Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs)

What is a CDT?

Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) fund students to support their technical and transferrable skills training, as well as research.

2019 CDT Announcements

February 2019 saw two announcements around CDTs. 16 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) CDTs were announced as part of the government’s AI skills and talent package. This is designed to help ensure the UK has the skills needed to make the most of artificial intelligence applications in the economy.

75 CDTs were also announced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UKRI, to develop the skills needed for UK prosperity. These centres will ensure the next generation of doctoral level students are equipped to tackle research and innovation challenges across the engineering and physical sciences landscape, including subjects such as quantum engineering, medical imaging and offshore renewables.

Working in partnership

A number of the successful CDTs are engaging with the Turing and are from a combination of Turing’s university partners, as well as the national university network. The Turing supported these bids and welcomes the new CDTs as they align to our ambitions by:

Delivering new training and research opportunities.
Enhancing the data science and AI skills agenda nationally.
Supporting the next generation of data science and artificial intelligence leaders.

The Turing intends to create opportunities to enrich and engage the multi-disciplinary CDT student community in a way which builds their research experience and fosters interaction and collaboration at a national level. This partnership between a network of CDTs and convened by the Turing Institute is badged under the umbrella term Connections.

UKRI CDTs

Name of organisation	Name of CDT	Director	Website
UCL	Foundational Artificial Intelligence	David Barber	Link
UCL	AI-enabled Healthcare Systems	Geraint Rees	Link
University of Exeter	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence: Data Science & AI for Sustainable Futures	Gavin Shaddick	Link
University of Edinburgh	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Natural Language Processing	Mirella Lapata	Link
University of Bristol	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Interactive Artificial Intelligence	Peter Flach	Link
University of Leeds	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence for Medical Diagnosis and Care	David Hogg	Link
QMUL	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence and Music (AIM)	Simon Dixon	Link
Kings College London and Imperial College London	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence (STAI)	Michael Luck	Link
University of Bath	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (ART-AI)	Eamonn O'Neill	Link
Universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Computing (AIMLAC)	Gert Aarts	Link
University of Sheffield	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Speech and Language Technologies (SLC)	Thomas Cain	Link
Imperial College London	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Healthcare	Aldo Faisal	Link
University of Cambridge	UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for the Study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER)	Emily Shuckburgh	Link

EPSRC CDTs

Name of organisation	Name of CDT	Director	Website
UCL	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity	David Pym	Link
University of Warwick	Mathematics for Real-World Systems II Centre for Doctoral Training	Magnus Richardson	Link
Durham University	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Soft Matter for Formulation and Industrial Innovation (SOFI2)	Colin Bain	Link
Imperial College London	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials (ACM)	Stephen Skinner	Link
UCL	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Geometry and Number Theory at the Interface: London School of Geometry and Number Theory	Michael Singer	Link
University of Bristol	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational Statistics and Data Science (COMPASS)	Nick Whiteley	Link
University of Cambridge	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Propulsion and Power (TURBO)	Graham Pullan	Link
University of Edinburgh	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation (MAC-MIGS)	Ben Leimkuhler	Link
University of Oxford and Imperial College London	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Modern Statistics and Machine Learning (STATML)	Axel Gandy	Link
University of Liverpool	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Distributed Algorithms: the what, how and where of next-generation data science	Simon Maskell	Link
University of Cambridge	EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE2)	Abir Al-Tabbaa	Link

Further information

If you are a prospective student interested in applying for a place at the CDT, please contact the relevant CDT directly.

For further details on how the Turing is working with CDTs, or if your CDT is interested in partnering with the Institute through the training-focused Connections programme, please get in touch at [email protected]