诚邀: 国立科克大学和梅努斯大学Irish Research Council (IRC)项目申请

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Road Surface Defect Condition Monitoring using Smartphones
Road surface deteriorates gradually over a long period of time due to various natural and artificial causes, impairing not only the comfort of users and road safety, but also transportation economic efficiency. Technically, road surface defects (e.g., potholes and cracks) may cause vehicles bumping. The induced-vibration can then be captured and measured by accelerometer and gyroscope sensors embedded in the smartphone.

In this project, we envisage that a smartphone equipped with accelerometer, gyroscope and GPS sensors can be used to collect information about road surface condition on a daily basis, instead of using specialized equipment for road survey on a multi-annual basis. Data analysis algorithms will be applied to the collected data to identify road surface deterioration and the detected defects will be marked on Google Map. Furthermore, a predictive model will be constructed to predict road surface deterioration on the certain vulnerable road segments, aiming to optimize road infrastructure maintenance and minimize road safety & serviceability risk.


Supervisors:
Dr. Dapeng Dong, Computer Science, Maynooth University
Dr. Zili Li, Civil Engineering, University College Cork

If interested, please feel free to send your CV to
Dapeng.Dong@mu.ie  and Zili.li@ucc.ie

Salary: 18.5k euros per annum for 4 years; tuition fee is fully covered.

Eligibility
Candidates should at least hold a bachelor degree in Computer Science or Civil / Transportation engineering, or will obtain one before July 2022. Candidates with a master degree in civil engineering or computer science are encouraged to apply. In addition, English certificate (e.g. IELTS / TOEFL) and international research experiences are preferred. Early application is highly recommended.






Biography:
Dr. Zili Li holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in China. He is the Theme Leader in Geotechnics of Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI). He has established wide international research collaborations with many academic institutions and companies including: Cambridge University, UC Berkeley, CERN, Transportation Infrastructure Ireland (TII), London Underground, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and etc.

Civil Engineering Department, University College Cork. Civil Engineering in University College Cork has a long and distinguished tradition dating back to 1845.


爱尔兰科克大学 （University College Cork, UCC），是爱尔兰最古老的综合型大学之一，建校于1845年，QS全球排名前200，是爱尔兰第一所五星大学，连续三年获得年度大学称号。是一所著名的科研型大学，理学和工学实力在全球前100。据国际货币基金组织的数据统计，2018年的爱尔兰人均GDP达7.5万美元，位居世界第五位。



Dr. Dapeng Dong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and a MSc in Software and Systems for Mobile Networks at The National University of Ireland, Cork. His research interests include efficient big data processing and cloud computing. Prior to his current position, he joined the SFI CONNECT Centre of Ireland as a senior postdoctoral researcher with his research focus on edge computing; and Boole Centre for Research in Informatics (BCRI) of Ireland as a work-package leader of an EU Horizon 2020 project, leading the project implementation team and co-designing next-generation cloud architectures. Subsequently, he joined the State Street Advanced Technology Centre (SSATC) as a senior postdoctoral researcher working on integration of cloud computing, big data analytics systems and FinTech technologies.