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We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.
Scholarship-funded research projects
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On Transferability of Machine Learning Models
This project aims to improve safety, transferability, and robustness in deep learning models. This project will be part the Data Science Research Group at the University of Queensland located in Brisbane.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Providing evidence to guide public health messages during bushfire smoke events
Explore environmental, occupational and household exposure measurements before, during, and after bushfire smoke events.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dwan Vilcins
- Location
- Child Health Research Centre/ South Brisbane
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences, Health sciences
RECARD: REducing hospital re-admission for high-risk CARDiology patients
Work with a team to develop and validate a risk prediction tool for 30-day medication-related hospital readmissions, to help clinicians identify high-risk patients.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Michael Barras
- Location
- Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Structure and tectonics of the Marlborough and Rockhampton ultramafic massifs
Unravel the origin of ultramafic rocks. Through detailed mapping and cutting-edge analytical techniques, the project will test whether these rocks are relics of an ancient ocean.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gideon Rosenbaum
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Earth sciences
Taming the chaos in next-generation lasers
Decipher the transient spatio-temporal dynamics of lasers that form the technological backbone of telecommunications, self-driving cars, precision manufacturing and consumer electronics.
- Supervisor
- Dr Martin Ploschner
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Towards Evolvable and Sustainable Multimodal 3D Vision
This innovative approach utilizes advanced algorithms to accurately detect objects in camera and LiDAR spaces and predict occupancy levels, enhancing spatial analysis and management efficiency.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dr Yadan Luo
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
How inequality in the workplace shapes workers’ motivation, engagement, and well-being
Examine how and why inequality in the workplace such as executive pay (eg CEO-worker pay ratio) impacts group/organizational functioning and the social contract at work and in society.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Niklas Steffens
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology
Surface Engineering for Superconducting Quantum Devices
Identify new strategies to reduce decoherence in quantum computer components using an interdisciplinary approach based on quantum physics, materials science, and engineering.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Arkady Fedorov
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
Developing novel information decoding and tracking methods to study brain and cognition
Develop new computational methods for decoding and tracking information in the brain. These methods, which have applications to multiple neuroimaging data, deepens our insights about the brain.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hamid Karimi-Rouzbahani
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Psychology
Wellbeing and productivity in metricised employee performance systems
Explore the impact that digitised HR technologies, in particular metricised performance measurement and metric systems, are having on the workforce.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Martin Edwards
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology