TU Delft AI Lunch: AI4Freight

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.