Cambridge Centre for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher in Digital technologies (Augmented/Virtual Reality/Artificial Intelligence) in strategic planning for technology emergence
Department of Engineering, Cambridge
Two PhD positions (ESR6 & ESR7) are open in Cambridge as part of the EINST4INE consortium https://www.einst4ine.eu. The PhD students will study the adoption of digital technologies (Augmented/Virtual Reality/Artificial Intelligence) in strategic planning for technology emergence.
Several emerging and potentially transformative technologies for manufacturing industries are maturing at a fast pace. When firms find themselves in such a fast- changing environment, they need to quickly adapt if they want to survive. Technology intelligence systems are the basis for such capabilities since they are set up by companies to capture and deliver insight to decision makers on the opportunities and threats that new technologies present. These systems are today increasingly empowered and supported by digital systems, based on a variety of tools, which help the firm to analyse trends and suggest implications for the firm. However, informing and taking decisions on emerging technologies is still one of the hardest tasks for engineering management in a continuously shifting environment. Two posts are available in the following areas:
ESR6: This PhD research will attempt to integrate new technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, in strategic technological decision-making and will review how these could facilitate the communication of technological insight and decision-making (for full description see https://www.einst4ine.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ESR6_UCAM.pdf).
ESR7: This PhD research will investigate the integration of digitally-driven approaches (eg AI-driven suggestion systems) with the human-driven approaches used in strategic technological decision-making. The focus will be to review in a variety of industries the use of these AI-driven approaches, their impact on the communication of insight about emerging technology, and their integration with socially-driven approaches (for full description see https://www.einst4ine.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ESR7_UCAM.pdf).
The successful candidates will receive to 52,095.96 euros (gross) paid in GBP per annum - additional family allowance based on personal circumstances may apply.