“I think the biggest challenge is that in the rail business we have a very large set of old and country specific regulations that date back many decades. These regulations are meant to protect passengers, but some of them are not anymore fitting to the modern capabilities of technology and instead drive cost and slow innovation down dramatically.” –Gerhard Kress
Artificial intelligence acts as an enabler for many innovations
in the rail industry.
In this interview, I have spoken with Gerhard
Kress, who is heading Data Services globally for the
Rail business, and is responsible for the
Railigent ® solution at Siemens. We
discussed innovation and the use of AI and Data-driven
technologies in the transport sector, and specifically how the
Siemens´ Railigent solution is implemented.
Railigent is cloud based, designed to help rail operators and rail asset …
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