Research Degrees

PhD research student applications are welcomed by the HCI Research Group all year round.  Research students are valued members of our thriving, research-intensive team. We are particularly interested in supervising students' research in any of the broad range of topics listed below. Please note that the topic list is not exhaustive, so feel free to contact a member of HCI with your ideas. 

Some candidate PhD topics that group members are interested in supervising in the future may include, but are not limited to:

  • Digital Financial Services
  • Mobile Money/ Currencies
  • Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Interactions
  • Video Production
  • Family and Domestic Technologies
  • In-vehicle Interactions

See below a list of available PhD projects in Computer Science that includes projects in our area:

Description
Supervisor
Funding
AI-Driven Multimodal Biomedical Data Fusion
Technological advances in biomedicine now enable the collection of high-dimensional, heterogeneous data across multiple platforms, including imaging, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and clinic...
Self Funded
Developing Machine Learning (ML) Models for Contextually Appropriate Alt Text Generation and Evaluation
Alternative text (alt text) plays a vital role in web accessibility, providing descriptions of images for screen reader users, especially those who are blind or visually impaired. However, current mac...
Self Funded
PhD project in human augmentation through artificial intelligence (AI)
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University London, focusing on integrating AI into human augmentation. This research project aims to explor...
Self Funded
Remote VR-Enabled Interpersonal Coordination for Perceptual-Motor Rehabilitation
The successful candidate will support research in the Interdisciplinary Development of Remote Virtual Reality Enabled Interpersonal Coordination Assessment and Intervention Platform in the Health Scie...
Self Funded
Telecontrol with XR for Remote Human-Robot Interaction
The integration of extended reality (XR) technologies with intelligent systems offers new frontiers in remote operation and control, especially for environments that are hazardous, inaccessible, or re...
Self Funded
AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled autonomous robots for non-disruptive inspection of utility and sewage systems
Traditional manual maintenance of pipelines which requires digging of ground to get access to pipelines is ineffective because of safety issues, high cost and limited human vision. Thus, serious fault...
Self Funded
PhD in transforming education with generative AI technologies
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Brunel Business School, focusing on the transformative potential of generative AI technologies in education. This research project aims to explore h...
Self Funded
Advanced Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
Medical imaging seeks to reveal the structures and activities inside the human body that are normally invisible behind other body parts such as skin and bones. With a wide range of imaging technologie...
Self Funded
PhD project in modelling internal displacement with agent-based simulations and policy scenarios
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on modelling internal displacement using agent-based simulations and policy ...
Self Funded
PhD project in scalable cloud-based simulations for urban planning in megacities
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on scalable cloud-based simulations for urban planning in megacities. Applic...
Self Funded