C2SMARTER at TRB 2025
See below for a detailed schedule of C2SMARTER presentations, links to relevant papers, and more.
C2SMARTER x NYU Reception
You are cordially invited to a special reception hosted by C2SMARTER Center in conjunction with NYU’s Department of Civil & Urban Engineering. Please RSVP below to let us know you are coming!
Sunday, January 5, 2025
7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
University of DC (M1) / Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
Digital Twin Workshop
C2SMARTER Director Prof. Kaan Ozbay, presiding
Sunday, January 5, 2025
1:30pm – 4:30pm ET
Convention Center, 103A
The ultimate goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from transportation agencies, academia, as well as the industry to have a highly interactive discussion of the most important research and implementation opportunities and challenges to improve the safety and efficiency of complex transportation systems.
C2SMARTER Sessions and Presentations at TRB 2025
| Date | Paper Name | Authors | Paper # | Status | Session # | Session Name | Type | Poster# | Location | Committee | Committee Name |
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| OZBAY | |||||||||||
| Monday, Jan 6, 2023 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET | Graph Neural Network Based Clustering for Enhancing Traffic Pattern Identification in Traffic Simulation Calibration and Validation | Di Sha, Zilin Bian, Fan Zuo, Kaan Ozbay, Jingqin Gao, Yu Tang | TRBAM-25-05836 | Accept | Lectern Session 2122 | Emerging Data, Approaches, or Practices for Effective Model Calibration and Validation | Lectern | Convention Center Salon A | ACP80 | Standing Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics | |
| Monday, January 06 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET | Transformer-Based Federated Q-Learning to Mitigate Data Poisoning Attacks for Connected Vehicles and Micromobility Devices in Blockchain Consensus | Junaid Khan, Fan Zuo, Yu Tang, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05154 | Accept | Poster Session 2153 | New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Research in Transportation | Poster | B451 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Monday, January 06 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET | Population Synthesis Combining Statistical and Generative Models for Consistent and Diverse Household and Personal Attribute Association | Hai Yang, Hongying Wu, Linfei Yuan, Xiyuan Ren, Joseph Chow, Jingqin Gao, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-04107 | Accept | Poster Session 2153 | New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Research in Transportation | Poster | B450 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Monday, January 06 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET | Safety Performance Functions for Rural Two-Lane Two-Way Roadways in New Jersey | Bekir Bartin, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-03413 | Accept | Poster Session 2206 | Safety Performance and Analysis with Crash Predictions | Poster | B567 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Monday, January 06 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET | Analyze Impacts of Lane-change on Highway Safety Risk with Safety Risk Potential Field and Multi-State Survival Analysis | Dachuan Zuo, Zilian Bian, Fan Zuo, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05277 | Accept | Poster Session 2240 | Safety Performance and Analysis for Safe Roads | Poster | B421 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Tuesday, January 07 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET | Toward Trustworthy Machine Learning Systems: Tackling Traffic Perception Challenges with Data-Resilient Solutions | Tao Li, Zilin Bian, Haozhe Lei, Fan Zuo, Ya-Ting Yang, Quanyan Zhu, Zhenning Li, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05547 | Accept | Lectern Session3006 | Toward Trustworthy Machine Learning Systems: Tackling Traffic Perception Challenges with Data-Resilient Solutions | Lectern | Convention Center150A | AED30, AED50 | ||
| Tuesday, January 07 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET | A Multi-Dimension and High-Granularity Equity Measurement for Transportation Services Through Accessibility and Reliability | Mengke (Enola) Ma, Zilin Bian, Jingqin Gao, Hai Yang, Joseph Chow, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05439 | Accept | Poster Session3046 | Current Research in Transportation Equity | Poster | B583 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Tuesday, January 07 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET | Physics-informed Machine Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Control | Xianning Li, Kaan Ozbay, Zhong-Ping Jiang | TRBAM-25-01441 | Accept | Poster Session3212 | Vehicle-Highway Automation | Poster | A155 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||
| Wednesday, January 08 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET | SafetyAssistant: A Vision-Based Traffic Safety Analysis Framework Utilizing Large Language Models | Ruixuan Zhang, Juexiao Zhang, Zilin Bian, Chen Feng, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05210 | Accept | Lectern Session4006 | ChatGPT and Beyond: A Large Language Model–Based Transportation Perspective | Lectern | Convention Center150B | AED50 | Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Application | |
