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2 Post-Doctoral Research
Human Computer Interaction
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath
I will shortly have two post-doctoral research posts that are about to commence. The posts are to be funded for a period of 33 months in the first instance and will be carrying out research to investigate:
"Optimisation in collaborative mission planning and decision making"
Networks of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles have the potential to collaborate on achieving mission objectives. Moreover, these networks will at times include interaction and even collaboration with humans. Interaction and collaboration with humans and between unmanned vehicles themselves is a crucial research issue to be addressed here. Effective interaction and collaboration is not necessarily easy to achieve and there is a risk that the overhead costs may outweigh any benefit in terms of overall performance. There is a genuine weakness both in terms of mechanisms and technologies needed to support collaborative planning and in associated modelling tools for such systems.
The intended outputs from this project include:
1. A theory and associated modelling tools for reasoning, design and analysis of interaction and collaboration within and between complex networked systems of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, and including interaction and collaboration with humans.
2. Mechanisms and technologies to support efficient and effective mission planning and decision making.
3. Technologies and mechanisms for efficient collaborations and mission control.
The research is in collaboration with the BAE Systems led DTC for Systems Engineering and Integrated Systems for Defence: Autonomous & Semi-autonomous Vehicles .
The research is due to commence on the 1st May 2005.
Applicants should have or expect to have a PhD in human computer interaction or relevant research experience that enables them to engage in leading edge research and have a good record of publishing the results of their research to-date.
Peter.
Interested applicants should send as soon as possible a cv together with the names of two referees to:
Ann Raggett
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY.
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