Dr Marc Miska

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Doctor of Philosophy (Delft University of Technology)

    Marc Miska is a Senior Lecturer with interest in developing simulation and modelling tools to support practitioners and decision makers. With a background in applied informatics in civil engineering he worked in hydraulics, transport, and container transhipment. His former work in Europe, Japan and now Australia focuses on data driven, evidence-based solutions for government and industry, which makes new technologies and scientific discoveries accessible to engineering in the field.

    After 10 years in working with traffic engineers on intelligent transport systems, Marc now works on a new simulation approach using smoothed particle hydrodynamics to simulate flash flooding in urban areas.

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2018 - current: Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment - QUT Working field: 

  • Engineering Database for Hydraulic Modelling in SEQ
  • Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Civil Engineers
  • Ontology for Hydrological Modelling Enhancements

2010 - 2018: Simulation, Visualisation and Modelling project leader - Smart Transport Research Centre - QUT Working field:

  • Design and development of an online simulation model of Brisbane Metropolitan are
  • Design and development of a decision support system for traffic management in Brisbane Metropolitan area based on online simulation

2009 - 2010: Project Lecturer - University of Tokyo, Japan Working field:

  • Development of an OpenSource platform (X-roads) as a stable, modular framework for traffic and pedestrian simulation
  • OpenTrafficSim - Collaborative ITS Research on C02 reduction based on 3D Internet Technology
  • Continuation of Data warehousing and data management for the International Traffic Database (ITDb) part of the NEDO project

2007 - 2009: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Tokyo, Japan Working field:

  • Data warehousing and data management for the International Traffic Database (ITDb) part of the NEDO project.
  • Travel time estimation and prediction on urban networks based on probe vehicle data.
  • Demand analysis on the Metropolitan Expressway based on ETC OD data.

2006 - 2007: Research Fellow - University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Working field:

  • Improvements on the FrOnT platform to integrate various independent modules for traffic management into a coherent package.

09.12.2004: Guest Researcher - Royal Netherlands Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Working field:

  • Investigation of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) implementations and developments in Japan for the Transport Ministry of the Netherlands.

2002 - 2006: Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Working field:

  • Design and implementation of a microscopic online simulator (MiOS) for real-time traffic management.
  • Evaluation of city-scale online simulation models as a decision support system for traffic operations
  • Feasibility study of extracting meaningful traffic information from cell phone tracking records.

2001 - 2002: Research Engineer - University of Hannover, Germany Working field:

  • Design and implementation of a workflow management system for inland terminals (Container transhipment).
  • Assessing the impact of natural disasters on transport infrastructure using travel demand modelling
    PhD, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Duzgun Agdas
  • Cloud-based Cooperative Multi-Vehicle Dynamic Routing Using Co-evolutionary Computation
    PhD, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Maolin Tang, Professor Glen Tian