List of submitted MSc projects 2016

Project ID	Supervisor	Co-supervisor	Project title	Prospective PhD	Co-funding	Reserved
1	Matt Keeling Mathematics	To be determined	3 problems in network epidemiology.	Yes	There might be the potential to link with AHDB, Defra, Pirbright or PHE
2	Rich Savage Systems Biology	Professor Nick James MathSys External Partner	Analysing Bone Scan Data for the STAMPEDE Clinical Trial	Yes	Prof James's clinical practice is based at University Hospitals B'ham. We are also in discussions with him about the possibility of Warwick's Cancer Research Centre (of which he is director) becoming an external partner.
3	Rob Cross Warwick Medical School	Neil Jenkins Mathematics	Analysis of real-world stepping automata	Yes	Cross has a Wellcome Trust investigator award that can be used to co-fund if necessary
4	Dr Annabelle Ballesta Systems Biology		An in vitro systems pharmacology approach to personalize temozolomide –based combination chemotherapy against glioblastoma	Yes
5	Dr Annabelle Ballesta Systems Biology	Prof Francis Lévi MathSys External Partner	A systems pharmacology approach to optimize the hepatic administration of oxaliplatin chronotherapy	Yes
6	Prof Christopher James Engineering		Behavioural analysis through Smart Watch derived activity monitoring	Yes	There is no existing co-funding.
7	Prof Christopher James Engineering		Behaviour analysis of C. elegans through video analysis	Yes	There is no existing co-funding
8	Javier Cuervo MathSys External Partner	Farooq Khan MathSys External Partner	Developing a Model to Help Policymakers Evaluate International Development Programmes in Afghanistan	No		Peter De Ford Gonzalez
9	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	Chris Nankervis Other	Development of automated processes to detect long-term weather teleconnections	No	Weather Logistics are not in a position to co-fund a PhD but are open to exploring other ways to collaborate.
10	Keith Briggs MathSys External Partner	Samuel Johnson Mathematics	Distribution of signal-to-interference ratio in wireless networks	No
11	Professor Edmund T Rolls Computer Science	Professor J Feng Computer Science	Effective connectivity of brain regions in depression	Yes	Fudan University Systems Biology centre, department of Mathematics, Shanghai, China
12	Yulia Timofeeva Computer Science		Effect of buffers on calcium signalling in presynaptic boutons	Yes	Probably unlikely, but I will explore possibilities.
13	Prof Christopher James Engineering		Electropharyngeal recording analysis in C. elegans	Yes	There is no existing co-funding
14	Tinevimbo Shiri Other	Stavros Petrou Other	Estimating the time to elimination of vaccine serotype carriage in non-PCV vaccinated age groups through herd effects	No
15	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	Sam Johnson Mathematics	Estimation of systemic risk in a model financial system	Yes	Hoping that Sciteb will pick this one up.	Max Smilovitsky
16	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	James Clyne Other	Finding the perfect job: visualisation and exploration of the relationships between strengths and traits in personality survey data using networks	Yes	Capp may be willing to co-fund a PhD project but those discussions are contingent on a successful MSc project
17	Jan Stene MathSys External Partner	Samuel Johnson Mathematics	Fragment (Missile) Modelling	Yes	Low for now; there may be possibilities in medium- to long-term.
18	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	Roozbeh Pazuki Other	Hierarchical spatial aggregation of arrival-destination pairs from vehicle telemetry data	Yes	L&A are not in a position fo co-fund a PhD directly but are open to exploring other ways to fund the collaboration, for example through InnovateUK or CASE. The Warwick Impact Fund has also invested in this one.
19	Dr Marcus Ong Spectra Analytics Dr Dan Sprague Spectra Analytics	Mark Girolami Statistics	Identifying Illegal Trading & Market Manipulation using Machine Learning	Yes	Unfortunately we have no funds available for co-funding
20	Nigel Burroughs Systems Biology	Andrew McAinsh Other	Inference of mechanisms regulating chromosome movements	Yes	We are looking into using Wellcome Trust funding (investigator award). An application to CRUK is also being prepared which may give access to funds.
21	Deirdre Hollingsworth Mathematics	Oliver Laeyendecker Other	Inferring incidence from prevalence, the example of HIV in Baltimore, USA	Yes	Whilst formal co-funding is unlikely, this project would involve a time commitment from Johns Hopkins researchers and the sharing of data collected by researchers in that institution, representing an investment by these researchers.
22	Thomas Hills Psychology		Information Theory and Conceptual Physics	Yes
23	Noel McCarthy Warwick Medical School	Simon Spencer Statistics	Integrating bacterial population genomic analysis in the epidemiology of a human zoonotic infection	Yes	Food Standards Agency PhD studentship funding can be made available to MathSys making £70,000 contribution.
24	Magnus Richardson Systems Biology	Yulia Timofeeva Computer Science	Integration of parallel information streams in pyramidal neurons	Yes	We will look into potential collaboration with the pharmaceutical and AI industries.
25	Matteo Icardi Mathematics	James Sprittles Mathematics	Interfacial dynamics in porous media	Yes	pre-existing contacts and industrial collaboration with TOTAL (Dr. Igor Bondino)
26	Stephen Royle Warwick Medical School Contact hours: 2-4pm on Thur 3rd and Fri 4th. Room L2.07 in the Mechanochemical Cell Biology building.		Joining the dots: reconstructing complex microtubule networks	No	There is the potential to develop this into a PhD project. If a student were interested, I am happy to pursue external funding.
