PhD/MPhil: Informatics
Prototype support using multi-sensor task allocation applied to the highly dynamic sensor networks used in emergency response.
Studying for a PhD or MPhil in the field of informatics you will investigate new models and techniques of knowledge and information use. Recent projects have involved healthcare (secure access to necessary information in a multidisciplinary care team), Biodiversity (managing the integration of information from observations of species) and Geoinformatics (combining formal geospatial data with Web 2.0 sources)
The group makes use of both dedicated and GRID resources to conduct its research and has recently established a Security & Privacy Laboratory for use in research, in teaching and in industrial engagement. The research staff in this field continue to have a diverse range of industrial and academic partners.
"My research at Cardiff offered me a rich research experience; great research facilities, a large group of PhD researchers with varying backgrounds and specialisations and friendly officials at technical, administrative and academic levels. There is always someone to talk to when I need help or advice."
Asma Al-Busaidi's PhD was a collaboration between a local NHS oncology centre and us. It involved health informatics and semantic integration where medical data in patient records are used to customise patient access to health information on the Internet.
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Applying to study for PhD/MPhil
The projects listed here are possible research topics and/or areas that we would like to investigate. They reflect our expertise and the success of our research efforts and represent directions that we wish to pursue. We welcome applications from prospective students who have similar interests.
Please use these example projects to help guide your application. You may amend them to incorporate your own interests, experiences and ideas and are encouraged to contact the supervising member of research staff to discuss the topic.
Each year the School provides a small number of studentships (at the UK/EU rate) that are awarded to oustanding students to support their research. In addition we host a significant number of sponsored and self-funded students. Some advice on obtaining funding is available on the main University site.
For all postgraduate research admissions questions please contact comsc-pgresearch@cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Current funding opportunities
Funding opportunities for postgraduate research in the School are listed here as they become available. Typically funding covers full tuition fees and includes a tax-free stipend, but this may vary based on the nationality of the applicant.
PhD Scholarship in Computer Science & Informatics, 2013
For exceptional students who have obtained partial funding (towards tuition fees or subsistence) from other sources, have a relevant research proposal and meet our entrance requirements, we will endeavour to help secure the remaining funding necessary for your study, and welcome such applications at any time. Please email comsc-pgresearch@cs.cardiff.ac.uk in these cases.
Available PhD projects: Informatics
- Ambient Data Linking
- Anomaly Detection in Social Data
- Crowd sourcing Data for Feeding Probabilistic Risk Models
- Differences of scientific opinion and automated inference
- Exploiting Space and Time for User Modelling and Personalisation on the Web
- Facilitating ontology development in metabolomics with text mining
- Geo-spatial and Temporal Linked Data Web
- Information extraction for systems biology applications
- Information retrieval in folksonomies
- Linking and interpreting literature
- Practical Spatio-temporal Reasoning on the Semantic Web
- Qualitative spatial reasoning about conceptual spaces
- Sensor Web 2.0
- Social Decision Making
- Spatio-temporal Linked Data Web
- Temporal information extraction from medical records.
- Tracking the taxonomic revision process