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Topics

I am interested in supervising research in but not restricted to:

• Computer graphics and animation
• Geometry processing
• Computer vision
• Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Mixed-Reality Hologram
• Physics-based simulations
• Feature detection, pattern recognition, structure from motion, and visual learning
• Interdisciplinary research projects that include neuroscience, social interaction, training, and rehabilitation using VR/AR/XR

PhD projects for research students

- Conventional Virtual Humans for Virtual Reality Driven by Large Language Models (LLMs) algorithms.

- Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Animated Mixed-Reality Hologram.

-Assistive tool to help vision-impaired people access and navigate a metaverse experience.

PhD Scholarships and Bursaries:

• Doctoral Researcher funding opportunities (see )

• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships at a UK institution: Although there are no open calls available right now, please reach out to plan early. More information:

PhD projects for research students

• PhD project in force-based haptics for enhanced metaverse navigation for the vision-impaired
• PhD opportunity in AI-powered social virtual humans for children’s immersive experiences

Research supervision

Ph.D. students

• Principal supervisor:
• (2021-2024): Exploring the Effect of Vibration Feedback in VR Training Settings (Rania has won the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Prize).
• Mingzhao Zhou (2023 -2026): Real-time Visual and Haptic Feedback of Grasping Movements in Virtual Reality (Ming has been awarded the Turing Mobility Fund to support his research visit for 3 months to the TAUCHI Research Center at the Tampere University).

• Research Development Advisor (RDA):
• Gerard Doran (2022-2025): Improving Human-Agent Interaction Using EEG, Virtual Reality, and the Interactive Brain Hypothesis 

Research assistants

• (Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) is working on a research project that simulates droplet–solid interactions.
• (Postgraduate Student at the Computer Science Department) is working on a research project that addresses a digital emotion training intervention for alexithymics.
• Ben Holland (Work Placement - Research Assistant) is working on remote virtual reality enabled interpersonal coordination assessment and intervention platform in the health sciences.

Doctoral Committee

• Nicole Hooker, Sep 2022 (Negotiation Skills Training Intervention Based on Automated Recognition of Human Emotion and Nonverbal Behaviour), Internal Examiner, СʪÃÃÊÓƵ. Nicole's thesis can be found ().