27	Jianfeng Feng Computer Science	Edmund Rolls	Linking Biomarkers at Different Scales in Mental Disorders	Yes	Yes
28	Matteo Icardi Mathematics	Florian Theil Mathematics	Mathematical models for lithium-ion batteries	Yes	JLR
29	Prof Robin Ball Physics (I am happy to come over to Complexity to discuss with them at a time convenient for them in the week of 7 March. I would appreciate the students coordinating – I do not want to have to come over many separate times.)	Dr Marcus Ong Spectra Analytics	Modelling Long Range Correlations in Asset Returns	Yes	Unfortunately we are unable to fund research at this time.
30	Michael Tildesley Mathematics	Edward Hill Mathematics	Modelling of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Bangladesh	Yes
31	Deirdre Hollingsworth School of Life Sciences	Lloyd Chapman School of Life Sciences	Modelling of epidemic cycles of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent	Yes	Opportunities are currently being investigated.	Tim
32	Deirdre Hollingsworth School of Life Sciences	Mike Irvine School of Life Sciences	Modelling the role of insecticide-treated bed-nets in the reduction of Lymphatic Filariasis cases in the Gambia	Yes	Options for part-supporting the PhD through research funding associated with the NTD Modelling Consortium are currently being investigated.	Emma
33	Dr Deepak Parashar Systems Biology		Multiple Testing in Stratified Cancer Trials	Yes
34	Jan Stene MathSys External Partner	Samuel Johnson Mathematics	Muster Modelling	Yes	Low for now; there may be possibilities in medium- to long-term.
35	Juergen Branke Warwick Business School	Ben Brook	Optimality and resilience of fire service staff rotas	Yes	WMFS are open to having that discussion if the MSc project goes well.
36	Sascha Ott Systems Biology	Doug Ward	Optimising the data analysis of a DNA sequencing test for the non-invasive detection of bladder cancer	Yes
37	Matthew Turner Physics	Pierre Sens	Organellogenesis	Yes	No direct possibilities at present	Sami Al Izzi
38	Jianfeng Feng Computer Science	Edmund Rolls	Personalized Medicine in Mental Disorders	Yes	Yes
39	Matt Keeling Mathematics	Ian Hall Public Health England	Predicting the Dynamics of Infections with strong Dose-Dependent Responses.	Yes	Little chance of direct funding from PHE -- but certainly strong buy-in and in-kind support.
40	Jan Stene MathSys External Partner	Samuel Johnson Mathematics	Radiation Modelling	Yes	Low for now; there may be possibilities in medium- to long-term.
41	Daniel Hebenstreit School of Life Sciences	Barbel Finkenstadt Statistics	RNA-sequencing as a stochastic process	Yes	Industrial collaboration appears a promising option due to the economical importance of next-generation-sequencing techniqes in biology. Furthermore, non-council research grant funding is expected to become available.
42	Juergen Branke Warwick Business School	Robin Ball Physics (I am happy to come over to Complexity to discuss with them at a time convenient for them in the week of 7 March. I would appreciate the students coordinating – I do not want to have to come over many separate times.)	Simulation Optimisation with Simulated Annealing	Yes	Lanner Group Ltd will contribute software licenses and expertise. We are currently also discussing with them a financial contribution to a possible PhD project. At the moment they are not very optimistic, but we hope to re-negotiate once we can show them results from the MSc project.
43	Samuel Johnson Mathematics		Social Pressure in Coevolving Voter Models. This is a project designed by the student, Guillem Mosquera, to whom it should be assigned directly.	Yes	Not very likely. There is a chance that the project could lead to collaboration with Plymath or Sciteb, but it's a long way off.
44	Prof Christopher James Engineering		Space-Time Independent Component Analysis applied to epileptic EEG	Yes	There is no existing co-funding
45	Matt Keeling Mathematics	Deirdre Hollingsworth School of Life Sciences	Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Infection: HAT as a case study	Yes	Possibly from Gates or WHO
46	James Kermode Engineering	Christoph Ortner Mathematics	Stochastic Coarse Graining from Atomic to Continuum Scale Models of Fracture in Amorphous Silica Glass	Yes	Options for industrial co-funding and/or partners include: Supervisor’s industrial links: AWE, NPL, TWI, Rolls Royce, US Air Force lab Relevant CDT partners - JLR/Tata steel and Thalys
47	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	Steve Hilditch Thales: MathSys External Partner	Thales RSG follow-on MSc project	Yes	Thales are open to having that discussion if the RSG and MSc project go well. Formally they have already pledged a studentship to MathSys.
48	Samuel Johnson Mathematics	Stefan Grosskinsky Mathematics	The impact of the monetary system on economic growth and crises	Yes	Currently none
49	Colm Connaughton Mathematics	Roozbeh Pazuki L&A	Time-series prediction and model comparison for fleet resource management	Yes	L&A are not in a position fo co-fund a PhD directly but are open to exploring other ways to fund the collaboration, for example through InnovateUK or CASE. The Warwick Impact Fund has also invested in this one.
50	Orkun S Soyer School of Life Sciences	Stefan Grosskinsky Mathematics	Understanding Microbial Ecosystems	Yes	Potential industry interest from biotech companies
51	Dr Nasir Rajpoot Computer Science	Prof David Epstein Mathematics	Visualising Social Networks of Cells in the Tumour Microenvironment	Yes	Yes, potentially from a couple of large grants under review at the moment.
52	Dr Nasir Rajpoot Computer Science	Prof David Epstein Mathematics	Localising Cell Communities in Multi-Gigapixel Digital Pathology Images	Yes	Yes, potentially from a couple of large grants under review at the moment.
52	Dr Nasir Rajpoot Computer Science	Prof David Epstein Mathematics	Localising Cell Communities in Multi-Gigapixel Digital Pathology Images	Yes	Yes, potentially from a couple of large grants under review at the moment.
53	Lukasz Figiel Warwick Manufacturing Group	David Quigley Physics	Multiscale modelling of thermal transport in polymer nanocomposites	Yes