CV - Complexity in Public Transport

Curriculum Vitae
(Updated October, 2014)
Evelien van der Hurk (Dutch)
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Office T09-17, 3000DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ehurk@rsm.nl
+31 1040 82314 (office); +31 62888 7069 (mobile)
ERIM website, Complexity in Public Transport website
LinkedIn profile
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Combinatorial Optimization ◦ (Big) Data Analysis ◦ Transportation
Education
2010 - ’14 : Ph.D. Candidate (defense expected Spring 2015)
Erasmus Research Institute of Management,
Department of Operations Management and Technology
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Complexity in Public Transport: Disruptions, Passengers and Information
Supervisors:Prof. Leo Kroon, Prof. Peter Vervest, dr G. Maróti
2006 - ’09: Master Operations Research and Quantitative Logistics (with honors)
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
Thesis: Strategic Capacity Planning at an Orthopedic Department (prof. R. Dekker)
2003 - ’07: B.Sc. in Econometrics and Management Science
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
Thesis: Dynamic Lot Sizing (prof. A. Wagelmans)
Selected Papers
E. van der Hurk, G. Maróti, L. G. Kroon and P.H.M Vervest. Deduction of passengers’ route
choice from smart card data. IEEE Transactions on ITS, vol.99, p1-11, 2014.
E. van der Hurk, H. Koutsopoulos, N.H.M Wilson, L. G. Kroon and G. Maróti. Shuttle Planning for Link Closures in Urban Public Transport Networks. Technical Report, Submitted to
Transportation Science, 2014.
E. van der Hurk, L. G. Kroon and G. Maróti, and P.H.M Vervest. Passenger Guidance and
Rolling Stock Rescheduling under Uncertainty for Disruption Management. (planned for submission to a special issue of Transportation Science by November 15), 2014.
Professional Experience (selected)
Fall 2013:
Visiting PhD Student at MIT
Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems Division,Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA
Collaboration with Prof. Wilson and Prof. Koutsopoulos leading to paper submitted
to TS. Results were practically relevant for the MBTA and also presented to TfL.
2009 - 2010: Analytical consultant
Pointlogic marketing consultancy focussed on quantitative modeling
Teaching Experience
2011-’12, 2012-’13:
2006-’07 :
2005-’06, 2006-’07:
Mathematics (with Prof L. G. Kroon and L. Veelenturf)
B.Sc. Business,
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Teaching Assistant Numerical Methods
B.Sc Econometrics & Operations Research
Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
Teaching Assistant Calculus Methods
B.Sc Econometrics & Operations Research
Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
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Current
Sep. 2010 - Present : Ph.D. Candidate (defense expected Spring 2015)
Erasmus Research Institute of Management,
Department of Operations Management and Technology
Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Research Project:
Complexity in Public Transport: Passengers and Information
Supervisors:
Prof. Leo Kroon, Prof. Peter Vervest, dr G. Maróti
Defence Expected:
Spring 2015
Project website
www.computr.eu
Research Topic
Disruption Management in Public Transport: the usage of new available data
on passenger behavior for reducing delay of passengers by specifically including
the complex interaction between passenger behavior and the logistic operations.
The research focusses on (i) analyzing and modeling passenger behavior based
on Big Data (e.g. obtained through automatic ticketing services), (ii) developing new mathematical models for disruption management including realistic
passenger behavior and the interaction between logistic planning and passenger
behavior. To this end, combinatorial optimization (mixed integer programming,
column generation, robust optimization), statistics, data mining and agent based
simulation are used. Studies are based on real life data and real life cases of
Netherlands Railways and the Massachusetts Bay Authority for Transportation
(Boston, USA). This project is sponsored by a highly competitive grant of the
Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) as part of their Complexity program
and carried out in cooperation with the Department of Process Quality and Innovation of Netherlands Railways.
Research Interests
The application, development and extension of Operations Research techniques in order to solve
increasingly complex real world problems. Specifically, in the area of mathematical programming, network optimization, column generation and multi-commodity flow models, with the
intention to include realistic behavior of travelers in these models. Currently, with the application to (public) transport networks and disruption management, but links could be found with
health care logistic and planning, logistic scheduling and supply chain management. Finally,
combining this with the usage of real world (big) data sources, requiring statistical, econometric
and data mining techniques, preferably in a dynamic research environment with great opportunities for collaborations with researchers and practice.
