Results Seminar at ITRL
On March 28th, ITRL welcomed its network of researchers and partners to a day dedicated to sharing progress, insights, and reflections from ongoing and completed ITRL research projects. The seminar brought together a mix of ITRL members and collaborators working across the fields of sustainable transport, automation, and system transformation. The goal was simple: create space for exchanging ideas, learning from each other’s work, sparking new conversations and, more importantly, collaboration!
The seminar began in the morning with a session focused on electrification, automation, and resilient freight transport. Researchers shared models for decision-making in electrifying forestry road freight, strategies for maintaining uptime in autonomous vehicle systems, and future scenarios for Swedish freight transport using electric and driverless trucks. Next, AI and automation in transport, where projects explored how social robots could serve as helpful hosts on autonomous buses, and how advanced machine learning techniques like graph neural networks might be applied to traffic classification and control. Midday, the seminar welcomed keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Cristina Olaverri, who gave a thought-provoking talk on carbon-neutral and environmentally friendly mobility, offering both challenges and hopeful directions for the future of transport systems. The afternoon turned to smart and sustainable mobility systems, with presentations ranging from integrated electric public transport and freight-energy interactions to personalized passenger information systems, urban freight research, and studies on walkability supported by sidewalk robots.
If you missed the seminar or want to revisit any of the presentations, recordings are available here:
Morning Session: play.kth.se/media/ITRL%20Results%20Seminar%202025%20-%20Zoom%20link/0_yyeyeg97
Afternoon Session: play.kth.se/media/ITRL%20Results%20Seminar%202025%20-%20Zoom%20link/0_q9pfj7ou
Have any questions for our speakers? Their topics and contact details are listed below:
Keynote: Carbon-Neutral and Environmentally Friendly Mobility by Prof. Dr. Cristina Olaverri (cristina.olaverri-monreal@jku.at).
Session 1: Electrification, Automation & Resilient Freight Transport
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Modeling multi-actor decision-making in electric forestry road freight transport by Anna Pernestål (anna.pernestal@skogforsk.se).
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System transformation for uptime for AV by Lina Rylander Norder (linary@kth.se).
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Modeling a decarbonized Swedish freight transport system accounting for uncertainties for electric and driverless trucks by Albin Engholm (aengholm@kth.se).
Session 2: AI & Automation in Transport
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Robots as Hosts on Autonomous Buses by Gabriel Skantze (skantze@kth.se).
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Labeled cellular automata to three-phase traffic classification: An application of graph neural networks for traffic control by Zahra Mousavi (szmz@kth.se).
Session 3: Smart & Sustainable Mobility Systems
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Integrated Electric Public Transport Systems by Zhenliang Ma (zhema@kth.se).
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Powering freight: exploring the dynamic interactions between road freight transport and electric energy systems by Zeinab Raoofi (zeinabr@kth.se).
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A framework of personalized passenger information system in public transportation by Michelle van Ardenne (mtva@kth.se).
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HITS2-Summary of research results on Sustainable Urban Freight by Peter Georen (peterg@kth.se).
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Investigating Walkability with Sidewalk Robots by Xing Tong (xingtong@kth.se).
The ITRL Results Seminar highlighted the importance of knowledge exchange and collaboration in navigating complex transport challenges. We’re already looking forward to continuing these discussions at our next seminar, stay tuned for more details soon.