DrMark Raadsen

MSc Twente; PhD Sydney

Mark combines his knowledge as a Computer Scientist (Bsc, MSc, Twente University, NL) with his expertise in Transport planning and traffic simulation (PhD, University of Sydney). He holds the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the supply side of transport at ITLS. In this role Mark has published on novel methodologies and solution algorithms in the area of network modelling, transport planning, and Intelligent Transport Systems. In his work Mark combines top-tier academic work with practical applicability resulting in multiple commercial adoptions of his work resulting in tangible impact in the real-world. He is also the co- founder of the open-source transport planning project PLANit (www.goplanit.org). Prior to working at Sydney University, Mark worked in industry as a software engineer and architect in transport planning, developing traffic simulation models for large-scale applications in The Netherlands. He also contributes to teaching in various units in the Business School such as Strategic Transport Planning, Traffic and Mobility Management, Quantitative methods in Transport, and the Foundation (Transport) unit.

Mark’s research is focussed on the supply side of transport, with a specific interest in dynamic and static traffic assignment methods, traffic flow theory, and algorithm design, He also has a keen interest in aggregation and decomposition methods in traffic assignment and especially in a multi-scale and multi-modal context. Also of interest are ways to combine these research areas with sustainability aspects that are becoming of increasing importance in the transport space. Ideally, this work all contributes to developing transport planning models at various levels of detail for cities, regions and even countries in such a way that consistency is maintained, and model results can be readily adopted by policy makers.