Markus Ray Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Austria

The Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities supports cities and their stakeholders in the cross-sectoral transformation process, combining expertise in the areas of climate, energy, mobility and urban planning.With the aim of creating climate-neutral, competitive and sustainable living spaces, we develop and integrate state-of-the-art evidence-based analysis and simulation tools for systemic urban transformation, but also for the concrete planning and management of neighborhood and building solutions.This enables stakeholders to carry out an evidence-based, cross-sectoral evaluation of measures at every planning and detailing stage. The quantified evaluation enables the targeted optimization of a region, city, district, neighbourhood or building.With the City Intelligence Lab (CIL), we also pay special attention to the early planning phase of urban and neighborhood development projects using artificial intelligence. The effects of urban planning measures on microclimate, accessibility and mobility, for example, are evaluated almost in real time and visualized for specific target groups. This makes it possible for the first time to design a cross-sector, co-creative process and to create a sound basis for decision-making for the next steps in this early planning phase.

Heading the competence unit Digital Resilient Cities in the Center for Energy. Operating in the fields of mobility, urban planning, energy and climate on district and city levels. Main responsibility in the strategic and operational integration and set-up of the new unit. Full budget and resource/competence management for the unit with an organizational structure of about 60 persons, 3 teams a 15-20 persons and supporting staff.Digital Resilient CitiesIn the era of digitization and climate change we are pioneering new ways to plan and realize the sustainable, smart and resilient habitats of tomorrow.AIT is an independent, urban know-how partner that develops cutting-edge urban management and planning solutions. By embracing today’s complexities, we’re pioneering new ways to plan and realise the sustainable, smart and resilient habitats of tomorrow. Our approach is our differentiator. We combine innovative processes with the latest digital planning tools using big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Transcending the boundaries of traditional disciplines and enhancing our services with scientific innovations, we formulate and answer questions today about the urban tasks and challenges of tomorrow.

Vienna

- Heading the competence unit Dynamic Transportation Systems in the Center for Mobility Systems (One of two units). Covering the fields passenger transport and freight logistics. Full responsibility (economic, thematic, strategic, personal) for 35-40 persons, incl. 3 Team-leaders in the areas of “Integrated Mobility Systems”, “Transport Optimization and Logistics” and “Mobility Data Collection and Analysis”.- Business Manager for the topics related to Mobility Data Collection and Analysis. Direct sales responsibility for industrial projects.Business Unit Dynamic Transportation Systems (DTS)DTS performs research in traffic systems optimization to enable pedestrians, cyclists, public transport and motorised individual traffic getting from A to B more quickly, more safely and in a more environmentally friendly way – while at the same time ensuring that the entire transportation system continues to work in an optimal manner. This consideration of all traffic modes is the key to efficient mobility systems.Such complex research issues can be tackled with the business unit’s profound experience in the fields of traffic flow measurement, analysis, simulation and control. Data from different sensor sources are collected, analysed, modelled and integrated into complex simulation tools. This allows accurate predictions about travel times or capacity utilisation in order to guide people and traffic flows safely and efficiently – the aim being to balance the optimum of every traffic mode with the entire transportation system optimum.

- Thematic team lead including strategic and personal development of a group of 10 persons in the field of data acquisition and analysisDevelopment and Implementation of two major areas in the field of in the context of Digitalization.Responsible for strategic and thematic implementation of innovative approaches to collect and analyse individual mobility data into AIT. Setup an independent research project portfolio including internal and co-funded projects. Development of strategic cooperation with industrial partners and setup and selling a solution portfolio.Research topics- Travel demand measurement from big data resources- Mobility Data Analytics for Dynamic & Interactive Transport- Geo-spatial Big data analyticsSolutions- MODE – Innovative software solutions for tracking movement data with Smartphones- Smart Survey – Mobility survey made easy with smartphones- Autonomous Ticketing – Enable your mobile app for next generation ticketing- Large-Scale data analytics - Efficient knowledge extraction from large-scale spatiotemporal mobility & traffic data.

- Coordination and supervision of project portfolio and colleagues in the field of data measurement and analysis

- R&D project acquisition, management and work in the field of mobility data collection and analysis (hardware & software)

- R&D in mobile information and positioning technologies. - Diploma thesis about mobile GPS data collection in urban areas

- Software Development in Java and VB and database solutions for different applications - Acquisition and management of small industry projects - Technical support for implementing base transceiver stations for Mobilkom Austria - Electrical installations at several industries (e.g. OMV, Hamburger Austria, LGV – Vienna) - Support of procurement department provided.

Master’S Degree, Electronic, Computer Science

Electronics, Computer and –System Technologies, Audio and Video technologies

Engineer’S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering