Secure and AI Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystems

University of Southampton
· Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

England, United Kingdom

27 October 2026; exact cutoff time was not stated on the FindAPhD project page.

University of Southampton is offering a fully funded PhD on AI-enhanced threat modelling and adaptive cyber-defence for autonomous vehicle ecosystems.

The project analyses attack surfaces in AI-enabled perception and decision systems, including data poisoning, sensor manipulation and model interference. It develops multidimensional threat models, AI-driven threat intelligence and adaptive detection and mitigation mechanisms for safety-critical autonomous vehicles.

autonomous vehicles trustworthy AI cybersecurity threat modelling adversarial machine learning

Level PhD

Programme PhD Computer Science (7089)

Field Secure and Trustworthy AI for Autonomous Vehicles

Specialization Cybersecurity

Organization Type University

Amount Fully Funded

Funding Type Stipend

Funding Status Fully Funded

Tuition Coverage Fully Covered

Stipend Yes

Applicants must have a UK first-class honours degree or international equivalent in cyber security, computer science, artificial intelligence, engineering or a closely related discipline.

Technical Skills Python C++ Cybersecurity Threat modelling Machine learning Adversarial machine learning Autonomous systems

General Skills Security reasoning Independent research

• English
  · Not Specified
  · required

The detailed project page states that the project is open to UK and Horizon Europe students only.