La Trobe University Industry PhD Scholarship - Developing a real-time adaptive anomaly detection open standard framework for the water utility industry with Coliban Water

$33500
Per annum, for three and a half years. Fee relief additional.

16/09/2022

16/11/2022

Open

Future PhD candidates, Australian Citizen, International Student, New Zealand Citizen, Permanent Resident

Bendigo Campus

Fortnightly stipend.

These prestigious scholarships, established by La Trobe University in partnership with the Australian Futures Project, will be awarded to outstanding applicants who are interested in exploring how to build Australia’s capacity to make decisions for a flourishing shared future.

This Industry PhD scholarship, established by La Trobe University (LTU) in partnership with Coliban Water (coliban.com.au ), will be awarded to an outstanding PhD applicant with a background in computer science, information technology, information systems, and related fields in engineering.

The aim is to develop an open standard framework to help the water utility industry detect anomalies across the network of services they operate. Detecting anomalies will assist the industry to manage and optimise their approach to non-revenue water loss, predictive maintenance, and service delivery. The framework will include protocols that enables business units to monitor, analyse the state of the operations in real time. The candidate will be required to understand the current practice through on-site training, research into potential solutions, and specify requirements. Based on the findings, the PhD candidate will design and develop a framework, and build an experimental system to verify and evaluate the proposed framework.

The research will be based at Coliban Water in Bendigo, Australia and the candidate will engage in frequent meetings with their supervisors and other staff members at La Trobe in Bendigo, Australia.

• a La Trobe Research Scholarship for three and a half years, with a value of $33,500.00 per annum, to support your living costs (2022 rate)
• a fee-relief scholarship for up to four years
• relocation allowance and publication/thesis allowance
• opportunities to work with La Trobe’s outstanding researchers, and have access to our suite of professional development programs.
• industry supervision and mentoring provided by Coliban Water
• conduct research in shaping the future of optimising water resources within the water utility industry in Australia
• access to industry-specific on-site training with Coliban Water

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• meet the entrance requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy
• not be receiving another scholarship greater than 75 per cent of the stipend rate for the same purpose
• Open to Australian or New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents, and international applications who are currently onshore in Australia.

In selecting successful applicants, we prioritise applications from candidates who:

• will be enrolled full-time and undertaking their research at a La Trobe University campus
• have completed a Masters by Research or other significant body of research, such as an honours research thesis or lead authorship of a peer-reviewed publication, assessed at a La Trobe Masters by research standard of 75 or above

• Understanding of the current water utility industry practice
• Knowledge of machine learning, data science principles

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this scholarship, follow Step 3 on our research application page – please ensure you submit a full application for scholarship and candidature.

Please note: As part of your application you are not required to identify a potential supervisor – Associate Professor Simon Egerton is the designated supervisor for this project;

In your application, clearly indicate that you wish to be considered for the La Trobe University Industry Research Scholarship Developing a real-time adaptive anomaly detection open standard framework for the water utility industry with Coliban Water.

The University will carefully review your application and consider you for this scholarship.

If you are shortlisted for the scholarship and candidature, you will be invited to an interview with representatives of La Trobe and Coliban Water.

The final decision will be made based on your application and interview. The successful candidate will be made an offer for candidature and scholarship.

You will be advised of an outcome in December 2022.

Who to contact for further information

Associate Professor Simon Egerton, [email protected]