PhD studentships in Safe and Trusted AI – online info session 16 Nov

Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in safe and trusted artificial
intelligence? 12 fully funded PhD studentships available for entry in
September 2022. Round A application deadline 8 December 2021. Apply here
<https://safeandtrustedai.org/apply-now/>!  Register to meet us at an Online
Information Session on Tues 16 Nov at 13:00 GMT
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukri-centre-for-doctoral-training-in-safe-and-trusted-ai-info-session-tickets-199899182837>
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About Us

The UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Safe and Trusted Artificial
Intelligence (STAI) <https://safeandtrustedai.org/> brings together world
leading experts from King’s College London and Imperial College London to
train a new generation of researchers in safe and trusted artificial
intelligence (AI).

AI technologies are increasingly ubiquitous in modern society, with the
potential to fundamentally change all aspects of our lives. While there is
great interest in deploying AI in existing and new applications, serious
concerns remain about the safety and trustworthiness of current AI
technologies. These concerns are well-founded: there is now ample evidence
in several application domains (autonomous vehicles, image recognition,
etc.) that AI systems may currently be unsafe because of the lack of
assurance over their behaviour.

The overarching aim of the CDT is to train the first generation of AI
scientists and engineers in methods of safe and trusted AI. An AI system is
considered to be safe when we can provide some assurance about the
correctness of its behaviour, and it is considered to be trusted if the
average user can have confidence in the system and its decision making.


What we offer

The CDT offers a unique four-year PhD programme
<https://safeandtrustedai.org/programme/>, focussed on the use of
model-based AI techniques for ensuring the safety and trustworthiness of AI
systems. Model-based AI techniques provide an explicit language for
representing, analysing and reasoning about systems and their behaviours.

As a student at the CDT, you will engage in various training activities
alongside your individual PhD project, ensuring that not only are you trained
in state-of-the-art AI techniques, but also that you acquire a deep
understanding of ethical, societal, and legal implications of AI in a
research and industrial setting.

You will graduate as an expert in safe and trusted AI, able to consider the
implications of AI systems in a deep and serious fashion, to recognise this
as a key part of the AI development process and equipped to meet the needs
of industrial and public sector organisations.


Funding

The CDT will fund approximately 12 students to join the programme in
September 2022. Our fully-funded studentships are 4 year awards that
include tuition fees, a tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate
<https://www.ukri.org/our-work/developing-people-and-skills/find-studentships-and-doctoral-training/get-a-studentship-to-fund-your-doctorate/>
 plus London-weighting, and a generous allowance for research consumables
and conference travel.


How to Apply

Applications are now open! The CDT will consider applications in several
rounds, until all places have been filled. Round A deadline is 8 December
2021. Apply Now - Safe & Trusted AI (safeandtrustedai.org)
<https://safeandtrustedai.org/apply-now/>


We look forward to meeting you online, register here: UKRI Centre for
Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted AI - Info Session Tickets, Tue 16 Nov
2021 at 13:00 GMT | Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukri-centre-for-doctoral-training-in-safe-and-trusted-ai-info-session-tickets-199899182837>



Questions? Email stai-cdt-admissions@kcl.ac.uk