PhD: Autonomous Design of Digital Twins for Transport

Delft University of Technology

Delft

On-site

EUR 38,000 - 49,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Delft University of Technology invites applications for a PhD position on Control Theory for Self-Designing Digital Twins of Transportation Systems. You will explore autonomous design of contracts, automatic parametrization of controllers, and verification of stability and performance for SUMO-based digital twins of infrastructure.

You will join the Delft Centre of Systems and Control (DCSC), supervised by Carlo Cenedese and Manuel Mazo, in a stimulating, international research environment

Qualifications

MSc degree in systems and control, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields.
Good command of English and communication skills.
Strong analytical skills and ability to work across control theory, CS, and transportation engineering.
Good programming skills, especially Python; other languages welcome but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

Develop a framework for autonomous contract design for digital twins.
Design methods to automatically parametrize controllers for abstract classes and ensure stability/performance.
Theorize and verify complex control policies such as MPC and RL.
Study interconnection of digital twins and implications for stability.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

English communication skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

MSc in Systems and Control

MSc in Applied Mathematics

Tools

Python

Job description

You will join the Delft Centre of Systems and Control (DCSC), supervised by Carlo Cenedese and Manuel Mazo, in a stimulating, international research environment

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