Grants
Sep. 2010 - Sep. 2014: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - theme Dynamics of
Complex Systems
Project name :
Complexity in Public Transport
with Prof. L. Kroon, Prof. P. Vervest, dr. T. Li, dr. G. Maróti, P.
Bouman
Project website:
NWO website Complexity in Public Transport
June. 2011
Santa Fe Institute
Description :
received highly competitive grant to attend the Santa Fe Institute’s Complex Systems Summer School
website:
website of CSSS
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Publications and Working Papers
E. van der Hurk, G. Maróti, L. G. Kroon and P.H.M Vervest. Deduction of passengers’ route
choice from smart card data. IEEE Transactions on ITS, vol.99, p1-11, 2014.
E. van der Hurk, H. Koutsopoulos, N.H.M Wilson, L. G. Kroon and G. Maróti. Shuttle Planning for Link Closures in Urban Public Transport Networks. Technical Report, Submitted to
Transportation Science, 2014.
E. van der Hurk, L. G. Kroon and G. Maróti, and P.H.M Vervest. Passenger Guidance and
Rolling Stock Rescheduling under Uncertainty for Disruption Management. (planned for submission to a special issue of Transportation Science by November 15, 2014), 2014.
E. van der Hurk, L. G. Kroon and G. Maróti, and P.H.M Vervest. Network Reduction and
Dynamic Forecasting of Passenger Flows for Disruption Management. In 5th International
Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis - 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013.
P. C Bouman, M. Lovric, Ting Li, E. van der Hurk, L. G. Kroon and P. H. M. Vervest Recognizing
Demand Patterns from Smart Card Data for Agent-Based Micro-simulation of Public Transport.
In M. Vasirani, E. Camponogara, H. Hiromitsu & F. Klgl (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Workshop
on Agents in Traffic and Transportation. Valencia.2012
Presentations at International Conferences
July 2014:
IFORS
Barcelona, Spain
October 2013:
Proceedings of the 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems
Den Haag, The Netherlands (presentation by Peter Vervest)
June 2013:
Triennial symposium on transportation analysis (TRISTAN’13)
San Pedro d’Atacama, Chile
May 2013:
5th International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis
Copenhagen, Denmark (presentation by Leo Kroon)
July 2012:
Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT’12)
Santiago, Chile
July 2011:
IFORS
Melbourne, Australia
May 2011:
Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research Conference
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
February 2011:
The 4th International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and
Analysis.
Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy
Work was also presented at several national conferences of TRAIL (Research School on Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics) and the LNMB (the Dutch Network on the Mathematics of
Operations Research).
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Education
Dec 2011, 2012, 2013 : NWO Complexity Winter School
Netherlands Science Organization
Zandvoort, The Netherlands
website:
NWO website Complexity Winter School
Description:
Winter school on the interdisciplinary discussion and application of complexity
theory. Keynote speakers included: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Dan Braha and
Hiroki Sayama.
June 2011 :
Santa Fe Complex Systems Summer School
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Wiki page CSSS 2011
website:
Description:
The Complex Systems Summer School offers an intensive four week introduction
to complex behavior in mathematical, physical, living, and social systems for
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences and social sciences.
(grant received)
2010-2012 :
Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB)
diploma
The Netherlands
lnmb.nl
website:
Description:
Diploma received for following 25 ECTS of LNMB provided courses, including
Robust Optimization, Combinatorial Optimization and OR Games.
June 2012 :
Certificate Proficiency in English
ESOL Examinations, University of Cambridge
Description:
Highest level certificate obtained for English for non-native speakers
Sep. 2006 - Apr. 2009: Master Operations Research and Quantitative Logistics
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Major field:
Operations Research and Quantitative Logistics
Minor field:
Econometrics
Title of thesis:
Strategic Capacity Planning at an Orthopedic Department
About:
Diploma received:
A quantitative model was developed for strategic capacity planning of a hospital
department. The research included a profound data analysis, clustering, simulation and finally optimization of a mixed integer programming model, and was
conducted in collaboration with the Erasmus Medical Center,.
