PhD Vacancy in Agent-Based Intelligent Vehicle Simulation

[Koen Hindriks - EWI]

(Apologies for cross postings.)

The Computer Science Department at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, is looking for an ambitious and highly motivated PhD candidate with an interest in research on  Agent-Based Intelligent Vehicle Simulation.

Job description
Vehicles that can drive themselves through traffic are becoming reality, as is shown by the Google Car that is based on the technology developed for the DARPA Urban Challenge. In this project intelligent cognitive software agents will be constructed that model the human driver, and potentially have the knowledge to control the vehicle with or without human interaction. Intelligent agents may be used to analyze the behavior of a range of different human driver types and their impact on traffic throughput and safety in simulations. Intelligent driver agents are needed to better understand traffic behavior, and may be applied to increase the situation-awareness of drivers as well as to take over some of the driving tasks. Part of the project is to investigate how traffic observations are used most effectively by drivers and how driving performance can be possibly be enhanced by providing data from other vehicles and from an intelligent road infrastructure to a driver. A simulation environment that can be used in combination with the agents to be developed is already available. This environment provides the functionality for agents to control the vehicle. Your job is the design of cognitive agents that are able to model and support human drivers, further developing the simulation environment and analyzing the agents in this environment. You will be part of a larger team working on this project. Supervision is provided by Prof. dr. C.M. Jonker and dr. K.V. Hindriks.

Requirements
We are looking for excellent candidates that have received an MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence or Computing Science. Candidates that have experience with agent-based simulation in general, cognitive agents or modeling, or, more specifically, in the area of traffic simulation are especially invited to apply to this position.

Contact
For more information about this position, please contact Dr. K.V. Hindriks, phone: +31 (0)15-2782523, e-mail: k.v.hindriks at tudelft.nl<mailto:k.v.hindriks at tudelft.nl>.

Information and application
For general application information you are welcome to contact Mrs. J. Eddini, peno-ewi at tudelft.nl<mailto:peno-ewi at tudelft.nl>. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV, including contact details of references, course lists with grades, and a letter of application in which you explain both your interest and the relevance of your skills and experience in the context of this research project. Please e-mail your application materials by 30 January 2012 to Mrs. J. Eddini, peno-ewi at tudelft.nl<mailto:peno-ewi at tudelft.nl>, or send by post to Mrs. J. Eddini, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.

Also see: http://mmi.tudelft.nl for more information.

When applying for this position, make sure to mention vacancy number EWI2011-03.
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