Contributed by: Nikolaos Athanasopoulos, n.athanasopoulos@qub.ac.uk
Postdoc position in Autonomous Vehicle Control, Queen’s University Belfast
The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) and the multidisciplinary centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS) at Queen’s University Belfast offer a postdoc position in the area of autonomous collision avoidance strategies for maritime vehicles.
The duration of the post is 35 months. Application closing date: March 15.
The position is offered as part of the £33m UKRI-funded Belfast Maritime Consortium led by Artemis Technologies which is the flagship programme for the UK Department for Transport’s Maritime 2050 strategy, aiming to produce the world’s first fully autonomous electric hydrofoiling vessel. The research in our group will focus on (i) developing new theoretical and algorithmically efficient solutions to the collision detection and avoidance problem for maritime vehicles, (ii) providing formal safety and correctness guarantees of the decision algorithms and (iii) implementing the developed framework in a prototype vessel manufactured by the industrial partners.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have or shortly expect to obtain a PhD in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Maths or other related discipline.
- A minimum of three years relevant experience on the topic of the project, or in the broader area of Systems and Control theory, autonomous navigation, development and analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems.
- Have a record of publishing (commensurate with career stage) in the proceedings of high quality international conferences and journals (such as IEEE, IFAC, ACM).
- Have extensive programming experience.-
The successful candidate will be offered substantial opportunities to build their career, including training in innovation, commercialization and soft skills, travelling to research conferences and visits within the group’s research network.-
For all details regarding the position and how to apply, please visit:-
https://hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=553886EOoh&WVID=6273090Lgx&LANG=USA
The Research Fellow will be an active member of a wider community, contributing to world leading research outputs and new research initiatives in the broader area of autonomous planning, decision theory, maritime navigation, and cyber-physical systems. Applications are invited from highly motivated researchers of any nationality to join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Wasif Naeem (w.naeem@ee.qub.ac.uk) and/or Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos (n.athanasopoulos@qub.ac.uk).
