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ARC QuTech: Superfluid spintronics in bespoke optical potentials
Develop new approaches to atomtronic circuitry using the spinor Bose-Einstein condensate apparatus in the UQ BEC Laboratory. You will complete an internship placement with Infleqtion.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Tyler Neely and Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
Building responsible AI: Co-designing knowledge transfer solutions using generative AI
Bridge the gap between the principles of responsible AI and their measurable practice, by developing AI knowledge tools to empower end-user community groups. The potential benefit is to produce responsible AI solutions to help disability groups connect, communicate, share and learn.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peter Worthy, Dr Sarah Bentley and Dr Cara Stitzlein
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Data-driven, agent-based modelling of multimodal micromobility systems
This PhD project will develop data-driven, agent-based models to capture multimodal micromobility dynamics, user behaviour and safety interactions, enabling network-level analysis under different policy and infrastructure scenarios.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Optimal design and allocation of micromobility infrastructure in urban networks
This PhD project will develop optimisation and simulation tools to determine how urban road space should be allocated for micromobility, balancing safety, efficiency and policy goals in multimodal transport networks.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Stress test of autonomous driving systems using AI and augmented virtual reality
You will focus on using cutting-edge AI based method to generate highly realistic vehicular trajectories and ultimately traffic dynamics with high criticality by learning from error-prone human-driving.
- Supervisor
- Professor Zuduo Zheng and Associate Professor Rocky Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Compressed indexes for scalable genomic pattern matching and retrieval
Develop novel compressed indexes and querying algorithms for efficiently processing genomic sequence data at massive scales.
- Supervisor
- Dr Joel Mackenzie
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Data-driven intelligence for resilient power systems
Develop innovative data-driven solutions and prototypes for resilient power grids to enhance power system measurement data cybersecurity, fault prediction, and seamless renewable energy integration.
- Supervisor
- Dr Yi Cui and Associate Professor Ruifeng Yan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Protein partners that control glycine receptors at inhibitory synapses
Investigate how newly identified protein partners shape glycine receptor function and localisation at inhibitory synapses. Using advanced electrophysiology and microscopy, you will help reveal how inhibitory signaling works in the spinal cord.
- Supervisor
- Dr Nela Durisic and Professor Karin Burges
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Genomic characterisation of Fusarium wilt resistance and endophytic interactions in banana (Musa spp.)
Investigate genetic resistance to Fusarium wilt in banana using genomics and molecular markers. Develop KASP markers for resistance breeding and explore beneficial endophytic Fusarium strains for disease suppression.
- Supervisor
- Dr Shi Wei (Andrew) Chen and Professor Elizabeth Aitken
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Catalytic dehydrogenation process of liquid organic hydrogen carriers
Focus on facile catalytic dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers by applying Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology, which has the potential to solve the long-term pure hydrogen storage and transport.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Muxina Konarova and Ping Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering