Research opportunities at the School of Computing
18 May 2018
Talented researchers are being urged to apply for PhD and research associate positions in the School of Computing at Kent.
The School is a welcoming and supportive environment that has been recognised with a Bronze Athena SWAN award. We are a well-balanced, inclusive and diverse community that aims to further enhance our achievements and reputation in teaching, research and innovation.
- Research Associate – apply by 25 May 2018
- Research Associate – apply by 13 June 2018
- PhD in Cyber Security – apply by 31 May 2018
- PhD in Computer Science – apply by 31 May 2018
- PhD in Using Advanced Machine Learning to derive the link between body orientation and visual cognitive processing – apply by 31 May 2018
- PhD in Data Mining – apply by 15 June
The School has internationally-recognised research in five broad research groups:
- Programming Languages and Systems
- Cyber Security
- Computational Intelligence
- Data Science
- Computing Education
The REF 2014 ranked us in the top quartile of 89 UK Computing departments, coming 22ndfor Research Power and 12th for Research Intensity, and we anticipate improving on this in the next REF. Research income in the school tripled in the year 2015/16. The School currently has some 45 research students across all its research groups.