| Scholarship Sponsor | Queen Mary University of London |
| Scholarships level | PhD studentship |
| Award Amount | A stipend of £17,609 per year, together with an annual £2,000 travel and conference allowance and a one-off equipment grant of £1,500 |
| Fellowship Period | Three years |
| Study area | AI, Computing and Data Science, Networks, Cognitive and Creative Computing |
| Opening date | February 09, 2021 |
| Closing date | April 14, 2021 |
Application Deadline
The deadline for applications is April 14, 2021
Eligibility
Queen Mary is on the lookout for the best and brightest students in the fields of AI and Machine Learning.
Successful applicants will have the following profile:
- Identify as female and/or are of Black ethnicity, each being under-represented groups in the field of Artificial Intelligence
- Should hold, or is expected to obtain an MSc in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, AI, Physics or Mathematics or a closely related discipline; or can demonstrate evidence of equivalent work experience
- Having obtained distinction or first class level degree is highly desirable
- Programming skills are strongly desirable; however, we do not consider this to be an essential criterion if candidates have complementary strengths.
We actively encourage applications from candidates who are ordinarily resident in the UK. The studentship is also open to International applicants.
The DeepMind PhD Studentship will be based in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Queen Mary University of London. The School is a dynamic community of approximately 150 PhD students and 80 research assistants working on research centered around a number of research groups in AI, computing and data science, networks, cognitive and creative computing.
The School’s EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Media & Arts Technology (MAT) and UKRI Doctoral Training Centre in Artificial Intelligence and Music (AIM), and Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI) has several exciting projects, and several research groups are involved in the School’s multidisciplinary research centers qMedia, the Centre for Intelligent Sensing and the Centre for Advanced Robotics.
Award Information
One PhD DeepMind Studentship is offered, which will cover tuition fees and offer a London stipend of £17,609 per year, together with an annual £2,000 travel and conference allowance and a one-off equipment grant of £1,500.
Application Process
Queen Mary is interested in developing the next generation of outstanding researchers – whether in academia, industry or government – therefore, the project undertaken under this studentship is expected to fit into the more comprehensive research programme of School. Applicants should select a supervisor (a first and second choice) from the School at the application stage. Visit our website for information about our research groups and supervisors: eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd/phd-opportunities/
Applicants should submit their interest by returning the following to [email protected] by 12 pm (noon), April 14, 2021:
- Indicate first and second choice, academic supervisor
- CV (max 2 pages)
- Cover letter (max 4,500 characters)
- Research proposal (max 500 words)
- 2 References
- Certificate of English Language (for students whose first language is not English)
- Other Certificates
Applications will be reviewed by a panel of academic staff: w/c April 17, 2021
