{"id":30191,"date":"2022-04-20T08:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T06:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/rvsc-postdoctoral-research-fellowship-2022-2023-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:55:43","slug":"postdoc-research-fellowship-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/postdoc-research-fellowship-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"RVSC Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30191\" class=\"elementor elementor-30191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15e0e3cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15e0e3cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d99ab96\" data-id=\"1d99ab96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f18ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f18ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Machine Learning For Air Pollution Prediction<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Reference No. PD\/02-2022)<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A dynamic and innovative post-doctoral position is available at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> (SPU) Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) in the fields of computer, data and environmental sciences.\u00a0<\/p><p>Bringing together skills and content areas within a multi-discplinary environment including computer science, data science and earth science, the fellow will work in a national and regional context on the following aspects:<\/p><ul><li>Proposing machine learning\/deep learning models that can do spatiotemporal prediction of air quality and can be useful for timely forewarning and control of pollutants<\/li><li>Developing a new system that uses ML techniques with a higher prediction accuracy of air quality<\/li><li>Developing a web-based Geospatial-Intelligence System (GIS) prototype that will serve as an interface to the users for getting responsive best navigation path for their open-air events like driving, biking, sprinting, exercising, trekking, and others<\/li><li>Assessing the performance of the proposed models using state-of-the-art performance measures<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fellow will register and work under the supervision of Dr Ibidun Obagbuwa in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, but will also engage with researchers and academics in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/sciences-overview\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">School of Natural and Applied Sciences<\/span><\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Please click on the below link for detailed application information and to download the application form.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RVSC-Postdoc_Air-pollution_Final.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Advert &#8211; 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