GITMob meeting no. 18

This session took place on 31 January 2020 at room B101 of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was Intelligent Transport Systems business area of ARMIS, presented by Rui Gomes, a senior researcher with ARMIS.

Abstract
ARMIS is a technology-based company devoted to provide Information Technologies (IT) services in a wide range of areas, such as transport, sports, health, finance utilities, telco’s and public administration. Sustained by state of the art technology, continuous development, attention to the user experience and customer orientation, ARMIS initiated its activities in 2005 and it is in several countries in the following three main business areas: ITS – Intelligent Transport Systems; IT – Development of technological solutions; and DS – Digital Sport. In the ITS area, ARMIS is an expert in applying state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the transport sector, promoting sustainability, efficiency, and safety through smart products and services for improving security and coordination of transport networks. It has participated in several projects for the industry of infrastructures and transport in the areas of traffic management and control, driver information systems, telematics and automation, road infrastructure management, data management and business intelligence, data exchange interfaces, service quality measurement and contractual management. In this presentation, we will try to show how a Portuguese SME came to participate in and manage multi-million European projects in ITS and be part of multiple international standardization groups, such as DATEXII and NeTEx. We’ll be talking about European ITS policies, C-ITS, AVs, and a whole lot more. Fasten your seat belts, please!

Short Bio
Rui Gomes holds a BSc and an MSc in Informatics Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and a Ph.D. in Transportation Systems from the MIT‐Portugal Program at the University of Porto. Since 2008, he has been Researcher and Invited Professor at several Higher Education Institutions, such as the University of Porto, the University of Coimbra, the University of Aveiro, the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. His main research interests are Intelligent Transport Systems, Demand Responsive Transport systems, Artificial Intelligence, Combinatorial Optimisation, and Metaheuristics. Pursuing these research interests resulted in the publication of several scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and presentations at conferences, as well as supervision of a number of MSc thesis. Rui Gomes has also been a reviewer for several international scientific conferences and journals in the area of transportation, logistics, and artificial intelligence. Between 2016 and 2018, he was the PI in an FCT funded research project at the University of Coimbra on the area of urban mobility. Rui Gomes is with Armis since 2016, where he is responsible for the ITS Consultancy department.