Meeting #32 – Analog games as tools for planning processes [online]

This 1-hour session will take place online on Thursday, November 17th 2020, from 11a.m. to 12p.m.. Micael Sousa, Ph.D. student of the Spatial Planning from University of Coimbra will share his ongoing research work entitled Analog games as tools for planning processes.

 

Abstract

This research is focused on the potential of game mechanics and dynamics, mostly through analog platforms, as tools for planning processes. Through this approach of serious games, planners can establish new processes, applied to any field of planning, where games can help enhancing participation and collaboration among experts, stakeholders, and citizens. Serious games are ways to engage with participants, providing pleasant simulation experiences while granting planning objectives. Analog games are prone to foster collaboration and are flexible tools to adapt to ongoing planning processes.

Meeting #31 – The role of collaboration for sustainable and efficient urban logistics

This 1-hour session will take place online on Thursday, November 3rd 2020, from 11a.m. to 12 noon. Leandro Carvalho, Ph.D. student of the Transport Systems Doctoral Program from FEUP will share his ongoing research work entitled The role of collaboration for sustainable and efficient urban logistics, in an informal and friendly environment.

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Meeting #30 – Online session with Doctoral students in Transport Systems

This 1-hour session will take place online on November 19th 2020, from 11a.m. to 12 noon. Two Ph.D. students of the Transport Systems Doctoral Program from FEUP will share their ongoing research work, in an informal and friendly environment. The titles and short abstracts for their research works can be found below.

Link to Zoom meeting: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/81371702737?pwd=MHZERHVseUpEemhLUHcvU3UzZzVnZz09

Juliana Carvalho – Policy Roadmaps for Sustainable Urban mobility: a Collaborative Design Framework

Mudassar Shafiq – Optimal Design and Evaluation of more Sustainable and Equitable Public Transport Networks

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Meeting #29 – Beginning of 2020/21 academic year [Networking session]

 

GITMob meeting no. 29

We will begin the academic year of 2020/21 with a networking session. This session will take place online on 10 September 2020 (no registration required). Some Ph.D. students will share an overview of their research work in an informal and friendly environment, where everyone is welcome to participate. This session is an excellent opportunity to meet other researchers in the field of transport and mobility. See you online!

You can participate through this link to the Zoom meeting.

Meeting #3 – Planeamento Operacional de Transportes Públicos: principais conceitos e abordagens [Workshop]

GITMob meeting no. 3

This workshop took place on 13 February 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of this workshop was Planeamento Operacional de Transportes Públicos: principais conceitos e abordagens, conducted in Portuguese, by Dulce Pedrosa, operations director at OPT SA.

 

Abstract

This workshop was an excellent opportunity to learn more about the main concepts and problems related to the operational planning of public transport, with the help of many real examples of Portuguese companies.

Meeting #2 – Visualizing Urban Mobility Data

GITMob meeting no. 2

This session took place on 1 February 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was Visualizing Urban Mobility Data, presented by Thiago Sobral ORCID iD, a Ph.D. student of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems of FEUP.

 

Short Bio

Thiago Sobral is a Ph.D. student of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems of FEUP and Invited Assistant Professor at FEUP. He holds an M.Sc. in Services Engineering and Management from FEUP. He also holds a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, with a major in Scientific Computing. He has been participating in research projects related to urban mobility and has taught some workshops on Data Visualization. His main research interests are data visualization, semantic web technologies, and ontology modeling.

Meeting #1 – The Future of Smart Sustainable Cities

 

GITMob meeting no. 1

This session took place on 25 January 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was The Future of Smart Sustainable Cities, presented by Sérgio Pedro Duarte, a Ph.D. student of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems of FEUP.

 

Short Bio

Sérgio Pedro Duarte is a Ph.D. candidate of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems – MIT Portugal Program, at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP). He has Ms.C. in Civil Engineering and an Ms.C. in Services Engineering and Management, both from FEUP. He has worked as an IT consultant and currently is an invited lecturer at the School of Accounting and Administration of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto – ISCAP. His main research topics include Information Systems, Urban Mobility, and Urban Planning Policy.

Meeting #6 – On the road to autonomous vehicles: Drivers’ perspective

GITMob meeting no. 6

This session took place on 14 March 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was On the road to autonomous vehicles: Drivers’ perspective, presented by António Lobo ORCID iD, a researcher from CITTA/FEUP.

 

Abstract

A safe and highly acceptable automated driving experience strongly depends on how drivers understand and interact with technology. The AUTODRIVING Project will develop decision-supporting tools to assist the development of collaborative driving technology, taking into consideration the users’ perspective. These instruments will increase the capacity of industrial stakeholders and regulatory bodies to ensure a smooth transition to automated driving and to promote the societal acceptance of autonomous vehicles.

 

Short Bio

António Lobo is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, where he has accumulated more than 11 years of research experience in the field of Transport Engineering. He holds an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, a Ph.D. in Transport Systems, and a Post-Graduate in Business Intelligence and Analytics from the University of Porto. He has co-authored one book and more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His main research interests include road safety and operations, driving behavior, automated driving, and transport economics. He currently is the Ambassador for Portugal of the Association for European Transport (AET).

Meeting #5 – Synchronization Models in Public Transportation

GITMob meeting no. 5

This session took place on 7 March 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was Synchronization Models in Public Transportation, presented by Joana Hora ORCID iD, a Ph.D. student of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems of FEUP.

 

Short Bio

Joana Hora received an MS.c. in Industrial Engineering in 2009, and an MSc in Quantitative Methods in 2012, by the University of Porto. She is a Ph.D. candidate of the Doctoral Program in Transportation Systems – MIT Portugal Program and a researcher at INESC TEC (CEGI). Her research interests include operations research, optimization methods, transportation systems, data mining, and data analysis.

Meeting #4 – Mobility and Innovation Systems – Ambient Mobility Fleet

GITMob meeting no. 4

This session took place on 28 February 2019 at room L202A of Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). The topic of the session was Mobility and Innovation Systems – Ambient Mobility Fleet, presented by Marco Amorim from Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

Abstract

For the cities of tomorrow, comprehensive mobility and energy concepts are required to establish a sustainable transport ecosystem. Our research topics focus on fleet electrification, recognizing and assessing the service potential of automated driving, and analyzing (mobility) data to craft new business models. In joint cross-sector projects, we identify and harness technological potential that can help market players gain or even sharpen their competitive edge. For empirical and experimental evidences of the theoretical concepts we test our approaches on our own fleet of electric vehicles, in our smart microgrid living lab or in our in-house mobility innovation lab, which is a prototyping facility as well as a creativity space for the creation of ideas and workshops.