Location: | Loughborough University, Loughborough |
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Salary: | £35,116 to £36,130 Specialist and Supporting Academic Research grade 6 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 26th March 2025 |
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Closes: | 21st April 2025 |
Job Ref: | REQ250227 |
Full Time, Fixed term for 12 months not extending beyond the project end date of 31 May 2026
Join us and be part of a vibrant community at Loughborough University.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for:
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on a full-time basis, to be based in the Control Systems Group within the Wolfson School of Engineering, to support the EPSRC grant: Learning of safety critical model predictive controllers for autonomous systems (AutoMPC).
The AutoMPC project is running from May 2023 until April 2026 and develops methods for reinforcement learning of motion controllers for autonomous vehicles. The Research Associate will implement reinforcement learning and model predictive control algorithms in e.g. MATLAB or PyTorch, and later collaborate with the University of Padova, Italy to deploy controllers to their prototype self-balancing electric bike.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr James Fleming, Principal Investigator by email at j.fleming@lboro.ac.uk or by telephone on +44 (0) 1509 227 555
For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
Closing Date: 21 April 2025
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