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By Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research <\/em><\/p>\n

Since 2004, the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has supported groundbreaking PhD projects. This year we have 17 projects that span six countries, and include research areas such as computational biology, machine learning, and health science.<\/p>\n

The winning PhD projects for the 2017-2018 school academic year were selected from 33 PhD supervisor-led proposals. These PhD supervisors will collaborate with an assigned Microsoft Research co-supervisor to support a PhD student for up to three years as he or she carries out the proposed research. Supervisors are actively recruiting graduate students for these PhD projects with final candidates identified by March 2018.<\/p>\n

PhD scholarship recipients conduct collaborative research with Microsoft researchers, and many receive internships at our labs. Since the program\u2019s founding, the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme has supported 200 students from 51 institutions in 18 countries.<\/p>\n

The selected PhD projects and their PhD supervisors for 2017 were:<\/p>\n

Decoding the Network Logic Governing Resetting of Pluripotency
\n<\/strong>Austin Smith, University of Cambridge, UK
\n
\nDeep Reinforcement Learning for Collaborative Game AI to Enhance Player Experience
\n<\/strong>Sam Devlin, University of York, UK
\n
\nDesigning Specialised Processors for DB Workloads
\n<\/strong>Anastasia Ailamaki, EPFL, Switzerland
\n
\nEfficient DNA Storage Using Composite Letters
\n<\/strong>Zohar Yakhini, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
\n
\nHuman-Centred Machine Learning for Adaptive Agents with Vision
\n<\/strong>Rebecca Fiebrink, Goldsmiths University of London, UK<\/p>\n

Learning Computing with Torino: a Physical Programming Language Inclusive of Children with Visual Disabilities
\n<\/strong>Sue Sentence, King’s College London, UK
\n
\nLogical Approach to Code Generation and Optimization
\n<\/strong>Greta Yorsh, Queen Mary University of London, UK<\/p>\n

Modelling Infective Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis
\n<\/strong>Andres Floto, University of Cambridge, UK
\n
\nOutSider: Assessing and Mitigating Side-Channel Leaks on Commodity Platforms
\n<\/strong>Herbert Bos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Holland
\n
\nPower Efficient Rack-Scale Fabrics
\n<\/strong>Noa Zilberman, University of Cambridge, UK
\n
\nProgrammable Single-Cell Biocomputers with Scalable Signal Processing Capacity
\n<\/strong>Baojun Wang, University of Edinburgh, UK
\n
\nProviding and Verifying Security on Compromised Platforms
\n<\/strong>Fran\u00e7ois Dupressoir, University of Surrey, UK<\/p>\n

Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive User Interaction
\n<\/strong>Shimon Whiteson, University of Oxford, UK<\/p>\n

Shareable Dynamic Media in Hybrid Meetings
\n<\/strong>Clemens Klokmose, Aarhus University, Denmark
\n
\nSMVRF: Secure Messaging Verifiably Realized in F*
\n<\/strong>Chris Brzuska, Technische Universit\u00e4t Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Germany
\n
\nSTARCH: SmarT ARchitectures for Data Center Switching
\n<\/strong>Wayne Luk, Imperial College London, UK
\n
\nTowards Ethical Development of Symbiotic Human-Machine Systems; Creating Ethical Frameworks and Solutions
\n<\/strong>Ewa Luger, University of Edinburgh, UK
\n
\nTraining and Tuning Deep Neural Networks: Faster, Stronger, Better
\n<\/strong>Volkan Cevher, EPFL, Switzerland<\/p>\n

Joint Initiative with Informatics with University of Edinburgh:<\/p>\n

Improving the Usability of TLS APIs<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Kami Vaniea, University of Edinburgh, UK<\/p>\n

Project selection process<\/h2>\n

These projects were assessed via a two-stage review process. During stage one, a panel of Microsoft researchers determined whether the proposed project met the basic selection criteria, including relevance to topics that are being researched at Microsoft Research Cambridge (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Those proposals that advanced to stage two were then evaluated by a board of 80 researchers from Microsoft Research Laboratories.<\/p>\n

For those interested in applying for scholarships for next year, online applications open September 1, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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