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…
Dr. Satish V. Ukkusuri Satish V. Ukkusuri, professor and director at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, presented a seminar on “Convergence of Networks, Smarter (Autonomous) Transportation Technologies and Big Data: Recent Advances,” as part of the C2SMART Distinguished Speaker Series. Seminar Abstract: Over the last few years, we have seen…
C2SMART’s Activity at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC The C2SMART Center had a significant presence at the 2018 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, with its members and affiliates receiving awards and presenting research findings at numerous sessions. Members, affiliates, and partners presided over and presented their research at more than…
Dr. Hani Nassif Dr. Hani Nassif, Professor and Director of Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation (RIME) Group, presented a seminar titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Civil Infrastructure” at C2SMART center on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. The webinar showcased Dr. Nassif’s extensive experience in Structural Health Monitoring and field testing…
USDOT Site Visit On Thursday, November 2nd, 2017, C2SMART Center hosted the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Technology (OST-R) office’s University Transportation Centers (UTC) staff at the New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering’s Brooklyn campus. OST-R’s was able to meet the center’s leadership team from NYU and it’s collaborating institutions to get…
TransportationCamp NYC 2017 October 21, 2017—NYU Tandon School of Engineering TransportationCamp NYC 2017 will foster open conversation and collaboration between all parties interested in mobility and the radical changes the near-future promises in transportation. Our goal is to assemble planners, software developers, engineers, students, dreamers, professionals, and civic leaders for an exciting day…
Smart Traffic Data Analytics Symposium The full-day event, organized by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and NYU’s Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation (C2SMART) Center, took place on January 13, 2017, at Metrotech Center in Brooklyn, NY. Welcoming Remarks by Anthony Shorris, First Deputy Mayor, City of…