PhDstudentship(Full-time)InstitutionXi’anJiaotong-LiverpoolUniversity,ChinaDepartmentDepartmentofEEESupervisorsPrinciplesupervisor:ProfessorKaizhuHuang(XJTLU,EEE)Co-supervisor:DrRuiZhang(XJTLU,MS)Co-supervisor:DrYannisGoulermas(UoL,CS)ApplicationDeadlineOpenuntilthepositionisfilledFundingAvailabilityFundedPhDproject(world-widestudents)ProjectTitleAdversarialDeepLearningTheoryandItsApplication对抗机器学习理论及应用ContactPleaseemailkaizhu.huang@xjtlu.edu.cn(XJTLUprincipalsupervisor’semailaddress)withasubjectlineofthePhDprojecttitleRequirements:Thecandidateshouldhaveafirstclassoruppersecondclasshonoursdegree,oramaster’sdegree(orequivalentqualification),inComputerScience,PatternRecognition,Mathematics,ElectricalEngineeringandrelatedfields.EvidenceofgoodspokenandwrittenEnglishisessential.ThecandidateshouldhaveanIELTSscoreof6.5orabove,ifthefirstlanguageisnotEnglish.Thispositionisopentoallqualifiedcandidatesirrespectiveofnationality.Degree:ThestudentwillbeawardedaPhDdegreefromtheUniversityofLiverpool(UK)uponsuccessfulcompletionoftheprogram.Funding:ThePhDstudentshipisavailableforthreeyearssubjecttosatisfactoryprogressbythestudent.Theawardcoverstuitionfeesforthreeyears(currentlyequivalenttoRMB80,000perannum)andprovidesamonthlystipendof5000RMBasacontributiontolivingexpenses.ItalsoprovidesuptoRMB16,500toallowparticipationatinternationalconferencesduringtheperiodoftheaward.ItisaconditionoftheawardthatholdersofXJTLUPhDscholarshipscarryout300-500hoursofteachingassistanceworkperyear.ThescholarshipholderisexpectedtocarryoutthemajorpartofhisorherresearchatXJTLUinSuzhou,China.However,heorsheiseligibleforaresearchstudyvisittotheUniversityofLiverpoolofuptothreemonths,ifthisisrequiredbytheproject.ProjectDescription:Theobjectiveofthisprojectistoengagetherobustminimaxtheorytodevelopaunifiedadversarialclassificationframeworkthattakesintoaccountuncertaintyfromdata.Aimingatpromotingtheclassificationperformanceofdeepneuralnetworks,e.g.,GenerativeAdversarialNetworks(GAN),theproposedmeth...