ODIN – Optimal Design of Infrastructure Networks

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Mar 2024
Duration in months:

36
Funding:

European Regional Development Fund – Programme ERDF "investissement pour la croissance et l'emploi" 2021-2027
Principal Investigator(s):

Francesco VITI

About

ODIN aims at expanding the capacity, innovation and utilisation potentials of advanced technologies based on connectivity and digitization. Investments made to increase the economic competitiveness of Luxembourg, and Europe more generally, will transform and diversify multiple socio-economic aspects, but are also expected to generate more mobility (more and longer distance trips) and hence increase the negative externalities arising from transport and mobility systems: more congestion, delays and pollution, the need for more parking space, etc. Thanks to the development of new data-driven and advanced computational models within a Digital Twin modelling paradigm, ODIN will demonstrate through a selection of comprehensive use cases how estimation and prediction of human mobility can facilitate the creation of cleaner, smarter, and more efficient solutions for planning and managing our multimodal transport and mobility infrastructure networks. Consequently, this will contribute to creating a climate-neutral transport and mobility ecosystem addressing the social, economic and environmental issues resulting from the economic transformation and rapid demographic growth, in particular of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Additionally, by showcasing the application of the ODIN approach to the context of electromobility systems, the project will develop optimisation solutions for managing the energy transition to sustainable and zero-emissions mobility alternatives, including the exploitation of renewable energy sources.