Contributed by: Sergio Grammatico, s.grammatico@tudelft.nl
PhD position: Game-theoretic Control for Multi-Vehicle Automated Driving
I am looking for 1 talented, outstanding PhD researcher with a Master degree (or close to completion) in Systems and Control, or Applied Mathematics, or related field, with theoretical background and/or interest in System Theory, Automatic Control, Optimization, Game Theory, and with good command of the English language (knowledge of Dutch is not required).
General project description: The candidate will conduct theoretical and algorithmic research on multi-agent control for multi-vehicle multi-lane automated driving. The research will develop and build upon tools from game theory and mixed-integer optimization. The position is in the context of the research project “Artificially Intelligent Multi-Vehicle Automated Driving Systems” (AMADeuS), funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW).
Conditions of employment: The PhD appointment will be for 4 years. The PhD student will participate in the training and research activities of the TU Delft Graduate School and of the Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC). The PhD students will receive a competitive salary in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO), from about 2.3k EUR/month (gross, 1st year) to 2.9k EUR/month (gross, 4th year), possibly from 1.8k EUR/month (after taxes, 1st year) to 2.1k EUR/month (after taxes, 4th year), plus holiday allowance (8% of gross annual income) and end-of-year allowance (8.3% of gross annual income), travel budget, secondary benefits, discounts for health insurance and sport membership.
Applications shall include the following documents:
- curriculum vitae;
- statement of motivation and research interests (up to one page);
- transcripts of all exams taken and obtained degrees (in English);
- names and contact information of up to three references (e.g. project/thesis supervisors);
- up to 3 research-oriented documents (e.g. thesis, conference/journal publication).
Applications or inquires shall be emailed to prof. Sergio Grammatico (s.grammatico@tudelft.nl). The call for applications will remain open until the ideal candidate is found. The starting date is flexible.
