A three year research position in a project with a clear intention to complete a PhD at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven within four years.
Title:
A system for automatic monitoring of human effectiveness on a tugboat (SAFETUG)
Project description and tasks
The port of Antwerp is the 2nd largest port in Europe and the 8th largest container port in the world. Its’ unique position in the centre of Europe along with its speed and reliability make it a popular destination for a large number of cargo ships. Of crucial importance for efficiency and safety in this process is the assistance that tugboats provide to the large cargo ships.
However, there is currently no solution available that can measure online the efficiency of the tug boat captain in performing the boat manoeuvres. In order to reduce the captain performance-related accidents, there is a big need for a system that can identify ineffectiveness of the tug boat crew and act in order to prevent accidents. It is the aim of this project to develop such continuously monitoring and early warning system. The approach will be based on image analysis and analysis of biological responses (such as Heart Rate, Skin Conductance, etc.).
The tasks of the researcher will include setting up of the experiments both in a boat simulator and a real tugboat. Data analysis and mathematical modelling in order to develop models that can be used for monitoring and prediction of the captain’s performance in terms of concentration, sleepiness and stress (human effectiveness).
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Belgium, Civil, Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Mathematics, Mechanical, Medical, PhD, Physics, Research
PhD Student Traffic Assignment (2×2 years)
Vacature 090/32/096-2e/TRAN
Within the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, the following position (m/f) is available:
PhD student Traffic Assignment (2×2 years) (mandate 090/32/096)
Job description
This PhD project consists of assigning the journeys (an origin-destination matrix) generated by an activity-based transport model to a traffic network (traffic assignment). Traditionally, an `assignment model` is being used for this end. The goal of this research project is to study the existing assignment models and then improving them by means of extra information delivered by the activity-based transport model regarding the journeys made.
Profile
The candidate must have affinity with quantitative research- and data-analysis methods and software programming.
Diploma
Master Civil Engineer, Master Statistics, Master Mathematics, Master Commercial Engineer (in Business Information Systems), Master in the Engineering Sciences, Master Informatics, Master Transportation Sciences, or an equivalent degree. Senior students are also encouraged to apply.
PhD Student in Traffic Assignment, Hasselt University, Belgium … read more »
Belgium, Civil, Engineering, Hasselt University, Mathematics, PhD, Statistics, Traffic Assignment, Transportation
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