Job ID: 121365

3 fully funded PhD scholarships in Computational Neuroscience and AI

Position: Ph.D. Student

Deadline: 24 February 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 September 2025

Contract Length: 3 years

City: Derry~Londonderry

Country: UK

Institution: Ulster University

Department: Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems

Description:

Two of the available scholarships are on bridging fundamental cognitive computational neuroscience of decision-making and learning to brain-inspired AI algorithms:
One other PhD scholarship is on neurotechnology and machine learning:
All the scholarships are opened to international or UK/Ireland applicants. Applications are available from 2nd December 2024 and closes on 24th February 2025.
The research teams are involved in the PhD projects:
Our School and its Intelligent Systems Research Centre (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/computer-science/intelligent-systems-research-centre) have neuroscience and AI related research communities and facilities in:
  • NeuroAI and computational neuroscience
  • Brain-computer interfaces/non-invasive neurotech
  • MEG and EEG brain imaging
  • Neuromorphic computing
  • Cognitive robotics
  • High-performance computing
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In 2021, Ulster University was, in the UK:
  • ranked 2nd for Ph.D. researcher satisfaction
  • 6th largest Computer Science and Informatics unit
  • 7th for world-leading or internationally excellent research and impact with respect to staff number.
Derry~Londonderry is a vibrant, friendly and affordable city with ~100K people with high quality of life, close to stunning coastline and outdoor activities in the north and north-west of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Ulster University has recently been awarded by Times Higher Education as the ‘University of the Year 2024’, the top higher education institution in the UK and Ireland.
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