AI takes the repetitive half of scientific discovery — literature research, first-pass coding — while researchers keep control of hypotheses and interpretation.
LLM APIsEmbeddings and vector searchRAGAgentic workflowsInteractive web UI
Read moreProjects
Project ideas for students who want to work on human-AI collaboration, together with current PhD scholarship information. Each project lists the technologies involved, so you can judge the fit before applying.
PhD scholarships
2026
PhD scholarships for September 2026 start, open to UK and international students. Deadline 7 January 2026. This is very competitive — successful applicants usually have several strong publications already. University listing ↗
2025
LLM-based analysis of ancient Roman tablets, in collaboration with the British Museum. Open to international students; deadline 2 June 2025. University listing ↗
Nottingham AI doctoral training centre scholarships for September 2025 start. UK students only; deadline 6 May 2025. Two topics I supervised: human-AI collaboration for medical data mapping using LLM recommendations, decision explanations and feedback, and LLM-aided ontology-based knowledge modelling for built-environment contract management. AIDC page ↗
Looking for students
A retrieval-augmented assistant for qualitative literature review, with the conversation grounded in your own reading.
React or FlutterVector database (Chroma)RAG (e.g. RAGFlow)LangChain / LangGraphMCP
Read moreExplore how far machine learning can go in systematic trading, and where the interesting failure modes are.
React or FlutterTime-series relational databaseDeep learningAnomaly detectionMLflowLangChain / LangGraph
Read moreGetting started
If the machine-learning side of these projects is new to you, Generative AI for Everyone is a good free starting point.
You can see how student projects here are typically structured and run in the student-projects repository. If something looks close to what you want but not quite right, send me an email — the list is not exhaustive.