PhD Position in Vehicle Sensor and Remote Sensing Analysis for Road Safety — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- 49 days ago
Role overview
PhD Position in Vehicle Sensor and Remote Sensing Analysis for Road Safety
100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
The Chair of Infrastructure Management, led by Professor Dr.
- PhD Position in Vehicle Sensor and Remote Sensing Analysis for Road Safety
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
Additional details
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term
- This position focuses on leveraging vehicle sensors, remote sensing, and machine learning to support modern urban road safety analysis as a part of a larger EU project. Project background
- Planning safe urban transport systems is inherently complex: interventions last for decades, require significant investment, must fit within constrained spaces, and must satisfy ever-changing user needs. Modern data collection methods
- However, collecting, processing, and operationalizing these big data volumes is a challenge due to heterogeneous data structures and heavy computational demands.
- The candidate will develop new tools and methods that integrate big data, computer vision, and machine learning. The candidate’s core tasks will include:
Notes and original content
- This position focuses on leveraging vehicle sensors, remote sensing, and machine learning to support modern urban road safety analysis as a part of a larger EU project.
- Project background
- Planning safe urban transport systems is inherently complex: interventions last for decades, require significant investment, must fit within constrained spaces, and must satisfy ever-changing user needs.
- Modern data collection methods
- Job description
- The candidate will develop new tools and methods that integrate big data, computer vision, and machine learning.
- The candidate’s core tasks will include:
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