Projects
Delivering platform for delivering goods as a service
i-Deliver
The mail goal of iDeliver is to develop an open web platform that will introduce an innovative business model, aspiring to radically change the way delivery services operate. The envisaged open web platform will be based on the optimal management of the time and the destination of each delivery, as well as the model of work sharing between distributors and customers (consumers or businesses) on the logic of customization, utilizing advanced optimization algorithms. The technological innovation of the platform is based on the precise forecasting of the estimated delivery time through many parameters (e.g., seasonality, peak hours, special days and events, weather conditions, history, number of affiliated stores), and on the multivariate optimization algorithms, to make real-time decisions about timely notification of the most suitable affiliated dealers for work at specific times. In particular, the platform aims to ensure optimal utilization of time and of the total ecosystem, comprised of consumers, enterprises and distributors, operating in harmony, serving the maximum workload and ensuring fastest delivery to the consumers.
An integrated Parking-as-a-Service platform for facilitating search of vacant parking spaces based on crowd-sourced Information
SocialPARK
The main goal of SocialPARK is the creation of an integrated platform for the provision of personalized parking functionalities as a service (parking-as-a-service), providing an ecosystem of interacting citizens, parking companies and municipalities, towards a mutually profitable management of the publicly available parking spaces. The availability of free parking positions is audited either via specialized automated systems (e.g., via the use of cameras and sensors), or (mainly) via a crowd-sourcing approach that gathers availability information provided by the commuters, private companies and the municipalities.
Aggregation and provision of integrated tourist and travel services
TouristHub
The main goal of TouristHub is the development of a ``one-stop'' online platform, delivering a comprehensive, complete and personalized suite of tourist services, and generating surplus value from the aggregation and synthesis of services provided by independent shareholders of the tourist value chain. In particular, the TouristHub platform comprises the following suite of tourist services: (a) planning of complete, personalized vacation packages including suggestions (with booking/purchase option) for accommodation, transport, food, activities, sightseeing, etc., (b) enabling local tourist businesses to push notifications to tourists with suitable profile when in proximity to the businesses’ premises, (c) allowing to reuse part of the platform’s functionality on travel agent websites through their participation in affiliate programs; (d) assisting tourism policy makers in decision-making through data analytics tools.
Innovative e-services for boosting Turist Economy and Multimodal Public Transportation
INVESTMENT
The INVESTMENT project aims at delivering an e-platform supporting an ecosystem of innovative services, addressing the requirements of citizens, tourists and public transportation service providers through consolidating data across all the involved means of transport and offering a unified view of the – otherwise – fragmented transportation network between the region of Western Greece and Puglia (Bari, Taranto, Ostuni). The e-platform supports three core e-services (mobile & web applications): (a) a multimodal public transit route planner, computing and visualizing optimal end-to-end routes using different modes of transportation (e.g., bus→train→ferry→urban bus→walking); (b) a multimodal tourist tour planner, which derives personalized daily tourist tours via selected attractions (each tour comprising an ordered set of attractions, using public transport services to move from a location to another); (c) a decision support system (DSS) identifying bottlenecks across the public transport network to assist public transport operators, planners and policy makers in performing selective improvements upon the network (e.g. timetable updates or establishment of new services/routes).
Enhanced Buying Experiences in Smart Cities
SMARTBUY
The SMARTBUY project concerned the provision of technological infrastructure for small and medium sized retailers (SME) to become The Place to buy for people that do not want to lose the advantages of in-store purchasing at the same time that they want to experiment the advantages of e-Commerce (comparison of prices, choice of providers, reviews and specification awareness, etc). SMARTBUY converts Smart Cities’ physical stores in a Smart geographically distributed mall by providing the logical consistency needed for conducting centralized searches in heterogeneous and geographically distributed physical stores, and hence boosting SME retailer visibility and enhancing consumers’ buying experience.
Holistic Personal public Eco-mobility
HoPE
The main goal of HoPE was to advance the role of public transportation systems through an open platform capable of combining Interoperable Fare Management (IFM) and Traveler Information Systems (TIS). The overall platform was user oriented and user centric, in a way that it fostered and promoted user awareness and consciousness about public transportation services and eco-mobility, other than providing a significant mix of services including info-mobility features, trip planning, ticket reservation, fare calculation and mobile payments. The HoPE platform was piloted and tested in the cities of Athens (GR) and Coventry (UK), as well as in the Basque country (SP).
Renewable MObility serVicEs in SMART cities
MOVESMART
The main goal of MOVESMART was to provide time-dependent route planning and renewable personal mobility services in large-scale urban-traffic networks, using a novel crowd-sourcing platform for collecting real-time information by multimodal travelers. The MOVESMART mobility services integrated the use of public transport and supported electro mobility and car-sharing/pooling. The MOVESMART services were piloted and tested in the cities of Vitoria (SP) and Pula-Pola (HR).
eCO-friendly urban Multi-modal route PlAnning Services for mobile uSers
eCOMPASS
The main goal of eCOMPASS was to establish new algorithmic concepts and methodological frameworks for route planning optimization following a holistic approach in addressing the environmental impact of urban mobility. eCOMPASS delivered a comprehensive set of tools and services for end-users that enable eco-awareness in urban multi-modal transportation, considering all types and scenarios of human and goods mobility in urban environments (private cars, fleets of vehicles, public transport). The eCOMPASS tools and services were piloted and tested in the city of Berlin (D).
Algorithms for Robust and online Railway optimization: Improving the Validity and reliAbilty of Large scale systems
ARRIVAL
The main goal of ARRIVAL was to develop the necessary foundational algorithmic research in order to tackle efficiently and effectively the fundamental efficiency and quality issues encapsulated in robust and online planning of complex, large-scale systems as those in railways.
