Under the project “Sustainable Transport Under Pandemic Context”, University of Littoral has an immediate position for a postdoc researcher to work on MATsim. The project is related to transport modeling in the North of France with a focus on the improvement of calibration techniques and the implementation of epidemiological model. The position is for a period of 12 months with a net salary about 2,200 € per month. We are seeking a candidate who is familiar with agent-based traffic modelling, who have and experience with MATsim (or similar simulators).

Selection criteria

The selection will be based on the main criteria:

1. technical skills in transport modeling,
   • data gathering and processing (databases)
   • model calibration
   • output analysis
   • and experience with MATsim (or similar tools)
2. motivation to work on transport modeling
3. familiarities with Java/Eclipse environment
4. ability to process XML files

Other criteria that will be considered:

• skills in the manipulation of geographical information systems
• big data and statistical analysis
• knowledge of epidemiological models
• experience with mathematical optimisation methods

Contact

For more information please contact Prof Moez KILANI moez.kilani@univ-littoral.fr or Prof Daniel DE WOLF daniel.dewolf@univ-littoral.fr.