[agents] PhD positions in multiagent traffic modeling, simulation, and management in SocialCars RTG

["Jörg P. Müller"]

Applications are invited for two fully-funded PhD doctoral positions 
("wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter") in the research field "Distributed and 
Intelligent Cooperative Systems" of the new Research Training Group 
(RTG) "SocialCars" established at Niedersächsiche Technische Hochschule 
in Braunschweig and Clausthal, Germany. SocialCars is funded by the 
German Research Foundation (DFG).

The positions are available from April 2014 for a duration of three years.

The overall objective of the interdisciplinary SocialCars RTG is to 
research new methods and applications of decentralized, cooperative 
traffic management. SocialCars focuses on the interplay of centralized 
management (i.e., classic traffic control) and decentralized management 
(i.e., taking the goals of individual traffic participants into account).

The two PhD students will perform research in the area of multiagent 
traffic modeling, simulation, and management. Possible topics comprise 
distributed traffic information processing and data analysis, 
coordination strategies including Car-to-X communication, and methods 
for cooperative traffic control.

We are looking for strong candidates with a background in computer 
science or business informatics, and with expertise in at least one of 
the following fields:
* computational norms and electronic instituiions
* models and applications of game theory for traffic and transport
* distributed data analysis
* distributed trust and reputation
* multiagent-based modeling and simulation
* traffic and transport control and engineering

SocialCars is a strongly interdisciplinary effort, therefore successful 
candidates should enjoy working on a team with scientists from other 
areas; also, they should be interested in applying their theories, 
concepts, and prototypes to (simulated) real-world applications.

Candidates will find an excellent open research environment on the 
premises of the Automotive Research Center Niedersachsen (NFF) in 
Braunschweig; at the same time, they will be part of the research group 
of Prof. Jörg Müller at TU Clausthal, and spend some of their time there.

The screening of candidates will begin on February 15, 2014, and end 
when all positions are filled.
Applicants may be asked to attend an assessment workshop in 
Braunschweig, Germany, in March 2014.

The complete job posting for the RTG with detailed information of how to 
apply is available at
http://www.socialcars.org/pdf/en_Ausschreibung_NTH-SocialCars-Promotionsstellen.pdf

More information about the SocialCars RTG can be found at 
http://www.socialcars.org

Please direct enquiries to joerg.mueller at tu-clausthal.de.

-- 
Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller
Institut für Informatik
TU Clausthal
meclab.in.tu-clausthal.de
+49 5323 727140