April 2009, with honors
Sep. 2003 - Aug. 2007:B.Sc. in Econometrics and Management Science
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Major field:
Econometrics
Diploma received:
September 2007, average grade 8.3 out of 10
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Professional Experience
Sep. 2013 - Dec 2013: Visiting PhD Student at MIT
Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems Division
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Research Topic:
Research visit to Prof Wilson and Haris Koutsopoulos, Prof Larson, Prof Sussman, focussed on disruption management in Urban Public Transport Networks.
Research focussed on the real life problem of the closure of the Long Fellow
Bridge. A new model formulation, along with an important new preprocessing
step was proposed to obtain good solutions fast for realistically sized problems.
Real life data of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was
used. Results were presented to the board of the MBTA, at Transport for Londen. Research led to the paper : ”Shuttle Planning for Link Closures in Urban
Public Transport Networks” (submitted to Transportation Science).
Jan. 2010 - Aug 2010: Researcher
Department of Decision and Information Science, Rotterdam School of
Management
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Research Topic:
May.
2010:
Research assistant in a NWO funded project on revenue management in public
transport through agent based simulation modeling.
2009 - Dec. Analytical consultant
Pointlogic
Description:
Nov.
2008:
Pointlogic is a consultancy agency with the motto to ’enable smart decisions’.
They focus on marketing and human resource related issues solved through quantitative and econometric models. My responsibilities included data analysis,
model estimation, and the research of new models and techniques.
2007 - Apr. Personal Research Assistant to Prof. Rommert Dekker
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Description:
Jan.
2007:
Promotion and evaluation of the master Operations Research and Quantitative
Logistics abroad and online, and managing the relationship with alumni.
2007 - Mar. Teaching Assistant Numerical Methods
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Description:
Development of course material and grading exercises, as well as grading and
student support for this third year Econometrics Bachelor course.
Sep.2005 - Mar.2006 Teaching Assistant Calculus Methods
Sep.2006 - Mar.2007:
Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Description:
Teaching workshops for Calculus I and II, two first year Bachelor mathematics
courses for Econometrics and Operations Management students.
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Teaching Experience
2011-’12, 2012-’13:
Mathematics (with Prof L. G. Kroon and L. Veelenturf)
B.Sc. Business, Erasmus University
Evaluations: 4.2 out of 5, and 6.2 out of 10
2007-’08:
Numerical Methods (with dr. C. Heij and dr. D. Fok)
B.Sc. Econometrics and Management Science, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2005-’06, 2006-’07 :
Calculus (with dr. J. Brinkhuis)
B.Sc. Econometrics and Management Science, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Organizing Committees and Organized Seminars
Sep. 2010 - July 2013 Chair TRAIL PhD Council
Description
TRAIL is the Research School on Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics. The
PhD Council represents PhDs, stimulates interaction through social and scientific activities, and advices the TRAIL board on all PhD related matters.
June 2012
TRAIL PhD Event: Networking at Netherlands Railways
TRAIL PhD Council Event at Netherlands Railways
Speakers: Director Transport W. Fabries, Director Marketing research,
E. Abbink
May 2012
Influencing Policy Analysis with Complex Systems Modeling
ERIM Research Seminar
Speaker : dr. Chris Glazner
link to seminar
Sep 2011
Complexity in Public Transport
ERIM Research Colloquium
Speakers: E. Abbink, Prof. Kai Nagel, Prof. A. Pruyn, Prof. A. Reggiani, Prof. P. Vervest
link to seminar
Oct. 2010 - Sep. 2011 Coordinator PREBEM Conference
Description
The 12th PREBEM Conference is a one-day conference that provides the oppor-
Skills
tunity for PhD researchers and Master students to present their research, discuss
the work of their peers as well as participate in influential scientific debate on
the theme: Market and Non-Market Forces - Threats and Opportunities.
Programming
Java:
advanced
MatLab:
advanced
R:
advanced
S+:
advanced
Python:
good
SQL:
good
Languages
Dutch:
English:
French:
German:
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native
fluent
good
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References
Leo Kroon, Professor of Quantitative Logistics
Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University
PO Box 1738, 3000DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
+31 10 4082421 ; lkroon@rsm.nl
Peter Vervest, Professor of Business Telecommunications
Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University
PO Box 1738, 3000DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
+31 10 4082032 ; pvervest@rsm.nl
Nigel Wilson, Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
+1 617 2535046 ; nhmw@mit.edu
Harilaos (Haris) Koutsopoulos, Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
also: Professor of Transport Science, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
+1 617 3732444 ; haris@mit.edu
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