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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Postdoc in Traffic Safety at Chalmers University of Technology

Overview

Chalmers strategy for excellence in research, education and innovation is structured in eight Areas of Advance. Transport is one of these areas with Traffic Safety as one of three profiles.

Chalmers has a long history in Traffic Safety research with extensive collaboration with industry and society. SAFER – Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre is the hub and physical meeting place for this collaborative, multi-disciplinary research and innovation.

The vision for the Transport area of advance is to become one of the world´s leading universities regarding green, safe, efficient and effective future transport systems. In line with this we are now opening for post-doc positions in the area of Traffic Safety.

Four of the post-docs are placed in the Department of Signals and Systems, and they are placed in the following research groups: Communication Systems, Mechatronics, Signal Processing, and Biomedical Signals and Systems (see also the position 2010/334,336,337), and this text concerns the position in the Mechatronic research group.


Job description

You will be involved in mainly two research activities, both concerning traffic safety. The first topic is cooperative driving which will be carried out partly together with the other postdocs recruited to the department. The second topic is development of algorithms for detecting critical traffic situation based on sensor signals. Also this research will be carried out in connection with other researchers, both from academia and from industry.

Required qualifications

Required qualifications You have a recent Ph.D. degree in a subject related to any of the fields signal processing, automatic control or mechatronics. You have a good theoretical background and interest to work on real world problems. Experience in traffic safety, vehicle dynamics, data mining, detection theory and filtering is an advantage. Furthermore, an interest in interdisciplinary work with researchers and engineers from other fields is essential, as are skills in simulation techniques and mathematical analysis. You should have excellent command of spoken and written English and have good collaborative skills. Teaching experience is an advantage.

About the Postdoc position

The Postdoc position is an appointment that offers an opportunity to qualify for further research positions within academia or industry. The appointment is for 1+1 years of full-time employment, with a monthly salary paid. Most of your working time is devoted to your own research. Included in your work is also to take part in supervision of Ph.D. students and M.Sc thesis students. Teaching of undergraduate students may also be included to a small extent. You will attend international conferences and meetings, where you will present your own work and establish useful contacts with other researchers. The position can commence immediately.

Application procedure

The application shall be written in English and include the following items:

1.An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
2.Curriculum Vitae including list of publications
3.Two reference persons who can be contacted by Chalmers (describe association with them and give their contact addresses)
4.Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
The application shall be sent electronically. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.

The documents according to items 1-4 above shall be attached as two pdf-files.

One should contain items 1-3 in the listing of material to be included in the application The other should contain item 4 in the listing of material, and any other appendices.

The files may be compressed (zipped).

If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/335) must be written on the first page of the application.

Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden

Further information

In addition to what is stated above please include the following to your application:

- Two recommendation letters (marked with the reference number 2010/335)
- Copies of your two most relevant scientific publications
- Transcripts (grades) and diplomas from Master’s and Ph.D. programs


For more information:

Prof. Jonas Sjöberg, jonas.sjoberg@chalmers.se

Union representatives
•SACO: Jan Lindér
•ST: Marie Wenander
•SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00

http://www.chalmers.se/s2/EN/news/vacancies-at-signals/positions/postdoc-in-mechatronics


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