University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship in Adaptable AI in the Wild for Defence and Security 2026

To develop a defence-ready, low-cost alternative to AI post-training that lets air-gapped AI systems rapidly adapt in the wild.

Objectives

1. Build a local “module bank” of lightweight adapters (LoRAs) covering defence relevant sensors and tasks.
2. Train a learned router that picks and combines the right modules for new scenes, using crossmodal alignment and simple ondevice self-supervision
3. Prove the system on air?gapped edge hardware, measuring speed, accuracy, and reliability under distribution shift

• Table of Content
• About University of Edinburgh
• University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship
• Requirements for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship

• Full funding is available for this position.

Requirements for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship Qualification

• Minimum entry qualification - an Honours degree at 2:1 or above (or International equivalent) in a relevant science or engineering discipline, possibly supported by an MSc Degree.
• Further information on English language requirements for EU/Overseas applicants.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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