Doctoral student (licentiate) in Public Transport Network Demand Analytics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Transport Science

Cities and regions around the world are seeing a rapid growth accompanied with the development of mass public transport networks. One of the main challenges in planning new service lines is to determine the required service capacity. A network-wide assessment is required as the capacity needs depend on the distribution of passenger demand across the network. Smart card data offers unprecedented opportunities for identifying the network-wide crowding implications of new public transport investments.

This research project will develop a workflow to assess the crowding implications and capacity requirements induced by new urban developments. In doing so, we will capitalize on the data warehouse and analysis techniques developed by members of the Transport Planning division at KTH. Past developments enable the microscopic inference and analysis of individual journeys, which are then aggregated to support the macroscopic analysis of travel patterns across the network and their evolution and characteristics. The impact of new urban developments on the crowding levels experienced for journeys originating from or destined to different parts of the urban region will be analyzed for different kinds of development.

Supervision: Associate Professor Erik Jenelius and researcher Oded Cats is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission.

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world.Read more
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Work and study in Stockholm, close to nature and the water.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.

Admission requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• perform optimization, simulation, network science, behavioral modeling, econometrics, computer science, data analytics or similar modelling tasks, preferably with experience in transport modelling, as demonstrated by past experience.
• program in Python, based on their track record of programming experience.
• further develop your modelling and analytical skills.
• communicate proficiently in English, experience in scientific writing in English is a plus.
• contribute to a stimulating research environment and interactions with project partners and stakeholders.
• exercise a healthy dose of autonomy, creativeness, and genuine curiosity.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency. 

Target degree: Licentiate degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

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Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.Copies of originals must be certified.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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