PhD Funding Opportunities

I am a named PhD supervisor in the SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science. This large-scale collaborative initiative between the University of Limerick (UL), University College Dublin (UCD) and Maynooth University (MU) will train a cohort of PhD students with a world-class foundational understanding in the horizontal themes of Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning. These fundamental themes will be fused by applying them to real-world challenges in vertical themes, including Data Analytics, Privacy & Security, Smart Manufacturing, Networks, and Health & Wellbeing. Students will have work placements in relevant industries to develop cognisance of industry requirements, essential transversal skills, diversity and research impact.

For further details see  www.data-science.ie

I am a named PhD supervisor in the SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science. The SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science is a PhD training programme, linking together approx. ninety genomics data science group leaders based at six Irish institutions. Expertise within the group spans from statistical modelling and machine learning to the full range of applications of genomics. This Research Centre is focused on 7 Research Themes:

For further details see: https://genomicsdatascience.ie/ 

I lead the Reliable Forecasts; Downtime Detection & Classification for Offshore Wind group in the Next Generation Energy Systems (NexSys) programme. We have one PhD position available.

Next Generation Energy Systems (NexSys) an all-island, multidisciplinary energy research programme. NexSys is hosted by the UCD Energy Institute in partnership with eight other leading research institutions: ESRI, DCU, Queen’s University Belfast, NUI Galway, Maynooth University, Trinity College Dublin, UCC, and Ulster University. 46 leading academics work in partnership with industry to tackle the challenges of energy decarbonisation, developing evidence-based pathways for a net zero energy system. For further details see: https://www.nexsys-energy.ie

I am also a partner on Data Driven Digital Twin of Wind Farm (TwinFarm) funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. We have one PhD position available.

TwinFarm will utilize data-driven modelling, real-time monitoring techniques, and the fundamental
physics governing wind farms to develop digital twins of wind farms. The TwinFarm research
programme will progress the state-of-the-art by developing realistic data-driven wind farm models.

We will devlop wind farm models that run in real-time and provide wind farms with a powerful tool for wind farm monitoring, maintenance and management.