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Fabian Akkerman Wins Prestigious INFORMS TSL Dissertation AwardAtlanta, GA – October 27, 2025. Fabian Akkerman has been selected as the Winner of the 2025 INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Dissertation Award, the most prestigious global recognition for doctoral research in transportation and logistics. The award honors his dissertation, Machine Learning for Sequential Decisions in Logistics, which he defended on April 4th, 2025, earning the distinction of cum laude.Read more
Resilient Multimodal CorridorsWhat a beautiful weather! Sun only, no rain! But.... this is exactly the weather which brings our partners in problems since the canal has a too low water level for all the - heavy- ships to transport their freight in. Over the last weeks we have thus been confronted with the situation the digital twin is originally intended for, and the researchers working on the tool have appreciated all the insights shared by the industrial stakeholders, shippers and skippers. We are also grateful for the expertise and data provided by our public partners, like the Province of Overijssel, the Ports of Twente and Zwolle and of course Rijkswaterstaat who possesses a great amount of valuable data on which the platform can be built. It is true teamwork!Read more