“In the end, it’s just code and data”
His research interests are enterprise architecture and threat modelling, and he was recently promoted to associate professor. Meet Simon Hacks, whose next project involves optimising maritime transports.
When an airplane starts, the pilot knows where and when to land. This means that the pilot can adjust the speed to reach the airport in time.
For cargo ships, there are no time slots for arrival at port.
“There is a race at sea, where every ship tries to reach the harbor as soon as possible. It’s a first come, first served situation”, explains Simon Hacks, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University.
“A lot of energy could be saved if captains knew when they were expected to arrive”, he continues.
In a new, EU funded research project, Hacks will work together with colleagues from many other countries to create more sustainable – and secure – systems for maritime transportation. This involves increasing transparency and information sharing between different stakeholders: shipping companies, terminals, ports and service providers.
Before joining DSV in January 2023, Simon Hacks spent a couple of years at KTH and University of Southern Denmark. He has worked with enterprise architecture and threat modelling in many different sectors, including energy, robotics and Internet of Things (IoT).
Hacks is now looking forward to applying his knowledge and experience to a new industry.
“In the end, it’s just code and data”, he says smilingly.
A longer version of this article is available in Swedish
About Simon Hacks
Simon Hacks finished his PhD in 2019 at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. After that, he was a postdoc at KTH. In 2021, he continued to University of Southern Denmark. In January 2023, Simon Hacks started working as a senior lecturer at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University. In August the same year, he was promoted to associate professor.
He is active in one of DSV’s core research subjects: Business Process Management and Enterprise Modelling
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Some 30 partners from a large number of European countries are cooperating in the research project that is called “MISSION – Maritime just-in-time optimization interoperable port call and voyage optimization tool”. Simon Hacks represents Sweden in this project which will start in the beginning of 2024.
MISSION is funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Framework Program with 8 million Euros for 3,5 years.
Text: Åse Karlén
Last updated: October 16, 2023
Source: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV