TU Delft AI Lunch: AI4Freight
May 16 - 12:00 - 13:30
Mondai | House of AI is happy to host the next edition of the TU Delft AI Lunch: AI4Freight
The role of AI in tackling the challenges faced by the logistics sector and exploring pathways for academia-industry collaboration
The complex landscape of logistics presents businesses with various operational challenges across the supply chain. Artificial Intelligence offers tools to transform this sector by breaking down these complexities into streamlined and smart operations. Through AI, businesses gain the ability to predict, adapt, and respond dynamically and in real time, revolutionizing how logistic operations are performed today. What is the role of academia in empowering the logistics sector in the face of opportunities and challenges using AI technologies? At the intersection of AI and freight logistics, panellists will discuss various both barriers and innovation from different perspectives: from challenges faced by industry to novel AI solutions and their practical implementation.
This event includes free lunch for which registration is required (help us reduce food waste!)
Panellists
Moderator: Mahnam Saeednia
Assistant Professor of Freight and Logistics (Faculty of CEG)
Mahnam’s area of research addresses current challenges of freight transport sector, specifically in the domains of railway freight, intermodal freight transportation, automation, digitalization and energy transition. To achieve this, she utilizes techniques such as agent technology, distributed optimization, discrete events simulation, and AI. Additionally, she is keen on exploring novel and innovative methods in this domain, including bio-inspired and self-organization algorithms. Previously, she was R&D project lead at Siemens Mobility (Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH) and a postdoctoral researcher at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) where she was a recipient of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grant.
Panellist: Cornelis Versteegt
Partner & project manager at Macomi
Cornelis Versteegt is the founder and owner of Macomi, a company that provides Decision Support Systems based on simulation, prescriptive analytics and Artificial Intelligence. He received his PhD from TU Delft on automated logistic systems under the supervision of prof.dr. H.G. Sol. He has a MSc in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management. His expertise lies in the areas of logistics and transportation.
Panellist: Neil Yorke-Smith
Associate Professor of Socio-Technical Algorithmics (Faculty of EEMCS)
Neil Yorke-Smith directs the Socio-Technical Algorithmic Research (STAR) Lab at TU Delft. His research addresses a fundamental question of the AI era: how can technology help people make decisions in complex socio-technical situations? Neil is a Senior Member of AAAI, a Senior Member of ACM, and a member of CLAIRE and ELLIS. In addition to directing the STAR Lab, Neil currently serves as manager of the Dutch Citizens and Society in the Energy Transition (CaSET) ELSA AI Lab.
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