 | RailBelgrade 2023: The 10th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (ICROMA) University of Belgrade - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering Belgrade, Serbia, April 25-28, 2023 |
| Conference website | https://railbelgrade2023.sf.bg.ac.rs/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=railbelgrade2023 |
| Poster | download |
| Submission deadline | November 30, 2022 |
RailBelgrade 2023 is the 10th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (ICROMA). It will promote interdisciplinary discussions in the railway planning and operations research area by combining the expertise of academics and professionals. RailBelgrade 2023 will give researchers, consultants, and industrial practitioners the opportunity to meet, present their latest research, exchange know-how, and discuss current developments and applications. Leading railway scientists from different disciplines and professionals from the railway industry will deliver keynote speeches.
Topics
RailBelgrade 2023 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of railway operations modelling and analysis. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:
- Railway alignment and network design
- Line planning
- Timetabling (scheduling and routing)
- Rolling stock and crew scheduling
- Railway maintenance planning and scheduling
- Railway traffic management and rescheduling
- Disruption management and contingency planning
- Train delay prediction and conflict detection
- Railway capacity assessment of nodes, lines and networks
- Railway performance: punctuality, stability, robustness, resilience
- Railway safety analysis and risk assessment
- Railway signalling and control systems
- Train trajectory optimization and train control
- Driver Advisory Systems and Automatic Train Operation
- Digital Automated Train Operation
- Passenger flows in stations, on platforms, and dwell times
- Passenger assignment
- Rail freight transport
- Rail yard operation and design
- Multimodal transport systems
- Energy saving in railways
- Emerging railway technologies
- Rail governance and economics
- Decision support systems
- Railway simulation and digital twins
Paper Submission and Important Dates
RailBelgrade 2023 submission options include:
- Type A: Research paper
- Type B: Industrial paper
The authors of research papers (Type A) should submit a full paper of a maximum length of 20 pages in ICROMA format including figures and references, while the authors of industrial papers (Type B) can submit a paper of at most 10 pages. The full research papers will be reviewed according to the standard scientific criteria: originality, consistency, relevance, and technical writing proficiency. The review of the industrial papers will retain the former criteria except scientific originality. The purpose of an industrial paper is to showcase innovations and applications of research and development in the railway industry. The main author of an industrial paper is not affiliated with an academic institute.
Publication
All accepted submissions will appear in the Book of Abstracts and their full papers will be available to conference participants. The authors of the top 10 best research papers selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee will be invited to submit their paper to a special issue of the Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management.
Keynotes and Mini Course
Leading railway scientists from different disciplines and professionals from the railway industry will deliver keynote speeches. A mini course on railway transport will be offered optionally to young researchers on April 25th, 2023.
Awards
The Young Research Award will be awarded to outstanding young researchers and professionals who present their excellent papers on innovative research. The winners will be announced at the closing session of the conference. The process for Awards and Best Papers Section is available at the IAROR website www.iaror.org.
Organizer
RailBelgrade 2023 is organized jointly by the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) and the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering (UB-FTTE).
Committees
Organizing Committee
Rob Goverde, Delft University of Technology (President of IAROR)
Francesco Corman, ETH Zürich (Vice-President of IAROR)
Vladan Đokić, University of Belgrade (Rector of UB)
Nebojša Bojović, University of Belgrade (Dean of UB-FTTE)
Ivan Belošević, University of Belgrade (Conference Chair)
Sanjin Milinković, University of Belgrade (Conference Program Chair)
Scientific Advisory Committee
Abhyuday, Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (India)
Borna Abramović, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Ivan Belošević, University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Nikola Bešinović, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Markus Bohlin, Mälardalen University (Sweden)
Nebojša Bojović, University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Francesco Corman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)
Andrea D’Ariano, University of Rome Tre (Italy)
Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, Mines Saint-Étienne (France)
Tyler Dick, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)
Rob Goverde, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Ingo Hansen, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Steven Harrod, Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Alex Landex, Ramboll Group (Denmark)
Christian Liebchen, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (Germany)
Carlo Mannino, SINTEF (Norway)
Marin Marinov, Aston University (United Kingdom)
Nikola Marković, University of Utah (USA)
Peter Marton, University of Žilina (Slovakia)
Giorgio M. Medeossi, TRENOlab (Italy)
Lingyun Meng, Beijing Jiaotong University (China)
Sanjin Milinković, University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Andrew Nash, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (Austria)
Florin Codrut Nemtanu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (Romania)
Lei Nie, Beijing Jiaotong University (China)
Otto Anker Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Nils Nießen, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Andreas Oetting, Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
Dario Pacciarelli, University Roma Tre (Italy)
Joern Pachl, Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany)
Paola Pellegrini, Université Gustave Eiffel (France)
Anders Peterson, Linköping University (Sweden)
Christos N. Pyrgidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
John Preston, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Stefano Ricci, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy)
Joaquin Rodriguez, Université Gustave Eiffel (France)
Ismail Sahin, Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)
Thomas Schlechte, LBW Optimization GmbH (Germany)
Andreas Schoebel, OpenTrack Railway Technology (Switzerland)
Aleksander Sładkowski, Silesian University of Technology (Poland)
Svetla Stoilova, Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria)
Jaromír Široký, University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)
Norio Tomii, Nihon University (Japan)
Pieter Vansteenwegen, University of Leuven (Belgium)
Alex Wardrop, TTG Transportation Technology (Australia)
Chao Wen, Southwest Jiaotong University (China)
Thomas White, Transit Safety Management (USA)