Centre for Doctoral Training - Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (PhD with Integrated Study)

The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University jointly host a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) Programme focusing on generation after next technologies for information processing in defence & security, spanning the entire range from hardware development to algorithmic AI development.

This doctoral programme is designed to train the next generation of defence scientists. This includes engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians. These professionals will lead the way in pioneering information and communication technologies. Such advancements are set to revolutionise not only defence and security but also wider society.

The programme will address the underpinning interconnected technology and sensing modalities working across multiple sensing domains, leveraging advances in autonomy, embedded systems, and AI across both software/algorithms and hardware.

Graduates of this programme will leave with substantial knowledge and experience, including:
- a solid understanding of fundamental concepts from hardware and sensing and processing to software (provided via an intensive taught course)

- cutting-edge knowledge in a specialisation of their choosing

- practical experience of research

- a solid understanding of the ethics of research and development

- invaluable contacts with UK industry

- connections with an entire cohort of future leaders in research & development