The Baltic tangent

Период: 01.01.2005
- 01.01.2007
Программа: INTERREG

Контролеры:

Государственный эмеритус ученый, профессор 

Dr. sc. ing., Dr. habil. sc. ing.
Игорь Кабашкин
Факультет инжeнерных наук
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Academic degree and current position in TSI: Professor, Dr.sc.ing. Dr.hab.sc.ing, leading researcher of the Engineering Faculty, Director of PhD Programme “Telematics and Logistics”.

Previous Experience: Founder and President of Transport and Telecommunication Institute for over 15 years, Vice-rector for Research and Development Affairs for more than 10 years

Membership: Member of the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Committee (OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, ITF – International Transport Forum), Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Corresponding Member of Latvian Academy of Science, President of Latvian Transport Development and Education Association, President of Latvian Operations Research Society, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal «Transport and Telecommunication», Member of the board of the Journals “Transport”, “Technological and Economic Development”, “Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering” etc.

Academic experience: Author of more than 600 academic and research publications, author of 68 patents. Expert of the Latvian Council of Science in Civil and Transport Engineering, Chairman of promotion council for PhD degree in Civil and Transport Engineering, Chairman of Professor Council in Telematics and Logistics.

Teaching at post- and graduate level: 45 years of pedagogical experience in university; courses: Research Methodology (PhD programme); New Trends of Telematics and Logistics Development (PhD programme), Research Methodology (MSc programme), Theory of Systems and System Analysis (MSc programme), Transport Policy (MSc programme), Intelligent Transport Systems (MSc programme), Reliability Engineering (BSc programme) etc.

Participation in projects: has participated in 37 international projects (in 26 projects as national coordinator of the projects) and 26 Latvian research projects and programs (in 23 as head of the projects) within the frame of COST Activities, Horizon 2020, Framework Programs, INTERREG etc. 

Research Interests: Transport Telematics and Logistics, Smart Cities, Analysis and Modelling of Transport Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Reliability of Electronics Systems, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Information Technology Applications, Electronics and Telecommunication, Decision Support Systems, Avionics, Air Traffic Control Systems and others.

Supervised Doctoral, Master and Bachelor Theses: Supervisor of 9 PhD theses and more than 200 Master and Bachelor theses.

Awards: 2 Gold and 5 Silver Medals of International Research and Innovation Exhibition of Innovators (1985-1990); Honorary title “Latvian Honored Inventor”, Latvian Parliament (1989); Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology, USA (1998); Award and memorial medal for outstanding research in computer science and informatics,  Latvian Academy of Sciences (2001); Award and memorial medal for outstanding performance of research in air navigation, communication and radar technology, Latvian Academy of Sciences (2002); Certificate of Recognition as a significant contribution to the research and educational work in the transport, logistics and information technology, as well as on the international success in science, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia (2014); Certificate of Honor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences for research in the field of transport and logistics (2019).

Профессор 

Dr. sc. ing.
Ирина Яцкив
Факультет инжeнерных наук
Irina Yatskiv
+371 67100665

Academic degree and current position in TSI: professor, leading researcher of the Engineering Faculty, Director of MSc Program “Transport and Logistics”

Previous experience: more than 10 years was Vice-rector for Research and Development, Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI), founder of the Laboratory of Applied Systems and chair of Mathematical Methods and Modelling Department in TSI

Membership: From 01.2017 member of ECTRI Board and from 2019 – vice-president of ECTRI; an external scientific expert in Association of Paneuropa Coach Terminals from 2009; has been chair or member of the organizing and the programme committees of the International Conference on Applied Statistics (6 events), Transportation Research (15 events), Complex Systems (4 events), etc. and reviewer in transportation journals and conference proceedings. Member of Editorial Board of Journals: Transport (WoS, SCOPUS); Maintenance and Reliability (SCOPUS), Transport and Telecommunication (WoS, SCOPUS), etc. Guest redactor of Volumes of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems and Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure in Springer; Procedia Engineering published by Elsevier etc.

Academic experience: Author more than 170 publications, incl. 9 books and textbooks, chapters in the books “From Transit Systems to Models: Purpose of Modelling» in book: “Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems” (Springer Verlag, 2016), «3D City Models and urban information: Current issues and perspectives” (edpsciences, 2014), papers in International Journal of Transport, Transport and Telecommunication, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, etc. Guest redactor of Volumes of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems and Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure in Springer; Procedia Engineering published by Elsevier etc. An Expert in Transport and Logistics (2008-2021) and Civil Engineering (from 2021) at the Latvian Council for Science; member of the PhD promotion committee

Teaching at post- and graduate levels: Data Analysis (PhD in Business Management, RSEBAA-BA); Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Transport Modelling, Scientific Seminar (Dr. Ing. in Telematics and Logistics, TSI); Data Mining (MSc in Computers Science, MIS, TSI); Research Seminar; Methods of Data Analysis and Business Forecasting (MSc in Transport and Logistics, TSI); etc.

Participation in projects: as leading researcher has participated in more than 20 European and Latvian research projects and more than 14 national transportation studies, and was scientific coordinator in 8 of them. Is/was national representative and management committee member of COST Actions CA16222 (WISE-ACT), TU1306 (CYBERPARKS), TU1004, TU0903, TU0804 and TU0801. Has great experience in coordinating different kind of projects in frame of Horizon 2020, FP, INTERREG, BSR programmes, she was coordinator of Horizon 2020 project “Enhancing excellence and innovation capacity in sustainable transport interchanges” (ALLIANCE)

Research interest: Data analysis, data mining, statistical analysis, mathematical modelling and simulation with application in different fields (transportation sphere, business, economics, networks, logistics and others)

Supervised Doctoral, Master and Bachelor Theses: Promoted 6 Doctoral, more than 90 Master theses and 70 Bachelor theses an official reviewer of 7 PhD theses

Awards: (2019) by Ministry of Education and Science; (2017, 2010, 2008) Latvian Education Funds; (2011, 2010, 2008) Riga Municipality

The Baltic Tangent (BT) is defined as the strengthening of the sum of all tangents to the primary transport networks as a basis for the development of a strong economic corridor through the geographical defined area in the regions of DK, S, LV/ES and Russia.

