PhD application in the Systems and Security (SAS) theme
PhD Scholarships for the 2027/2028 entry
We welcome students with strong CS, math or engineering backgrounds to apply for PhD scholarships in the Systems and Security (SAS) theme for the 2027/2028 entry. More details about the 2027/2028 PhD scholarships can be found here.
In particular, please note the following deadlines
- Course application deadline: Dec 7th, 2026
- Scholarship application deadline: Dec 10th, 2026
- References deadline: Dec 21st, 2026
- Nominations by Supervisor deadline: Jan 5th, 2027
For interested candidates, please contact the SAS academics (below) directly with a CV and a rough idea for the research proposal. Please work closely with your potential supervisor to fully develop the research proposal, which is one of the most important documents in the PhD application.
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- Stochastic models for networked and distributed systems, stochastic bandits performance in finite-time
- - Security, applied cryptography
- - Distributed Computing
- Gihan Mudalige - High Performance Computing
- Arpan MukhopadhyayLink opens in a new window - Performance analysis of networks and distributed systems, Multi-agent Systems
- - Decentralized Systems, Cryptoeconomics, AI for Security, Secure Agentic Systems
- Varun Maram - Quantum security and cryptography