News
05-03-2026 - Fast Traffic Simulator v0.1.0 is out!
We are pleased to announce the release of Fast Traffic Simulator, a new microscopic traffic simulator designed for directed road networks.
The library simulates individual vehicles travelling across a road network from origin to destination,allowing users to study traffic dynamics, congestion, and routing behavior. It supports dynamic routeupdates and realistic vehicle movement.
The library is easy to use: all it takes to get it up and running is the time-varying traffic demand and the list of nodes and edges of the network.
03-02-2026 - Civic-Digital-Twins version 0.6 is out!
The new version of our framework is out. Here is the list of key changes:
- engine-redesign
- added support for time series
- standardizes models, ensembles and evaluations
This new version is also a good starting point for future extensions that are already under development. Stay tuned!
13-01-2026 - New preprint: simulating the impacts of traffic policies before implementation
A new preprint is now available on arXiv, "Evaluating Impacts of Traffic Regulations in Complex Mobility Systems Using Scenario-Based Simulations", addressing a key challenge faced by cities when introducing new mobility policies.
Measures such as low-emission zones or congestion pricing are often implemented with clear goals in mind, yet their real-world effects can be difficult to anticipate. The work presents a scenario-based simulation approach that combines transportation system dynamics with realistic models of human behavior and adaptation. This allows the analysis of both direct policy effects and wider systemic impacts on urban accessibility and mobility patterns. The aim is to provide city planners and policymakers with more robust tools to explore "what-if" scenarios and better understand the full range of consequences before policies are put into practice.
12-01-2026 - Welcome Ambra to the team!
Ambra Vanella joins the MoST research unit as an intern, where she will contribute to research on stakeholder engagement in the design of Civic Digital Twins. Her work will focus on co-design processes, gamification strategies, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis to support participatory approaches and territorial decision-making.
Seminars
Our group believes that knowledge is best shared. That's why we organize weekly seminars.
Below is a list of public seminars, and in the calendar above, you can find links to attend upcoming events.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 25-03-2026 | Outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas | Guadalupe Sol Escalante |
| 18-03-2026 | Citizen engagement methodologies | Ambra Vanella |
| 12-03-2026 | Random walks and financial time series | Marco Pistore |
| 04-03-2026 | Urban livability in the historical city centers | Maja Dall'Acqua |
| 25-02-2026 | Data science for mobility | Arianna Burzacchi |
| 12-02-2026 | Overtourism analysis | Arianna Ricci |
| 02-02-2026 | An unorthodox introduction to Random Walks | Marco Pistore |
| 27-01-2026 | What's hiding in your pixels | Federica Lago |
| 21-01-2026 | City as complex systems | Jesus A. Moreno Lopez |
| 16-12-2025 | Parallelizing Python | Federica Lago |
| 26-11-2025 | Randomness ... and Fractals | Marco Pistore |
| 05-11-2025 | Chaos ... and Fractals | Marco Pistore |
| 30-10-2025 | Real-data traffic analysis using Darts - Part 2 | Marko Pyeshchyk |
| 23-10-2025 | Traffic simulation models | Arianna Burzacchi and Marco Pistore |
| 16-10-2025 | Real-data traffic analysis using Darts - Part 1 | Marko Pyeshchyk |
| 09-10-2025 | Takeaways from the workshop "Etica, intelligenza e complessità nei futuri urbani digitali: Un dialogo interdisciplinare" | Marco Pistore, Luca Gaeta, and Otello Palmini |
| 01-10-2025 | Evaluating Linguistic Speaker Profiles on Response Selection in Multiparty Dialogue | Maryam Sajedinia |
| 25-09-2025 | An agent-based journey in Social Systems Research | Jesus Arturo Moreno Lopez |
| 29-07-2025 | Github - level 1 | All the team |
| 09-07-2025 | Github - level 0 | All the team |
| 03-07-2025 | Heat waves in Bologna | Guadalupe Sol Escalante and Maryam Sajedinia |
| 25-06-2025 | Introduction to GRASS | Maja Dall'Acqua |
| 17-06-2025 | Fractals and chaos - pt 0 | Marco Pistore |
| 11-06-2025 | AI ethics | Sammer Sheereen |
| 04-06-2025 | Darts module for time series analysis | Marko Pyeshchyk |
| 28-05-2025 | Clustering and community detection in Bologna | Maja Dall'Acqua |
| 14-05-2025 | Monads | Simone Basso |
| 10-04-2025 | Physical and digital spaces | Luca Gaeta |
| 02-04-2025 | Overview on satellite and LIDAR data | Guadalupe Sol Escalante |
| 17-03-2025 | Modeling university students' affluence (part 2) | Piergiorgio Vivenzio |
| 10-03-2025 | PhD dissertation: presenting how to present | Arianna Burzacchi |
| 05-03-2025 | Modeling university students' affluence (part 1) | Piergiorgio Vivenzio |
| 12-02-2025 | Literature review | Arianna Burzacchi |
| 06-02-2025 | Python modules for plotting | Maryam Sajedinia |
| 20-01-2025 | AI for supporting coding and learning | Simone Basso |