On 21 November 2016, TRAIL PhD student Mario Campanella will defend his PhD thesis “Microscopic Modelling of Walking Behaviour” at Delft University of Technology.

On the occasion of his public defence, TRAIL and TU Delft have set up a multidisciplinary seminar. Two distinguished speakers will present their views on subjects related to the empirics and modelling of pedestrians in public urban spaces.

Programme
Chairman: Prof. Serge Hoogendoorn

9.30 – 9.40 h.         Introduction
9.40 – 10.20 h.       Prof. Paola Goatin (INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
“Macroscopic modeling and simulation for crowd dynamics”
10.20 – 11.00 h.     Prof. Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca & University of Tokyo)
“From knowledge to action: contribution from pedestrians and crowd  modeling and simulation”
11.00 – 11.30 h.     Lunch

Location: Commissiekamer 4, Aula (Mekelweg 5, Delft)

Registration seminar
Participation is free, registration is obligated: click here

Public defence Mario Campanella
At 12:30 h the public defence starts in the Frans Van Hasselt of the Aula. At 12:00 h Mario will give a brief presentation about his research in this same room (in English).