Topic:

"The Use of Deep Learning and Open Data in some Transport Problems"

Education:

- University of São Paulo, Brazil: Master degree in Civil Engineering, Ph.D. in Transport Engineering

- University of Melbourne (UoM), Australia: Postdoctoral degree

Research interest:

Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Spatiotemporal Modelling, Traffic Simulation, Urban Mobility, and Computer Vision.

Biography:

Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC), Department of Transportation Engineering.

Prof. Cunha heads the ITS research group at the USP, which has focus on anomaly detection and pattern recognition to evaluate spatiotemporal behavior in the city's infrastructure and users of transport systems.

Topic:

"Decarbonizing Regional Rail Transport: Shifting to Alternative Propulsion Systems and Energy Carriers"

Education:

- Ph.D., at Delft University of Technology

- MSc in Railway Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade

Research interest:

Modelling and assessment of advanced propulsion systems, operations research, and decarbonization of (rail) transport.

Biography:

Postdoctoral Researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands. His previous positions include: PhD Researcher at TU Delft, Teaching Assistant at Beijing Jiaotong University, Short Term Consultant at the World Bank, Junior Researcher and Teaching Assistant at University of Belgrade.

Topic:

“Latest trends in automotive and transport industry: from AI to virtual worlds”

Biography:

Marco Rossi is member of the MathWorks Academia Team and supports lecturers and researchers in the use of MATLAB and Simulink for teaching and research. Since 2020, Marco runs curriculum development projects in Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, and many other Universities. Marco graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from La Sapienza in Rome. Since 2015 he worked as Assistant Researcher at TU Dresden in Germany, where in 2019 he obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering due to his work on modeling and simulation of soft materials. Marco taught several courses during his academic experience including statics and intelligent materials.

Topic:

"Challenges in Agricultural Supply Chain Management"

Education:

- Degree in Industrial Engineering, the Technical University of Berlin

- Ph.D., Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

Research interest:

Agricultural Supply Chain Management (ASCM). He has published several papers and presentations on ASCM.

Biography:

Previous positions include: lecturer at the Ostfalia University of Applied  Sciences and onsulting and management positions in automotive logistics industry. Since 2008 he is Professor for Busiess Administration, in particular  Operations and Supply Chain Management at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences.

Topic:

"Uncertain Freight Conditions in the Europe Road Transport Market in Times of Crisis"

Education:

- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Board member:

- Chairman of the Board at the Polish Road Transport Institute

Biography:

As a Chairman of the Board of the Polish Road Transport Institute and a scientist, she is leading other researchers in the road transport market.

PRTI is a think tank, which is responsible for training, analysis and forecasts in the TFL industry.

At PRTI we promote the profession of truck drivers. In Poland we are leading a campaign, which encourages young talents to start a career in transport.