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List of submitted MSc projects 2017

Project ID Supervisor Co-supervisor Project title Prospective PhD Co-funding Reserved
1 James Sprittles
(Mathematics)
Ed Brambley
(Mathematics)
Fragmentation of High Speed Microdrops Yes From Waters Corporation (hope to obtain £30k, but not guaranteed yet).  
2 Matteo Icardi
(Mathematics)
Florian Theil
(Mathematics)
Mathematical models for long-term prediction of lithium-ion batteries (sent by email) Yes JLR and Johnson Matthey Battery Systems  
3 Matteo Icardi
(Mathematics)
James Sprittles
(Mathematics)
Interfacial dynamics and data-driven modelling in porous media (sent by email) Yes Ongoing discussions with TOTAL  
4 Hugo van den Berg
(Mathematics)
Andrew Blanks
(Other)
Dynamic discrimination of ionic trans-membrane conductances Yes    
5 Christoph Ortner
(Mathematics)
James Kermode
(Engineering)
Novel Interatomic Potentials with Uncertainty Quantification & Applications Yes Options for industrial co-funding and/or partners include the supervisor’s industrial links: AWE, TWI, Rolls Royce plus CDT partners JLR, Tata steel and Thalys.  
6 Colm Connaughton
(Mathematics)
Steve Hilditch
(MathSys External Partner)
Data-driven classification and prediction of motorway congestion Yes Largely depends on the outcome of recent multilateral proposal to EPSRC in this area.  
7 Nigel Burroughs
(Mathematics)
Charlie Swanton
(Other)
Analysis of pathway exclusivity in cancer Yes Charlie Swanton is keen to collaborate; I am already helping to one of his PhD students. This is a fantastic opportunity to build up a valuable cancer collaboration with an internationally leading institute (CRUK funded).  
8 Nigel Burroughs
(Mathematics)
Andrew McAinsh
(Other)
Solving missing data in tracked image data: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and data augmentation Yes 3i, the company that manufactures lightsheet microscopes, is interested in collaborating on a PhD. Seems willing to co-fund.  
9 Robert MacKay
(Mathematics)

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Hierarchical aggregation of traffic flows Yes It would depend on attracting the interest of DfT or CUSP or other organisation.  
10 Robert MacKay
(Mathematics)

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Optimising assessment graphs Yes It will be a question of getting HEFCE or EPSRC sufficiently interested.  
11 Mark Senn
(Chemistry)

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Shedding Light on the Structure-Property Relationship through Representation Analysis Yes Options for co-funding include Diamond Light Source and the ISIS Neutron Spallation Source. Proposals will be submitted in August for this.  
12 Matteo Villa
(MathSys External Partner)
Colm Connaughton
(Mathematics)
Reconstructing 3D particle data from 2D SEM images Yes Funding is available but this would have to be reviewed and may need to coincide with the start of the next financial year.  
13 Javier Cuervo
(MathSys External Partner)
Farooq Khan
(MathSys External Partner)
Developing a Model for Genotype-Phenotype Mapping to Predict Risks of Heart-Related Conditions Yes, but likely not on this particular project    
14 Dr Richard Savage
(Statistics)
Dr Christopher Yau
(MathSys External Partner)
Understanding the black box: interpretable machine learning for biomedical research Yes Co-sponsorship by Hoffman La-Roche  
15 Francois VIALATTE
(ESPCI Paris)

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Cognitive Brain-Computer Interface Yes    
16 David Armstrong
(Physics)
Theo Damoulas
(Computer Science)
Machine Learning for Exoplanet Detection Yes We are exploring options with external companies working with data science or cloud computing, including Google.  
17 Juergen Branke
(Warwick Business School)
Robin Ball
(Physics)
Multi-objective optimisation of stochastic simulation models Yes ESTECO (a company in Italy) would cover the 30%  
18 Prof Nasir Rajpoot
(Computer Science)
Prof David Snead
(Other)
Localising Cell Communities in the Tumour Microenvironment Yes Possibility of co-funding from both Intel HLS and Philips Healthcare  
19 M S Turner
(Physics)
Oksana Koltosova
(MathSys External Partner)
Continuum and multi-scale modelling of crowd flows Yes Legion may be willing to fund or co-fund but will make a decision on this after they assess progress on the Research Study Group and/or MSc project  
20 R.S.MacKay
(Mathematics)
Jonathan Williams
(Other)
Stroke Treatment Yes Not at present, but if we get UHCW interested then maybe  
21 Yulia Timofeeva
(Computer Science)
Kirill Volynski
(Other)
Mechanistic molecular model of synaptotagmin-mediated synaptic vesicle fusion Yes Not at the moment, possibilities will be explored in the UK (maybe Wellcome Trust) and with Yale. Ian Atkinson
22 Yulia Timofeeva
(Computer Science)
Kirill Volynski
(Other)
Voltage-gated calcium channels in wild-type and knock-in migraine mice Yes Not at the moment, but possibilities will be explored with hospitals. Chris Norman
22 Dr Julia Brettschneider
(Statistics)
Dr Stephen Royle
(Other)
Joining the dots: reconstructing complex microtubule networks Yes    
23 Richard Gunton
(MathSys External Partner)
Robert MacKay
(Mathematics)
Exploring the Impact of Momentum Investment on Financial Stability Yes Yes - seeking partial funding through sponsorship from businesses associated with Sciteb  
24 Gareth Alexander
(Physics)

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Morphology and Responsivity in Cholesteric Droplets Yes   Joe Pollard
25 Professor Robert Walton
(Other)
Dr Yen-Fu Chen
(Warwick Medical School)
Mathematical formalisation of the programme theory for a complex healthcare intervention to promote smoking cessation Yes None.

Maths supervision to be confirmed for MSc project