Lidia
Montero
Mercadé
Collaborating Professor in Smart Mobility
Lidia
Montero

Doctor in Computer Science by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona (1993). Since 1998 she is associate professor (tenure position) of the department of Statistics and Operations Research of the UPC.

In 1985 joins LIOS (Laboratori d’Investigació Operativa i Simulació) that in 1997 merged with other research groups at UPC to set up PROMALS (Programació Matemàtica, Logística i Simulació). In January 2014, she joins CIT UPC as a member of the consolidated research group certified by the Catalan Government for 2014-2016 (AGAUR, official agency) MPI (Modeling and Data Processing). Experience in transport and mobility consulting at ALG (Advanced Logistics Group) in international projects funded by the World Bank and the IDB.

Her research focuses on demand modeling and transportation and mobility analytics. Specialist in the application of statistics to transportation planning, demand modeling, traffic management and other transportation-related issues. She has presented around 100 papers at scientific conferences.

She has actively participated in the research of traffic models and microscopic simulation through participation as a partner in projects within national R&D&I programs and the European Union. Founding partner of TSS (currently AIMSUN), a UPC spin-off company for the marketing of the AIMSUN microscopic simulator.

Final Degree Projects directed

Main projects directed

Alphanet is a Catalan company that provides technology and services to local administrations to improve urban management and security.
ITS Spain is a non-profit Association founded in 2002 with the objective of uniting the public, private and academic sectors related to Intelligent Transportation Systems
Study of a use case that aims to evaluate the implementation of a dynamic traffic congestion management system in Barcelona.

Main projects participated

Development of the applications that constitute the core of Smart Mobility, one of the fundamental pillars of the Smart City concept.

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