Master Thesis: Motorcycle Driving Dynamics & Features

Bewerberportal; Town of Vienna (WI); Hybrid; USD 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Canteen

Meal allowance

Organic coffee

Fruit baskets

Preventive healthcare

Company doctor

Extra days off

Leisure subsidies

Voucher programme

Sports events

Cultural events

Social events

Flexitime

Home office

Job summary

AIT Center for Transport Technologies in Vienna invites applications for a master’s thesis. You will join the Competence Unit Transportation Infrastructure Technologies and work on characterizing driving dynamics features from motorcycle data, with supervision from researchers and collaboration with TU Vienna.

The project runs for 6 months, starting asap, 20 hours/week, with a monthly gross stipend of EUR 1,273 under the collective agreement.

Qualifications

• Ongoing master's studies in Technical Mathematics at TU Vienna.
• Good knowledge in R, Python, or MATLAB.
• Very good English or German skills (spoken and written) – thesis can be completed in either language.

Responsibilities

• Investigate extensive time series of driving dynamics obtained from multiple motorcycle rides by multiple riders.
• Support in working out characteristic features in driving dynamics that differentiate the different riders.
• Investigate the possibility of using simulation software (like IPG Motorcycle maker) to set up simulations of motorcycle movements.
• Implement model-building approaches to extract characterizing features from motorcyclist data.
• Investigate the feasibility of simulating driver movements based on the characterizing features extracted before.
• Explore different model-building approaches and criteria for selecting the most appropriate one with guidance from researchers.

Skills

R

Python

MATLAB

Education

Master's student in Technical Mathematics (TU Vienna)

Job description

AIT Center for Transport Technologies in Vienna invites applications for a master’s thesis. You will join the Competence Unit Transportation Infrastructure Technologies and work on characterizing driving dynamics features from motorcycle data, with supervision from researchers and collaboration with TU Vienna.

The project runs for 6 months, starting asap, 20 hours/week, with a monthly gross stipend of EUR 1,273 under the collective agreement.