Distributed Algorithms CDT News!

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Distributed Algorithms (DA CDT) aims to train 60 future leaders in?Distributed Algorithms: capitalising on 'Future Computing Systems' to move 'Towards a Data Driven Future'.

Working with our?academic and project partners,?our vision is that DA CDT will produce graduates who can not only develop non-trivial algorithmic solutions but understand how best to apply them to cutting-edge future computing technologies and solve complex multi-disciplinary data challenges.?We are currently working in the fields of Defence, Security and Manufacturing where we believe Distributed Algorithms resonates best.?To view our current cohorts of students and their projects,?please visit our website.

Distributed Algorithms’ vision is building momentum. Last year, the rate at which the PhD students published in top-tier journals and conference papers took a step up. Two PhD students also picked up international awards for their work. We are also starting to see impact result from the students’ and supervisors’ interactions with our partners. It really feels that Distributed Algorithms is beginning to make a difference. These successes, particularly when coupled with the feedback from our partners, help demonstrate that the Distributed Algorithms vision is important and that the training we offer is in demand. The CDT could not achieve its vision without the effort of our academic supervisory teams.

We have two more cohorts to recruit to become our future leaders of Data Science, to develop novel algorithms that can use next-generation computing architectures to solve important real-world problems. ?

Our Research Community

The CDT is led by the?Signal Processing Research Group and encourages social and creative multi-disciplinary research discussions solving tough research problems.?Our community includes:

• 30 students across 3 cohorts with backgrounds in Maths, Physics, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Economics and Computing.
• 31 unique academic supervisors covering 64 roles from Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Computer Science, Engineering, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Chemistry, Physics and STFC Hartree.
• 24 distinct non-academic partners co-funding and co-supervising one or more of the 30 studentships plus 11 letters of support for partners ready to engage in future projects

Research Group Highlights

?One step closer to success – proving efficiencies with No-U-Turn Sampler techniques

?The Year of the SMC – one step closer to success

?Space junk threatening satellites

PhD Studentships - Why Choose the Distributed Algorithms CDT?

The CDT is recruiting PhD students to start October 2022.

• Fully Funded PhD studentships (for both home and international students).
• Generous monthly tax free payment of ￡1,338.50. (stipend rates).
• Annual research grant.
• PhD projects co-defined and co-supervised with a project partner.
• Placements in year 3.
• Longer-term employment potential.
• Inclusive and supportive cohort environment.
• Technical, professional and personal training and development.
• Access to state-of-the-art high-performance computing.
• An original red brick university
• Russell Group University

To discover what projects we have on offer please visit our Apply page here.

To find out more contact?Professor Simon Maskell,?Director of Distributed Algorithms CDT?via email.