Research themes from Call 4 are listed below. Themes and supervisors will be updated on or before the launch of the next call for proposals.
Future Networks and Communications
- Creative Practices in ICT
- Internet-of-Things Networking
- Network Security and Privacy
- Machine Learning and AI in Communication Systems
- Low-power Components and Systems
- Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices
- Electrochemical Sensor Devices
- Sensor Networks
- RF Circuitry & Design
- Antennas
- Network Management
- Economics Policy, Regulation & Governance of Communications Networks
- Modelling of Shared Networks
- Virtualisation
- mmWave Networks
- Ultra-Dense Networks
- Low-latency Signal Processing and Coding
- Programmable RF for Wideband Systems
- Advanced Power Amplifiers
- Converged Wireless-Optical Networks for C-RANs
- Software & Cognitive Radio
- Optical X-Haul Technologies
- Mobile EDGE Computing
- Vehicle-2-Vehicle Networking
- Communication in Nano-Bio Networks
- Data Centre Thermal Management
- Sustainable Energy
Digital Content & Media Technologies
- Computational Semantics
- Sentiment Analysis
- Cross Domain / Media / Language Analytics
- Data Protection & Ethics
- Data Quality
- Data Value
- Semantic Data Mappings
- Speech, Image and Video Processing
- Statistical Machine Translation
- Neural Machine Translation
- Multi-Modal-Interaction
- Data & Privacy
- Automation Evaluation
- Context-aware Adaptivity
- Contextual Recommendation Systems
- Explorative Search
- User Awareness and Control
- Neural Dialogue Adaptation
- Engaging 3D Characters
- Fintech
- Blockchain
Advanced Materials and Bioengineering
- Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials and Bio-Printing
- Nanovaccines and Immune Response
- Therapeutic and Theranostic Materials
- Advanced Photonic Materials
- Nanothermal Characteristics of Materials
- Polymer Self-Assembly
- Nanopatterning
- Materials for Energy Applications
- Magnetic Materials
- Additive Manufacturing
- 2D Materials and Devices
- Materials Characterisation - Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy
- Materials Modelling and Simulation