness and Ethics in Machine Learning Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dionysios Athanasopoulos School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Mobile apps and Fog computing Automated engineering of mobile apps (e.g., app design, maintenance, review...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Mobile apps and Fog computing Automated engineering of mobile apps (e.g., app design, maintenance, review analysis) Design principles/patterns and micro-services Web APIs and mobile apps Distributed frameworks for direct democracy	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Kieran McLaughlin School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Cyber security for Industrial Control Systems (ICS), smart grid and SCADA networks Network forensics f...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Cyber security for Industrial Control Systems (ICS), smart grid and SCADA networks Network forensics for smart grid and ICS Secure cloud platforms for smart grid and ICS Information Centric Networking (ICN): cyber security aspects and application to ICS Network intrusion detection	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Maire O'Neill School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Practical post-quantum cryptography IoT Device Authentication - Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) ...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Practical post-quantum cryptography IoT Device Authentication - Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) Side Channel Analysis (SCA) Cryptographic Hardware & Software Architectures	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Seán McLoone School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competitiveness and sustainability Intelligent... intelligent systems, human-robot collaboration, machine learning, AI, soft sensing, predictive maintenance, predictive analytics, process optimisation	Open to PhD applications in the field of Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competitiveness and sustainability Intelligent systems techniques for smart grid data analytics and optimisation Deep learning for automated visual inspection, soft sensing and predictive maintenance Deep learning for time series prediction and forecasting Physics informed Neural networks and their applications. Evolving Intelligent Behaviour in Cooperating Robots Flexible automation and cobotics (human-robot collaboration)	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Son T Mai School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of Data Mining Machine Learning High Performance Computing Data Mining and Machine Learning applicat...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of Data Mining Machine Learning High Performance Computing Data Mining and Machine Learning applications in neuroscience, medicine, public health, transportation, etc.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Ciara Rafferty School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Homomorphic encryption Practical Post-quantum cryptography Cryptographic hardware architectures Functional encryption (identity-based encryption, ...	Homomorphic encryption Practical Post-quantum cryptography Cryptographic hardware architectures Functional encryption (identity-based encryption, attribute-based encryption)	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Gareth Conway School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Antenna design for difficult and challenging environments EM wave propagation analysis Experimental mea...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Antenna design for difficult and challenging environments EM wave propagation analysis Experimental measurements for wearable communication Human tissue phantoms and test-beds Wireless communication for medical sensors Ultra-thin artificial electromagnetic materials	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Barry Devereux School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Applied Machine learning and Natural Language Processing in Health Analytics Model interpretation in NL...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Applied Machine learning and Natural Language Processing in Health Analytics Model interpretation in NLP and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of NLP and Cognitive Science Lexical semantics and semantics in computer vision	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Prospective students with an interest in AI for security, computer vision, cybersecurity and data analytics, in particular the application of deep ...	Prospective students with an interest in AI for security, computer vision, cybersecurity and data analytics, in particular the application of deep learning to those topics, are welcome to apply.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Vahid Garousi School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I am actively looking for PhD students in the areas of software testing, empirical software engineering, search-based software engineering, model-d...	I am actively looking for PhD students in the areas of software testing, empirical software engineering, search-based software engineering, model-driven engineering, and evidence-based software engineering. Most my projects are in the context of industry-academia collaborations.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr John McAllister School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Custom hardware and high-level synthesis for FPGA Edge computing and cyber-physical systems Signal proc...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Custom hardware and high-level synthesis for FPGA Edge computing and cyber-physical systems Signal processing systems Dataflow computing Neuromorphic computing and spiking neural networks	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr David Laverty School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Smart Grid Telecommunications Phasor Measurement Units Electrical Power System Instrumentation Cy...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Smart Grid Telecommunications Phasor Measurement Units Electrical Power System Instrumentation Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure Distribution Network Monitoring and Real-Time Control	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Mien Van School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Open to PhD applications in the field of: Robotics and human-robot interaction/collaboration Process control for manufacturing systems Sensing and...	Open to PhD applications in the field of: Robotics and human-robot interaction/collaboration Process control for manufacturing systems Sensing and perception for robotics and manufacturing systems	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Neil Buchanan School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Self-steered antennas for wireless power transfer Novel Injection Locked Transceivers for RFID and Healthcare Practical solutions for frequency di...	Self-steered antennas for wireless power transfer Novel Injection Locked Transceivers for RFID and Healthcare Practical solutions for frequency diverse arrays	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Applications: Cyber-physical systems control: advanced manufacturing, robotics, resource allocation, networked systems, power electronics, edge co...	Applications: Cyber-physical systems control: advanced manufacturing, robotics, resource allocation, networked systems, power electronics, edge computing Theory: Hybrid systems / switching systems analysis and control Reachability analysis and set-based methods Systems subject to communication, computation and physical constraints	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Okan Yurduseven School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I am open to PhD applications in the fields of: antennas and metasurfaces with a strong focus on microwave and millimeter-wave imaging and computat...	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of: antennas and metasurfaces with a strong focus on microwave and millimeter-wave imaging and computational radar systems.	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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