The projects listed on this page are representative of currently available PhD opportunities and are subject to change. As more projects become available these will be added below. Projects are grouped by SPADS CDT research themes. Some projects are listed under more than one theme. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the programme, some projects will cover more than one research theme. Autonomous Sensing Platforms Developing Object-centric Vision and Language Foundation Models for Robust Autonomous Sensing PlatformsSensing system development for aviationSoft Everting Robots for Exploration, Mapping, and Manipulation in Extreme, Confined Environments (DSTL)Textile-integrated electrochemical wearables with edge AI for on-body heat-strain monitoring Learning Multimodal Virtual Sensors for Adaptive Robotic Manipulation Biodegradable gas sensors Orbital Space Situation Awareness using Neuromorphic Systems Long-Range Ambient Backscatter Communications and Sensing for Secure, Ultra Low-Power Systems Predictive Motion Control and Testing Framework for Mobile Satellite Terminals Using IMU-Based Trajectory Intelligence Fast intelligent control with application to quantum sensing Multi-agent Systems and Data Intelligence Adaptive mission planning and enactment for autonomous vehicle controlExplainable Speech Deepfake Detection Adaptive Multiagent Decision Making in Multi-Sensor Platforms (Thales) Uncertainty-Aware Agentic AI Bayesian Machine Learning on Strategically Manipulated Data Novel Computing and Beyond CMOS Hardware Magnetic reservoir based energy-efficient computing Sensor Signal Processing Distributed Information FusionFusion of multiple sources of evidence using Bayesian chain event graphs (DSTL)Neuromorphic computing for 3D imaging with single-photon LidarsAdaptable AI in the Wild for Defence and Security Long-Range Ambient Backscatter Communications and Sensing for Secure, Ultra Low-Power Systems Predictive Motion Control and Testing Framework for Mobile Satellite Terminals Using IMU-Based Trajectory Intelligence Robust algorithms for image compression and decompression and their trade-offs Detection and tracking of high-speed objects in cluttered environments using event cameras Adaptive Low-Dimensional Monte Carlo Methods for High-Dimensional Multi-Target Tracking Image processing techniques for underwater single photon imaging (Thales) Robust object tracking in cluttered underwater environments (DSTL) Secure and spoofing/jamming resilient PNT receivers Bayesian transfer learning for underwater signals Robust Few-Shot Learning for Underwater Acoustic Signal Classification (QinetiQ) Bayesian Machine Learning on Strategically Manipulated Data Fast multi-dimensional array processing (Thales) This article was published on 2025-10-31
