Current jobs related to PhD Studentships: Connections between Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations and Machine Learning - Manchester - The University of Manchester


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

    Proposed start date: 21/09/2024 Duration of project/funding: 4 years Studentship will provide fees and stipend at the UKRI rate for home students. Stipend for academic year 2024/25 will be £19,237. We offer an exciting PhD opportunity in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, exploring galling performance in Co- and Fe-Based Alloys for nuclear plants. The PhD...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

    Job Title: Research Associate in Cardiovascular BiomechanicsWe are seeking a highly skilled Research Associate to join our multidisciplinary team developing high-fidelity models of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and device-flow/device-tissue interactions. The successful candidate will leverage clinical and experimental data, first-principle physics-based...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

    Job Title: Research Associate in Cardiovascular BiomechanicsWe are seeking a highly skilled Research Associate to join our multidisciplinary team developing high-fidelity models of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and device-flow/device-tissue interactions. The successful candidate will leverage clinical and experimental data, first-principle physics-based...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom International Society for Industrial Ecology Full time

    PhD Studentship in Sustainable ComputingWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented researcher to join our team in the Sustainable Computing group at the University of Bristol. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a four-year Industrial PhD studentship, hosted jointly by the BBC Research and Development Sustainable Engineering...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom International Society for Industrial Ecology Full time

    PhD Studentship in Sustainable ComputingWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented researcher to join our team in the Sustainable Computing group at the University of Bristol. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a four-year Industrial PhD studentship, hosted jointly by the BBC Research and Development Sustainable Engineering...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Metropolitan University Full time

    Project contact: Dr Helen Wadham (h.wadham@mmu.ac.uk) About the Project The Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Met is inviting applications for four three-year full-time PhD studentships to help build our doctoral community and cement our reputation for world-leading research. All four studentships are fully-funded. Consistent with the aims of...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom International Society for Industrial Ecology Full time

    PhD Studentship in Sustainable ComputingWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented researcher to join our team in the Sustainable Computing group at the University of Bristol. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a four-year Industrial PhD studentship, hosted jointly by the BBC Research and Development Sustainable Engineering...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom International Society for Industrial Ecology Full time

    PhD Studentship in Sustainable ComputingWe are seeking a highly motivated and talented researcher to join our team in the Sustainable Computing group at the University of Bristol. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a four-year Industrial PhD studentship, hosted jointly by the BBC Research and Development Sustainable Engineering...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Research Associate to join our multidisciplinary team at The University of Manchester. As a Research Associate, you will play a key role in developing high-fidelity models of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and device-flow/device-tissue interactions using multi-physics and physiological modeling.Key...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Research Associate to join our multidisciplinary team at The University of Manchester. As a Research Associate, you will play a key role in developing high-fidelity models of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and device-flow/device-tissue interactions using multi-physics and physiological modelling.Key...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The International Society for Bayesian Analysis Full time

    Research Opportunities in Probabilistic Machine LearningThe International Society for Bayesian Analysis is seeking a highly skilled Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join our team in Manchester, UK. As part of our Human-AI Research Teams – Steering AI in Experimental Design and Decision-Making project, funded by the UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The International Society for Bayesian Analysis Full time

    Research Opportunities in Probabilistic Machine LearningThe International Society for Bayesian Analysis is seeking a highly skilled Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join our team in Manchester, UK. As part of our Human-AI Research Teams – Steering AI in Experimental Design and Decision-Making project, funded by the UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom Booking Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Machine Learning Scientist to join our Cars Vertical team at Booking.com. As a successful candidate, you will work closely with the Search Product Teams to optimize our product and enable users to find the best cars at the most relevant location using a combination of machine learning techniques, engineering,...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom Booking Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Machine Learning Scientist to join our Cars Vertical team at Booking.com. As a successful candidate, you will work closely with the Search Product Teams to optimize our product and enable users to find the best cars at the most relevant location using a combination of machine learning techniques, engineering,...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The Learning Experience #351 Full time

