University of Hull
Hull, UK
Supervisor(s) 1) Dr Xinhui Ma, University of Hull 2) Dr Koorosh Aslansefat, University of Hull 3) Prof Nina Dethlefs, Loughborough University) Enquiries email: xinhui.ma@hull.ac.uk This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The successful applicant will undertake six-month of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at Hull. Offshore wind is vital to the UK’s transition to net zero, but as the industry scales, understanding and managing its environmental and socio-economic impacts becomes increasingly important. This PhD will develop explainable predictive AI models to assess and forecast how offshore wind farms influence marine ecosystems, seabed mobility, and local industries such as fishing. Unlike traditional “black-box” AI, these models will focus on explainability,...
