AgileWorld

The increasing urbanization and motorization overcrowds cities with vehicles, causing traffic congestion with severe societal, economic, and environmental consequences. To alleviate congestion, currently deployed solutions utilize the limited number of available information sources deployed in the infrastructure to provide centralized solutions for road transportation systems (RTS). The emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into RTS (e.g. communication, sensing, positioning), promises the transformation of RTS into a fully connected world that allows seamless information exchange at an unprecedented scale and unlocks exciting opportunities. Nonetheless, the highly challenging nature of RTS (large-scale, dynamic and uncertain nature) combined with the expected explosion of data emanating from the Connected RTS (CRTS) environment, make the use of centralized processes intractable. This calls for a paradigm shift towards novel architectures, data analysis tools and control algorithms that enable real-time, fine-grained and distributed monitoring and control of CRTS. Within this scope, the proposed European Training Network (ETN), AgileWorld, aims to equip fifteen Early Stage Researchers with the theoretical and practical scientific competences, as well as transferable, innovation and entrepreneurial skills necessary for thriving careers in the burgeoning area of CRTS that underpins innovative technological interdisciplinary development, something not offered by existing EU research or training programmes. Towards this direction, AgileWorld ETN will build upon a network of internationally renowned academic and industrial experts in leading European organizations to provide a holistic research and training program to the early stage researchers, with focus towards practical case studies. AgileWorld will foster synergies between partners to allow cross-discipline and cross-partner training through targeted secondments at the ETN’s academic/non-academic partners. The MRSEI funding will serve to consolidate and to structure the porposal coordinated by a French university.