Two PhD projects on Smart, Connected and Safe Cycling in the Netherlands

The University of Twente is collaborating with Accell Group to make cycling smarter and safer. Accell group is a large European bicycle manufacturer and produces and distributes bicycles through several brands, including the electric-bike pioneer-brands Haibike and Sparta. The research collaboration aims to explore, develop and test a connected bicycle ecosystem combining the capabilities of sensing, wireless technology and data science to make bicycle use more safe, reliable, and comfortable. A key ingredient for a bicycle centric eco-system is the vision of an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in which data is collected, shared, combined with other sources of data, and made available to establish new services and provide information and feedback to the cyclist.

We are seeking candidates for two fully-funded PhD projects on two strongly related projects.

Connected Intelligent Bicycle platform. This (4 year PhD) project aims to explore and test a next generation cycling platform - a connected bicycle ecosystem combining the capabilities of sensing, wireless technology and data science to make bicycle use more safe, reliable, and comfortable. In this project we will address the convergence between IoT and Artificial Intelligence, in which we focus on bicycles and its environment and infrastructure. In this phase we will perform extensive experiments to gather data of the various sensors, identify the relevant features, and develop and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the algorithms. This PhD project will be conducted at the Pervasive Systems Research group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), University of Twente.
Cyclist User Experience. This (4 year PhD) project will develop a user experience community and comprise large-scale field tests of applications of the Connected Intelligent Bicycle platform. Applications can provide safety information such as collision avoidance warnings, communication with traffic signals to provide improved bicycle detection as well as to convey traffic information to bicyclists. An important part of the user experience research is the development of a user community (commuters, elderly people) for testing the developed cycling innovations, in collaboration with local and regional governments. This PhD project will be conducted at the Transport Engineering and Management Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente.

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Two PhD projects on Smart, Connected and Safe Cycling in the Netherlands