🎓 #StudyTuesdays|Cardiff is calling — and bringing your own funding is just the first step, not a roadblock.

Cardiff University's School of Computer Science & Informatics is offering a self-funded PhD project: Geo-Aware Graph Learning for Transferable Flood Mapping from Earth Observation Data (GRAFT) — building AI models that map flood risk accurately across different regions, a real gap in current climate resilience tools.

Cardiff University's School of Computer Science & Informatics is offering a self-funded PhD project: Geo-Aware Graph Learning for Transferable Flood Mapping from Earth Observation Data (GRAFT).

🌊 The research: Flood-detection AI models often fail when applied outside the region they were trained on — different terrain, hydrology, and land cover throw them off. This project builds "geo-aware" graph learning models designed to generalize across regions, directly strengthening how flood risk can be mapped and predicted globally, including in places with limited existing data.

📋 You'll need: A 2:1 or Master's in computing or a related field, strong mathematics grounding, and English proficiency (IELTS 6.5+ if applicable).

⚠️ Important: This project has no attached funding — tuition, visa costs, and the UK healthcare surcharge are the student's responsibility. This is best suited to applicants who already have, or can secure, their own scholarship or sponsorship (e.g., a national government scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarship, or similar).

💚 IMVELO Impact: Flood mapping that actually works across different regions — not just the one it was trained on — is exactly the kind of climate resilience infrastructure Africa needs more of, especially as flood risk from events like El Niño grows more severe.

📍 Location: Cardiff, UK
⏰ Deadline: Rolling — applications accepted year-round
✉️ In case of any questions concerning this, contact: Dr Oktay Karakuş, karakuso@cardiff.ac.uk
🔗 https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/phd-studentships-and-projects

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