There exists a prestigious and well-funded Scientia PhD scholarship for a student to undertake research on optical neural networks with application to quantum systems at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. The project will be undertaken under the supervision of A/Prof Andrey Miroshnichenko, Prof Hussein Abbas's, and Dr Matt Woolley.The scholarship includes a stipend of \$AU41,209 per annum for four years, a travel allowance of up to \$AU10,000 per annum, and covers all tuition fees.

The ideal candidate will have an excellent undergraduate first-class Honours degree or Master's degree in physics or engineering. They will have completed undergraduate/graduate courses in photonics / computer science and other relevant subject areas such as quantum systems.

There is a two-stage application process with initial expressions of interest due by July 12, 2019. Please don't hesitate to contact me for further details at Andrey.Miroshnichenko@unsw.edu.au