Vitins, Basil Janis

Main Focus

• Transport Simulation and Modeling
• Network Design

Dissertation

Shape Grammars for Transport Network Design

Completed Projects

• Accessibility as Alternative for Agglomeration Definition.
• Establishing a Method for Agglomeration Definition without Commuting Data.

Teaching

Assistant in “Transport Systems”, a lecture in Master of Science in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems.

Assistant in “Interdisciplinary Case Study”, a lecture in Master of Science in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems.

Assistant in “Transport and Spatial Planning Laboratory”, a lecture in Master of Science in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems.

Work Experience

since 2009

Research Assistant at the IVT, ETH Zurich

2007 - 2009

Transportation Planning Consultant, Rapp Trans AG, Basel

2001 - 2006

Assistant in Research and Teaching in System Modeling, in the Institute for Environmental Decisions and in Environmental Chemistry.

Education

since 2009

PhD Student at the IVT, ETH Zurich

2001 - 2007

Master of Environmental Science, ETH Zurich
Master Thesis in Optimization of Transport Networks

1996 - 2000

Kantonsschule Baden, Certificate in Mathematics and Natural Science

Publications

• Vitins, B.J., N. Schüssler and K.W. Axhausen (2012) Comparison of Hierarchical Network Design Shape Grammars for Roads and Intersection, paper presented at the 91th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2012. Download
• Vitins, B.J., N. Schüssler and K.W. Axhausen (2011) Grammar Rules for Passenger Transport Network Generation, paper presented at the 2011 European Transport Conference, Glasgow, October 2011. Download
• Vitins, B.J., N. Schüssler and K.W. Axhausen (2011) Shape Grammars for Hierarchical Transport Network Design, paper presented at the 11th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, May 2011. Download
• Vitins, B.J., N. Schüssler and K.W. Axhausen (2011) Comparison of Hierarchical Network Design Shape Grammars for Roads and Intersection, Working Paper, 688, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich. Download
• Horni, A., B.J. Vitins and K.W. Axhausen (2011) The Zurich Scenario: A Technical Overview, Working Paper, 687, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Vitins, B.J. and K.W. Axhausen (2010) Patterns and Grammars for Transport Network Generation, paper presented at the 10th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2010. Download
• Vitins, B.J. and K.W. Axhausen (2009) Optimization of Large Transport Networks Using the Ant Colony Heuristic, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 24 (1) 1-14. Download
• Vitins, B.J. and K.W. Axhausen (2007) Optimization of Large Transport Networks Using the Ant Colony Heuristic, paper presented at the 7th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2007. Download
• Vitins, B.J. (2006) Optimierung der Verkehrsinfrastruktur der Region Bern mit der Ant Colony Heuristic, Master thesis, IVT, ETH Zürich, Zürich. Download

Presentations

• Vitins, B.J., N. Schüssler and K.W. Axhausen (2012) Comparison of Hierarchical Network Design Shape Grammars for Roads and Intersections, presentation/poster at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2012. Download
• Vitins, B.J. (2011) An Integrated and Adaptive Ant Colony and Genetic Algorithm for Transport Network Design, presentation at the 2011 OR Zurich Conference, Zurich, August 2011. Download
• Vitins, B.J. (2011) A New Evolutionary Algorithm for Transport Network Generation and Shape Grammars Development for Urban Systems, presentation at the Equilibrium Sorting in Urban Systems Workshop, Zurich, March 2011. Download
• Vitins, B.J. (2010) Verkehrs- und Raumplanungsaspekte in der Schweiz, presented at the Seminar Fachnetze, Zurich, October 2010.
• Vitins, B.J. (2010) Grammar-Based Network Construction, presented at the Seminar Modeling Complex Socio-Economic Systems and Crises 5, ETH Zurich, Zurich, September 2010.
• Vitins, B.J. (2010) Generating Grammars in Transport Networks, IBM Smarter Cities - Workshop of the 28th eCAADe Conference, Zurich, September 2010.