    About The Learning Experience #351We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our AI development team, you will be responsible for designing, constructing, and refining sophisticated machine learning models to drive business growth and innovation.Key Responsibilities:Develop and implement cutting-edge...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The Learning Experience #351 Full time

    About The Learning Experience #351We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our AI development team, you will be responsible for designing, constructing, and refining sophisticated machine learning models to drive business growth and innovation.Key Responsibilities:Develop and implement cutting-edge...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom Booking Full time

    About the RoleWe're seeking a talented Machine Learning Scientist to join our Cars Vertical team at Booking. As a key member of our Search Product Teams, you'll work closely with us to optimize our product and enable users to find the best cars at the most relevant locations using a combination of machine learning techniques, engineering, online...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom Booking Full time

    About the RoleWe're seeking a talented Machine Learning Scientist to join our Cars Vertical team at Booking. As a key member of our Search Product Teams, you'll work closely with us to optimize our product and enable users to find the best cars at the most relevant locations using a combination of machine learning techniques, engineering, online...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The International Society for Bayesian Analysis Full time

    Research Opportunities in Probabilistic Machine LearningWe are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join our team in Manchester, UK, as part of the UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship programme.The research focuses on developing machine learning systems that assist in experimental design and decision-making, with a...


  • Manchester, United Kingdom The International Society for Bayesian Analysis Full time

    Research Opportunities in Probabilistic Machine LearningWe are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join our team in Manchester, UK, as part of the UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship programme.The research focuses on developing machine learning systems that assist in experimental design and decision-making, with a...

PhD Studentships: Connections between Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations and Machine Learning

4 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

This is a fully funded 3.5 year PhD project; funding will cover fees and provide a tax free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25). Funding is available for UK students and EU students with settles status.

Up to two funded PhD projects are available in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester on Connections between Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations and Machine Learning. Candidates must have an MSc at distinction level (or equivalent) in applied mathematics, numerical analysis or similar and be eligible for UK fee status. Candidates should have a solid background in numerical analysis and in applying numerical techniques to solve differential equations. Experience in programming in a language such as python, MATLAB or other is also essential. Prior experience in machine learning or other AI techniques is not essential but is certainly desirable. Students will be affiliated with the EPSRC-funded Probabilistic AI Hub, a five-year collaboration between the Universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Bristol and Warwick on the Mathematical and Computational Foundations of AI.

Machine learning (ML) and AI methods are becoming increasingly popular as data-driven approaches to building surrogates for physical models or as models for complex data. While they offer more flexibility in how data can be incorporated into the approximation process, standard approaches often ignore, or are not able to enforce important structural information. For example, in fluid flow modelling, we often require velocity approximations to be mass-conserving. In structural engineering problems, approximations may need to have specific spatial structures due to geometric constraints. While there has been some research that attempts to incorporate this information into an AI model, these have had limited success for complex and nonlinear problems compared to bespoke adaptive numerical methods derived using rigorous numerical analysis arguments. Finding novel ways to fuse structural and other domain-specific information, where it exists, with data holds the promise to not only produce better AI models that are easier to fit but also more robust approximations that have smaller generalisation error. In this project, students will develop connections between numerical analysis of, and numerical methods for differential equations (deterministic, parametric, stochastic) and the design and analysis of novel AI methods. Project topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Physics-reinforced ML methods
  • Developing hybrid classical and AI-informed solvers for PDEs/parametric PDEs/stochastic PDEs
  • Designing better neural network architectures that mimic structure-preserving numerical schemes for differential equations
  • Using ML techniques to learn parameters that optimise performance of deterministic and randomised numerical methods
  • Learning PDEs from data using variational and Bayesian techniques

Candidates must have an MSc at distinction level (or equivalent) in applied mathematics, numerical analysis or similar and be eligible for UK fee status.

We strongly encourage interested applications to contact Professor Catherine Powell before applying ).

£19,237 for 2024/25