Seminar: Lina Al-Kanj, Princeton University Lina Al-Kanj, associate research scholar at the Operations Research and Financial Engineering Department at Princeton University, presents a seminar on “Approximate Dynamic Programming for Planning Driverless Fleets of Electric Vehicles” at the C2SMART Center. Abstract Within a decade, almost every major auto company, along with fleet operators such as…
Professor Joseph Chow Speaks at Future of Public Transport Workshop Professor Joseph Chow, deputy director of C2SMART, served as a keynote speaker at a workshop on the Future of Public Transport hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam. Professor Chow’s keynote address was on “Privacy control strategies to support Mobility-as-a-service.” The workshop, held on April 9, addresses…
Saad Shaikh, General Manager at Chariot Saad Shaikh, General Manager at Chariot, provides an overview of the company’s service and his vision for the future of urban mobility. His talk also shares his insights into route design, crowdsourcing, and stop location planning process, as well as the particular benefits and challenges of the New York…
C2SMART Faculty, Students Participate in Urban Research Day C2SMART Director Dr. Kaan Ozbay and several Ph.D. students presented research at NYU Faculty Urban Research Day, an event designed to convene faculty from across NYU to present concise summaries of their urban research as a way to share knowledge and increase scholarly collaboration. In a faculty…
C2SMART Ph.D. Student Abdullah Kurkcu to Defend Dissertation Abdullah Kurkcu will stand for the final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Planning and Engineering on Friday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the C2SMART Lab. Dissertation Title: Connected Transportation Systems: Next Generation Traffic Simulation and Data Collection Tools and Techniques Abstract: In a…
Evangelos Simoudis Evangelos Simoudis is the founder and managing director of Synapse Partners, a firm that invests in early-stage companies developing applications that combine artificial intelligence with big data. His seminar, part of the C2SMART Distinguished Speaker Series, will be on the topic of “Exploring A New Value Chain For Fleet-Based On-Demand Mobility.” Abstract The work…
Giancarlo Fortino Giancarlo Fortino, professor of computer engineering in the Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems at the University of Calabria, presents a seminar as part of the C2SMART Distinguished Speaker Series. The seminar is titled “Agents meet the IoT: Towards Cognitive and Interoperable Ecosystems of Networked Smart Objects.” Abstract The future Internet of…
NYU ITE and ITS Host Women in Transportation Panel The NYU ITE and ITS Student Chapters held a “Women in Transportation Panel Discussion” at 5:00PM on Thursday, March 22nd at the C2SMART Lab, 4th Floor, 6 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn. The discussion highlighted the careers and experiences of four distinguished leaders with a broad range of…
Monitoring and Control of Overweight Trucks for Smart Mobility and Safety of Freight Operations Overview This project will investigate technologies to screen overweight trucks including high-speed weigh-in-motion (HS-WIM) system integrated with license plate reader and/or security camera, and to evaluate the feasibility of such technologies compared to current screening practices at weighing stations. In addition,…
Integrative Vehicle Infrastructure Traffic System (iVITS) Control in Connected Cities Overview This project will develop network-wide iVITS, leveraging team members’ current research on local and regional iVITS models and algorithms. Connected vehicle (CV) technology is taking shape with the government mandating the inclusion of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (IVI) equipment such as the DSRC technology,…