Research Associate in Transportation and Planning

6 days ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology Full time
Job Description

Postdoctoral Associate-Robust, Responsible, and Integrated Urban Mobility Systems

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is seeking a highly qualified Postdoctoral Associate to join the JTL Urban Mobility and Transit Lab, an interdisciplinary research group at MIT.

The JTL Urban Mobility Lab integrates behavioral and computational thinking in urban mobility to shape travel behavior, design mobility systems and ventures, and reform transportation policies.

A particular focus of the group is to design robust, responsive, and integrated multimodal urban mobility systems based on advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence, behavioral science, and transportation technology, and building on the MIT Transit Lab's decades of collaboration with leading global transportation agencies and operators.

Professor Jinhua Zhao leads the research lab as well as the MIT Mobility Initiative, coalescing transportation research, education, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement across the Institute.

Responsibilities:

  • Exercising independent judgment in designing and implementing research projects
  • Collaborating on and co-authoring journal articles with research staff and graduate students
  • Collaborating on and co-authoring proposals for funding internal and external to MIT
  • Co-supervising graduate and undergraduate students at MIT
  • Managing research projects with sponsors (e.g., federal departments, global transportation companies, industry consortia, municipal governments, and agencies)
  • Managing the lab's data and computation infrastructure
  • Performing other duties as needed

Requirements:

  • Ph.D. in civil engineering, urban planning, computer science, operation research, industrial engineering, or a related field by the start of the appointment
  • Experience with transportation systems, spatial and network analysis, optimization, machine learning, statistics, econometrics, large-scale datasets, and cloud computing
  • Record of research that can shape the future of urban transportation and mobility
  • Strong publication record and communication skills

MIT is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.


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