14th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability MIMAR2027

Professor Ajith Kumar Parlikad

Professor of Asset Management, University of Cambridge

Ajith Kumar Parlikad is Professor of Asset Management in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the Asset Management Research Group at the Institute for Manufacturing. His research sits at the intersection of asset management, reliability engineering, and digital technologies. His work spans degradation modelling, predictive maintenance, condition-based maintenance optimisation, digital twins for industrial and built environments, and the application of AI and machine learning to engineering decision-making. He has published over 120 journal papers in leading venues including Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, and Automation in Construction, and is the author of four books on asset management and maintenance.  His research has been supported by funding from industry and government, and he collaborates with partners across aerospace, transport infrastructure, telecommunications, and healthcare. He is the scientific secretary of the IFAC TC 5.1 Working Group on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technology. 

Dr Gareth Calvert

Principal Mathematical Modeller, Network Rail

Gareth Calvert is a Principal Mathematical Modeller at Network Rail specialising in asset investment planning models and whole life cycle analysis, with his work used to drive evidence-based investment across the railway and develop asset policy. Prior to Network Rail Gareth completed PhD research at the University of Nottingham focusing on the life cycle modelling of bridges.

Professor Geert-Jan van Houtum

Professor of Maintenance and Reliability, Eindhoven University of Technology

Geert-Jan van Houtum is Professor of Maintenance and Reliability at the Department
Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) of Eindhoven University of
Technology since 2008. Prior to that he filled positions as assistant and associate
professor at the same department (1999-2007) and the University of Twente (1994-1998)
and as visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University (2001). He obtained his M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from Eindhoven University of Technology in
1990 and 1995, respectively. Since October 2024, he serves as dean of the Dept. IE&IS.
His research is focused on: (i) Predictive maintenance concepts for advanced capital
goods; (ii) Spare parts management; (iii) Increasing circularity and reducing emissions in
maintenance operations. He has over 100 publications in international refereed journals
such as Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, IISE
Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Reliability Engineering and
System Safety, and International Journal of Production Economics. Together with Bram
Kranenburg, he wrote a book on “Spare Parts Inventory Control under System
Availability Constraints”. Much of his research is in cooperation with the industry. He
works with organizations such as ASML, Dutch Railways, Philips, Océ-Canon, Lely,
Marel, the Royal Dutch Navy, Thales, and Vanderlande.