Presentations

The presentations held on the Lakeside Conference 2008, including all sessions and speakers, are available for download. By Clicking on the title of the presentation, you will get the pdf-file of the requested speaker.

Presentations of July 10, 2008:
Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligent Weather Information Systems

 

I. Plenary Session - Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligent Weather Information Systems

Wolfram Rhomberg, Office of the Austrian State Secretary for Research and Innovation, Aviation and Navigation
speech without presentation, no presentation available

Edgar Thielmann, European Commission, Head of Unit G.4 Intelligent Transport Systems, Galileo Applications
Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligent Information Systems

Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Metrology, NOAA
Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligent Weather Information Systems from a Federal Interagency Perspective

 

II. Introduction and General Information Session: Why Intelligent Weather Information Systems?

Herbert H. Puempel, Acting Director of Meteorological Applications, Chief of Aeronautical Meteorology Unit, World Meteorological Organization
Stormy weather: Transport and logistics in a changing climate

Michael A. Rossetti, Thomas A. Seliga, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Centre
Information and transportation applications of weather technologies

Thomas Haiden, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamic
INCA – Application of a high-resolution meteorological analysis and forecasting system in traffic and transport

 

III. Traffic Infrastructure and Service Operators

Alexander Walcher, CEO ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH
Road traffic infrastructure and the impact of hazardous weather events

Paul Pisano, Chair of the AMS Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems / Surface Transportation, Leader of the Road Weather Management Program at the Federal Highway Administration
U.S. highway operations and the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS)

William P. Mahoney, Director of the Weather Systems & Assessment Program (WSAP) at the National Center of Atmospheric Research
Surface transportation weather technologies: current capabilities and future trends

 

IV. Rail Infrastructure and Service Operators

Herbert Minarik, Coordinator for environment and sustainability, Austrian Federal Railways, ÖBB Holding AG
Rail traffic infrastructure and the impact of hazardous weather events

Margrethe Sagevik, UIC – Union International des Chemins de fer
presentation did not take place, no presentation available

Andreas Schöbel, Technical University of Technology, Christian Rachoy, Austrian Federal Railways, Railnet Inc.
Flood warning system for the Austrian Railways (ÖBB)

 

V. Waterway and Aviation Operators

Juha Schweighofer, via donau
Inland navigation and the impact of hazardous weather events

Dana Robertson, Marshall University, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Ohio River Response System project

Helmut Paulitsch, Graz University of Technology
WIIS - A versatile weather information and warning system for winter services on road, airports, traffic control and air safety improvement

 

Presentations of July 11, 2008:
Technical Realization and further Research and Development

 

VI.1. Research and Development - Results I

Thomas Turecek, Veronika Zwatz-Meise, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamic
presentation did not take place, no presentation available

Alexander Dinkel, Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control, Technical University Munich
Test site "Eching Ost" evaluation of environmental sensors to improve traffic control and safety

Marko Korošec, DARS, Motorway Company Slovenia
Experiences with established RWIS-Road Weather Information System on the highways in the Republic of Slovenia

George Stan, Ovidiu Trascu, TeamNet International
Modelling the technology for assuring safety in transportation

 

VI.2. Research and Development - Results II

Ulrich Zorin, DARS, Motorway company in Slovenia
Road weather stations – Main part of the Slovenian traffic control and management system

Markus Kerschbaum, Austro Control
SWIS – The Austrian Road Weather Information System

Anton Remeli, EurMet
ÚTMET – ROADMET the Hungarian road meteorological system

Johannes Asamer, Arsenal Research
Traffic situation under environmental influence

 

VI.3. Weather Data Sources and Acquisition

Karl E. Schedler, micKS Meß-, Steuer- u. Regelsysteme GmbH
Smart and reliable roadside monitoring system with UMB technology

Manfred Spatzierer, Meteomedia
Rapid early warning system for small scale flooding events and sediment transport

Gerhard Pevny, Logotronic GmbH
TAWES – The new Austrian Meteorological Measuring Network

Gerhard Dünnebeil, Austrian Research Centers
New approaches for Measurement Networks

 

VII.1. Systems, Forecast traffic Modeling and Analyses

Tomáš Pospíšek, CROSS Zlin, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Winter Maintenance Index, next level of road winter maintenance analysis

Johann Kickinger, ITS Vienna Region
Weather and traffic research project

Norbert Hainitz, Arsenal
Predicting motorway network performance with historical density-speed patterns

Nour-Eddin El Faouzi, French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS)
How does rain affect highway traffic performance indicators? Empirical study on a French urban highway section

 

VII.2. Forecast Analyses and Service Application

Pavel Jurus, Institute of Computer Science, Prague
Road weather monitoring and forecasting system using high-resolution numerical weather prediction models

Thomas Mariacher, ASFINAG
LARIS – Accurate route generation for value-added-services

Ronald Boenau, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transport
Weather Information via a common phone number: The U.S. Experience

Karl E. Schedler, micKS Meß-, Steuer- u. Regelsysteme GmbH
Road weather service operation platform for traveller and traffic information

 

VII.3. Best Practice in the Use of Weather Information for Traffic Management and Safety Applications

Timo Sukuvaara, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Wireless traffic service platform for real-time road weather and incident information

Thorsten Cypra, Boschung Mecatronic AG
Increasing road safety and traffic flow by using comprehensive winter maintenance management system

Lars Bolet, Aalborg University
Ice control with brine on highways, implementation of brine spreading technologies in County of Funen, Denmark

Christian Rachoy, Federal Austrian Railways, Railnet Inc.
INFRA.wetter – Weather Warning and Information System for Railway Infrastructure

 

VIII.1. Traffic and Traveller Information, Systems, Risk Measures and Business Cases

Norbert Baumgartner, team Communication Technology Management GmbH
Beyond Weather – BeAware! of critical, weather induced traffic situations

Ulrich Meissen, Fraunhofer-Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik
SITUMET – An open platform for intelligent weather information services

Gero Schlomka, T-Systems – DDG Gesellschaft für Verkehrsdaten mbH
Road weather information for traffic and travellers

Simone Fuchs, Transportation Informatics Group, Department of Smart System-Technologies, University of Klagenfurt
A context-aware overtaking assistance system with fuzzy-probabilistic risk classification

 

VIII.2. New Technologies, Advanced Safety Systems in Vehicles, Co-operative Systems

Helmut Doleisch, VRVis Research Center
Severe weather explorer – Interactive visual analysis of large and heterogeneous meteorological data

Thomas Richter, University of Technology Berlin
Improving the safety on motorways with cooperative systems

Kashif Din, Arsenal Research
Adaptive velocity recommendation within a cooperative system for increasing traffic safety

Gerald Spreitzhofer, University of Vienna, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics
MetGIS: High-resolution, web-based graphical weather forecasts for traffic operation managers

 

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