Dr. Manuel Renold

Work at ZHAW

Management role

Head, Research Group AI&Operation in Aviaton

Position at the ZHAW

Dozent for Operations Management and Transport and Traffic Modeling and Intelligent Systems
Team Leader/ Project Manager/Senior Research Scientist/Founder/Academic Council/Scientific Adviser/Track Organizer...

Peer-Reviewer in: Journal of Airtransport Management, Climate Dynamics (Springer Nature),Transportation Research Part E

www.zhaw.ch/idp

Education and Continuing education

Expertise and research interests

Intelligent Systems in Operations

In particular: Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Operation in Aviation, Simulation, (Deep) Reinforcment Learning, AI in Aviation, Operations Research and Process Optimization, Business Analysis, Statistics, Multiobjectiv Optimization, Digital Twins.

Professional milestones

2023 - present Head of Scientific Board, Flatland Association
2023 - present Member of the Board, Flatland Association
2021 - present Academic Council, Frigg.eco Ltd.
2020 - present Advisory Board Member, optimes Ltd.
2019 - present Track Organizer, EPFL/AMLD, AI & Aviation
2016 - present Member of the Executive Board, aviena GmbH
2014 - present Dozent für Verkehrsmodellierung, Transport and Traffic Engineering (IDP, ZHAW)
2012 - 2013 Research Associate, Transport and Traffic Engineering (IDP, ZHAW)
2008 - 2012 Project Leader, Competence Center Simulation & Operations (Zurich Airport)
1997 - 2001 Excecutive Management, Founder, OrcaSoft Ltd. Delaware, USA
1998 - 2011 Federal Examination Expert for Physics (Med. Faculty Uni Bern)

Educational background

2016 CAS University Didactics, University of Teacher Education Zurich
2013 Didactics for University Lecturers, University of St.Gallen
2010 ETH-BWI Project Management, Project management and team leadership
2009 ETH-BWI Project Management, Project Leader
2007 PhD, Dr. phil. nat., in Physics, University of Bern
2003 Diploma in Physics, University of Bern

Membership of networks

• Datalab - The ZHAW Data Science Laboratory
• ATRS - Air Transport Research Society
• soAR - Symbosium on Aviation Research
• ASPAG Airport Simulation Performance Group
• Flatland Association
• AMDL/EPFL - Applied Machine Learning Days
• EGU - European Geosciences Union
• Artificial Intelligence Suisse
• AMS - American Metrological Society
• ARC - Airport Research Center (developer group)

Projects

• AI4REALNET: AI for REAL-world NETwork operation / Team member / Project ongoing
• Effizientes Monitoring der Steuerung von Lichtsignalanlagen / Team member / Project completed
• FarmAI – Artificial intelligence for Farming Simulator / Team member / Project completed
• Welle 7 / Project leader / Project completed
• Energiewende und gesellschaftliche Verankerung / Team member / Project completed
• Developing new behavioural models for simulating pedestrian flows and an optimized revenue concept / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Renold, Manuel; Vollenweider, Janik; Mijović, Nemanja; Kuljanin, Jovana; Kalić, Milica,

  2023.

  Methodological framework for a deeper understanding of airline profit cycles in the context of disruptive exogenous impacts.

  Journal of Air Transport Management.

  106(102305).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2022.102305

• Kuljanin, Jovana; Kalić, Milica; Begović, Boris; Mijović, Nemanja; Renold, Manuel,

  2021.

  The effect of LCC market entry on dominant FSC's price into long haul sector : a case of Norwegian competition on British Airways' prices on selected transatlantic routes.

  Journal of Air Transport Management.

  91(102016).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.102016

• Kuljanin, Jovana; Kalic, Milica; Mijovic, Nemanja; Renold, Manuel,

  2018.

  The impact of low-cost carrier on traditional airline' fares on intercontinental routes.

  Technika.

  73(1), pp. 117-123.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5937/tehnika1801115K

• Yoshimori, Masakazu; Raible, Christoph C.; Stocker, Thomas F.; Renold, Manuel,

  2010.

  Simulated decadal oscillations of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a cold climate state.

  Climate Dynamics.

  34(1), pp. 101-121.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0540-9

• Renold, Manuel; Raible, C.C.; Yoshimori, M.; Stocker, T.F.,

  2010.

  Simulated resumption of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation : slow basin-wide advection and abrupt local convection.

  Quaternary Science Reviews.

  29(1-2), pp. 101-112.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.005

• Stocker, Thomas; Timmermann, Axel; Renold, Manuel; Timm, Oliver,

  2007.

  Effects of salt compensation on the climate model response in simulations of large changes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

  Journal of Climate.

