Specialised Compiler/Architecture Design for Computer Graphics (Industry-sponsored 4-year MSc(R) + PhD studentship in the CDT in Pervasive Parallelism)

One fully funded industry-sponsored studentship is available at The University of Edinburgh, as part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism, starting September 2016.

Computer Graphics is the driving force behind much of the innovation in mobile devices. The need for high quality, low power realtime graphics has led to specialised Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Such processors exploit massive parallelism and have specialised units for different parts of the graphics pipeline. Despite graphics being the driver behind GPUs, there is large disconnect between the games developers, graphics frameworks, shader compilers, runtimes systems and graphics hardware.

This project will investigate cross-stack optimisation of graphics processors. It will explore how existing hardware and system software optimisation fits emerging graphics applications. It will examine how to deliver next generation graphics in a real-time energy constrained setting. The area of research is broad and will depend on the student’s interests ranging from e.g. optimising ray-tracing to low-power hardware.

This project is sponsored by ARM and involves working with their media and graphics group. The exact details of the project are flexible depending on the candidate’s interests and background.

Eligibility
You should have a good first degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.

Further information
For further information, please visit:
http://pervasiveparallelism.inf.ed.ac.uk/industry-studentships/

ARM: http://www.arm.com/

How to apply
Apply by submitting a research proposal and completing an online application form: http://pervasiveparallelism.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/

Please state the name of this project and sponsor in your application.