Alongside traffic modelling, automated passenger counting, for example, offers a useful area of application for AI: exhibitor Interautomation (Hall 1, Stand L15), for example, relies on AI-based neural networks as the backbone for monitoring algorithms with maximum accuracy. The company Optibus (Hall 1, Stand E40) is also building on AI as a powerful tool in public transport management. As a result, Optibus' software is set to integrate AI into all aspects of public transportation management - from planning routes to managing electric vehicles - and ensure that it is possible to optimize service and operational scenarios to function at peak efficiency. The provider of on-board video telematics solutions Streamax (Hall 1, L40) will be showcasing its AI-supported Intelligent Bus Central Unit (IBCU) at IT-TRANS, which combines intelligent video surveillance, passenger information, dispatching and operational control on a single platform. Passenger counting and a safety system for bus drivers that warns of road users in blind spots or potential collisions can also be seamlessly integrated.

Exhibitor T-Systems (Hall 1, Stand B7) will be on site with an AI-based avatar. Philipp Greiff, Lead Expert Sales Public Transport at T-Systems, summarises the importance of IT-TRANS as a meeting point for stakeholders involved in digitalisation in public transport: "IT-TRANS serves as a crucial platform for us, so we are looking forward to meeting industry experts and other interested parties involved in AI-based applications, cloud computing and the digitalisation of transport infrastructure."

A top-class expert session at the conference on the second day of IT-TRANS will also address the topic and explain "The full potential of AI: Making public transport the first choice". Speakers include Stefan Costeur, Head of Digital and Innovation at SNCB, Leopoldo Girardi, CEO of M.A.I.O.R. SRL Società Unipersonale, Sanneke Mulderink, founder of Lynxx, and Wellington Toapanta, Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Hitachi Rail.