Mobility Information Engineering Lab at ETH Zürich
Our former lab member Dr. David Jonietz recently gave an interview regarding how geospatial data and a digital map of the world can help transform mobility. Currently a research group leader at HERE Technologies, David Jonietz points out how we can step beyond simple maps to create more comprehensive digital representations of reality, which in turn can be used for traffic prediction and management, optimization of mobility systems, and more.
We are exited to announce that we have an open position in our lab. We are looking for a new post-doc to take over the team lead at the MIE-Lab as soon as possible. If you are interested, please check the description at the ETH jobpage:
https://jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_ethz_7R9Rl0z6QH6GC0M9Cv
The “Tag der Geomatik” is the GISDay of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and ETH Zurich and gives insight into the versatility of the field of geoinformatics and surveying.
Der #tagdergeomatik ist bereits am Laufen. Schon mehr als 200 Schülerinnen und Schüler besuchen unsere Ausstellung und die Module in Aarau. Die Ausstellung kann noch bis 16h von allen Interessierten besucht werden. @HABG_FHNW #geomatik #vermessung #fhnw #eth pic.twitter.com/vniz2iGIuq
— IGEO FHNW (@igeoFHNW) November 13, 2019
This year’s event took place as part of the “200yrs Swiss Geo X” events at the Culture and Convention Centre in Aarau and was held under the motto: how is our habitat recorded, what do we learn from the spatial data obtained and how do these data enable the sustainable design of our future habitat.
Vielen Dank an alle interessierten Schülerinnen und Schüler am #tagdergeomatik die unsere AR-App für ihrer Kartenarbeit mit dem Schulatlas verwendet haben. pic.twitter.com/DznyvkLhqK
— Schweizer Weltatlas (@swissworldatlas) November 13, 2019
Our MIE-Lab module addressed the question whether we will lose spatial orientation in the future if we completely outsource navigation to a computer system and give up personal perception of space. This module with the ETH-App OMLETH took place outside in the old town of Aarau and provided GPS-based tricky exercises for spatial perception and orientation. Back in the congress centre the results were evaluated in classes, visualised (see the collection of six classes by 5 groups each) and discussed with the participants. A great event with a glittering feedback wall in the thumbs-up area.
Fazit meines #gisday am #tagdergeomatik mit rund 180 SuS: Geotech begeistert und ist relevant für die Problemlösung des Alltags. https://t.co/cCHKLTegYk
— Christian Sailer (@csailer80) November 15, 2019
We welcome Jannik as our new team member! He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from FAU Erlangen and a M.Sc. in Statistics from ETH Zurich. His work will focus on applying machine learning and data analysis methods to problems in mobility and energy science.
Read more here!
We are happy to announce, that our team scored the second place at the IARAI Traffic4cast competition! The goal of the competition was to predict the traffic in 3 different major cities (Berlin, Istanbul, Moscow) based on high resolution traffic map movies.
Over 40 teams participated and submitted a total of over 4000 submissions in the competition. You can check out our code and the documentation!
As the second place we won 5000$ and an invitation to present at NeurIPS 2019.
Not all members of our competition team are officially affiliated with the MIE-Lab, so special thanks to Ye Hong, Christian Rupprecht and René Buffat!
With the Energy Strategy 2050, Switzerland committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43% until 2035. Currently, the transport sector is the only sector without a decrease in energy consumption.
In our recent publication (also presented at Scientifica 2019), we analyzed the energy and greenhouse gas reduction potentials when e-bikes are used instead of internal combustion engine cars for commuting. Our analysis includes different scenarios for the minimal temperature, maximal precipitation as well as trip duration acceptable to take the e-bike. The results show that energy reductions between 10% and 17.5% are possible.
If you are interested in the saving potentials in your municipality, please click the following link: https://mie-lab.github.io/commuter-ebikes-ch.
You can find the paper under https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335118713_Energy_and_greenhouse_gas_emission_reduction_potentials_resulting_from_different_commuter_electric_bicycle_adoption_scenarios_in_Switzerland.
In an interview with Basel Unterwegs (in German), Prof. Martin Raubal talks about trends in mobility, such as combined or shared mobility, mobility as a service, app-based tracking and billing, or how electric cars replace conventional ones. The rising number of bicycles on our roads, the fact that train stations increasingly have the character of shopping malls, or the large number of bike- and scooter-sharing companies further hint at changes in how we perceive and use mobility.
Hey Everybody,
we are looking for a new PhD student. We are looking forward to your application!
https://apply.refline.ch/845721/7060/pub/1/index.html
Orienteering as a competitive sport is shaped by local strategies and decisions. Since the beginning of the availability of GPS, movement data of professional orienteering events have been recorded and mostly visually analyzed.
However, there is still few work that focuses on the quantitative analysis of the influence of context data such as terrain type, weather conditions, or elevation, on a runner’s performance in a professional setting. Apart from the influence of context data on the runner’s performance Luca will also quantitatively investigate the effect of the environment (e.g. the terrain, especially vegetation and landmarks) on orientation mistakes.
The bachelor thesis will last until the end of the spring semester 2019.
Several outcomes have been published at ETH’s first Learning and Teaching Fair in November 2018.
Figure: Christian Sailer explains teaching scenarios with OMLETH © Heidi Hostettler, ETH Zürich
The project itself is presented to a broader public on the ETH Newspage to promote the fair. The event is illustrated with text and photos on the L&T eventpage.