Funding type:
Tuition fee.
Stipend.
Research Training & Support Grant.
Awarding body:
Science and Technology Facilities Council.
This is an exciting, Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)-funded PhD studentship opportunity in the Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology (TPPC) research group in the Physics department.
Award details
Detection of Gravitational Waves using Machine Learning
Current gravitational-wave (GW) detection pipelines for compact binary coalescence based on matched-filtering, in which incoming GWs are cross-correlated to pre-computed signal templates for given source parameters, have reported over 90 confident detections during the first three observing runs of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) detector network.
Despite their many strengths, development of faster, more computationally efficient procedures to search for GW signals in data grows increasingly important as data volume increases. The purpose of the thesis will be to further develop machine learning methods and artificial intelligence techniques to improve GW detection prospects and apply them to LVK, as well as their generation (Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer) and LISA searches
Award value
Stipend: £22,780
Research Training & Support Grant: £2500 per annum
Tuition fees: full tuition fees.
Please note a limited number of UKRI fully-funded studentships are available to students who are classified as International Students. Please apply through our normal application route.
This is a Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)-funded PhD studentship, with funding for 3.5 years to cover tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of £22,780, with possible inflationary increases after the first year, and a Research Training & Support grant of £2500 per annum.
Note: A UKRI fully-funded studentship will only cover what is listed above. Applicants should be aware there may be other costs which will not be covered by the studentship, for example, visa fees, healthcare surcharge & relocation costs.
Eligibility criteria
Award open to UK and international students
Master's degree with Distinction or high Merit in a relevant subject, and usually a Bachelor of Science with 1st class or higher 2:1 honours. Alternatively a four year MSci with 1st class honours is also acceptable.
Equivalent international degrees are equally accepted.
Application process
To be considered for the position candidates must apply via King’s Apply online application system. Details are available on the Department of Physics website.
Please apply for [Physics Full time MPhil/PhD] and indicate Mairi Sakellariadou as the supervisor and quote the project title in your application and all correspondence.
Please ensure to add the following code [STFC Phy2501] in the Funding section of the application form. Please select option 5 ‘I am applying for a funding award or scholarship administered by King’s College London’ and type the code into the ‘Award Scheme Code or Name’ box. Please copy and paste the code exactly.
The selection process will involve a pre-selection on documents and, if selected, will be followed by an invitation to an interview. If successful at the interview, an offer will be provided in due course.
Contact Details
If you require support with the application process please contact physics-pgr@kcl.ac.uk