Adam Pel is associate professor at the Transport and Planning department at Delft University of Technology. In his research Adam uses data analyses, mathematical modeling, and simulation and optimization techniques in order to study the design, operations and control of road transport systems. He leads multiple research and industry-funded projects on model-based analyses of the dynamic performance of road transport systems regarding: human factors, infrastructure, services, technologies, policies, control measures, and information flows.
Adam was Scientific Chair and General Chair of several international conferences (ICEM2009, TRISTAN2016, RSS2017), is Associate Editor for several journals (Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part C), and has supervised 10 Postdoc & PhD researchers and 50+ MSc & BSc students. The theories and models developed within his research group are used in studies on transport resilience in the Netherlands, China, Japan, Chili, South Africa, and Myanmar.
Adam received his MSc degree in 2007 in Transport Engineering and his PhD degree in 2011 on modeling and managing emergencies. Next to his academic position, Adam is also data scientist at Fileradar BV, specialized in data-driven traffic monitoring, analytics, and travel-time prediction. There he has developed algorithms and software used in operational and pilot studies, including the Practical Trial for Coordinated Network Management in Amsterdam, the urban Adaptive Queue Management system in Rotterdam, and the situational and predictive traffic control system at the Traffic Center “West” managing one-fifth of the Dutch motorway network.