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Wide Pilot S.r.l.
Partner entity description and relevance
Wide Pilot is a company specialized in Research and Development (R&D) applied to the transportation field. The company’s business model is in its name, “Wide Pilot”, in that it drives R&D projects through every phase, from the idea to prototype implementation, to marketing of technological solutions in the domestic and international markets. Founded in 2010 as a consulting company and an innovative start-up, today Wide Pilot creates solutions based on exclusive technologies, capable of making the difference at every step of the sea, air and ground transportation process.
In 2012, Wide Pilot expanded its footprint to operate in urban mobility, with projects on the technological innovation of smart cities and the sustainability of urban and non-urban transportation.
From 2013 to 2015, Wide Pilot developed its expertise to include the data analysis and development of systems to monitor air pollutant emissions from the different transportation means and ports and the optimization of logistic flows, mindful of environmental protection.
From 2016 to 2017, Wide Pilot has developed a technological solution – NEMBOS – to environmental monitoring and big data analysis.
Expertise from previous and ongoing projects
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Project title
Innovation View System for Better Local Environment
Acronym
IN.VI.SY.B.L.E.
Project ID
PAC02L1_00328 – Bando Startup
Duration
24 Months
Abstract
The project defined a methodology, in line with international standards, characterized by pre-defined criteria to gather significant information from different sources. Such data will be aggregated to generate new services enabled by cloud infrastructure to support private and public operators operating in the area selected for the test.
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Project title
Upgrading of Inland Waterway and Sea Ports
Acronym
NWAPO
Project ID
3sCE415P2 – Central Europe
Duration
36 Months
Abstract
Central Europe project designed to improve the infrastructure of ports, of the logistic chain and the railway system, with the objective to enhance cooperation in the multimodal logistic sector. The project was carried out by the Port Authority of Venice (leader). Wide Pilot carried out a pre-feasibility study for the dimensioning of the broadband network in the Port of Venice.
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Project title
Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea
Acronym
MOS4MOS
Project ID
2010-EU-21102-S – TEN-T Multi annual Programm
Duration
15 Months
Abstract
Project to create a prototype of a trailer traceability system in loading/unloading operations of Ro-Ro vessels and management of the gate in/gate out of the port through RFID technology.
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Project title
HArBour traffIc opTimizAtion sysTem
Acronym
HABITAT
Project ID
PON01_01936
Duration
36 Months
Abstract
Project co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and carried out by Grimaldi S.p.A., Reply S.p.A., RINA Services S.p.A., APS and several Italian universities, research centres and SMEs, to develop a safety and security system for ships in a port environment (anti-collision system).
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Project title
Intelligent platform for logistics services for near port cities
Acronym
Smart Tunnel
Project ID
PON04a2_G
Duration
30 Months
Abstract
Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) and carried out by Vitrociset, Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione, Tecnosistem, Università degli Studi di Salerno e CNR, to create an intelligent platform of logistic services for port cities.
Infrastructure and equipment
Wide Pilot developed a technological solution for environmental monitoring. This Big Data Analytics platform – NEMBOS – monitors air and water pollution at ports by collecting and processing data, and monitoring water depth, in real-time. It uses an early warning system to signal potential risk levels. The accuracy of the data vary according to the highest and lowest number of sensors installed in the port and the data available. The solution complies with European and international standards.
Key Personnel
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Domenico Spinelli
Wide Pilot’s Founder and Managing Director
Wide Pilot’s Founder and Managing Director, specialized in innovation management and exploitation. He holds a Master in Business Administration and he spent several years in strategy analysis and the development of innovation policies at Berkeley University, Stanford University, M.I.T. Boston and New York University. In Italy, he worked on technology transfer at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, where he was founder and director of LUISS Innovazione. Between 1998 and 2000 he worked on domestic and international project with Whitehall Reply, e-finance consulting S.p.A., McKinsey & Co., Charles Riley Consultant International (C.R.C.I.), Pirella Göttsche Lowe.
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Viviana Caianiello
R&D activities coordinator
R&D activities coordinator for the development of technical activites related to forecast models, analysis and elaboration of big data, graduated in Astrophysics. She has experience in in data analysis and management and all production processes chain. She is Traffic impact study, forecasting models for the dimensioning of ports and airports, new-generation radar systems to monitor and control traffic flows, radar signal processing techniques for the surveillance of naval target.
