JARVIS (SESAR 3 Research Project) - Data Collection Campaign with Airbus DS

JARVIS is a SESAR 3 Industrial Research project (2024-2027) aimed at improving the efficiency and environmental sustainability of tower operations through Human-AI collaboration.

The project aims to develop three AI-based solutions to ensure safe and efficient tower operations. ENAC, in partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, is contributing to Solution 2, which involves creating a digital assistant for ATC (Air Traffic Control) conflict resolution.

To train our AI algorithm and establish an initial dataset, we organized a successful data collection campaign from May to July 2024, with qualified ATCOs and ATCO students, all knowledgeable in en-route air traffic control. The simulation platform, with GENETICS as traffic simulator and TESLA as a conflict detection and resolution tool developed by #Airbus DS, is set up in a dedicated test room at ENAC, where the volunteers are first familiarized with the tools and simulations environments and then are asked to perform control as usual through several scenarios from medium to high density, providing clearances for conflict resolution.

To date 40 people participated and we collected more than 50 hours with approximately 1500 conflicts in various situations (i.e. : evolving, crossing, borders, and so on). A second campaign is planned in September 2024.