Big Data Conference
“Big Data” in Railroad Maintenance Planning
2024 Conference
December 11-12, 2024
Trabant Theater, Trabant Student Center,
17 West Main Street, Newark, DE, 19716
Conference Agenda
Converting the Mountain of Data Collected by Railway Systems
into Effective Maintenance Planning Information with a Focus on
Railway Needs and Practical Applications
This conference is organized by the University of Delaware’s Railroad Engineering and Safety Program, Big Data Center, and the College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
About the Conference
Modern Railways are making increasing use of new generation inspection and operating technology to obtain more and more data on the condition of the track, equipment, and operations. This extensive amount of data, which includes data of increasing complexity as well as volume, has led to a condition known as “Big Data”, where the volume of data is such that traditional analysis techniques are no longer viable to efficiently make use of all of this large volume of data. Thus, important information is often buried in this “mountain” of data. Since railways need to convert this data into useable information to help them plan their maintenance and capital programs as well as their ongoing operations, there is a need for the application of new and improved analysis techniques to make this conversion from data into information. One such area of improved data analysis is the use of “Big Data” or Data Analytics with its associated statistical analysis techniques which is the focus of this conference.
The 2024 conference is intended to expand on previous years’ conferences and introduce these new and emerging analysis techniques and to show how they can be applied to the large volume of inspection and operational data collected by railways to improve their planning of the critical capital and maintenance programs. This year’s conference focuses on new and emerging applications of “Big Data” analytics to include infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance planning and railroad operations. The program for 2024 will use a 1 ½ day format with a full day on Wednesday December 11, 2024 and a half day on December 12, 2024 with a reception the evening of December 11, 2024.
For more information contact: camurray@udel.edu
Location & Parking
Trabant Theater in the Trabant University Center
17 West Main Street in Newark, Delaware 19716.
Hourly parking is available in the Trabant Garage adjacent to the building.
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Call for Sponsors
The Big Data in Railroad Maintenance Planning conference is soliciting sponsorships for the 2024 conference.
Sponsorships are available in the following categories:
Reception Sponsors [Platinum] at $2000.
Reception sponsors will be acknowledged throughout the conference and Thursdays evening’s reception to include.
- Special reception sponsor posters at the Thursday evening reception
- Special announcement at Thursday evening reception
- Acknowledgement as Reception [Platinum] Sponsor on all Conference Program
- On Sponsors Posters in the Conference Hall and Conference Hall Lobby
- Recognition during the Conference
General Sponsorship [Gold Sponsors] at $1000.
Sponsors will be acknowledged throughout the conference to include.
- Acknowledgement as General [Gold] Sponsor on all Conference Program
- On Sponsors Posters in the Conference Hall and Conference Hall Lobby
- Recognition during the Conference
If you are interested in being a Reception or General Sponsor please e-mail Dr. Allan M Zarembski; Professor and Director of the Railroad Engineering and Safety Program, University of Delaware at dramz@udel.edu
Presented By:
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
RAILROAD ENGINEERING AND SAFETY PROGRAM
2024 Platinum Sponsors
2024 Gold Sponsors
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