Postdoc: Swarm Robotics for Underwater Surveillance

Aarhus University (AU); Aarhus; Vor Ort; DKK 420.000 - 540.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Aarhus University in Denmark invites applications for a fixed-term Postdoctoral position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. You will develop cooperative mission planning and distributed coordination for underwater vehicle swarms, validate via lab testing, and collaborate with EIVA and the international ADVISOR consortium.

The role requires a PhD in a related field, strong programming skills, and excellent English.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, electrical engineering or a related field.
• Experience with multi-agent systems, swarm robotics or distributed coordination of autonomous agents.
• Experience with multi-robot or mission planning, autonomous decision-making or self-adaptive systems.
• Experience with robot simulation, co-simulation or digital twins is an advantage.
• Experience with underwater, marine or field robotics is an advantage.
• Track record of publications in relevant international conferences and journals.
• Strong programming skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in an international, interdisciplinary team with industrial partners.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Aufgaben

• Develop and implement cooperative mission planning for underwater infrastructure surveying and anomaly detection.
• Design distributed coordination and decision-making mechanisms for swarms of underwater vehicles with limited communication.
• Validate coordination approaches through autonomous multi-robot surveying of offshore infrastructure in a laboratory setting.
• Potentially apply co-simulation and digital-twin frameworks to develop and evaluate multi-robot collaboration.
• Collaborate with Danish industrial partner EIVA and the international ADVISOR consortium.

Kenntnisse

Multi-agent systems

Swarm robotics

Distributed coordination

Mission planning

Robot simulation

Co-simulation

Digital twins

Strong programming

English proficiency

Ausbildung

PhD in CS/CE/Robotics/Electrical Eng

Tools

Co-simulation frameworks

Digital twin platforms

Jobbeschreibung

Aarhus University in Denmark invites applications for a fixed-term Postdoctoral position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. You will develop cooperative mission planning and distributed coordination for underwater vehicle swarms, validate via lab testing, and collaborate with EIVA and the international ADVISOR consortium.

The role requires a PhD in a related field, strong programming skills, and excellent English.