Contributed by: Paolo Falcone, falcone@chalmers.se

Post-Doc position in Cooperative Driving at the Department of Signals ad Systems of the Chalmers University.

Chalmers has a long tradition of research in Transportation Systems, with intensive collaboration with society and automotive industry. A large part of such research is performed at the Department of Signals and Systems (S2), where this post-doctoral position is announced. S2 is engaged in both fundamental and applied research, spanning a large variety of research areas including Automatic Control, Automation and Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Communication Systems and Information Theory, Signal Processing and Antennas. Cross-disciplinary research is central and encouraged through projects across different groups within the department.

A successful candidate is expected to conduct research on fundamental aspects of cooperative driving. In particular, the Mechatronics Group at Chalmers seeks a researcher with a strong track record in distributed coordination of mobile networked systems. The fundamental research of the new position will consist of developing distributed algorithms for coordinating missions of mobile systems, with communication capabilities, while avoiding collision and optimizing a global cost function. The problem is motivated by cooperative driving applications, where vehicles have to negotiate, e.g., the most fuel-efficient way of crossing an unsignalized intersection, while avoiding collisions. Ongoing research projects in cooperation with industry, offer possibilities to test algorithms in vehicles, both on test tracks as well as in real traffic.

The working time of Post-doctoral staff is mainly devoted to research. Teaching duties may include (co-)supervision of MSc and PhD students. A successful candidate is expected to develop, by the end of the post-doc, qualifications for continuing the academic career.

The employment is limited to a maximum of 2 years (1+1).

Candidates should have a PhD (or be near completion) in control theory or a relevant field focusing on traffic and vehicle applications, consensus algorithms, cooperative control and a strong research and publication record. Ability to initiate new research collaborations is essential.

Good communication skills in oral and written English is a requirement. 

To apply, search for the position Ref. 20120114 at the following link 

www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx