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Laboratoire/Entreprise : LIB (Laboratoire d’Informatique de Bourgogne)
Durée : 12-18 months
Contact : ana-maria.roxin@u-bourgogne.fr
Date limite de publication : 2020-09-30

Contexte :
Selected during the 2017 ANR call for projects, the McBIM project aims at 1) designing a “communicating concrete”, made of concrete equipped with embedded low-energy wireless micro-sensor network, able to manage and exchange data with BIM platforms, and at 2) demonstrating the usefulness of this approach by implementing it for two building life cycle phases, namely the construction and exploitation phases (for structural health monitoring).

For achieving this vision of a communicating concrete, several scientific issues arise regarding: a) the design of robust wireless communications, not impacted by the concrete environment, b) the definition of innovative RF harvesting techniques to maximize the lifetime of embedded sensor nodes, c) the definition of new data management strategies controlling how data (either generated by sensor nodes, or sent by users) are spread into the WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks) for a fast and reliable data storage and retrieval, d) the definition of a knowledge base, based on IFC standard, to ensure decision-support in the considered BIM-related processes.

Sujet :
More specifically, the knowledge model used for information exchange must respect the concepts present in the IFC standard. The following tasks can be envisioned : (1) define the a minima knowledge model necessary for ensuring interoperability among the different actors, (2) map the required concrete data to concepts in the IFC standard, (3) ensure that the so-defined piece of information can be efficiently and securely exchanged among actors.
For doing so, a particular attention will be given to the impact the knowledge model, the exchange protocols, the web service encapsulation along with the security-related issues have of the level of efficiency of the exchange (e.g. size of the messages to be exchanged, upload frequency, data storage and modelling).

Profil du candidat :
PhD in Computer Science required.

Applicants should have a good level in French and English.

Applicants should be interested by research activities in general and be able to interact with different actors from different domains (industrials from the construction domain, as researchers from sensor networks).

Formation et compétences requises :
Applicants for this position must have a background in knowledge modelling, notably description logic-based languages such as OWL 2 DL. Skills using Semantic Web technologies for defining and adressing queries (e.g. SPARQL) along with rule languages (e.g. SWRL, SHACL) are a plus.

Applicants should also have solid skills and knowledge in the domain of Wireless (micro-)Sensor Networking, most specifically regarding efficient and secure data exchange in such environments. Knowledge in serverless architectures, cloud/fog computing and network security are also considered a plus.

Knowledge in civil engineering, architecture and/or construction are considered a plus. Applicants with an interest for the Building Information Modeling (BIM) domain should specify it in their application letters.

Adresse d’emploi :
Laboratoire LIB
9, allée Alain Savary, 21000 Dijon, France