“Developing an ontology for life-cycle data management support”
The purpose is to present a high-level ontological framework that can be used to structure pavement lifecycle data. To this end, the successful candidate is encouraged to tackle the following tasks:
Develop a taxonomy of various digital technologies that are, can, or will be used at different phases of pavement lifecycle (i.e., design, construction, operation, and maintenance);
Identify the typology of critical input/out data schemes for technology-supported decision-making across the lifecycle of pavement;
Develop, test and validate a high-level pavement ontology that can be used for structuring the pavement lifecycle data;
Develop a roadmap for the integrated pavement management systems based on the developed ontology.
During the educational part of the programme, you will receive a customised education package consisting of, among others, courses in decision-support system design, systems engineering & design, sensor development, operations research, statistics, structural equation modelling and supply chain management.
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PDEng position - Developing an ontology for life-cycle data management support