C2SMART Student Researcher Wins Outstanding Dissertation Award

C2SMART Student Researcher Wins Outstanding Dissertation Award C2SMART is proud to share that student researcher Zhengbo Zou’s dissertation, entitled “Towards Emotionally Intelligent Buildings: An Integrated Approach to Quantify Human Emotions in Designed Spaces” has received an Outstanding Dissertation Award from NYU in the urban studies category. The dissertation, which explores how to improve built environments…

AI-based Navigation for Accessible Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

AI-based Navigation for Accessible Cities: Challenges and Opportunities Visual place recognition (VPR) is an AI-based technology that is critical in not only localization and mapping for autonomous driving vehicles, but also assistive navigation for the visually impaired population, both of which are important topics for urban transportation systems. In this talk, after a quick overview…

Sarah Kaufman Wins Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award

Sarah Kaufman Wins Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award C2SMART congratulates Sarah Kaufman, who was recently awarded the ITE Met Section 2020 Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award. The award is presented annually to an Institution of Transportation Engineers (ITE) member demonstrating outstanding performance in their studies or in teaching. The…