Post-Doctoral Associate in the Division of Engineering (Civil & Urban Engineering – The Sustainable and Innovative Transport Demand)

New York University Abu Dhabi is hiring three Post-Doctoral Associates for the Sustainable and Innovative Transport Demand Laboratory. The roles involve using Immersive Virtual Reality to study transport system preferences, requiring PhDs in relevant fields. Applicants should have experience in survey methods, virtual reality, and data analysis. The position offers competitive terms, including housing and educational subsidies, and is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The Sustainable and Innovative Transport Demand (SIT-D) Laboratory in the Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit three Post-Doctoral Associates to work on a large project on the use of Immersive Virtual Reality to study users’ preferences for innovative transport systems.The successful applicants will drive fascinating sub-projects on the following areas:

1. Setting the immersive virtual reality experiment, building the choice experiment, managing and running the field experiment, analyzing the data and estimating users’ preferences for Automated Taxis. Successful applicants must have a PhD in a field related to survey methods techniques and transport demand modelling and demonstrated experience with state choice experiments, discrete choice models, virtual reality, and data collection.

2. Building the immersive virtual reality environment for Abu Dhabi, including the movement of vehicles and the interaction of avatars, collaborating to the field experiment, analyzing the data on dynamics in individual behaviors. Successful applicants must have a PhD in computer science, digital technology, mathematics, or related fields with demonstrated experience in developing XR simulations using the Unity platform or Unreal Engine, use of 3D model building tools, such as Autodesk Rivot or BIM tools and hardware experience in setting up XR headsets and custom play-areas.

3. Forecasting the potential demand for innovative transport systems, integrating substitution and diffusion models, incorporating dynamic preferences and social conformity. The project involves estimation of substitution models using large dataset, successful applicants must then have a PhD and demonstrated experience in discrete choice models, machine learning techniques, big data, and optimization.

For consideration, applicants need to submit a cover letter with reference to the position(s) they are applying for, curriculum vitae with full publication list, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference, all in PDF format. If you have any questions, please email Prof. Elisabetta Cherchi at Elisabetta.Cherchi@nyu.edu

The terms of employment are very competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. Applications will be accepted immediately and candidates will be considered until the position is filled.

About NYUAD

NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.

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