Dr Ralf Kaminsky – ERRAC Chair
Dr Ralf studied Civil Engineering with a focus on railway operation and construction and achieved a graduation Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in 1994. In 2001 he achieved a PhD (Dr.-Ing) in the field of railway timetabling and simulation of railway operation.
From 1994 until 2000 Ralf worked as a scientific researcher at the Institute of Railway Construction and Operation, University of Hannover and worked on several projects on operational planning and timetabling.
In 2001 he joined Siemens Mobility and held different positions mainly in the field of mainline signaling. Among others, he led the strategy department for the business in Germany, was responsible for the business with on-board equipment and was Director for Mainline Regulation & Standards within the Product and Portfolio Management. Currently, he is heading the group for Technology Collaborations in the CTO department.
All along he has represented Siemens in different Committees (UNIFE, UNISIG; VDB, ERRAC) and EU-funded projects. Recently Ralf was intensively involved in the set-up of the ERJU especially in the newly built System Pillar.
ERRAC Vice-Chair
Name of Vice-Chair to be confirmed soon
Dr Marion Berbineau – ERRAC Vice-Chair / PAG Chair
Dr. Marion Berbineau is a full-time Research Director at Université Gustave Eiffel in France. Her extensive experience in collaborative work with different partners from around 30 European projects and 18 national and regional projects (7 as project leader) will help her in coordinating the ERRAC PAG. Dr. Marion received her engineering degree from Polytech’Lille (France) and Ph.D. degree from the University of Lille, both in electrical engineering. Her primary research interest is Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and she is an expert in the fields of radio wave propagation and signal processing in transport environments, electromagnetic modelling, channel characterization and modelling, amongst others.
Marion plans to contribute to strengthening the participation of academics in railways and major European programs, such as ERJU, promoting a cross-fertilization approach. She also plans to define specific actions within the ERRAC PAG, such as student competitions, to actively promote the involvement of young researchers and women in railway research.