Fully Funded UKRI and Swansea PhD Scholarship: Optimal Problems Under Contagious Markets with Regime Switching and Risk Uncertainty

Funding providers: UKRI and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering Subject areas: Stochastic Optimal Controls, Point Processes, insurance strategies, regime switchings, and Risk Uncertainty Project description:In this project, different optimal control problems will be considered under a contagious financial and insurance market with regime...

Funding providers: EPSRCSubject areas: Photodetectors, Semiconductors, Electronics, OptoelectronicsProject start date: 1 July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June) Aligned programme of study: PhD in Physics or Electronic and Electrical EngineeringProject description: Next generation semiconductors such as organics, perovskites and advanced compound are...

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Computer Science (Machine Learning/Pattern Recognition applied to molecular cardiology) Project start date: 1 July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: This project represents a new approach to map...

Funding providers: Swansea UniversitySubject areas: Animal behaviour, Biologging, Physiology, Endocrinology, MetagenomicsProject start date: 1st July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)1st October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: Many animals form stable social relationships between specific individuals. These relationships are...

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP) and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Intelligent RoboticsProject description: Swansea University, an internationally recognised academic institution with strong commitments to research and technological...

Funding providers: Swansea UniversityProject start date:1st July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)1st October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description:The wide bandgap (WBG) power MOSFET is more prone to early failure than its Si counterparts despite its recent success. One of the most significant contributing factors to the overall...

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering and No More Marking LtdSubject areas: Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence, Optimisation, and Decision-MakingProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: The Comparative Judgment (CJ) method, which has gained traction in UK schools over...

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP) and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Intelligent RoboticsProject description: Swansea University, an internationally recognised academic institution with strong commitments to research and technological...

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering and the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and AstronomySubject areas: Physics, Mathematics and Computer ScienceProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: The STFC list of science challenges for the particle physics and...

Funding providers: EPSRC and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Polymer and Glyco Chemistry, Biomaterials, AntimicrobialsProject description: A significant phenotypic heterogeneity exists within the clonal bacterial population for adhesion to different surfaces. Bacteria even lacking adhesive lectins can bind to cells and...

Funding providers: Swansea University and Scarlets RugbySubject areas: Engineering, sport science, data science, physics, mathematicsProject start date: 1 July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)Project description: The aim of this PhD project is to investigate whether match key performance indicators (KPIs) are effective at predicting match outcome at the...

Funding providers: EPSRC DTPSubject areas: Quantum technology, Applied physics, Electronic science and technologyProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: Sensors play a critical role in many electronic systems, providing important data to power our decision-making. Apart from general physical and chemical...

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Electronic and electrical engineering, physics and biomedical engineeringThe research is at the forefront of developing innovative solutions for wireless power transfer systems tailored for medical implant...

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Intelligent Robotics and Natural Language UnderstandingProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: This PhD project will investigate and build spoken language...

Funding providers: ScootFit and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Sport and Exercise Sciences – motor control, physical activity, movement disorderProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: Joint hypermobility effects 34% of youth and presents unique challenges to acquiring...

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering, and QinetiQ Subject areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer ScienceProject start date:1st July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)Project description:The number of scientific papers published is increasing rapidly every year. The overwhelming volume of the literature makes it...

Funding providers: EPSRC Quantum Technologies DTPSubject areas: Experimental Physics, Lasers, Optics, SemiconductorsProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: Optical forces arise when light, which has no mass yet carries momentum, is deflected through interaction with a material object. Lasers of power ~100mW...

Funding providers: EPSRC and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and EngineeringSubject areas: Structural dynamics, Nonlinear dynamics, Multi-physics, Experimental testing Project start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: One of the major knowledge gaps in the study of complex aerospace systems is the frictional...

Subject areas: Experimental Mechanics, Heart Valves, Digital Image Correlation (DIC), Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Biomechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction Project description: Heart valve (HV) disease is a major cause of cardiac malfunction with high mortality if left untreated. Over 200,000 patients/year receive bioprosthetic HV replacements, which...

Funding providers: Health Data Research (HDR) UKSubject areas: Population Data ScienceProject start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)Project description: Healthcare decision-making has previously focussed on developing recommendations for single conditions. However, standardised care for each chronic condition in isolation can be...