Chair in Intelligent Transport Systems
University of Leeds - Environment
Job Summary
New technology is enabling radical changes to the way people travel, the transportation systems they use and the interface between the two. In a bid to increase safety, reduce congestion and energy consumption, the future of driving is likely to involve the deployment of highly automated, cooperative and unmanned vehicles, which will manoeuvre by communicating with each other and with the built environment through a rapidly developing array of in-vehicle- and infrastructure-based systems and sensors.
We seek a dynamic research leader who will complement ITS' existing skills in this area, further developing opportunities for research funded by the UK government and research councils, by the European Commission and by industry. The appointee will be part of and have a major role in the multidisciplinary Safety and Technology Group building on their world leading research in driver behaviour and new technologies and driving forwards new teaching initiatives with the Faculty of Engineering.
Applicants could come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including, but not limited to, automotive engineering, computer science, robotics and cognitive systems, wireless communications and protocols.
Salary
The salary, which is negotiable, will be within the Professorial range - minimum £59,302 p.a.
Closing Date
Friday 23rd March 2012
This role is part of a £23M strategic investment in academic leadership across the University of Leeds. For more information please visit: www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk
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New technology is enabling radical changes to the way people travel, the transportation systems they use and the interface between the two. In a bid to increase safety, reduce congestion and energy consumption, the future of driving is likely to involve the deployment of highly automated, cooperative and unmanned vehicles, which will manoeuvre by communicating with each other and with the built environment through a rapidly developing array of in-vehicle- and infrastructure-based systems and sensors.
We seek a dynamic research leader who will complement ITS' existing skills in this area, further developing opportunities for research funded by the UK government and research councils, by the European Commission and by industry. The appointee will be part of and have a major role in the multidisciplinary Safety and Technology Group building on their world leading research in driver behaviour and new technologies and driving forwards new teaching initiatives with the Faculty of Engineering.
Applicants could come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including, but not limited to, automotive engineering, computer science, robotics and cognitive systems, wireless communications and protocols.
Salary
The salary, which is negotiable, will be within the Professorial range - minimum £59,302 p.a.
Closing Date
Friday 23rd March 2012
This role is part of a £23M strategic investment in academic leadership across the University of Leeds. For more information please visit: www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk
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