  20, pp. 5912-5928.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1662.1

• Timmermann, Axel; Okumura, Y.; An, S.-I.; Clement, A.; Dong, B.; Guilyardi, E.; Hu, A.; Jungclaus, J. H.; Renold, Manuel; Stocker, T. F.; Stouffer, R. J.; Sutton, R.; Xie, S.-P.; Yin, J.,

  2007.

  The influence of a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on ENSO.

  Journal of Climate.

  20, pp. 4899-4919.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4283.1

• Mölg, Thomas; Renold, Manuel; Vuille, Mathias; Cullen, Nicolas J.; Stocker, Thomas F.; Kaser, Georg,

  2006.

  Indian Ocean zonal mode activity in a multicentury integration of a coupled AOGCM consistent with climate proxy data.

  Geophysical Research Letters.

  33(18).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026384

• Yoshimori, Masakazu; Raible, Christoph; Stocker, Thomas; Renold, Manuel,

  2006.

  On the interpretation of low-latitude hydrological proxy records based on Maunder Minimum AOGCM simulations.

  Climate Dynamics.

  27(5), pp. 493-513.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-006-0144-6

• Yoshimori, Masakzu; Stocker, Thomas; Raible, Christoph; Renold, Manuel,

  2005.

  Externally forced and internal variability in ensemble climate simulations of the Maunder Minimum.

  Journal of Climate.

  18, pp. 4253-4270.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3537.1

• Raible, Christoph; Stocker, Thomas; Yoshimori, Masakazu; Renold, Manuel; Beyerle, Urs; Casty, Carlo; Luterbacher, Jürg,

  2005.

  Northern hemispheric trends of pressure indices and atmospheric circulation patterns in observations, reconstructions, and coupled GCM simulations.

  Journal of Climate.

  18, pp. 3968-3982.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3511.1

• Renold, Manuel,

  2007.

  Simulations using the CCSM3 comprehensive AOGCM : mechanisms of abrupt climate change and natural variability during the last centuries.

  Bern:

  UniPress.

• Renold, Manuel; Kuljanin, Jovana; Kalić, Milica,

  2019.

  The comparison of financial performance of airlines with different business model operated in long-haul market [paper].

  In:

  Kazda, Antonin; Smojver, Ivica, eds.,

  INAIR 2019 : Global Trends in Aviation.

  8th International Conference on Air Transport (INAIR), Budapest, Hungary, 12-13 November 2019.

  Elsevier.

  pp. 178-187.

  Transportation Research Procedia.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2019.12.032

• Schlögl, Sebastian; Bader, Nico; Anet, Julien Gérard; Frey, Martin; Spirig, Curdin; Renold, Manuel; Gutbrod, Karl,

  2021.

  Automated detection of urban heat islands based on satellite imagery, digital surface models, and a low-cost sensor network [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14143

• Anet, Julien G.; Schlögl, Sebastian; Spirig, Curdin; Frey, Martin P.; Renold, Manuel; Gutbrod, Karl G.,

  2021.

  Building a new high-density air temperature measurement network in two Swiss cities [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9102

• Steiner, Albert; Breu, Robin; Bruderer, Patrick; Renold, Manuel,

  2011.

  E-Gates at Zurich Airport.

  International Airport Review.

  15(6), pp. 29.

  Available from: https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/7470/e-gates-at-zurich-airport/

• Renold, Manuel; Beyerle, Urs; Raible, Christoph; Knutti, Reto; Stocker, Thomas; Craig, Timothy,

  2004.

  Climate modeling with a Linux cluster.

  Eos: Earth & Space Science News.

  85(31), pp. 290.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1029/2004EO310003

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

KBS, Korean Broadcasting System, TV-Interview, 2011, Das duale Ausbildungssystem der Schweiz. Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Flughafen Zürich und der ZHAW. www.youtube.com/@kbsworldnews.

The CCSM Linux Cluster Project, 2004, www.climate.unibe.ch/CCSM/index.html.

02.2003 University of Basel, Global warming and ocean circulation experiments using a coupled climate model
on a Linux-Cluster.
04.2003 EGS General Assembly 2003, Nice, France
05.2003 2th Young Researchers Meeting, Münchenwiler, Switzerland
05.2003 Media Training for Scienctist, Münchenwiler, Switzerland
09.2003 NCCR Swiss Climate Summer School, Grindelwald: Climate Change, Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems
04.2004 EGS General Assembly 2004, Vienna, Austria
05.2004 3th Young Researchers Meeting, Gwatt, Switzerland
05.2004 ESF-HOLVAR 2004, Kastantienbaum, Switzerland: Holocene climate variability and climate forcing
09.2004 CSCS User's Day, Manno TI, Switzerland
09.2004 NCCR Swiss Climate Summer School, Monte Verita,Ticino, Switzerland: Variability, From Observation to Prediction
05.2005 4th Young Researchers Meeting, Gwatt, Switzerland
09.2005 NCCR Swiss Climate Summer School, Grindelwald: from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, Climate of
the Last 1000 Years
02.2006 University of Bern, KUP-Seminar, Die Klimaantwort auf nordatlantische Frischwassereinträge: Untersuchungen
mit dem Klimamodell CCSM3.0.
05.2006 5th Young Researchers Meeting, Gwatt, Switzerland
09.2006 CSCS User's Day, Manno TI, Switzerland
03.2008 Arena Simulations Seminar, SAT, Deutschland
09.2008 Arena User Meeting, SAT, Deutschland
12.2008 WinterSim Conference 2008, Miami/USA
05.2009 ZHAW Kompaktseminar Simulation, Wädenswil, Schweiz

