Multimodal Machine Learning for Healthcare
First supervisor: Dr Yunpeng Li
Second supervisor: Professor Yulan He
Funding available: UKRI rate stipend (Currently £21,237 per annum at 2024/25) + tuition fees at the prevailing rate
Duration of award: 3 years
Mode of study: Full-time
Eligibility: Home, EU & Overseas
Start date: June or October 2025.
Application deadline: For June 2025 entry, the application deadline is 20 March 2025. Early application is encouraged and interviews will take place on a rolling basis.
Reference number: 2024/12/YL/DOCS
Project description
One fully funded UK/international PhD studentship available in the broad area of statistical machine learning, with a desirable focus on multimodal large language models, uncertainty-aware AI, and/or 3D images. Exemplary applications include Vision Language models for fusion of medical images, videos, and tabular data for disease detection, prediction, and decision making.
Research training
Statistical machine learning foundations and applications, research dissemination skills, interdisciplinary research and communication.
Person specification
Applicants are expected to hold a Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or similar (a First Class or good Upper Second Class Honours degree, or the equivalent from an overseas university). Past research experience on machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, or Bayesian inference is preferred.
Additional information
The project is based in the Statistical Machine Learning Group at the Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London, with the wider access to resources across King’s including those in the Department of Informatics in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences.
To view entry requirements and further course information, see the Dental and Health Sciences Research MPhil/PhD page.
Next steps
Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss projects with the first supervisor prior to submitting an application.
Please apply online at apply.kcl.ac.uk following these steps:
- Register a new account/login.
- Once logged in, select Create a new application.
- Enter ‘Dental and Health Sciences Research MPhil/PhD (Full-time)' under Choose a programme. Please ensure you select the correct mode of study.
- Select a start date from the list.
- Please note: Applicants must include the project reference number (2024/12/YL/DOCS) in the 'Research proposal' and 'Funding (point 5)' sections of the application.
Dr Yunpeng Li
yunpeng.li@kcl.ac.uk
Related Centre:
Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences
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