Future Cities Lab

Seminar Series 2024/2025

We are happy to announce the fifth edition of our seminar series operated by the Future Cities Lab (Centrale Pékin, Beihang University Beijing and Laboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Unviersité Paris-Saclay). The series of research seminars aims to exchange knowledge and ideas on the ongoing projects within the Lab and its affiliates and collaborators, as well as communicate the research progress to external stakeholders.

The one-hour sessions consist of short input presentations on chosen topics and interactive discussions in which everyone is invited to participate actively. Please join our mailing list to stay up to date about future seminars of the Future Cities Lab and receive the event invitations: Subscribe here.

Schedule and Programme

10/12 10 am (Paris Time):
Boshuai Zhao (CentraleSupélec)
The Dial-a-Ride Problem with Synchronized Visits
8/1 10 am (Paris Time):
Bai Wenhui (Beihang University)
A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Two-Echelon Open Vehicle Routing Problem with Autonomous Delivery Vehicle
21/1 10 am (Paris Time):
Dung Nguyen (EM Normandie)
Designing profit-maximizing omnichannel distribution networks for high responsiveness
5/2 10 am (Paris Time):
Jiahua Tang (EM Normandie et Université Paris-Saclay)
Sustainable two-echelon deliveries with mobile microhubs using column generation
5/3 10 am (Paris Time):
Wang Gufeng (Beihang University)
Impact of Drivers’ Risk-Sensitive Preferences on Ride-Hail Systems
19/3 10 am (Paris Time):
Minh-Tam Tran (NEOMA Business School)
Pricing and subsidy management for the EVs charging station
2/4 10 am (Paris Time):
He Shaosong (Beihang University)
Credit-Based Driving Reservation Scheme for Commuting Mode Shift
30/4 10 am (Paris Time):
Kai Martins-Turner (TU Berlin)
Agent-based solving of the 2-echelon Vehicle Routing Problem
21/5 10 am (Paris Time):
Fu Guanghui (Beihang University)
Distributionally Robust Periodic Pricing for a Private EV Charger-Sharing Platform with Endogenous Activity Schedules of Users
4/6 10 am (Paris Time):
A gradient-descent-based framework for solving a stochastic two-echelon delivery problem with cargo-bikes
Fatima Ezzahra Achamrah (Universty of Sheffield)
18/6 10 am (Paris Time):
Speaker TBD

Seminar Series 2023/2024

Below you find the programme of the fourth edition of our seminar series operated by the Future Cities Lab (Centrale Pékin, Beihang University Beijing and Laboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Unviersité Paris-Saclay). The series of research seminars aims to exchange knowledge and ideas on the ongoing projects within the Lab and its affiliates and collaborators, as well as communicate the research progress to external stakeholders.

The one-hour sessions consist of short input presentations on chosen topics and interactive discussions in which everyone is invited to participate actively.

Schedule and Programme

06/12 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Jakob Puchinger (EM Normandie and CentraleSupélec)
Current and future research on urban mobility and logistics with a special focus on last-mile robot deliveries
Presentation slides (pdf)
20/12 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Qiong Tian (Beihang University)
Sino-French Joint Laboratory of Future Cities
Presentation slides (pdf)
Dr. Xiaojing Chen (Beihang University)
Optimization for ship-loading management performance at automotive roll-on and roll-off terminals: Comparison between different operation methods
Presentation slides (pdf)
10/01 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Adam Abdin (CentraleSupélec)
Future Cities Lab: Towards a more sustainable management of coupled mobility and energy systems.
Presentation slides (pdf)
24/01 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Zhuzhu Song (Beihang University)
Delivery efficiency vs. service range: How drones are revolutionizing retail logistics.
Presentation slides (pdf)
07/02 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Catherine Elliot (ETH Zurich)
Shifting cities towards micromobility: Understanding the citizen’s perspective in an E-Bike City
28/02 10 am (Paris Time):
Dr. Tanvi Maheshwari (Monash University)
Designing Future Cities for Automated Shared Mobility
03/04 10 am (Paris Time):
Vera Hemmelmayr (WU Vienna)
Recent research on the utilization of cargo bikes
24/04 10 am (Paris Time):
Shaosong He (Beihang University)
Model of bi-level optimization in evacuation network based on rational inattention.
15/05 10 am (Paris Time):
Sijie Yan (Beihang University)
Competition equilibrium of ride-sourcing platforms with government subsidies on autonomous vehicles.
29/05 10 am (Paris Time):
Tarek Chouaki (IRT SystemX) and Mariana Reyes (VEDECOM)
Assessing the impact of monetary incentives for walking using agent-based mobility simulations and discrete mode choice models
26/06 10 am (Paris Time):
Nanrong He (Beihang University)
Coevolutionary dynamics of route choice preferences and traffic congestion propagation : A large-scale network perspective

Seminar Series 2022/2023

After two successful seminar series conducted since 2020, we are happy to announce the third edition of the joint seminar series of the Anthropolis Chair, operated by IRT SystemX and CentraleSupélec, and the Future Cities Lab (Centrale Pékin, Beihang University Beijing and Laboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Unviersité Paris-Saclay). The series of research seminars aims to exchange knowledge and ideas on the ongoing projects within the Chair and Lab and its affiliates and collaborators, as well as communicate the research progress to external stakeholders.

The one-hour sessions consist of short input presentations on chosen topics and interactive discussions in which everyone is invited to participate actively.

Seminar Series Booklet for 2022-2023

Seminar Series 2021/2022

After the successful first edition conducted last year, we held a second edition of the joint seminar series of the Anthropolis Chair, operated by IRT SystemX and CentraleSupélec, and the Future Cities Lab (Centrale Pékin, Beihang University Beijing and Laboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Unviersité Paris-Saclay). The series of research seminars aimed at exchanging knowledge and ideas on the ongoing projects within the Chair and Lab and its affiliates and collaborators, as well as at communicating the research progress to external stakeholders.

In total, twelve speakers from France and China presented their work online.

Booklet summarizing the seminar series 2021/2022

Seminar Series 2020/2021

In November 2020, we started the joint seminar seried of the Future Cities Lab and the Anthropolis Chair. In the first session, Chair holder and lab co-director Jakob Puchinger introduced the bi-weekly format and gave a short presentation of current projects and initiatives of the Lab

Booklet Summarizing the 2020/2021 Seminar

First online Research Seminar

A half-day seminar titles "Scientific exchange of the Future Cities Lab" was co-hosted online by Ecole Centrale Pékin and CentraleSupeléc on the 30th of July.

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