Paper accepted for IEEE – 2017 Smart City Symposium Prague (SCSP)
The paper ”Travel Time, Resource Reachability and Quality of Living in Urban Contexts: a Case Study from Slovakia”, co-authored by Giuseppe Lugano, Martin Hudák, Karl Ernst Ambrosch and Tatiana Kováčiková, has been accepted to be presented at the IEEE – 2017 Smart City Symposium Prague (SCSP) to be held on 25-26 May 2017.Continue reading→
Written evidence submitted in response to UK inquiry on electric vehicles
In March 2017, the UK House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee launched an inquiry into the role of electric vehicles in the transition to a low-carbon economy and as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy. In response to this inquiry, a consortium of researchers working on the charging of electric vehicles from Durham, Žilina...Continue reading→
Paper accepted for ITST 2017 – 15th International Conference on ITS
The paper authored by ERAdiate team member Giuseppe Lugano entitled ”Virtual Assistants and Self-Driving Cars: To what extent is Artificial Intelligence needed in Next-Generation Autonomous Vehicles?” was presented at ITST 2017 – 15th edition of International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Telecommunications held in Warsaw, Poland on 29-31 May 2017. Continue reading→
Vacancy for a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
The ERAdiate team at the University of Žilina is looking for a Senior Researcher in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). Responsibilities – Acting as key expert for advancing ITS-research – Support in advancing the research strategy – Independent applied scientific research on par with international standards – Acquisition of research funds from national and international funding programmes...
Slovakia in the driving seat
Viktor Stromcek, the State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Transport, shared with Portal his thoughts on intelligent transport systems and Slovakia’s role in the transition to an autonomous transport future. Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?, held in November in Žilina, Slovakia, took as its theme the role of research and industrial...Continue reading→
Getting into position
Within the field of intelligent transport systems (ITS) the accurate positioning of vehicles via satellite is crucial. According to the Satellite Positioning Performance Assessment for Road Transport (SaPPART) COST Action, GNSS is “expected to deliver many benefits, including reducing congestion, increasing capacity and improving safety. The road sector is estimated to represent more than 50%...Continue reading→
Transport for all
Dr Floridea di Ciommo met with Portal in Žilina, Slovakia, to discuss some of the equity considerations in the field of intelligent transport systems There is, it seems, quite a significant lack of understanding of equity implications when it comes to the assessment and appraisal of transport projects and policies. When Portal travelled to the...Continue reading→
ERAdiate facilitates membership of the University of Žilina in EARPA
In December 2016, the University of Žilina joined the European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA). Founded in 2002, EARPA is the association of automotive R&D organisations. It brings together the most prominent independent R&D providers in the automotive sector throughout Europe, from large and small commercial organisations to national institutes and universities. EARPA is the platform...Continue reading→
Insights from the International Conference Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?
The international conference “Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?” – Research and innovation opportunities and challenges for autonomous driving and new transport models took place in Žilina on 22-23 November 2016. It was held under the auspices of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union and gathered 125 participants from 22...Continue reading→
ERAdiate participates in two interdisciplinary COST Actions
ERAdiate team member Dr. Giuseppe Lugano has been recently nominated as the Slovak representative in the Management Committee of two COST Actions, namely COST TU1305 on “Social Networks and Travel Behaviour” (ending in March 2018) and COST CA15212 on “Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe” (ending in September 2020). Although not strictly focused on...Continue reading→