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Course introduction

  • Project webpage: main source of information

https://sites.google.com/view/tnfl10-atm/home (linked from Tatiana’s homepage)

  • Objectives
  • introduction to air traffic management
  • focus on the organization, planning, and control of air traffic systems
  • special focus on optimization problems

You will learn how to

- Describe the structure and actors of the air traffic management system

- Explain basic principles of airspace organization and traffic flow management

- Analyze safety and capacity aspects of air traffic operations

- Discuss environmental and economic considerations in ATM

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Evaluation of the 2025 course

  • only 3 out of 18 students answered
  • Overall course evaluation:

Course evaluation and grading are subject ot change!

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Course content

- Air traffic management system overview

- Airspace structure and regulation

- Traffic flow and capacity management

- Safety management in aviation

- Environmental impact of air traffic

- Optimization of ATM

- Future developments in ATM

6 main sections detailed on the course webpage

https://sites.google.com/view/tnfl10-atm/home

  • 2 invited lectures (obligatory)
  • 2 international workshops (non-obligatory)

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Our Guest Speaker 1

Billy Josefsson

  • 30+ years in aviation
  • former ATCO
  • former chief of R&D at Luftfartsverket (LFV, Swedish ANSP)
  • CEO Space2ground
  • Aviation coordinator at LiU, Flight Logistics Unit

Invited lecture 1: Wednesday February 4, 10:15, in TP31

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Our Guest Speaker 2

Lothar Meyer

  • PhD from Dresen U
  • Safety Engineer and Assessor at LFV
  • Many years of experience in aviation
  • PI of multiple ongoing research projects, some in collaboration with FL unit at LiU (e.g. OWL2, IFAV3)

Invited lecture 2: Wednesday February 11, 10:15, in KO25

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Workshop 1

Organized by FL unit, responsible: Valentin Polishchuk

Open day / workshop/ reference group meeting for our ongoing research projects:

  • LEARNADT (drone testbed @ NRK airport)
  • RTTA (strategic deconfliction and flight authorization in U-space)
  • QRA-XUAM (risk assessment and mitigation for drones)
  • verTMA (vertiport localization and usage)

Date: Monday March 2, 2026

Place: room KO301 (building: Kopparhammaren 2, floor 3), Norra Grytsgatan 10, 602 33 Norrköping

Time: 10:00-15:00

Presentations to attend (agenda is preliminary, may be adjusted)

10:15-12:00 project presentations by FL unit members

13:15 -15:00 presentations by external speakers

  • Professor Hamsa Balakrishna, Associate Dean of Engineering, MIT, USA
  • Professor Jacco Hoekstra, TU Delft, Netherlands

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Workshop 2

Organized by FL unit, responsible: Tatiana Polishchuk

CONTRA project Workshop &

Reference Group Meeting

Date: Wednesday March 4, 2026

Place: Tappan TPM51

Time: 10:00-15:00

Presentations to attend (agenda is preliminary, may be adjusted)

10:15-12:00 project presentations by FL unit members

13:15 -15:00 presentations by external speakers

  • Professor Manuel Soler, UC3M Madrid
  • Dr. Tatjana Bolic, University of Westminster, UK

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Course activities

  • Study material: slides, video lectures > a lot of information for self-study!
  • Quizzes: to evaluate the results of the studies
  • Homeworks: practical application of the obtained knowledge
    • short paper
    • in-class presentation

Note: group work is allowed, but the submission should be individual

  • Final project:
    • short paper
    • in-class presentation

AI notice: if you use the help of any AI-based agent, you should clearly declare in a statement specifying which part of the assignment it was applied to

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Course milestones

  • January 30, Friday: HW1 due
  • February 4, Wednesday: quiz 1 in-class, study material sections 1,2
  • February 6, Friday: HW2 due
  • February 11, Wednesday: quiz 2 in-class. study material sections 3,4
  • February 13, Friday: HW3 due
  • February 20, Friday HW4 due
  • February 25, Wednesday: quiz 3 in-class. study material sections 5,6
  • March 6, Friday: Final project report due
  • March 11, Wednesday: Final project presentations

By default, the time for the deadlines is: 23:59

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HW1: SESAR Solutions�

  1. Browse the latest SESAR solutions catalogue
  2. Study one solution from each area.

  • Write a short summary (please, include links!)
  • Present your solutions (10-15 min)

Explain what challenges were addressed, who developed the solutions, what methods were chosen, how verified and validated

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HW2: EU Masterplan and TRV R&D plans

  1. Read the European ATM Masterplan 2025.
  2. Browse the latest TrV's research and innovation plan (section on air traffic)

Q: What is missing from the plan, in your opinion? Compare, explain the similarities and differences.

Include your answer into the presentation of HW1,2 (week 7).

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HW3: Scientific Papers

Choose a paper from one of the latest ATM conferences:

ATM Seminar (ATRD Symposium after 2025)

ICRAT

Opensky Symposium

SIDs

Note: ATM Seminar and ICRAT alternate until 2025, SIDs is every year

Q: What was studied? Who are the authors

What are the main methods and results?

To which SESAR solution does the study link?

Report: write 1-2 pages, provide add link to the paper

and slides from the authors, if available

Presentation: Prepare a short presentation (10-15 min) about the paper

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HW4: Optimization Problems

ToDo: Formulate an optimization problem, give a sample feasible instance of the problem

Reference material: slides, example).

Report: write 1-3 pages with the short description and problem formulation

Presentation: Prepare a short presentation (5-15min) about the paper

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Final Project

Choose a finished project funded by TrV (in Luftfartsområde).

Report: write 1-4 pages

Explain what was studied, who participated in the project, what are the main findings, etc., see the detailed instructions.

Presentation: Prepare a short presentation (10-15 min) about the project.

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Grading

3 material evaluation quizzes:

  • 30 min each (covers ~2 sections)
  • no communication, no Internet, no other devices allowed
  • Lecture notes or course slides are allowed to be open

25 points each quiz (see Example quiz)

Final report: 25 points

Grade 5 ~ > 80 points, 4~ 60-80 points, 3~ 40-60 points, <40 Fail

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Thank you!

Questions?