Connectionists: (Deadline 6th Jan 2025) Three fully funded PhD scholarships (UK/international) in applied AI/machine learning/computational intelligence, operational research, mobile app development for Net Zero transportation and freeports.

Wed Dec 18 03:02:27 EST 2024

Dear colleagues,
My apologies for cross-posting. Could you please kindly forward to interested candidates? Please note the very short deadline of 6th January.

  1.  Summary:
LJMU's Freeport and Net Zero Transport Thematic Doctoral Pathways<https://ljmu.ac.uk/projects/freeport-and-net-zero-transport> (FTDP) programme is offering six full PhD scholarships (UK/international) to develop two PhD cohorts (first-of-their-kind) who will apply their skills in AI, operational research, engineering, and science to tackle transport/logistics decarbonisation, with a focus on UK freeports. This call is for the second cohort (3 PhD scholarships) and is open to both UK and international candidates (to start .

     *   Deadline 6th January 2025 (see detailed timeline below)
     *   Successful candidates to move to Liverpool and enrol by end of February 2025
     *   Full tuition fees,
     *   Maintenance stipend + running cover (~ £20,837 per annum) for three years, rising in line with URKI rates,
     *   Funded visits to industry and overseas universities to widen your experience and gain career opportunities (averagely 1 month per year),
     *   Funded training to gain teaching qualifications (Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) and teaching experience for career development.

  1.  How to apply:
Interested applicants please carefully read the descriptions for each project and person specifications here: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/projects/freeport-and-net-zero-transport/scholarship-funding . Please also look at this link for some examples of our current/past projects on air quality and green transportation https://tinyurl.com/y67eddrw . If you believe you are suitable, email Prof. Trung Thanh Nguyen T.T.Nguyen at ljmu.ac.uk with title "FTDP PhD + Project number" (for projects 1-3 below) and include the following information:
*                     CV and a transcript,
*                     Anything else to support your application.
Applicants must be available for interview (see section Timeline).
The three topics for the second cohort are listed here for your convenience, but please visit the link above for details before applying.

  1.  Optimisation and AI for a modal shift to freight rail.
  2.  Optimisation for the planning of alternative energy in shipping.
  3.  Benchmarking freeport/transport optimisation/decarbonisation using apps and digital platforms.

  1.  Timeline
*              6-January, 2025: Application deadline
*              13-17-Jan, 2025: Interviews (in person or remote)
*              20-21-Jan, 2025: Successful candidates notified
*              28-Feb, 2025: Relocate to Liverpool and enrol.

  1.  About LJMU / LOOM institute's research
LOOM<https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/centres-and-institutes/loom/about-the-centre>  is a leading research institute specialising in transport/logistics and marine engineering within Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). All LOOM's research outputs were ranked world-leading (4*) or international-excellence (3*) in UoA12 in the Research Excellence Framework REF2021, putting LJMU equal 13th out of 89 in proportion of 4* and 3* outputs, the best in the North West in UoA12. LOOM's research impact was also ranked 4* or 3* in REF UoA12 (equal first in UK in proportion of 4* and 3*).
Please visit this link<https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/projects/freeport-and-net-zero-transport> for more information about our research quality.

  1.  Other information and detailed instruction
For more information about our doctoral training programme, the projects, how to apply, and our research/teaching rankings, please visit this link<https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/projects/freeport-and-net-zero-transport>.

Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Thanh
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Prof. Trung Thanh Nguyen,
Professor of Operational Research in Transportation
Co-director of the Liverpool Logistics Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM),
School of Engineering
Liverpool John Moores University
Web: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-engineering-and-technology/school-of-engineering/trung-thanh-nguyen

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