Trung Thanh Nguyen

Professor of Operational Research in Transportation, Co-Director of LOOM institute

LOOM research institute, Liverpool John Moores University

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Leading research institute in the application of digital solutions to logistics and sustainable transportation. Currently participating in 9 EU projects.

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Leading research institute in the applications of digital solutions to logistics and transportation, with a focus on sustainable transport such as maritime, rail, bus, active travel (cycling & walking), and electric vehicles. Examples of some recent projects: 1\. RETROFIT55, EU project on energy-saving technologies for retrofitting vessels https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101096068 . 2\. eSOV, UK project on world-first zero emission electric service operation vessel https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2023/11/8/electric-ships 3\. WINDHY - EU project on offshore hydrogen production. 4\. DROMS-FOWT - EU project on maintenance for offshore turbines. 5\. REMESH - EU project on emergency supply chain https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823759 6\. RESET - EU project on reliability and safety for large maritime engineering systems https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/730888 7\. Real-time information for railway industry: https://web.ljmu-iris.co.uk/ 8\. SUD: Sensors (air quality, traffic, weather and other environmental factors), cloud computing and digital innovations for active travel: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/projects/lcr-sustainable-green-travel-corridors 9\. Smart Green Things (smart IoT sensors and apps for sustainable travel): https://blog.ljmu-sud.co.uk/ 10\. COINS: Real-time information solutions for rail/metro passengers https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2020/1/6/successful-trial-of-automated-rail-passenger-information 11\. DataSandbox: Anticipating and mitigating reactionary delays in railway https://rssb.wavecast.io/datasandbox/anticipating-and-mitigating-reactionary-delays-a-case-study-on-the-northern-line-of-merseyrail 12\. Atlantic Blue Port Services https://www.atlanticblueports.com/ 13\. UK-VN logistics: Sustainable maritime logistics research https://twitter.com/ukvn\_logistics https://ukvn-logistics.org/ 14\. InTraDE Intelligent transport in dynamic environments https://keep.eu/projects/7040/Intelligent-Transportation-f-EN/
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Leading research institute in the applications of AI and Digital Twin solutions to logistics and transportation, with a focus on sustainable transport such as maritime, rail, bus, active travel (cycling & walking), and electric vehicles.

Examples of some recent projects:

  1. Digital Twin/AI project on preparedness and resilience in maritime transport. ~£4M UK-funded project.

  2. AI-PASSPORT, £2M UK-funded project on AI to connect sea and land transport. https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10126404#/tabOverview

  3. RETROFIT55, €5.66M EU project on energy-saving digital technologies for retrofitting vessels https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101096068

  4. eSOV, £20M UK-funded Digital Twin for ports to support the development of world-first zero emission electric service operation vessel https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2023/11/8/electric-ships

  5. AI for manufacturing project £223K UK-funded project https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10064659#/tabOverview

  6. AI for manufacturing project £195K UK-funded https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10088643#/tabOverview

  7. Freight Corridor Insights £250K UK-funded project on AI algorithms to improve freight movement.

  8. WINDHY - EU project on offshore hydrogen production.

  9. DROMS-FOWT - EU project on maintenance for offshore turbines.

  10. REMESH - EU project on emergency supply chain https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823759

  11. RESET - EU project on reliability and safety for large maritime engineering systems https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/730888

  12. IRIS: AI-powered real-time information for railway industry: https://web.ljmu-iris.co.uk/

  13. LCR SUD: £18M EU-funded project on AI-powered sensors (air quality, traffic, weather and other environmental factors), cloud computing and digital innovations for active travel: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/projects/lcr-sustainable-green-travel-corridors

  14. Smart Green Things (smart AI sensors and apps for sustainable travel): https://blog.ljmu-sud.co.uk/

  15. COINS: Real-time information solutions for rail/metro passengers https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2020/1/6/successful-trial-of-automated-rail-passenger-information

  16. DataSandbox: AI to Anticipating and mitigating reactionary delays in railway https://rssb.wavecast.io/datasandbox/anticipating-and-mitigating-reactionary-delays-a-case-study-on-the-northern-line-of-merseyrail

  17. EU-funded Atlantic Blue Port Services https://www.atlanticblueports.com/

  18. InTraDE Intelligent transport in dynamic environments (EU-funded) https://keep.eu/projects/7040/Intelligent-Transportation-f-EN/

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HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13: Fostering Innovative and Compliant Data Ecosystems HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-12: Preparing the Advancement of the state of the art of submarine cable infrastructures HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-10: Roadmap for next generation computing technologies from IoT device level to edge to cloud to HPC HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-09: Alignment of stakeholders towards the supply-side large-scale pilot of end-to-end infrastructures integrating device, network computing and communication capabilities HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07: Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automationHORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17: Specific support for the Virtual Worlds Partnership and the Web 4.0 initiativeHORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-16: Drive the evolution of the internet towards open and interoperable Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds: building blocks in priority areas HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15: GenAI4EU: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds: Advanced technologies for better performance and hyper personalised and immersive experienceHORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14: Core technologies for virtual worldsHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07: Enhanced Learning Strategies for General Purpose AI: Advancing GenAI4EUHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04: Assessment methodologies for General Purpose AI capabilities and risksHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01: Advanced sensor technologies and multimodal sensor integration for multiple application domains