Engineering Risk-aware decision-making under uncertainty for autonomous navigation

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Current research degree projects

Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.

• Engineering Acoustic mode detection using large microphone arrays Closing date: 2027-01-31 Funding: Competition funded
• Engineering

Acoustic mode detection using large microphone arrays

• Engineering Risk-aware decision-making under uncertainty for autonomous navigation Closing date: 2027-01-10 Funding: Competition funded
• Engineering

Risk-aware decision-making under uncertainty for autonomous navigation

• Electronics and Computer Science Multimodal LLMs for argument and evidence understanding Closing date: 2027-07-01 Funding: Competition funded
• Electronics and Computer Science

Multimodal LLMs for argument and evidence understanding

• Engineering Dynamic risk intelligence for safe autonomous shipping under changing operational conditions Closing date: 2027-01-10 Funding: Competition funded
• Engineering

Dynamic risk intelligence for safe autonomous shipping under changing operational conditions

• Photonics and optoelectronics Simplified coherent optical technologies for next-generation passive optical networks Closing date: 2027-09-30 Funding: Competition funded
• Photonics and optoelectronics

Simplified coherent optical technologies for next-generation passive optical networks

• Engineering Intelligent maritime situational awareness and risk assessment for autonomous shipping Closing date: 2027-01-20 Funding: Competition funded
• Engineering

Intelligent maritime situational awareness and risk assessment for autonomous shipping

• Photonics and optoelectronics Heterogeneously integrated TFLN-on-SiN platform for ultra-high-speed photonics Closing date: 2027-02-02 Funding: Competition funded
• Photonics and optoelectronics

Heterogeneously integrated TFLN-on-SiN platform for ultra-high-speed photonics

• Electronics and Computer Science Materials and devices for neuromorphic computing applications Closing date: 2027-08-31 Funding: Competition funded
• Electronics and Computer Science

Materials and devices for neuromorphic computing applications

• Engineering AI-driven design of smart multifunctional metamaterials for next-generation aircraft Closing date: 2026-12-18 Funding: Fully funded (UK and international)
• Engineering

AI-driven design of smart multifunctional metamaterials for next-generation aircraft

• Physics and astronomy Nuclear-spin control of translation and rotation in levitated optomechanics Closing date: 2027-01-08 Funding: Competition funded
• Physics and astronomy

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