Foteini Orfanou

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Foteini Orfanou is a Civil Engineer, PhD Candidate and Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. I hold a Diploma in Civil Engineering, under the specialization in Transportation Engineering from NTUA (2010) and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Transportation Systems from the Technical University of Munich (TUM, 2014). She has worked as a researcher at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at NTUA and at the Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at TUM, participating in research projects related to traffic management, traffic safety, incident analysis, parking management and driver assistance systems. She has presented and published several scientific papers in scientific journals and international conferences.

Education

Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), (2016 – ongoing), in the Department of Transportation, Planning and Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. Topic: “Modelling the interaction between automated vehicles and pedestrians using machine learning techniques”
Master of Science in Transportation Systems
- Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Grade: 9.20/10.00
- Master Thesis: Comparison of travel time measurements from stationary and link based detectors
Diploma of Civil Engineering
- Specialization: Transportation Engineering
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Grade: 8.60/10.00
- Diploma Thesis: Identifying the microscopic features of traffic hysteresis in freeways

Scientific area

Automated/Autonomous Vehicles
Traffic Flow Modeling
Traffic Flow
Traffic Management
Traffic Safety
Parking Management
Incident Analysis
Analysis of travel time measurements
Driver Assistance Systems

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant in the postgraduate course “Traffic Control” of the M.Sc. in Transportation Systems of the Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control of TUM (2014-2016)
Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Traffic Flow” of the 7th semester of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2017-ongoing)
Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Urban Road Networks” of the 8th semester of School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2018-ongoing)
Teaching Assistant in the graduate course “Analysis Methods in Traffic Engineering” of the 9th semester of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2018-2021)
Supervising Assistant in 2 Diploma Theses in the Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control of TUM (2014-2016)
Supervising Assistant in 5 Diploma Theses in the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (2017-ongoing)

Publications

At the present time (May 2023) twenty eight (28) scientific papers have been published (5 paper in scientific journals and 23 conference papers with full paper review):

Publications in scientific journals with referees

pj5. Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. and Mitsakis E. (2022). Humanizing Autonomous Vehicle Driving: Understanding, Modeling and Impact Assessment, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol. 87, pp. 477-504, 2022
pj4. Zirganos A., Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E. and Yannis G. (2022). Evaluating Good Practices for the promotion of Electromobility using Multi Criteria Analysis Methods, Case Studies on Transport Policy Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 1602-1610, 2022.
pj3. Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2021) A Comparative Gap Analysis for Electromobility and Alternative Fuels. In: Nathanail E.G., Adamos G., Karakikes I. (eds) Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems. CSUM 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61075-3_59
pj2. Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2021) A Taxonomy of Skills and Knowledge for Efficient Autonomous Vehicle Operation. In: Nathanail E.G., Adamos G., Karakikes I. (eds) Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems. CSUM 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61075-3_30
pj1. Vlahogianni E. I.; Karlaftis, M. G.; Orfanou, F. 2012, “Modeling the Effects of Weather and Traffic on the Risk of Secondary Incidents”, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations, 16(3), 109-117.

Publications in scientific conference proceedings (full papers with review)

pc23. Orfanou F., Toettel L., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2022). Identifying the automated vehicle driving policy in the vicinity of pedestrian, to be presented in the forthcoming 9th Transport Research Arena TRA Lisbon 2022, Portugal.\
pc22. Orfanou F., Mintsis E.., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2022). Simulation platform from data collection to impact assessment of autonomous vehicles, to be presented in the forthcoming 9th Transport Research Arena TRA Lisbon 2022, Portugal.
pc21. Kyriazopoulos, V., Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2021). Towards Data Driven Traffic Modelling: Safe Driving Based on Reinforcement Learning, 24th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC2021 (19-22 September 2021).
pc20. Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G (2021). Action Plan for promoting electromobility and alternative fuels, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, May 2021, Athens, Greece.
pc19. Asimomiti M., Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2021). What is the area of influence of a vehicle on the road? Theoretical Aspects and Some empirical Findings”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (1-3 September 2021).
pc18. Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2021). Action Plan for promoting electromobility in the Region of Attica, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (1-3 September 2021).
pc17. Oikonomou, M. G, Orfanou, F. P., Vlahogianni E. I. and Yannis, G. (2020). “Impacts of Autonomous Shuttle Services on Traffic, Safety and Environment for Future Mobility Scenarios,” 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294576.
pc16. Orfanou F. and Margreiter M. (2020). Evaluation of Stationary, Link-based and Floating Vehicle Data for Estimating Travel Times on Freeways, 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2020, 16-18 September 2020, Paphos, Cyprus.
pc15. Orfanou F., Vaa T., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2020). Towards behavioral models for autonomous driving acceptance, Proceedings of the 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020 Conference (Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 April 2020).
pc14. Broos J., Vanhaverbeke L., Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. (2020). Embracing Electromobility in Europe: Analysis of good practices and their Transferability in nine European Regions, Proceedings of the 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020 Conference (Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 April 2020).
pc13. Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E. and Yannis G. (2019). “Embracing Εlectromobility in Greece: Analysis of good practices in the Region of Attica”, 8th International Congress on Transportation Research.
pc12. Orfanou F., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G. and Moraitis C. (2019). “Impacts of Large Urban Regeneration Projects: The case of the New Athens Intercity Bus Terminal”, 15th World Conference on Transport Research.
pc11. Mantouka E., Orfanou F., Margreiter M., Vlahogianni E. and Sanchez Martinez J. (2019). “Smart Parking Assistance Services and User Acceptance: A European Model”, 5th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems.
pc10. Orfanou F., Margreiter M., Mayer P., Alpas M., Vlahogianni E. (2017). “Driver’s Willingness to Use Parking Assistance Tools and their Expectations: A Case Study for the Cities of Munich and Athens”, 8th International Congress on Transportation Research, Thessaloniki, Greece.
pc9. Charoniti E., Orfanou F., Sermpis D. and Yannis F. (2017). “Analysis of Alternative Scenarios for Managing Traffic Incidents Through Micro Simulation”, 8th International Congress on Transportation Research, Thessaloniki, Greece.
pc8. Margreiter, M.; Orfanou, F.; Mayer P., “Determination of the parking place availability using manual data collection enriched by crowdsourced in-vehicle data”, World Conference on Transport Research, Shanghai, July 2016.
pc7. Margreiter, M.; Mayer P.; Orfanou, F., “A Concept for Crowdsourcing of InVehicle Data to Improve Urban On-Street Parking”, mobil.TUM International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport “Technologies, Solutions and Perspectives for Intelligent Transport Systems, June 2015.
pc6. Karlaftis, M. G.; Vlahogianni, E. I.; Orfanou, F.; Imprialou, M. I., “Weather Sensitive Algorithms for Incident Management on Freeways”, mobil.TUM International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport, Munich, Germany, June 2013.
pc5. Imprialou, M. I.; Orfanou, F.; Vlahogianni, E. I.; Karlaftis, M. G., “Defining Spatiotemporal Influence Areas in Freeways for Secondary Accident Detection”, TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, January 2013.
pc4. Vlahogianni, E. I.; Karlaftis, M. G.; Orfanou, F., “Modeling the Effects of Weather and Traffic on the Risk of Secondary Incidents”, TRB 91st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, January 2012.
pc3. Orfanou, F.; Vlahogianni, E. I.; Karlaftis, M. G., “Associating Driving Behavior with Hysteretic Phenomena of Freeway Traffic Flow”, 13rd IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2012.
pc2. Orfanou, F.; Vlahogianni, E. I.; Karlaftis, M. G., “Identifying Macroscopic Features of Traffic Hysteresis in Freeways”, TRB 91st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, January 2012.
pc1. Orfanou, F.; Vlahogianni, E. Ι.; Karlaftis, M. G., “Identifying Secondary accidents in Freeways”, 3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, September 2011.

