Connectionists: PhD studentships at Keele University

[Peter Andras]

*Fully Funded Computer Science PhD Studentships at Keele University*



The Faculty of Natural Sciences at Keele University is pleased to announce
up to 7 fully-funded PhD studentships for UK/EU students for start in
September/October 2016, as well as opportunities for part-funded PhD
studentships for suitable candidates.


Applications are invited from high quality prospective doctoral candidates
in Computer Science and other disciplines. We welcome candidates with a
good fit to our research specialisms and the expertise of our academic
staff. Candidates are expected to have a 1st class or 2.1 class
undergraduate degree or a Distinction level MSc degree in a relevant
subject (or equivalent in the case of candidates from other EU countries).


One of our focus areas in Computer Science is *Computational Neuroscience
and Biomedical Engineering*. A selection of topics of interests in this
area is provided below.


*Computational Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering*: computational
modelling of the stomatogastric nervous system; bio-inspired robot control;
computational modelling of cognitive behaviour in bees; neuro-control of
evolving artificial creatures; neuro-control of robotic swarms;
computational analysis of neuroimaging and multi-electrode array data;
human and animal behaviour analysis using accelerometer data; virtual
reality and robotics for rehabilitation engineering; analysis and modelling
of the impact of neuromodulators in biological neural systems; big data
analytics and neuro-degenerative disorders.


*Funding*

Each fully-funded studentship includes an annual tax-free stipend at RCUK
rate plus tuition fees (currently £14,296 for stipend and £4,121 for fees).
The funding is available for 3 years. Each studentship has an associated
research expense budget (£2,000 – £3,000 per year, depending on the nature
of the project, to cover project related consumables and conference travel).

Opportunities are also available for candidates from the UK/EU and overseas
who can demonstrate that they can fully or partially self-fund.  If you are
interested in this route, please contact Professor Peter Andras at
p.andras at keele.ac.uk for a discussion.


*Closing Date*

The *closing date* for applications is Friday *15 April 2016*


Full details and application procedures can be found on the website:

http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/howtoapply/


For the purpose of research proposal applicants should submit an outline of
their research interests or of a particular research project that the
applicant would like to work on (max. 2 pages).


Please send any questions by email to Lisa Cartlidge (
l.j.cartlidge at keele.ac.uk) or Ann Billington (a.billington at keele.ac.uk).
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