NYU ITS Student Chapter Completes Successful First Year The NYU chapter of the Intelligent Transportation Society officially launched this spring with the support of C2SMART and the ITS America New York Chapter. Led by Nick Caros, president, and Diego Correa Barahona, vice president, the club gained departmental recognition, built up a dedicated membership, and hosted…
DetailsEmerging Leaders in Transportation 2018 Overview The Emerging Leaders in Transportation program develops early-career transportation professionals to develop and promote innovations within their organizations. The two-day program includes professional development with executive leaders, communication work through networking activities, and site visits to major transportation management locations. The Emerging Leaders program has grown in popularity: for…
DetailsC2SMART Students Display Recent Work at NYU Tandon Research Expo C2SMART students presented their recent research at the 2018 NYU Tandon Research Expo, including work on sensor technologies and transportation simulation and modeling. The group also met and discussed some of their work with Chandrika Tandon, Chair of the NYU Tandon Board of Overseers. The…
DetailsC2SMART Year 2 Projects Awarded C2SMART has announced nine projects for its Year 2 research agenda. A request for proposals was put out in November 2017 and proposals were solicited from the member institutions. Each proposal underwent independent reviews from 2-3 external reviewers, and comments were used to modify and improve proposals. The following projects were…
DetailsC2SMART Student Wins ITE Award Diego Correa, a C2SMART Ph.D. candidate at NYU Tandon, was presented with the 2017 Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). This award recognizes an ITE Metropolitan Section of New York and New Jersey student or faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding…
DetailsC2SMART Presents at Smart Cities NY C2SMART hosted a mobility workshop as part of Smart Cities New York, a three-day event featuring panels, workshops and speakers on all aspects of smart cities. The center’s Senior Associate Director, Shri Iyer, and Deputy Director Professor Joseph Chow, served as presenters for a workshop on “The Path of…
DetailsUTEP Expands Dual Master’s Degree Partnership with Czech Technical University The University of Texas at El Paso and Czech Technical University has expanded its partnership with Czech Technical University in Prague, launching a dual master’s program on smart cities. The new program builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two universities on…
DetailsC2SMART Senior Associate Director Presents at Mobility Summit Shri Iyer, Senior Associate Director of C2SMART Center, presented NYU Tandon and partner institution research and center activity at the University Transportation Center (UTC) Mobility Summit in Washington, D.C. The summit brought together USDOT policymakers, UTC representatives, and private sector stakeholders to discuss mobility needs and real-world…
DetailsJustin Schorr, collision reconstruction engineer at DJS Associates and adjunct professor of Civil Engineering at The George Washington University, presents a seminar entitled “Ambivalent Automation” as part of the C2SMART Distinguished Speaker Series. Abstract Recent crashes involving vehicles while they were operating in an automated mode have brought further confusion to the already cloudy landscape…
DetailsSeminar: 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…
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