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School of Mathematics

Self-funded applicants

The following projects were available as studentships. We now welcome applications from candidates with their own funding in these subject areas.

Funded positions are advertised on our studentship pages.

All applicants should expect to be interviewed by prospective supervisors.

Projects currently available

A list of projects currently available in the School are listed below. Applications should be made via the Cardiff University application service. Please quote the project title and supervisor on your application.

Projects available in applied and computational mathematics.

SupervisorProject titles
Dr Katerina Kaouri
  • Calcium and mechanics in embryogenesis continuum and-cell based models
Dr Thomas Woolley
  • Using Bayesian inference and motion models to calculate multiple bat roost location in heterogeneous domains
  • Identifying bat roost locations through the coupling of motion modelling and microphone field
Dr Yasemin Sengul Tezel
  • Strain-limiting viscoelasticity and applications in engineering

Projects available in geometry, algebra, mathematical physics and topology.

SupervisorProject titles
Dr Ulrich Pennig
  • Topology and Operator Algebras
Dr John Harvey
  • Non-smooth Lorentzian geometry

Projects available in mathematical analysis.

SupervisorProject titles
Dr Mikhail Cherdantsev
  • Homogenisation of high contrast composites and media pushing the boundaries
Professor Nicolas Dirr
  • Mathematical methods for scale-bridging: from interacting particle systems to differential equations
Professor Alexander Balinsky 
Professor Federica Dragoni
  • Nonlinear PDES (deterministic or stochastic coefficients)
Dr Matthew Lettington 
Professor Karl Michael Schmidt
  • Spectral theory of differential operators
Dr John Harvey
  • Non-smooth Lorentzian geometry

Projects available in operational research.

SupervisorProject titles
Dr Rhyd Lewis
  • Combinatorial optimisation
Dr Daniel Gartner
  • Development of a platform for healthcare operations management underpinning strategic, tactical and operational decisions
  • Metaheuristic methods for probabilistic graphical models
Dr Vincent Knight
  • Game theory
Professor Iskander Aliev 
Professor Maggie Chen 
Dr Nneka Umeorah
  • Credit-Sensitive Derivative Pricing Using Neural SDEs
Professor Paul Harper
  • Healthcare Systems Modelling

Projects available in statistics and data science.

SupervisorProject titles
Dr Jonathan Gillard
  • Low rank approximations of matrices with a focus on statistical applications
Professor Nikolai Leonenko
  • Statistical inference for entropy, divergences and Rényi information
  • Risky asset models with dependence and heavy-tailed distributions
Dr Bertrand Gauthier
  • Mathematics of data science - Numerical methods for large-scale machine learning

Contact us

If you require further information, please email maths-pgr@cardiff.ac.uk.