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PhD Scholarship – Learning to sense: Next generation photonic sensors enabled by machine learning Job at University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia
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Posted 08 June, 2021
Advance your unstoppable career with a research degree at UniSA.
PhD Scholarship and fee waiver^.
Living allowance scholarship of $28,092 per annum offered.
Advance your unstoppable career at the University of South Australia with a research degree. Become an expert and make a difference to society.
The University of South Australia (UniSA) is Australia’s University of Enterprise. We are South Australia’s largest university and one of the very best young universities in the world. At UniSA, we are authentic, resilient, and influential - and we deliver results. We pride ourselves on our dynamic and agile culture, which embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Plus, we are committed to the principles of excellence and equity.
Our people are critical to our success. They are creative, enterprising and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm.
We educate global professionals ready to create and inspire change, through more than 200 world-class degrees. We deliver outcomes-focused research that is inspired by global challenges and opportunities, to deliver economic and social prosperity.
Our strategic plan, Enterprise25, focusses on our people, programs and precincts, and sets out our path to ensure that we continue to deliver quality teaching, research and student outcomes.
100% of our assessed research rated at or above world-class - 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), 4-digit Fields of Research.
No. 1 in Australia for industry research income - 2019 THE World University Rankings.
No. 1 in Australia for research impact & engagement - 2018 ARC Engagement and Impact Assessment (EI), Combined Impact – Approach to Impact and Engagement on Assessed Fields.
Athena Swan Bronze Award.
About the research degree project
What is considered the worst fear in sensor development? It is arguably cross-sensitivity, where the sensor is not only sensitive to the intended measurand as well as many other environmental effects. Significant time and effort in sensor development is spent on cross-sensitivity by designing a sensor transducer with a desired response while avoiding crosstalk. Based on a profound shift in thinking around how to approach measurement in the world around us, our recent work has shown that this hardware complexity can be avoided through the application of machine learning methods – all the while, outperforming conventional sensors.
This project aims to investigate this next frontier in sensing, particularly in optical fibre sensing, by looking at the use of machine learning to shift the complexity out of conventional sensor hardware and into smart software. The complexity and instability of multimode photonic waveguides, traditionally a hinderance to sensing, will be used to our advantage to train deep learning models for sensing. We aim to create intelligent photonic sensors that can, in principle, measure any environmental parameter using any optical waveguide material.
We are seeking an eager and dynamic research degree student to help us realise the potential of this approach, from understanding the fundamental physics and computational algorithms through to real world applications.
You will join UniSA’s Laser Physics and Photonic Devices Laboratory, with access to more than 330m2 of well-equipped optics laboratories, as well as the High Performance Computing cluster. Our laboratory has expertise in laser technology, nonlinear optics and sensing, and now the emerging area of machine learning in photonics. We seek to make fundamental advances in the knowledge of optical systems and apply them to wide-ranging, real-world applications such as defence telecommunications, heavy industry, agriculture, biology and renewables technology.
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Eligibility and selection
This project is open to both domestic and international applicants currently residing in Australia. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for entrance into a PhD at UniSA. Additionally, applicants must meet the following selection criteria:
Willingness to learn skills, and work in, a range of discipline areas to achieve the project goals, including optical theory, experimentation, computer programming, machine learning, and device fabrication.
Applicants who are also able to demonstrate their knowledge in the following areas will be highly regarded:
Studies or experience in physics or engineering, particularly the field of optics and photonics.
Studies or experience in computer programming.
All applications that meet the eligibility and selection criteria will be considered for this project. A merit selection process will be used to determine the successful candidate.
The successful applicant is expected to study full-time and be based at our Mawson Lakes campus in the north of Adelaide.
A merit selection process will be used to determine the successful candidate.
Financial support
The project is funded for reasonable research expenses. Additionally, a University of South Australia living allowance scholarship of $28,597 per annum is available to eligible applicants. A fee-offset or waiver for the standard term of the program is also included. For full terms and benefits of the scholarship please refer to our scholarship information for domestic students or international students.^
How to apply
Applications must be lodged online, please note UniSA does not accept applications via email.
For further support see our step-by-step guide on how to apply, contact the Graduate Research team on +61 8 8302 5880, or email us at [email protected]. Enquiries will receive a response within one working day.
Applications will remain open until 11:30pm ACST Wednesday 16 June 2021.
You are encouraged to apply early.
Please note: The successful applicant is expected to start shortly after receiving their offer. Extended deferral periods are not available.
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