Page 296 - Catálogo de Capacidades de I+D+i del Sector Ferroviario Español

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA.
AI2 - INSTITUTE OF CONTROL SYSTEMS

AND INDUSTRIAL COMPUTING

ENTITY PROFILE
The Institute of Control Systems and Industrial Computing (Institute ai2) is one of the most
important research organisations at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). The
Institute ai2 is located at the Polytechnic Science Park and it has over 100 researchers in
areas of industrial engineering, information technology, telecommunications, electronics,
automatic and graphics. The aim of Institute ai2 is to disseminate the results of R&D to
companies and institutions. Since 2000 it has developed many (national and international)
research projects and agreements, identifying the needs of companies and institutions in
order to provide feasible solutions tailored to their operation. The Institute ai2 has many
different results and patents, and is supported by a wide range of corporate sponsors. UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES

AREAS OF ACTIVITY
• Process control, monitoring and diagnosis. • Optimization systems.
• Computer graphics multimedia. • Decision support systems.
• Augmented reality. • Robotics, computer vision.
• Industrial computing, embedded systems. • Web engineering, video-monitoring.

R&D: PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS
Project Product National International
Algorithms for scheduling in complex environments: application to robust and
on-line railway timetabling.
Intelligent systems for traffi c capacity management with new railway
operators.
ARRIVAL. Algorithms for Robust and online Railway optimization: Improving
the Validity and reliAbility of Large-scale systems.
PlaniRail. Decision support system for planning of services and generation of
periodic timetables in metropolitan railway services.
MOM. A decision support system for railway timetabling and capacity
analyses.
AVRIL. Active multivariable control of railway vehicles. Modeling, synthesis of
control rules, simulation and implementation. Ongoing.
RobustDISAT. Constraint Satisfaction Techniques for Robust Solutions in
Dynamic and Distributed Systems.
Masport. Automation and simulation for the evaluation and improvement of
capacity, performance and service level in container port terminals.
OptiHper. Optimization of shifts, task allocation, schedules and timetabling of
personnel services.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
Ed. 8G - D - 3ª - Ciudad Politécnica de la Federico Barber
Innovación, Valencia. Dpto. Sistemas Informáticos y Computación
Tel.: +34 963879357 Tel.: +34 963879357
www.ai2.upv.es fbarber@upv.es