Peter Kummer
Expertise
Focus on managing rail systems in the face of climate change and addressing optimization challenges under strict sustainability and financial constraints. Extensive expertise in corporate management and information technology to strengthens EPFL's partnership with SBB.
Professor of Practice in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) (2025). Until May 2025, member of the Management Board at SBB and Head of Infrastructure.
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Courses
Railway systems and their transition
This course provides foundational knowledge of transport systems, with a particular emphasis on rail systems, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, amongst others in the context of climate change.
Shaping future railway systems
This course focuses on the strategies and decisions involved in planning future rail systems in an era of decarbonized mobility.