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Three fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarships are available to start in October 2023 in the area of Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning and Advanced Computing. The PhDs are suitable for graduates with a keen interest in AI algorithms for data analytics visualisation and image analysis.

The three 4-year PhD scholarships will sit within the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning & Advanced Computing (CDT-AIMLAC). The students will be based at Bangor University located within the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE). Funding will cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend of approximately £15 900. Additional funding is available for research expenses.

Candidates must indicate and prioritise their first second and third choice of the offered projects (indicating clearly the primary supervisor and title) from the following. Applicants also require a research proposal in their own words based on their first choice. Candidates will be shortlisted and then invited for interview.

Additional information of the projects can be found here.

Project 1. Visualisation of law using Artificial Intelligence

Supervisor: Dr Pete Butcher School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Bangor University
2nd supervisor: Prof Jonathan C. Roberts (School of Computer Science and Electronic) and Dr Sarah Nason. School of Law
Project 2. Artificial Intelligence in IoT Full stack (Internet of Things) for Environmental Science

1st supervisor: Dr Noel Bristow School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
2nd supervisor: Dr Panagiotis Ritsos School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Project 3: AI driven data-visualisation design and storytelling

Supervisor: Prof. Jonathan Roberts School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Bangor University
2nd and 3rd supervisor: Dr Pete Butcher and Dr Panagiotis Ritsos School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Bangor University
The successful candidates will be required to attend taught components in year 1 (such as foundations of AI research methods information visualisation) residential meetings at Aberystwyth Bristol Cardiff or Swansea Universities deliver responsible innovation and engage with placements with external partners throughout the four-year programme. Placements may be six-month or shorter three-month or two-week blocks. Successful applicants will be registered at Bangor University hosted by the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering throughout their period of study with the delivery of the related training in the PhD programme being shared between the Universities of Aberystwyth Bangor Bristol Cardiff and Swansea.

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it