PhD applicants are invited to apply for the PhD CASE Studentship:
"Advanced Monte Carlo Methods for Estimation and Control"
Department of Communication Systems
EPSRC Studentship
Stipend £14,600 pa plus fees
This studentship is available for UK and EU students who have or expect to
obtain the equivalent of a first or upper second Honours degree, or an MSc
in a relevant discipline. Eligible candidates must hold a UK passport or
have been ordinarily resident in the UK throughout the 3 year period
preceding the date of application for the studentship. Students with a
relevant connection to an EU country other than the UK are eligible for fees
only. However, an EU candidate may be eligible for a full award if a
relevant connection with the UK has been established.
For further information regarding the eligibility criteria, please visit the
EPSRC Website (www.epsrc.ac.uk).
This PhD project will focus on the development of novel Monte Carlo methods
(particle filtering) for estimation and control. Between the problems that
will be investigated are motion estimation of a single and multiple objects
from a large amount of sensor data. The proposed research will investigate
the use of particle propagation to solve non-linear, non-Gaussian,
estimation/control problems where current techniques are inadequate.
Immediate applications relate to path planning control of UAVs and missiles,
but more generally the work is relevant to control of vehicles and robots in
uncertain situations. The work will go beyond the usual realm of Particle
Filtering techniques. There are three strands to the work: estimation in
closed loop environments; the use of particles to solve optimal stochastic
control problems; and the combination of particle filters with
derivative-free methods.
The studentship will be supervised by Dr Mila Mihaylova (Lancaster
University) and it is anticipated that the student will be based at
Lancaster University, offering a highly collegiate and stimulating
environment for research career development as well as undertaking a
programme of original research, the student will receive training in
mathematics, probabilistic methods, statistical modelling and image
processing. This is an excellent opportunity to join a vibrant team and
conduct a high-level research. The studentship will provide fees plus a
stipend in line with current research council studentships (currently
£12,600 per annum) this will be enhanced by a further £2,000 per year. The
studentship will commence 1st October 2008.
The closing date for applications is 25th May, 2008.
To apply, fill in a normal PhD application form,
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/admissions/postgrad/pgform1.htm) and indicate
on the form that you wish to be considered for the studentship with Dr Mila
Mihaylova. Please attach a written statement to the form that supports your
case to be considered for a studentship. For further information regarding
the application process, please contact Janet Wiggins (email:
[log in to unmask] or telephone 01524 510389).
Informal enquiries should be directed to [log in to unmask]
telephone 01524 510388.
This advert is posted also on:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/TP056/PhD_CASE_Studentship/
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