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Opportunities for Master's and PhD students at Concordia University

Department: Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), Concordia University

Start Date: As soon as possible

Eligibility: Master's and PhD students

Number of positions open: 1-2 for Master's students, 1-2 for PhD students

Deadline: Until positions are filled

The Bridging Divides (BD) research program invites applications from Master's and PhD students interested in the research areas of smartphone travel surveys, accessibility, transportation, and planning to join a research project on Travel Surveys, Behaviour & Accessibility for New Immigrants to Canada. Selected candidates will be supervised by BD researchers Zachary Patterson, Concordia University, and Bilal Farooq, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).

The Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity for graduate students to engage in innovative research that applies cutting-edge analytical techniques to produce high-quality, implementable results in the area of transportation data collection, analysis, and modelling. As part of the Bridging Divides Place and Infrastructure Theme, students will access an interdisciplinary network of leading and emerging scholars across Canada.

Successful candidates will be based at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) (external link)  at Concordia University in Montreal. They will also interact with the Laboratory of Innovations in Transportation (external link)  at TMU. Candidates will receive a competitive funding package and have funding for attending conferences to present work on this project.

Location

Montreal is known as one of the best cities in the world for students. It boasts a rich history and is a beautiful, bilingual (French and English), multicultural, and vibrant city in the Canadian province of Quebec, with a population of around 4 million. The city is renowned for its active cultural life, featuring numerous tourist attractions and easily accessible surrounding nature. Montreal hosts several festivals, including the Montreal Jazz Festival and Just for Laughs, among many other activities and events.

Description of duties

We are seeking candidates to work on the design, development, and implementation of large multi-wave smartphone-based travel surveys, advanced data engineering for travel behavior insights, and predictive models of travel behavior.

Desired qualifications

  • Background in computer science, transportation engineering, or relevant degrees awarded within the past 2 years
  • Knowledge and experience in developing transportation surveys and using smartphone travel surveys in transportation analysis
  • Familiarity with data fusion, processing, simulation, machine learning, and econometric modeling
  • Demonstrated skills in machine learning, deep learning, and econometric modeling
  • Excellent personal time management, project management, and organizational skills
  • Imaginative and open to testing different methodologies related to systems integration

More info and to apply

For more information, or to apply, please contact Zachary Patterson at zachary.patterson@concordia.ca or Bilal Farooq at bilal.farooq@torontomu.ca. 

When applying please include:

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  • Your latest CV
  • A 1-page research statement
  • 2-3 representative research articles