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Development of human operator models for rail applications

Tender Information
- Capturing psychological human factors of critical train operations enabling rail automation
- Task analysis of train drivers and rail traffic controllers in multiple countries
- Data acquisition in train simulation studies and field-observation of human operators
- Multi-purpose human model development using re-usable architectures
- Efficient modeling, fast calculation, model-order reduction approaches
- Integration of artificial intelligence methods with model- and data-driven approaches
- Model validation and integration into ‘Human-in-the-Loop’ environment
- Shared knowledge base for cross-domain/-discipline/-national rail application
- Inclusion of human actors in train system simulation for comprehensive safety assessment towards increasing levels of automation
In the proposal for PhD funding, scientific institutions describe:
- The scientific ability and (if necessary) the required infrastructure to scientifically guide and supervise the PhD candidate
- The research plan and the focus for the advertised thesis
- The publication and dissemination plan
- The teaching plan (courses, trainings, etc.) for the doctoral studies
- Planned supporting master’s and bachelor theses
- Total costs of the PhD thesis as well as requested total amount of financial contribution from VIRTUAL VEHICLE (note: adequacy of costs is a major decision criterion)
- The application comprises the scientific CV of the PhD candidate and the supervising professor at the scientific institution