Monday, August 13, 2018

[DMANET] 1 PhD Position in control of connected and autonomous vehicles at the University College Dublin

*One Ph.D. position* is available at the Systems and Control Group within
the School of Electric and Electronic Engineering of the *University
College Dublin*. The Ph.D. student will work under the supervision of Dr.
Giovanni Russo (email: giovanni.russo1@ucd.ie).

For this position, we are seeking candidates for our mobility work with the
Science Foundation Ireland Research Center Lero (
https://www.sfi.ie/sfi-research-centres/lero/). The project seeks to *develop
closed loop strategies, leveraging Distributed Ledger Technology, for the
control of autonomous and connected vehicles.* The work will be aimed at
developing novel tools from nonlinear dynamics, distributed optimization
and AI to design collaborative services within vehicles. The research will
have both a theoretical and applied, hands-on, aspect.

The ideal candidate should have a background in:
1. nonlinear dynamics and complex systems;
2. intelligent transportation;
3. optimization;
4. statistics.

*To apply:*
send a cover letter stating your interest in the position and your CV to
giovanni.russo1@ucd.ie. Pre-applications and informal inquiries can be made
to Dr Giovanni Russo.The positions are available starting from September
2018.

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