Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 19 hours ago
Postdoctoral Associate- Agelab
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelMassachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a one-year appointment at the MIT AgeLab and MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. The role focuses on engineering-driven research on driving behavior, automation, and safety using large-scale data, involving collaboration with senior researchers to develop methods for modeling driver behavior and interaction with vehicle systems.
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Responsibilities
Support engineering-driven research on real-world driving behavior, automation, and safety using large-scale, multimodal data
Work with extensive naturalistic driving datasets, simulation platforms, and traffic models to develop methods that infer, model, and predict driver state, behavior, and interaction with advanced vehicle systems and autonomous driving
Collaborate closely with senior researchers to design studies, develop scalable data extraction and analysis methods, and build models that connect sensing, behavior, and system performance
Lead and contribute to peer-reviewed publications, present findings at technical conferences, engage with research partners, and help define new research directions at the intersection of human behavior and intelligent systems
Qualification
Required
PhD in Industrial Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Human Factors, Psychology, Data Science, Public Health, or a closely related field with a strong quantitative or engineering focus
demonstrated ability to conduct independent, original research, including formulating research questions, designing analyses, and executing studies using complex datasets
strong analytical and quantitative skills, with proficiency in one or more programming or statistical environments such as Python, R, or MATLAB
experience working with big data, complex, or time-series datasets, including data cleaning, feature extraction, and exploratory analysis
ability to communicate technical results clearly in written and oral form to interdisciplinary research teams and external partners
Preferred
Experience with machine learning or AI methods applied to real-world data
familiarity with driving and traffic simulation environments, experimental platforms, or model-based evaluation methods relevant to transportation or human-machine systems
experience collaborating on interdisciplinary research teams and contributing to peer-reviewed publications
Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Funding
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$1.11BKey Investors
US Department of EnergyAlfred P. Sloan FoundationMassachusetts Life Sciences Center
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2021-01-01Grant· $1.5M
2020-01-30Grant· $0.07M
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