Dr. Valerio De Martinis

Experience

• Research Associate and Project Leader Big Data in Optimal Railway Operation and Infrastructure Use (SCCER Mobility)
  ETH Zurich (IVT - Institute for Transport planning and systems)
  2017 - 2021
• PostDoc in Freight Trains Operation, Rail Traffic Management, and Energy Efficiency
  ETH Zurich (IVT - Institute for Transport planning and systems)
  2014 - 2017
• Post-doc in Rail Simulation, Signalling Systems and Energy Efficiency
  Ansaldo STS - University of Napoli Federico II (Italy)
  2012 - 2014
• Simulation & Modeling Engineer at the regional competence center for transport systems
  TEST Scarl - Campania region competence center for transport systems (Italy)
  2009 - 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Ph.D. in transport systems and road infrastructures. / New methodology for OD matrix update through Artificial Neural Networks
  University of Naples Federico II
  2004 - 2008
• Dipl. eng. in civil engineering with specialization in transportation.
  University of Naples Federico II
  1997 - 2004

Continuing Education

Habilitation (PD) Infrastruktur- und Verkehrsingenieurwesen.
Italian Ministry of Research and Education
2023

Network

Membership of networks

• IAROR - International Association of Railway Operations Research.
• IEEE ITSS Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
• TRB Transportation Research Board (Railroad Transportation )

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9341-084X

Projects

• Intelligent Framework for Inclusive and Seamless Transport Infrastructure and Mobility Services / Team member / ongoing
• Advancing 15-Minute Cities through Collaborative and Smart Urban Solutions / Project leader / ongoing
• Optimal annual and daily timetables in SBB traffic management / Project leader / completed
• Investigation of the Train driver productivity and job satisfaction / Project leader / completed
• Customer orientation in the Traffic Management System / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Wang, P. et al. (2022) 'An experimental analysis of hierarchical rail traffic and train control in a stochastic environment', Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022(8674538). doi: 10.1155/2022/8674538.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Muratori, C., De Martinis, V. and Bütikofer, S. (2025) 'Exploring demand-responsive transport suitability in rural Switzerland : a simulation approach for the Canton of Thurgau', in Transportation Research Procedia. Elsevier, pp. 544–551. doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.10.070.
• De Martinis, V. (2022) 'Enhancing the calibration of train resistance parameters with power measurements', in Pombo, J. (ed.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance. Civil-Comp Press. doi: 10.4203/ccc.1.31.20.
• Gioia, S. et al. (2021) 'Evaluation of the delay management potential on a macroscopic level', in de Doncker, R. W. et al. (eds) IRSA 2021 : Tagungsband. Aachen: RWTH Aachen University, pp. 165–180. doi: 10.18154/RWTH-2022-01700.

Other publications

• Bütikofer, S. et al. (2023) 'Steigerung der ÖV-Attraktivität durch Optimierung der Anschlusse von Bus zu Bahn', ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, 2023(11), pp. 74–77.
• De Martinis, V. et al. (2023) 'Diskriminierungsfreie Ansätze für die Tourenplanung des Lokpersonals', ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, 2023(4), pp. 2–7.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Mallig, N. et al. (2026) 'Passenger flow analysis of a future public transport hub', in 28th Euro Working Group on Transportation Conference (EWGT), Krakow, Poland, 2-4 September 2026.

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