Opportunities

I am affiliated to the Advanced Networks Research Group at University of Liverpool. Our group has five academic staff and has strong expertise in the area of wireless communication, wireless security, trust, information theory, artificial intelligence applications in communications, signal processing for communications, 5G, embedded system designs. We very welcome research collaborations and visits.

I am always looking for excellent and highly-motivated PhD students, post-doc, and visiting researchers. All our research involves exploiting the wireless channels for innovative applications. The three topics that I am particularly interested are

I am also very keen to explore new areas.

If you are interested, please drop me an email (junqing.zhang at liverpool.ac.uk) with your CV.

Opening

We are accepting PhD applications all year round. Please contact me with your CV if you are interested.

Requirement for PhD Admissions

Academic Background

The applicant should hold or expect to hold a BSc or MSc degree in a relevant discipline such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics, etc.
Relevant experience in one or more of the following will be an advantage: wireless communications and networks, software defined radios, cyber security, machine learning, signal processing and statistics, optimisation.
Strong mathematical background and/or programming skills in languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++, R, etc are highly preferred.
Good English skills.

English Language Requirement

English language test certificate (minimum IELTS 6.5 with no components lower than 5.5 or other equivalent English qualifications)

Please note this requirement is applicable to both full PhD students and visiting PhD students. Please visit our website for details.

China Scholarship Council for PhD Students

We are proud to be the partner of the CSC scholarship. This is a very generous scholarship which provides full financial support. In particular, our university will waive the international tuition fee and CSC will provide the living allowance.

The application will open every year around October. Please note this is a three-step application.

Step 1: Potential applicants should first apply for a University of Liverpool PhD in the normal way. Visit our Applying page for instructions on how to apply. Please state clearly on the PhD application form that you wish to apply for ‘Liverpool CSC scholarship’ funding.
Step 2: You can apply as soon as you get your student ID (this will be a number beginning ‘201’). To apply, please complete the CSC application form (54.7KB, DOCX) and send that along with an academic CV and a 500 word research proposal, outlining your plans to the address on the form. Please do not apply if you do not have the student ID.
Step 3: We aim to notify applicants by email as soon as possible after the closing date to confirm the outcome of the application and nomination to CSC. We will also notify the China Scholarship Council of the outcome. Applicants should then submit an application to the China Scholarship Council before their deadline. Please note that the University will not issue a letter offering a tuition fee award only. We will issue a letter if and once you are awarded the entire scholarship.

For more information please check our university website and also the CSC website.

CSC also has funding for visiting researchers, including visiting PhDs and scholars. The procedures is a little different. Please contact us if you are interested.

Fellowships

The School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science hosts numerous staff members awarded prestigious personal fellowships and is strongly committed to attracting and retaining more fellows in the future.

Please visit this link for more information. If you are interested to apply with us, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Newton International Fellowships for Post-Doc

The Newton International Fellowships application usually opens in January and opens in March. Please contact us if you are interested.

Junqing Zhang