Research degrees
Students who have a deep interest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering are invited to apply for entry to the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.
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Master of Philosophy (Engineering)
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Research projects recruiting students
Smart Grids: Data-driven approaches for the operation and planning of DER-rich distribution networks
Team: Nando Ochoa
Smart Grids: Future Distribution System Operators (DSOs)
Team: Nando Ochoa
Smart Grids: Grid integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
Team: Nando Ochoa
Machine learning and optimisation in 6G networks
Team: Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Tansu Alpcan
Coded computation for machine learning
Team: Jingge Zhu
Information-theoretic analysis of machine learning algorithms
Team: Jingge Zhu
Structured codes in wireless communication networks
Team: Jingge Zhu
Machine learning-based planning of low-carbon multi-energy systems
Team: Pierluigi Mancarella, Dr Lingxi Zhang, Dr Sleiman Mhanna
Brain mapping with MRI: brain atlases with multiple topographic features
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Machine learning prediction of biological ageing of the brain and body
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Network communication in the brain
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Sparse approximation methods for optimal control and stationary action problems
Team: Peter Dower
Structure-function coupling in the connectome
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for depression
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Robin Cash
Digitally networked dynamical systems: performance and robustness analysis
Team: Michael Cantoni, Ye Pu
Structured networked control systems
Team: Dragan Nesic
When stabilisation and optimisation meet: a codesign approach
Team: Dragan Nesic
2D material valleytronics for information processing
Team: Sejeong Kim
Nano lasers for integrated photonics circuit
Team: Sejeong Kim
Modelling and control of irrigation channels
Team: Erik Weyer, Michael Cantoni
Communication theoretical study of molecular communication systems
Team: Yuting Fang
Learning of dynamical systems from a finite number of data points
Team: Erik Weyer
Scenario based model predictive control with application to water resources systems
Team: Erik Weyer, Chris Manzie, Wenyan Wu, Ye Wang
Distributed deep learning for cognitive radio networks
Team: Tansu Alpcan, Chris Leckie (CIS), Sarah Erfani (CIS)
Strategic competitive decisions on complex systems
Team: Tansu Alpcan
Multi-modal deep dictionary learning framework for managing smart city assets
Team: Marimuthu Palaniswami, Karim Seghouane, Aravinda Rao
Photonics reservoir computing
Team: Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Elaine Wong
Advanced methods for intelligent monitoring of fetal wellbeing
Team: Marimuthu Palaniswami, Emerson Keenan
Future low-loss photonic devices at telecomm wavelengths
Team: M Usman
Real-time Internet of Things (IoT) for smart transportation
Team: Marimuthu Palaniswami, Tansu Alpcan, Aravinda Rao
6G Networks: Characterisation of human-to-machine (H2M) traffic
Team: Elaine Wong
Cloudlets for secure human-to-machine (H2M) applications
Team: Elaine Wong
6G Networks: Improving resiliency for human-to-machine (H2M) applications
Team: Elaine Wong
Adapting communication networks for low-latency human-to-machine (H2M) applications
Team: Elaine Wong
Acoustic engineering: microfabrication of acoustic waveguides for non-contact microscale assembly
Team: David Collins
Algebraic, geometric and topological signal processing
Team: Jonathan Manton
Data assimilation
Team: Jonathan Manton
Dynamic modeling for tennis
Team: Jonathan Manton
Foundations of machine learning
Team: Jonathan Manton
Foundations of optimisation
Team: Jonathan Manton
Foundations of stochastic filtering
Team: Jonathan Manton
Foundations of systems neuroscience
Team: Jonathan Manton
FPGA and GPGPU implementations of signal processing algorithms
Team: Jonathan Manton
Manifold learning
Team: Jonathan Manton
Pulse processing for spectroscopy
Team: Jonathan Manton
Random search strategies: modelling and analysis of T cell movement
Team: Jonathan Manton
Real-time adaptive optimisation
Team: Jonathan Manton
Real-time optimisation
Team: Jonathan Manton
Reinforcement learning (stochastic optimisation and game theory)
Team: Jonathan Manton
Reliable computing with unreliable components
Team: Jonathan Manton
Remote sensing for smart sports
Team: Jonathan Manton
Studying the neuronal network of the breathing complex
Team: Jonathan Manton
Studying the neuronal network of the C. Elegans
Team: Jonathan Manton
System identification in biology
Team: Jonathan Manton
System identification in neuroscience
Team: Jonathan Manton
Wireless charging
Team: Jonathan Manton
Modern control methodologies for improving wind turbine performance
Team: Robert Schmid, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo
Optical wireless networking: architectures, systems and technologies
Team: Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Christina Lim Elaine Wong
Individualised cochlear implant sound coding: Optimised algorithms for better hearing
Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Demi Gao
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