PhD in Robotic Monitoring for Place Recognition and Change Detection in Dynamic Underwater Environments University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom) in Artificial Intelligence , Computer Vision , Machine Learning , Remote Sensing , Data Science , and Environmental Science . This funded PhD project, supervised by Dr M Mackiewicz in the School of Computing Sciences, focuses on multispectral and hyperspectral imaging for the aerial detection and monitoring of marine litter . The project aims to improve automated classification and quantification of litter materials using...

[Fully funded ARIES studentship covering Home fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026-27, and a £2,500 research training and support grant. Limited number of studentships available for international applicants, with the difference between Home and International fees waived by the registering university.] PhD studentship at the University of Essex on integrating plankton imaging techniques to better understand marine ecosystem structure and function. This project is part of the ARIES d...

PhD opportunity in AI, robotic mapping, underwater robotics, SLAM, machine learning, probabilistic modelling , and seafloor change detection at the University of Southampton . The project focuses on detecting subtle changes across repeat surveys collected by autonomous underwater vehicles. You will develop methods for localisation, high-resolution mapping, survey alignment, and change detection in challenging underwater environments, combining simulation, laboratory experiments, and sea-going fi...

Bath Engineering & Design Studentships at the University of Bath are offering a PhD project on machine learning for early warning of debris screen blockage in urban rivers . The project sits in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering and is led by Prof Thomas Kjeldsen . This research aims to develop new methods for forecasting debris and trash screen blockages in urban rivers, moving from reactive maintenance to proactive flood risk management. The project combines artificial intellig...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Aquaculture AI, Fish Welfare, and Computer Vision at the University of Stirling The University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the Innovate UK AgriScale-funded project AI Camera Analytics for Behaviour, Welfare and Harvest Management in Aquaculture . The role sits at the intersection of aquaculture, fish welfare, animal behaviour, computer vision, and machine learning, with a strong applied focus on commerci...