The regions concerned by the BT economic corridor concept has a population and growth potential of considerable size and should be seen as a great asset in the EU aspiration to enhance preconditions for the BSR developing into a prosperous region in EU. An improved transport infrastructure will mean that companies in the BSR and Russia will benefit from improved economy in transports to and from relevant ports. The BT project relates directly to key aspects of the BSR development set up by the EU concerning sustainable economic growth and cohesion. The BT project is focusing on the importance of land and maritime transport infrastructure improvement as a mean to the benefit of the competitiveness in the BT area. The project derives from the fact, that industries in the area — to a large extent — are dependent on long access routes of different quality to the primary transport networks (TEN-T). This causes a main competitive disadvantage in relation to competitors with easy access to the main transport networks both on land and sea, which in worst case can lead to a stagnant and in some cases a downward tendency to economic growth.

Therefore the BT project emphasizes interdependent actions, which are needed to develop a strategy for economic growth in periphery regions by integrating and combining spatial planning/ programming and new transport solutions by enhancing the secondary transport networks and merging them into the TEN-T. The vision is implemented by the BT project, which is divided into four Work Packages with the following expected outcome:

WP 1: Spatial planning in the BT — where the strategic focus is on spatial programming & planning as framework conditions for development of infrastructure in the BT promoting sustainable growth.

WP 2: New transport strategies in the BT — where the strategic focus is on development of transport and logistics solutions enhancing the conditions for sustainable business growth in the BT area.
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WP 3: Communication and Institution-building in the BT — where the strategic focus is on the development of the BT to an economic corridor through improved communication links.

WP 4: Dissemination and Training in the BT — where the strategic focus is on training and on dissemination of project results.

The activities in the WPs will be carried out jointly and integrated by all project partners resulting in an overall analysis, building the first real step into an improved and sustainable strategy for ensuring economic growth within the BT area.

Research Project RAILSERV is funded within the frame of 5-th Framework Programme by European Commission DG TREN (contract nr. 1999-TN.10025).

Goals

The goals of RAILSERV are:

  • to define results and recommendations from research projects as well as demonstration and pilot activities which will further the process of revitalising rail freight business
  • to recommend activities, including new proposals, for implementation

Basis and means for achieving results

The basis for achieving the RAILSERV goals are the following activities:

  • EU research: papers and directives
  • International developments and innovations including relevant national R&D activities
  • Best practise — EU, other advanced European countries, USA and progressive companies

And the means are:

  • Assistance from TREN
  • Co-operation with relevant international organisations and associations (UIC, UNIFE, EIA, Community of European Railways, AEIF, UIRR, Freight Leaders Club)
  • Stakeholders of the programme — clients, railway and logistic operators, rail related industry
  • Expertise of the Consortium experts, Consultative Council and Cluster experts

The cluster work

The work itself is carried out in clusters. Four of these have been established:

  • Support to improving the business environment of freight rail operators in the international market
  • Utilisation of the added value to rail freight business from development of the trans-European freight rail network
  • Support interoperability on networks and services
  • Support to the development of a single market for railway equipment including rolling stock

The basic tasks of each of these current four clusters are to fulfil the objectives mentioned above for the Thematic Network as a whole; namely, identify and seek consensus on new activities related to ongoing work, demonstration or pilot projects, and contribute to social and environmental objectives.

The main work of RAILSERV will be carried out in clusters. Four such cluster have been set up:

  • Cluster 1. Support to improving the business environment of freight rail operators in the international market
  • Cluster 2. Utilisation of the added value to rail freight business from development of the trans-European freight rail network
  • Cluster 3. Support interoperability on networks and services
  • Cluster 4. Support to the development of a single market for railway equipment including rolling stock

Experts from Transport and Telecommunication Institute participate in investigations of Cluster 3.

Cluster 3 Activity Sheet

Cluster 3. SUPPORT INTEROPERABILITY OF NETWORKS AND SERVICES

Goal:

  • To define results and recommendations from research projects and from pilot and demonstration activities which will support the development of rail freight services dependent on the uninterrupted movement of freight trains (in the first stage with minimum delays at border crossings and hubs)
  • To recommend necessary activities, including new proposals, for implementation.

Objectives:

To minimise delays and improve reliability on the network by:

  • Improving the organisation of international services
  • IT and paperless work
  • Implementing ERTMS
  • Harmonising standards
  • Supporting the development of human resources (e.g. through mechanisms such as fellowships and grants) and social policy (e.g. employment support to SMEs)
  • Examining opportunities to revive and promote rail as an environmentally friendly and safe transport mode

Topics:

  • Harmonisation of standards and technical directives (e.g. Community directive on interoperability of the trans-European high speed rail system that is now being implemented)
  • Border crossing procedures — reduce delays and begin planning for non-stop services
  • Information technology (IT) innovations (e.g. paperless freight documentation)
  • Signalling and command/control systems
  • Billing and tracking systems
  • Timetable integration
  • Telecommunication systems
  • Cost management

Outputs:

  • Concrete actions to be taken by the parties involved in rail freight services.
  • Needs for further research in a number of fields that will enhance rail freight services.
  • Potential demonstration projects in which the ideas generated by the network will be evaluated and verified

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