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Re: MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus miles

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Post by Mz » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

KGIII wrote: post #102

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I am curious: do you know anything about rail?

Yes. However, do I know enough to be of any assistance? Maybe. Am I an authoritative source in regards to rail transport? No. But, if you have a question - I may know. I have done quite a bit of reading, but no academic research and no publications with regards to rail transport.

I am trying to figure out how to proceed forward with this:

http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2017/07/my-old-colle...

http://solanorail.blogspot.com

Perhaps one day while incredibly bored and procrastinating on the decision of pants or no pants, you could look it over, die laughing and send me an email. My email address is in my profile.

Thank you for replying.

Re: MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus miles

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Post by edshiro » Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 10:48 PM UTC

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Fascinating story. Thank you for sharing! How long did it take you to build this company from start to exit? What were some of the toughest moments you experienced? And what advice would you give to people who want to build their own companies in transportation/logistics fields? (I know - may not be exactly your area but there may be some cross-sector knowledge sharing at play here!).

I started it, unofficially, in 1991. The sale was finalized in late 2007. I started with loaned equipment from DEC, on an empty factory floor, with just myself and a fellow grad. He was a CS grad and we would later part peacefully. He never had ownership. My toughest moments were people related. I never took any fancy business course that taught me how to manage people. I tried to micromanage and had a hard time lett…

Thank you very much for all the good advice. It didn't feel patronising and I admire the humble tone of your writing.

You are definitely right about being at the right place at the right time, and making sure you have the skills to do it better than others.

I have a pure software engineering degree (Masters) and been teaching myself deep learning lately. I am currently undertaking the Udacity self-driving car engineer nanodegree as as it is a great way to pick up skills in computer vision, machine learning and the automotive industry space. I am confident those skills will be valuable if I find the right opportunity.

Re: MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus miles

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Post by edshiro » Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 5:43 AM UTC

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I started it, unofficially, in 1991. The sale was finalized in late 2007. I started with loaned equipment from DEC, on an empty factory floor, with just myself and a fellow grad. He was a CS grad and we would later part peacefully. He never had ownership. My toughest moments were people related. I never took any fancy business course that taught me how to manage people. I tried to micromanage and had a hard time lett…

Super interesting--thanks for the writeup. Keen on reading more if you do write the book!

I second that! Book or blog posts would be great :)