News and events

We are happy to announce the launch of an initial inventory of datasets collected and maintained by CSFM members. The inventory with links to the data, metadata and contact person is now available on the CSFM website!

A recently concluded research project funded by the Mobility Initiative and conducted by the Chair of Infrastructure Management led by Professor Bryan Adey together with SBB experts proposed methodologies to help asset managers plan future interventions more effectively and efficiently using digital tools.  

The team composed by Daniel Heimgartner, Aurore Sallard and Milos Balac from Kay W. Axhausen's chair investigated the mobility behavior in a new normal, characterized by a large population share adopting working from home.

CSFM Seminar with Dr. Davide Cerruti, Dr. Ursa Bernardic and Professor Massimo Filippini from the Center for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) on latest research results along with insights from Dr. Luca Castiglioni of SFOE/BFE on policy and research, and a industry perspective from Dr. Martin Everts, Managing Director of AMAG Energy & Mobility.

The team from the Centre for Energy Policy and Economics at ETH Zurich analyzed some of the most important psychological barriers towards increasing EV adoption within the framework of the Mobitiy Initiative program. Here are the main conclusions from the stated choice randomized control trial which have been also discussed also in the last CSFM Seminar.

The 7th call for research projects is open now. ETH Zurich researchers can submit proposals until the deadline 31 May 2023.

CSFM Seminar with Emilio Frazzoli (ETH Zurich), Stephen Milford (University of Basel), Thomas Probst (University of Freiburg), Armin Jost (FEDRO), Xilin Zhou (SwissRe) and Amin Amini (Loxo).

Railway wheels are safety-critical components that significantly impact performance and they are major cost drivers for maintenance. The condition of the wheels also influences the infrastructure. Furthermore, wheel defects cause noise and vibration emissions, impacting the environment and they significantly reduce customer comfort.

The ETH Board appointed Eva Heinen, currently Full Professor at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, as Full Professor of Transportation and Mobility Planning in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.

First technical workshop of the Open Digital Twin Platform of the Swiss Mobility System.

ETH Zurich, jointly with industrial partners Synhelion, SBB, and AMAG, recently completed a comprehensive technical, economic and environmental analysis of the solar thermochemical production of drop-in fuels.

The CSFM is co-organizing IEEE Digital Twin 2023 as part of the Digital Twin Workshop Series.  

CSFM Seminar with Dr Erik Wilhelm from Kyburz Switzerland and Professor Hua Cai from Purdue University on research on e-fleets.

ETH Zurich together with SBB addressed the issue in a project funded by the ETH Mobility Initiative.

Post-doc positions on the Open Digital Twin Platform with a focus on data acquisition and data visualisation in Switzerland.

First CSFM seminar with Professor Martin Raubal from IKG ETH Zurich and Thomas Hettinger from SBB on spatial data and data analytics for sustainable mobility.

The 6th call for research projects is open now. ETH Zurich researchers can submit proposals until the deadline 9 June 2023.

ETH Zurich together with SBB addressed the issue in a project funded by the ETH Mobility Initiative.