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CENTRE FOR TRANSPORT STUDIES
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

PhD Studentship in real-time congestion-aware fleet optimisation

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship working in the area of fleet optimisation. This studentship is a
collaborative venture between the Centre for Transport Studies and Trakm8 Holdings Plc, under the UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's CASE award scheme, administered by the Location and
Timing Knowlege Transfer Network.

The aim of the project is to develop a near-real-time optimisation framework for calculating the most efficient
deployment of a fleet of delivery vehicles taking into account current and predicted traffic conditions. The
solution is to be developed for a fleet of delivery vehicles performing multi-drop and pick up operations at
scheduled times from a number of locations, where both the pick-up/drop-off schedule and the road
conditions continuously evolve. The project is expected to make use of publicly available road traffic data
sources from the Highways Agency and the local authorities. It is expected that the student will work closely
with Trakm8 to develop a sound understanding of the real-world problem requirement and constraints,
including spending periods working at the offices of Trakm8.

Funding is available for UK and EU fee status applicants. For UK applicants, the studentship offers a stipend
of approximately £15k per annum and covers fees at the UK/EU student rate. EU applicants are eligible for
funding if they have spent a minimum of three years continuously studying or working in the UK immediately
before taking up the award. Other EU and overseas candidates are not eligible.

The Centre for Transport Studies comprises eight academic staff and a vibrant community of over 60 doctoral
students and post doctoral researchers undertaking research across a broad range of topics including
transport demand modelling, transport policy and regulation, transport operations, transport and the
environment, transport safety, intelligent transport systems, railway operations and management, air
transport operations and control, and maritime logistics. Further information can be found on the Centre's
website at www.imperial.ac.uk/cts.

Applicants for the studentship should have or expect to obtain a first or upper second class honours degree
or equivalent, in a relevant aspect of mathematics, statistics, engineering, computing, economics other
strongly quantitative discipline. A Master's degree in a relevant subject would be advantageous but is not
essential.

Applicants should send an up to date curriculum vitae, full contact details (including email addresses) of 2
referees (at least one of whom must be an academic) and a one page personal statement, to:

 Professor John Polak
 Centre for Transport Studies
 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 Imperial College London
 London SW7 2AZ

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 F: +44(0)20-7594-6102

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Polak by email.

Closing date: 30 November 2009
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Prof. John Polak
Centre for Transport Studies
Imperial College London
www.imperial.ac.uk/cts