The projects listed on this page are representative of available PhD opportunities for entry in 2027 and are subject to change. As more projects become available these will be added below. For a full list of projects currently being worked on please see our project pages for 2024, 2025 and 2026.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 Soft Everting Robots for Exploration, Mapping, and Manipulation in Extreme, Confined Environments (DSTL)Fast intelligent control with application to quantum sensing (DSTL) Multi-agent Systems and Data Intelligence Novel Computing and Beyond CMOS Hardware Sensor Signal Processing Robust Few-Shot Learning for Underwater Acoustic Signal Classification (QinetiQ) Adaptive Low-Dimensional Monte Carlo Methods for High-Dimensional Multi-Target Tracking (DSTL) This article was published on 2025-10-31
