Digital Mobility Short Course
Dates to be announced for spring 2022.
Program
The course is organized during five days, and has the following content:
- fifteen 90-minute periods of lectures and laboratories
- two afternoons dedicated to the visit of companies
- one interactive session for questions and answers
Subject to sanitary restrictions applicable during the course dates, one in-person networking activity might be scheduled for participants from nearby regions who would like to join.
A tentative schedule is provided below.
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | |
| 9:30 – 11:00 | Travel demand modeling – Introduction to choice models, Bierlaire | Activity-based models: the next generation of travel demand modeling in the era of big data, Bierlaire | Passenger Matching for ride-sharing and car-pooling, Geroliminis | The Digital Revolution – Hype or Reality?, Alahi | Lab: Learning to predict mobility patterns (with Python), Alahi |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Prediction of travel demand – Mobility indicators, Bierlaire | From vehicle-ownership to ride-sharing: policy implications and planning, Geroliminis | Lab: Simulation and optimization of transport systems, Geroliminis | Introduction to machine learning for mobility – Common mistakes, Alahi | Introduction to deep learning – tips and tricks, Alahi |
| 14:15 – 15:45 | Lab: analysis of demand data (with Python), Bierlaire | Traffic management for multi-modal transport operations, Geroliminis | Presentation by a company | Presentation by a company | Lab: Learning to predict mobility patterns (part 2), Alahi |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Lab: calculation of indicators (with Python), Bierlaire | Operational problems for car-sharing and ride-hailing, Geroliminis | Presentation by a company | Presentation by a company | Q&A, all |
- Scholarships
- A limited number of scholarships are available to students and full-time teaching staff (rank of instructor or higher) of academic institutions. Written requests for such scholarships should be sent to [email protected].
These requests must motivate the relevance of the course for the applicant’s research and teaching activities. Every applicant must register to the course in order to be eligible for a scholarship. If the scholarship happens not to be granted, the applicant can withdraw from the program at no cost. - Included in the fees
- A certificate will be awarded at the end of the course to the participants.