Engineering Systems and Services
The department of Engineering Systems and Services (ESS) operates on the interface where complex systems meet engineering. Energy, mobility and ICT systems and services are continuously converging. The Department therefore contributes to Comprehensive Engineering from a systems integration perspective.
ESS analyses, models and shapes these complex systems, using cutting-edge tools such as Agent Based Simulation and Modelling, ICT-architecting, Choice Behaviour Modelling and Cost Benefit Analysis. Human behaviour, economics, law and regulation and the fact that systems recurrently impact behaviour are all taken into account.
ESS truly integrates the social sciences into systems engineering. We design system architectures and market mechanisms that enable the transition to renewable energy, sustainable mobility and ubiquitous computing.
News
Virginia Dignum elected EurAI Fellow
Virginia Dignum was recently elected as Fellow of the European Artificial Intelligence Association (EURAI). The EURAI Fellows programme...
Official launch of e-Refinery initiative
On Tuesday 22 May, the e-Refinery was the talk of the day at the Process & Energy lab at 3mE. The e-Refinery is the brand-new consortium...
Guest lectures systems engineering by prof. Eswaran and dr. Pollard of NIST & CMU
On 7 May, the Energy and Industry group will host two visitors at the faculty of TPM. Prof. Eswaran Subrahmanian and dr. Blake Pollard, both...
Virginia Dignum in VPRO series ‘Mind of the Universe’
Virginia Dignum is one of the scientists who appears in the VPRO series ‘Mind of the Universe online learning experience’ that has been...
New section leader for TLO
Caspar Chorus will step down as TLO section leader per 1 August 2018.
In the media
Bert van Wee in Trouw over duurzaamheid van online winkelen
Voor wie geen zin heeft in drukke winkelstraten en zere voeten is online winkelen een uitkomst. Toch is het maar de vraag hoe duurzaam dat...
Bert van Wee op BNR Nieuwsradio over trein infrastructuur
Utrecht wil miljarden euro's van de overheid om onder andere een nieuw intercitystation te bouwen. Tot 2030 komen er naar verwachting zo'n...
Virginia Dignum in Politico about AI Ethics
Europe’s secret weapon in the race against the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence is … ethics. The EU Commission wants to spell out...