Doctor of Philosophy - Electronic Systems Engineering

The research activity and supervision for PhD Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Essex are concentrated in several principal research areas: audio and video networking, multimedia architectures and applications, data communications and networking, RF engineering, radio, radar and electromagnetics, propagation, video, image processing, and computer vision. Their cross-disciplinary projects leverage the expertise of electronic engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists, and psychologists.

The institution is recognized as one of the largest and best-resourced schools in the UK. Their work is supported by extensive networked computer facilities and software aids, along with a wide range of test and instrumentation equipment. The research encompasses various topics, including semiconductor device physics, the theory of computation, the philosophy of computer science, computational intelligence, computer games, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Most research groups are based in laboratories equipped with world-class facilities. The external research funding is impressive, amounting to multi-million pounds per year, and they actively participate in numerous EU initiatives while undertaking projects under contract with various external bodies, including government and industrial organizations.