Pipe Routing with Woodside

HiLA is a Graduate Research Industry Partnership (GRIP) that has been established to allow Monash University and its Industry partners to collaborate on common research objectives.
https://www.monash.edu/graduate-research/partnerships/grip
With the support of Monash’ partners, HiLA PhD scholarships are provided with significant benefits beyond other scholarships on offer. These benefits include:

A fully funded PhD scholarship with Monash University that is available for domestic (Australian) and international students. The 3.5 year award includes all course fees and a $30,000 AUD per year tax-free stipend;
An internship with the Industry partner - where PhD candidates will spend a portion of their candidature located on site and being supported by the partner;
Access to real world problems supported by real world data;
Where the industry partner is located overseas or interstate, travel and accommodation (when working on site with the partner);
Travel and incidental support for conferences;
Enrollment in the HiLA professional development program;

All HiLA PhD scholarships will commence in July 2019.

SUPERVISION:
The successful candidate will be supervised by Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda from the Faculty of Information Technology.

PROJECT DETAILS:
The specific project centers around the following research opportunity:

Developing efficient and (near) optimal algorithms for multiple 3D path routings is a significant challenge with a wide variety of applications: from routing the pipes in a chemical plant or a jet engine, to determining the paths of aerial drones. While significant research has been done in the 2D setting, there are still significant challenges whenever the paths are required to satisfy complex constraints. The 3D setting poses even more difficulties and has therefore not been studied in depth. The aim of this PhD is to develop efficient and (near-)optimal algorithms for multiple 3D path routings, and integrate them into a visualisation system that allows users to query and modify the solutions proposed by the algorithm.


APPLICATION PROCESS
Candidates must fill out the online to Request to Apply form, which can be found at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUiAswykQg43s8qIoLfq1eKfiGCZrgnkeoT7IQXOlhdJ8TIg/viewform

Please make sure you indicate that the PhD Topic is “Woodside Pipe Routing”;

In addition to filling out the form, a copy of your academic transcripts should be emailed to [Email Address Removed].

Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree with first-class Honours, and/or a distinction in a research Masters degree with relevant experience (e.g., data analysis, artificial intelligence, social informatics, psychology, human-computer interaction or data visualisation). Review of applications will begin immediately and short-listed candidates will be contacted for more information and invited to interview. The successful candidate will be invited to apply to Monash with the deadline for applications being the 31st March 2018 for International students and the 31st May 2018 for Domestic students.

International students that can demonstrate English proficiency are encouraged to apply.

RELATED SUBJECTS:
Data analysis
Artificial intelligence
Social informatics
Psychology
Human-computer interaction
Data visualisation