GTA funded PhD studentships in Computing

Qualification: PhD

Department: Computing

Application deadline: 30 May 2024

Start date: 23 September 2024

Overview

PhD study funded by Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) studentships in Computer Science

What is a GTA

Graduate Teaching Assistantships allow research students to fund their PhD through part-time teaching work with the University.

A Graduate Teaching Assistant is responsible to the Head of School and is expected to undertake teaching or other duties within the School - not normally exceeding 8-10 contact hours per week - while undertaking research leading to a PhD.

Approximately 81.3% of their time will be spent on their doctoral research and 18.7% on their GTA responsibilities. Training is provided to help Graduate Teaching Assistants develop their teaching related skills and enhance their professional competencies. (GTA Job Summary (docx., 100kb)

Available projects

PhD Projects available for the GTA Studentship are listed below. Applicants should select their project and then refer to the How to Apply section for advice on how to apply. The application links are at the bottom of the page.

GTA Projects for 2024

Please select your preferred project and refer to the How to Apply section below before completing your application.

The application links are at the bottom of the web page.

Computing projects

Dr Artur Boronat: Project 1 - Leveraging Mobile Technology and Machine Learning for Enhanced Visual Function Assessment in Inherited Retinal Diseases (docx., 24kb)
Dr Artur Boronat: Project 2 - Smart Rehab: Personalised Paths to Recovery with Accelerometry (docx., 22kb)
Dr Fuxiang Chen: Project 1 - AI meets Crime Linkage (docx., 19kb)
Dr Fuxiang Chen: Project 2 - Language meets Vision for Improving Overall Health-related Experiences (docx., 20kb)
Dr John Drake: Data Science and AI for Real-world Optimisation Problems (docx., 22kb)
Dr Xiao Chen: Trusted and Distributed AI Systems Enabled by Blockchain Technologies (docx., 19kb)
Professor Ashiq Anjum: AI Driven Physics Informed Digital Twins (docx., 31kb)
Dr Daniel Z. Hao: Imitation Learning for Robotic Manufacturing Transformation (docx., 21kb)
Dr Daqi Liu: Multi-modal scene understanding (docx., 18kb)
Dr Fabrício Góes: Large Language Models as Autonomous Creativity Evaluators (docx., 19kb)
Dr Furqan Aziz: Graph Comparison using Deep Graph Representation Learning (docx., 19kb)
Dr Jiayan Qiu: Development of Comprehensive Visual Understanding Model (docx., 18kb)
Dr Marco Volpe: Autonomous Narratives: Fusing Traditional Narratological Theories with AI Methodologies for Controlled, Character-Driven, Automated Story Generation and Analysis (docx., 19kb)
Dr Mohammad Reza Zare: Intelligent Automated Interpretation and Reporting of Medical Images (docx., 31kb)
Dr John Panneerselvam: Artificial Intelligence approach for Sustainable Datacentres (docx., 20kb)
Professor Shigang Yue: Machine learning methods for diabetes patients’ data analysis (docx., 18kb)
Professor Tanya Vladimirova: Deep learning algorithms for real‐time extraction of environmental remote sensing information from space (docx., 19kb)
Dr Zheheng Jiang: Towards high-fidelity 3d hand reconstruction (docx., 28kb)

Funding

The 4 year GTA funded studentships provide:

A combined teaching and stipend payment, currently £19,237 per year for 2024/25
Tuition fees at UK rates

*International students are welcome to apply but must be able to demonstrate that they can fund the difference between UK and International fees for the duration of their study. The difference in fees payable by the student will be £18,864 (2024/25) per year of study.

Entry requirements

Applicants are required to hold/or expect to obtain a UK Bachelor Degree 2:1 or better in a relevant subject or overseas equivalent.

A Master’s degree is preferred but not essential. Experience with research or teaching would be a plus.

The University of Leicester English language requirements apply where applicable.

Informal enquiries

Project and funding enquiries

CMSpgr@le.ac.uk

How to apply

To submit your application, please use Apply button at the bottom of the page for the subject you want to apply for depending on your chosen project and select September 2023 from the dropdown menu.

Include with your application:

CV
Personal statement explaining your interest in the research, your experience and why we should consider you
Degree certificates and transcripts and details of any study currently in progress
Evidence of English language proficiency (if applicable)
In the reference section please enter the contact details of your two academic referees in the boxes provided or upload letters of reference if already available
In the Fees and Funding section please specify CMS GTA
In the supervisor section please provide the name of the supervisor and project title you want to be considered for. If you want to apply for more than one project please list them in order of preference. We do not require a research proposal.

Eligibility

UK and International applicants are welcome to apply.

*EU applicants who hold EU settled or EU pre-settled status please provide PGR Admissions with a share code (the one that starts with S) so we can verify your fee status email to pgradmissions@le.ac.uk.

**International students please refer to the funding section.

Application options

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