We are looking for exceptional candidates to fill new PhD positions in the group as well as for the 2024 MIT-UF-NU Summer Internship Program.
PhD Position
Funded PhD position in the general area of Public Transport operations and urban mobility within the transit group at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. We are looking for individuals with strong quantitative background (e.g. optimization, modeling, ML-based data analytics), good communication skills, and interest in collaborating and interacting with various transit agencies in the US and abroad. The successful applicant will have access to large datasets to support the research activities. The start date is September 2023 (or Summer 2023).
How to apply: If you are interested, please email your CV and a short statement about your research interests to Prof. Haris Koutsopoulos h.koutsopoulos@northeastern.edu
Deadline for applications: until the positions are filled. The PhD positions are available immediately and we prefer to fill them as soon as possible.
2024 MIT-UF-NU Summer Internship Program
The MIT-UF-NU 2024 joint summer internship program is organized by Prof. Jinhua Zhao from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, Prof. Shenhao Wang from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, and Prof. Haris Koutsopoulos from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. The program is targeted towards students who have ambitions to conduct research in transportation and urban planning. The internship program will be held fully remotely and the length of the program is three months.
How to apply: fill out the application form.