Presentations in scientific conferences and seminars

At the present time (May 2023) nine (9) presentations have been made in scientific conferences and seminars.

Vlahogianni, E., Orfanou, F. and Yannis G. (2021). Driver needs and behavior in automated traffic, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, May 2021, Athens, Greece.
Orfanou, F., Giro C. and Agiasophiti Z. (2021). From AV Skills Identification to AV training: The Drive2theFuture approach. 2^nd online Workshop of the Drive2TheFuture Project.
Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G (2021). Action Plan for promoting electromobility and alternative fuels, Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, May 2021, Athens, Greece.
Orfanou F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E., Yannis G (2021). Towards the development of an action plan for promoting electromobility, PIONEERing Solutions for the Smart City Challenge, Online Student Workshop.
Orfanou, F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni, E. and Yannis G. (2021). Investigating gaps in electromobility: The case of Region of Attica, 2nd International Conference Intermodal Transports “Innovations in Planning, Management, Business Development & Decision Making”, online.
Orfanou, F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni E. and Yannis G. (2020). SWOT Analysis for electromobility in Attica Region, 6th ITS Hellas Virtual Conference.
Orfanou, F., Vlahogianni E. and Yannis G. (2020). A methodological framework from data collection to impact assessment of autonomous vehicles, L3 pilot – Driving Automation Summer School 2020.
Vlahogianni, E., Orfanou, F. and Yannis G. (2019). Driver needs and behavior in automated traffic, 5^th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, May 2019, Athens, Greece
Orfanou, F., Papantoniou P., Vlahogianni, E. and Yannis G. (2019). Safety implications from electromobility, 5^th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, , May 2019, Athens, Greece

Theses

pb2. Orfanou, F. “Comparison of travel time measurements from stationary and link based detectors”, Master Thesis, Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control, Technical University of Munich, November 2013.
pb1. Orfanou, F. “Identifying the microscopic features of traffic hysteresis in freeways”, Diploma Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, November 2010.

Research projects

Participation in seven (7) research projects in the field of Transportation Planning and Engineering.

r7. Modeling of the spatiotemporal influence of the accidents on the traffic volume evolution in freeways (2011-2012, NTUA).
r6. Analysis of the Van Aerde fundamental equation (2012, TUM).
r5. Investigation of traffic flow conditions using the simulation software SUMO under different developed scenarios (2012, TUM).
r4. 360 Grad Parken – improvement of the real time information on existing free parking spaces in urban areas through modern sensor technologies in vehicles (2014-2016, TUM).
r3. KSYL – Management, Organisation, Development and Planning of a Multi-Operation System for the Development of the Interurban Bus Central Terminal at Eleonas” carried out for the Athens Interurban Central Bus Station (2016-2019, NTUA)
r2. eMOPOLI – Electro MObility as driver to support POLicy Instruments for sustainable mobility for promoting electromobility (2018-2022, NTUA)
r1. DriveTo TheFuture” – Needs, wants and behavior of the ‘Drivers’ and automated vehicle users today and into the future (2019-2022, NTUA)

Professional Experience

Bavarian Road Administration – Center for Traffic Management (Germany) – 2014
- Simulation of road networks through the simulation software VISSIM
- Development and analysis of different scenarios related to different traffic volumes and changes in the network infrastructure through the simulation software VISSIM
Freelance Transportation Engineer (2017 – ongoing)

Awards