Dear Community,
Our next RAS webinar
will be on Wednesday June 30th, 2021 at 10:00 EST New York. This time, our guest speaker is
Thomas Graffagnino, Senior Scientific Advisor at Swiss Federal Railways; and he will present his work: "Timetable, Driver Advisory System and some algorithms".
This webinar is FREE and open to all, but registration is required. You can reserve your spot at https://tiny.cc/raswebinar11.
We look forward to seeing you!!
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Abstract:
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) operates one of the most dense-running mixed traffic networks in the world. On the SBB network there is huge variability in the energy consumption for comparable train runs. Consequently, there is a significant potential to achieve energy savings in the context of improved driving strategy, which can be influenced by providing useful information to the train driver. In this talk, Thomas will address real-life applications for improving rail operations at the SBB.
Bio
Thomas Graffagnino is working for the Timetable and Operation department of the Swiss Federal Railways and for the project vPro. For the Timetable and Operation department, Thomas Graffagnino is in charge of developing methods and performance measures for timetable, punctuality, and stability improvement. For the project vPro, Thomas Graffagnino is an expert in planning and traffic control systems and is developing new train advisory system to increase energy efficiency and punctual operation. Thomas Graffagnino has been Head of Analysis and Simulation Tools for SBB Infrastructure Timetable until April 2017. In this position he was responsible for the development of IT tools and methods for timetable assessment and improvement. Thomas Graffagnino has a Master in Mathematics and is external Lecturer for the University of Aachen in Germany.
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Andrea Arias
Sr. Operations Research Scientist II
BNSF Railway
Fort Worth TX
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