四所博天堂入口大学, 包括博天堂入口is成员, will benefit from a UK-wide £1 billion investment in new technologies including AI, 绿色科技, 量子计算, 半导体和电信.
爱丁堡大学, 格拉斯哥, Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt will all be supported through a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding package unleashing new innovation.
根据计划, 65 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) centres for doctoral training (CDTs) totalling more than £1 billion will be established across the UK.
Heriot-Watt will ‘prepare research leaders for a just transition and explore how technologies such as carbon capture, green hydrogen and sustainable fuels’ can support industry and net zero.
爱丁堡大学 will lead a Ministry of Defence-funded (MOD) centre, 专注于感知, 国防和安全系统的处理和人工智能.
Professor Alastair Florence at the University of Strathclyde will lead on a Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber-physical systems for Medicines Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR).
还有Stefan Kuhr教授, 在同一所大学, will lead an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Quantum Technologies.
其他的包括:
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Use-Inspired Photonic Sensing and Metrology: Led by Professor Derryck Reid, 赫瑞瓦特大学
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures: Led by Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, 赫瑞瓦特大学
- EPSRC博士培训中心“多样性领导”, mission-driven research”: Led by Dr Marie Muellenbroich, 格拉斯哥大学
- EPSRC代数博士培训中心, Geometry and Quantum Fields (AGQ): Led by Professor Tara Brendle, 格拉斯哥大学
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Learning Systems: Led by Professor Amos Storkey, 爱丁堡大学
- EPSRC和MOD传感博士培训中心, 处理, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS): Led by Professor James Hopgood, 爱丁堡大学
- EPSRC Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE): Led by Professor David Ingram, 爱丁堡大学
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Informatics: Led by Dr Christiaan Johan Marie Heunen, 爱丁堡大学
‘As innovators across the world break new ground faster than ever, 至关重要的是，政府, 商界和学术界投资于雄心勃勃的英国人才, giving them the tools to pioneer new discoveries that benefit all our lives while creating new jobs and growing the economy,米歇尔·多尼兰说, 科技局局长, 英国政府.
“By targeting critical technologies including artificial intelligence, 未来的电信, we are supporting world class universities across the UK to build the skills base we need to unleash the potential of future tech and maintain our country’s reputation as a hub of cutting-edge research and development.”
Professor Tara Brendle, of the 格拉斯哥大学’s School of Mathematics & 统计学家是CDT的联合主任之一. She said: “At the heart of AGQ is a drive to shorten two key timescales that will help drive innovation in the science and technology sectors. The first is the delay between abstraction and application – the translation of mathematical theories into practical tools that can be used for real-world benefit. The second is how long it can take for newly-minted PhDs to become leaders in their chosen field.
“This CDT aims to deliver graduates from diverse backgrounds who are fluent in the rapid transformation of mathematics as previously distinct fields become more and more unified, and can be of immediate value across a wide range of employment once they complete their studies.”
Derryck Reid, Professor and photonics expert in Heriot–瓦特工程与物理科学学院, said the science of photonic sensing and metrology – using light to create highly advanced detection and measurement tools – was vital to addressing challenges in sectors including transport, 能源, 制造业, 医学, food production and security – but was hampered by a lack of specialist researchers.
“Photonics is the fifth most productive 制造业 sector in the UK and generates £14.5 billion annually across 1,200 firms with 76,000 staff,” Professor Reid said. “Photonic sensing and metrology is part of this sector that’s vital to our economy. But there aren’t enough professional-level researchers who understand this field and also have high-level business, 管理及沟通技巧.”
夏洛特·迪恩教授, EPSRC执行主席, said: “The Centres for Doctoral Training announced today will help to prepare the next generation of researchers, specialists and industry experts across a wide range of sectors and industries.
“Spanning locations across the UK and a wide range of disciplines, the new centres are a vivid illustration of the UK’s depth of expertise and potential, 这将帮助我们解决大规模的问题, complex challenges and benefit society and the economy.”
来源: Futurescot