The University of Oxford has welcomed the first cohort of DPhil students to Oxford × QRT Labs, part of a long-term research initiative between Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) and the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London.
Four DPhil students make up Oxford × QRT Labs’ first cohort, with one researcher based in each of the Mathematical Institute, Department of Statistics, Department of Engineering Science and Department of Computer Science.
The launch also marks the appointment of Professor Blanka Horvath as Director of Oxford × QRT Labs.
Oxford × QRT Labs forms part of a wider research network bringing together early-career researchers, academics and QRT’s research and technology community. The initiative is designed to support fundamental research while creating opportunities for researchers to exchange ideas across disciplines and institutions and to engage with industry and the wider scientific and technological community.
Across Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial, the first QRT Labs cohort comprises 13 early-career researchers working across mathematics, statistics, computer science and engineering. Their research spans areas including AI and its mathematical foundations, intelligent systems, decision-making under uncertainty, scientific and high-performance computing, optimisation, and advanced mathematical and statistical modelling.
Researchers will also have opportunities to connect across the wider QRT Labs network through seminars, events and an annual conference, encouraging exchange between disciplines, institutions and QRT’s research community.