Xavier Arrufat, Co-founder and CEO of AWAAIT Artificial Intelligence SL, is a seasoned professional with a diverse and international background. AWAAIT is a Barcelona-based company focused on developing and commercialising artificial intelligence tools for public transport, with operations in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.
Xavier holds both a master’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA. He is passionate about Machine Learning. Before founding AWAAIT, he spent seven years as a civil engineering consultant and twelve years at General Electric, where he held managerial positions that required him to live in five different European countries and speak six languages.
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June 07: Leveraging AI and data analysis to achieve a greater all-round performance
Addressing fare evasion: Leveraging AI to achieve a fairer and more secure public transport
Learn about the various technologies and methods for measuring and monitoring fare evasion in transit networks, the advantages and disadvantages of each method, and their compliance with privacy laws. The speech emphasises the accuracy, detail and real-time response provided by AI-enhanced video analytics, which enables the testing and deployment of new tactics to reduce fare evasion and the evaluation of various dispositions of station furniture. Three practical use cases will be presented.
