Digital resilience studentships

During the first year students will attend modules and a series of bespoke seminars in the domain of resilience, across both semesters, taught by academics and industrial partners associated with the PhD cluster. Taught activities will be completed within 9 months from the beginning of the PhD. Following confirmation students will pursue their research project until September 2026, allowing the final 6 months for completion and writing up. Students will also participate in the annual mini-conference on October each year and have the opportunity to attend and present their research at international conferences.

Resilience is the ability of a system or organisation to protect against, respond to or recover readily from a shock or disruptive process. Digital resilience is concerned with:

1. The resilience of digital systems
2. Digital technologies relevant to resilience of systems and organisations.

It has many foundational aspects. It is underpinned by mathematical models and frameworks for resilience. Technologies for trusted components, devices and sensors play a key role. Architectures for resilience in systems and networks require consideration of complex systems and cyber security, together with algorithms for consensus, fault-tolerance and reliability. Learning for resistance to disruption, and reconfiguration for response and recovery, are central themes requiring advanced AI. Digital resilience above all requires a systems perspective.

Projects​ 

Open to any UK or international candidates. Up to 30% of the University of Surrey funded studentships may be awarded to international students. Find out more about eligibility.