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THE BIG PICTURE

We do research on
mobility modelling AND DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS, TRANSPORT
NETWORK DESIGN and control
for cities to become smarter and better to live in

The Transport and Traffic Engineering Laboratory (LICIT) is a Joint Research Unit which is placed under the supervision of University Gustave Eiffel and ENTPE (Post-graduate School of Transport and Civil Engineering).

The LICIT is also part of the University de Lyon and Lyon Urban School.

The laboratory is located on both the ENTPE Campus and the University Gustave Eiffel centre in Lyon.

The LICIT’s main research theme is the Dynamic Modelling, Monitoring and Control of Transportation Networks.

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OUR RESEARCH THEMES

A few things we’re great at

The research activities performed in our laboratory cover a large spectrum of subjects related to traffic modelling, simulation, data-driven mobility analysis, optimal transport design
and novel solutions for sustainable transport.

TRAFFIC MODELLING, SIMULATION AND CONTROL

We develop simulation models and tools based on physics and traffic theory. Simulation tools are used to test new mobility services and control strategies.

We design traffic models describing the evolution of mobility flows, including the different modes of transport into the core of our solutions. We also focus on the characterisation of the effects deriving from the introduction into transport networks of new shared mobility services (car-sharing, ride-sharing, etc.), connected and autonomous vehicles.

DATA-DRIVEN MOBILITY ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION

We leverage multi-source data to build intelligent transport systems and understand human mobility at different spatio-temporal scales.

We develop original solutions based on artificial intelligence, data mining and data assimilation techniques to understand how people move within a city and to implement smart solutions to improve the transport system. We focus on the usage of large-scale data, such as call detail records, mobile network probe data, drone images, GPS data.

OPTIMAL AND RESILIENT TRANSPORT OFFER DESIGN

We explore complex networks theory and operations research approaches towards the design of an optimal multi-modal sustainable transport offer.

We do research concerning the optimal organization of the transport offer via economic, resilience and environmental efficiency criteria, focusing on both densely and sparsely populated areas. We explore strategies to enforce the complementarity between public transport and on-demand mobility, as well as the achievement of the overall optimum of the system.

OUR RESEARCH APPROACHES

Data-DRIVEN AND multi-Physics APPROACHES
To MODEL, ANALYSE, simulate, predict and control traffic

data-driven approach

THE potential of big data and Artificial Intelligence

We use multi-source data to understand human mobility demand, travel patterns and motifs. We develop platforms based on data analysis and machine learning to support traffic monitoring, vulnerability assessment and resilience improvement.

multi-physics approach

The power of MULTI-physics for traffic Modelling AND CONTROL

We develop multi-scale traffic models, simulation tools and control strategies for the understanding and managing of multi-modal transport, by integrating a variety of mathematical approaches .

Our RESEARCH TEAM

GREAT PEOPLE FOR A GREAT WORK

LICIT is a team of wonderful people…

PERMANENT STAFF

Ludovic LECLERCQ

Director of the LICIT, Researcher, HDR, Professor

Nour-Eddin EL FAOUZI

Researcher, HDR, Professor

Christine BUISSON

Researcher, HDR, Professor

Nicolas CHIABAUT

Researcher, Professor, HDR

Angelo FURNO

Researcher, Professor

Pierre-Antoine LAHAROTTE

Researcher, Professor

Delphine LEJRI

Researcher, Professor

Cecile BECARIE

Research
Engineer

Colette MINTSA-EYA

Engineer

Bernard SCHNETZLER

Research
Engineer

Sonia CENILLE

Secretary

Anne-Christine DEMANNY

Secretary

Samuel SELLAM

Emeritus
Director of Research

POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS AND RESEARCH ENGINEER

Pierre LEMAIRE

Postdoc

Andres LADINO

Postdoc

Matthieu GUILLOT

Postdoc

Humberto GONZALEZ

Postdoc

Evelyne AKOPYAN

Research
Engineer

Kinjal BHATTACHARYYA

Postdoc

Florian GACON

Research
Engineer

Mohammed Amine MERZOUG

Postdoc

Sarah TULLIEZ

Postdoc

PhD students

Loïc BONNETAIN

PhD Student

Cecile DANIEL

PhD Student

Carlos Mario
GOMEZ PATINO

PhD Student

Cyril VEVE

PhD Student

Elise HENRY

PhD Student

Manon SEPPECHER

PhD Student

Anna TAKAYASU

PhD Student

Alexandre JAYOL

PhD Student

Mélanie CORTINA

PhD Student

Louis BALZER

PhD Student

Mathis BOUKHELLOUF

PhD Student

Affiliated Phd Students

Benoit MATET

PhD Student
LICIT & GRETTIA

Lucas MAGNANA

PhD Student
LICIT & CITI

Niloofar SHAKOORI

PhD Student
LICIT & IFPN

Mohamed Lamine BENZAGOUTA

PhD Student
LICIT & ERENA

Jeremy LEROY

PhD Student
LICIT & PICS-L

TEACHING ACTIVITY

BESIDES RESEARCH

LICIT’s teaching activities take place at the National School of State Public Works ( ENTPE),
Ecole Centrale de Lyon and other higher-education institutions.

LICIT coordinates a part of the teaching activities of the Transport & Mobility program
– Voie d’approfondissement Mobilité et Transports –
at the Department of Transportation of ENTPE

LICIT’s teaching activities focus on
Research approaches for Transport engineering, Road traffic modelling and ITS;
Scientific disciplines related to Data Science, Operational research, Computer Science.

TRAFFIC THEORY

Intelligent Transportation systems

Data Science and Machine learning

Traffic study with dynamic simulation

Traffic Modelling and USages

Regulation and exploitation of transport

multi-physics coupling

our pride

Research projects AND PLATFORMS

LICIT is involved in many international, European, national and regional research projects.
LICIT has also developed several platforms to support for
traffic simulation and intelligent transportation systems.