Abstract
Airy Magnien
Head of Data, Stats & Economics unit at UIC
Presentation title:
Channelling the data flood
Summary:
The atomic costs of obtaining and processing data are vanishing, but data-related Projects remain expensive and should be economically justified. Other challenges also appear; data security, reliability, interoperability, and history matter more than ever. This can be illustrated by several cross-sectorial development trends.
Bio:
Airy MAGNIEN, b. 1957, graduated in engineering sciences and physics. After a brief but significant stay with the French Cavalry, he joined the railway world in 1984, first with SNCF (French National Railways), then SYSTRA (railway consultancy). Initially managing rolling stock maintenance, then purchase and design, he progressively extended his activities to electromechanical engineering for high speed rail projects in Korea and Taiwan. This is where he contracted the economics virus, resulting into following assignments with the Strategy Dept. of SNCF, then with the European Railway Agency as the head of the Economic Evaluation Unit. Since 2013, he leads the Data, Statistics and Economics Unit at UIC, where he is active in several data- or ontologies-related projects.
The RailTech Europe 2017 Conference will explore the following three themes:
- Day 1 – 28 March 2017: European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
- Day 2 – 29 March 2017: Digitalisation in Railways
- Day 3 – 30 March 2017: Maintenance of Rail Infrastructure