[CapoCaccia - announce] Ph.D position available at Oxford Brookes - Autonomous Racing - VERY SHORT notice

[Alexander Rast]

Dear CapoCaccia folk,

The School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics is pleased to
announce the availability of a funded Ph.D position in Autonomous Vehicle
Technologies. Note that the application deadline is very short - 3 March
(!) - so if you are interested act now.

Note that along with the post, the candidate will lead Oxford Brookes'
highly successful and award-winning Formula Student: Autonomous racing
team, and it is expected that the student's research will be closely
aligned with the goals of autonomous racing. The advert is below:

For more information you can contact either Dr. Matthias Rolf (
mrolf at brookes.ac.uk), Dr. Andrew Bradley(abradley at brookes.ac.uk), or Dr.
Alex Rast(arast at brookes.ac.uk).

Oxford Brookes University
Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

PhD Studentship – Autonomous vehicle technologies

Eligibility: Home UK and international students
Bursary: £17,363 per year
Fees:     Tuition fees will be paid by the university
Deadline:  03 March 2023
Start date: June 2023


Project Description

The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at Oxford Brookes
University is seeking an independent and highly motivated candidate from a
science or technology discipline. The candidate should be highly motivated
to work in computer systems engineering including machine learning,
computer vision and sensor fusion.

Brief Project Description
The overall aim of the project is to collaborate with the existing team
working on autonomous vehicle racing technologies, to lead the autonomous
formula student project and to carry out original research on sensor fusion
and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in this field.

Oxford Brookes university is a world leading team in Formula Student
competitions and has developed similarly successful team for autonomous
racing competitions. The PhD project will be supported by our world leading
experts in racing engine design, dynamic modelling, artificial intelligence
and machine vision.

We are seeking an excellent candidate that will be able to draw on a wide
range of expertise to find innovative solutions to the profound sensor
fusion problems in the context of autonomous driving, and autonomous racing
in particular.

The essential selection criteria include:
At least an upper second class degree (preferably MSc) in a Science or
Technology discipline.
Experience of managing, processing, analysing and manipulating large
amounts of technical data.
Provide evidence of good software engineering skills.
The potential to lead a team of students for the Formula student
competitions.
Capability to work independently and as part of a team.
Excellent written and oral communication and organisational skills.
Proficiency in written English is required.
A real passion and commitment for research.


The successful candidate will:
Collaborate with students and staff from across the School
Carry out original research contributing to the School’s work on autonomous
vehicles.
Lead the Formula Student team on autonomous racing.
Participate in research meetings, travel to partner institutions and
undertake supplementary research methods training.

Entry requirements

UK and international applicants can apply.

Applicants should have a first or upper second-class honours degree from a
Higher Education Institution in Computing, Computer Science, Statistics or
acceptable equivalent qualification.

Non-UK Applicants must have a valid IELTS Academic test certificate (or
equivalent) with an overall minimum score of 7.0 and no score below 6.0
issued in the last 2 years by an approved test centre.

Application process

Please request an application pack from the Research Support Office,
tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk, quoting “Autonomous vehicle technologies”.

Fully completed applications must be sent to tdestudentships at brookes.ac.uk,
by 17.00 on Friday 3rd March 2023. As part of the application process you
will be required to upload a cover letter, a brief statement of research
interests (describing how past experience and future plans fit with the
advertised position), CV and the details of two referees as part of your
online application. Please be advised that the selection process will
involve an interview in March.

Contact details

For informal inquiries about the project/application process contact Dr
Matthias Rolf (mrolf at brookes.ac.uk).

-- 
Alex Rast

I am currently working in hybrid mode. Most meetings should be scheduled
in-person at my office in E1.06 if possible; however, I am also open to
online/remote meetings via Zoom or Google Meet. Whichever method you
choose, please insert a booking in my calendar so that the time shows as
committed.
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