Other publications

Mijovic, N.,Kuljanin, J., Renold, M., A model for estimation of profitabel cycles in airline Industry,
Balcor 2018 XIIII Conference on Operation Research, Budabest.

Renold, M., Wacker, S., 2019, 23rd ATRS World Conference, Amsterdam, Evolutionary based capacity
optimization of a Baggage Sorting System using a Modular Cellular Automata, Amsterdam.

Renold, M., Kuljanin, J., Kalic, M., 2019, 8th International Conference on Air Transport { INAIR
2019, The comparison of financial performance of airlines with different business model operated in
long-haul market, Transportation Research Procedia 00 (2019) 000{000.

Anet, J. G., Schlögl, S., Spirig, C., Frey, M. P., Renold, M., and Gutbrod, K. G.: Building a new
high-density air temperature measurement network in two Swiss cities, EGU General Assembly 2021,
online, 19{30 Apr 2021, EGU21-9102, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9102, 2021.

Schlögl, S., Bader, N., Anet, J. G., Frey, M., Spirig, C., Renold, M., and Gutbrod, K.: Automated
detection of urban heat islands based on satellite imagery, digital surface models, and a
low-cost sensor network, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19{30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14143,
doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14143, 2021.

Renold, M., Kuljanin, J., 2021, Second Symposium on Aviation Research, Prediction of airline net
profit cycles in the context of COVID19 crises, online, University of Bergamo, Italy.

Babic, D., Renold, M., 2023, 25th EuroWorking Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2023),Prediction
of All-causes of Airline Delays at Zurich Airport Based on Decision Tree, Spain, Transportation
Research Procedia 00 (2023) 000000.

Renold, M., Vollenweider, J., Kuljanin, J., 2023, 23rd ATRS World Conference, Kobe, Decomposition
of the Airline Profit cycles: How do different business models and strategies impact the profit cycle
of airlines, Kobe, Japan.

ZHAWImpact Journal, 2021, Wie heiss sind unsere Städte?, impact.zhaw.ch/de/artikel/wieheiss-sind-unsere-staedte.

Künstliche Intelligenz für den Farming Simulator, 2016-2019, Innosuisse, www.aramis.admin.ch/Grunddaten/.

Urban Climate (AI), 2019-2022, Innosuisse, www.aramis.admin.ch/Grunddaten/.

Invited talks and conference papers (selected):
05.2013 University of Belgrade, Airport Modelling and Simulation, Belgrade.
10.2014 University of Belgrade, The LEGO-Modell. Passenger flows simulation, Belgrade.
11.2016 University of Belgrade, Optimization of Slot Allocation plan based on Genetic Algorithm. A new approach in Air Traffic System Optimization, Belgrade.
08.2016 ZHAW Winterthur, Braun Bag Seminar, Big Data and High Performance Computing.
06.2019 ATRS, Profit Cycles in Aviation, Freie Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
06.2019 ATRS, Maschin Learing techniques, Monte Carlo Random Trees search and Evolutionary Algorithms, Freie Universiteit Amsterdam.
10.2019 INAIR, The comparison of finnancial performance of airlines with different business model operated in long-haul market, University of Belgrade.
02.2020 Applied Maschine Learning Days AMLD EPFL, Lausanne. Track Organizer Artificial Intelligence in Aviation.
04.2021 Seminar, Evolutionary based capacity optimization of a Baggage Sorting System using a Modular Cellular Automaton, University of Barcelona & UPC, Spain.
02.2021 SOAR Conference, Prediction of airline net profit cycles in the context of COVID19 crises, University of Bergamo.
03.2022 Applied Maschine Learning Days AMLD EPFL, Lausanne. Track Organizer and Speaker Artificial Intelligence in Aviation.
06.2023 ATRS, Decomposition of the Airline Profit cycles: How do different business models and strategies impact the profit cycle of airlines, Kobe, Japan.
09.2023 25th Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2023), Prediction of All-causes of Airline Delays at Zurich Airport Based on Decision Tree, Spain.

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