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Abderrahman Ait Ali

Principal Research Engineer

I use my passion for transport economics and mathematical optimization to enhance future transport systems.

Presentation

Abderrahman Ait-Ali is a Principal Research Engineer at the Communications and Transport Systems (KTS) unit within the Department of Science and Technology (ITN) at Linköping University. His work focuses on transport economics and mathematical optimization, particularly applied to public transport and railways. He addresses key issues such as capacity allocation, timetabling, maintenance planning, and traffic information.

Abderrahman earned an engineering diploma in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Grenoble Institute of Technology (Ensimag) and a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He obtained his PhD in Infra-Informatics from Linköping University in 2020.

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CV

Education

2021-present – Postdoc in Communications & Transport Systems, Linköping University
2015-2020 – PhD in Infra-Informatics, Linköping University
2013-2015 – MSc in Computer Science & Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2009-2013 – BSc in Applied Mathematics & Informatics, Grenoble Institute of Technology (Ensimag)

Positions

2021-present – Researcher, Transport Economics, VTI - The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden
2019-2021 – Research Assistant, Transport Economics, VTI - The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden
2015-2016 – Research Engineer, Mathematical Optimization, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
2014-2015 – Research Intern, Production Planning, ABB Research Center, Germany

Metrics

Google Scholar profile
Scopus ID 57200147417
ORCID 0000-0001-9535-0617 

Publications

2026

Abderrahman Ait-Ali, Zohreh Ranjbar, Martin Joborn (2026) Integrating demand data with train delay models: A socio-economic evaluation for maintenance planning Transportation Research Procedia, Vol. 95, p. 177-184 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Abderrahman Ait-Ali, Anders Peterson (2025) Assessing the effects of traffic information to passengers: a literature review World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2023 Montreal 17-21 July 2023, p. 24-42 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Jonathan Leung, Sebastian Stichel, P-O Larsson Kråik, Arne Nissen, Abderrahman Ait-Ali, Kristofer Odolinski, Emma From, Peter Torstensson (2025) Resource-efficient maintenance and renewal strategies for railway infrastructure via look-up tables 13th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2025), Tokyo, Japan, September 22-26, 2025 (Conference paper)
Abderrahman Ait Ali, Saeed Hossein-Nia, Kristofer Odolinski, Peter Torstensson, Sebastian Stichel (2025) Simulation-based evaluation of maintenance strategies using look-up tables Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical engineers. Part F, journal of rail and rapid transit, Vol. 239, p. 804-816 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Abderrahman Ait Ali, Kristofer Odolinski, Bjorn Palsson, Peter Torstensson (2024) Evaluating the mix of maintenance activities on railway crossings with respect to life-cycle costs European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Vol. 24 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

Public transportation

Railway and public transport

The research group for railway and public transport is interested in developing models and methods, which describe the traffic and can be used as decision support tools.

Teaching

Abderrahman Ait-Ali is involved in the following courses at Linköping University:
TNK127 - Optimization and Statistics in Transportation: This course provides fundamental insights into optimization, focusing on linear, nonlinear, and integer problem optimization with applications in transportation.
TNK125 - Public Transportation and Rail Traffic: This course offers foundational knowledge of public transport systems and rail transport, with an emphasis on tactical planning of public transport.
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Intelligent Transport Systems and Logistics, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme focuses on the integration of IT and telecommunications into transport and logistics systems, with the aim of increasing efficiency, safety, mobility and customer satisfaction while reducing environmental impact.

Organisation

Communications and Transport Systems

Expertise in advanced modelling, systems analysis, and information management to enhance sustainability, mobility, and efficiency in urban development, transport, logistics, and information and communication technologies.
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Department of Science and Technology (ITN)

We research and teach in several technical and scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.

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