| Wednesday, January 08 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET | Estimation of Roadway Vertical Alignment via an Artificial Neural Network Based Approach | Bekir Bartin, Mojibulrahman Jami, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-03391 | Accept | Poster Session4029 | Performance Effects of Geometric Design | Poster | A216 | Convention Center, Hall A | AKD10 | Standing Committee on Performance Effects of Geometric Design |
| Wednesday, January 08 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET | Development of a Comprehensive Framework for the Assessment of the Effects of Electric Trucks' Weight Increase on Road Infrastructure: A New York City case Study | Zerun Liu, Tu Lan, Zilin Bian, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05512 | Accept | Lectern Session 4070 | Latest Research in Trucking Economics | Lectern | Convention Center144AB | AT060 | Standing Committee on Trucking Industry Research | |
| CHOW | |||||||||||
| Monday, January 06 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET | A Continuum Approximation Approach for Optimal Planning of Urban Public Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles | Yichan An, Joseph Chow, Soomin Woo, Jinwoo Lee | TRBAM-25-03605 | Poster Session 2048 | Current Issues in Alternative Fuels and Technologies | A216 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Monday, January 06 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET | Welfare, Sustainability, and Equity Evaluation of the New York City Interborough Express Using Spatially Heterogeneous Mode Choice Models | Hai Yang, Hongying Wu, Lauren Whang, Xiyuan Ren, Joseph Chow | TRBAM-25-00753 | Lectern Session 2086 | Designing Equitable and Multimodal Transit Systems for Future Urban Mobility | Convention Center, 145B | |||||
| Monday, January 06 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET | A Synthesis of Agent-Based Urban Freight Simulation Models: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Directions | Aaron Michael Salang, Takanori Sakai, Tetsuro Hyodo, Joseph Chow | P25-21104 | Poster Session 2114 | Innovations and Challenges in Freight Transportation and Logistics: Global Perspectives and Emerging Technologies | A248 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Monday, January 06 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET | Two-Stage Stochastic Fleet and Battery Sizing with Routing Optimization for Sidewalk Delivery Robots | Yuchen Du, Hai Yang, Joseph Chow, Tho Le | TRBAM-25-04576 | Lectern Session 2127 | Network Modeling Problems for Commercial Fleets | Convention Center, 151A | |||||
| Monday, January 06 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET | Population Synthesis Combining Statistical and Generative Models for Consistent and Diverse Household and Personal Attribute Association | Hai Yang, Hongying Wu, Linfei Yuan, Xiyuan Ren, Joseph Chow, Jingqin Gao, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-04107 | Poster Session 2153 | New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Research in Transportation | B450 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Monday, January 061:30 PM-3:15 PM ET | Non-Myopic Dispatch in Large-Scale On-Demand Ride-Pooling Systems Using Simulation-Informed Reinforcement Learning | Farnoosh Namdarpour, Joseph Chow | TRBAM-25-02548 | Poster Session 2241 | Navigating the Future of On-Demand Mobility: Innovations in Shared Automated Vehicles and Ridehailing Dynamics | A230 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Tuesday, January 078:00 AM-9:45 AM ET | Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior, AEP30(2), Joint Subcommittee of AEP30, AEP40 | Joseph Chow, Roger Chen | Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior, AEP30(2), Joint Subcommittee of AEP30, AEP40 | Marriott Marquis, Liberty Salon O (M4) | |||||||
| Tuesday, January 078:00 AM-9:45 AM ET | Large-Scale Modular Battery Swapping Design for Electric Truck Urban Deliveries Using Synthetic Tour Data | Haggai Davis III, Joseph Chow | TRBAM-25-04692 | Lectern Session 3032 | Curbside Allocation and Electric Vehicle Needs: Challenges in Infrastructure Management | Convention Center, 144AB | |||||
| Tuesday, January 078:00 AM-9:45 AM ET | A Multi-Dimension and High-Granularity Equity Measurement for Transportation Services Through Accessibility and Reliability | Mengke Enola Ma, Zilin Bian, Jingqin Gao, Hai Yang, Joseph Chow, Kaan Ozbay | TRBAM-25-05439 | Poster Session 3046 | Current Research in Transportation Equity | B583 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Tuesday, January 071:30 PM-3:15 PM ET | A Data Fusion Approach for Mobility Hub Impact Assessment: Integrating Actual Usage Data into a Large-Scale Mode Choice Model | Xiyuan Ren, Joseph Chow | TRBAM-25-01347 | Lectern Session 3117 | Smart Card, Smartphone, and Data Fusion in Travel Data Collection | Convention Center, 150A | |||||
| Tuesday, January 071:30 PM-3:15 PM ET | A Synthesis of Agent-Based Urban Freight Simulation Models: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Directions | Aaron Michael Salang, Takanori Sakai, Tetsuro Hyodo, Joseph Chow | TRBAM-25-02894 | Lectern Session 3138 | Impact of Freight Policies and Advances in Freight Modeling | Convention Center, 145A | |||||
| Wednesday, January 088:00 AM-9:45 AM ET | Integrating an agent-based behavioral model in microtransit forecasting and revenue management | Xiyuan Ren, Joseph Chow, Venktesh Pandey, Linfei Yuan | TRBAM-25-03695 | Poster Session 4025 | Insights on Travel Behavior | A113 | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||
| Wednesday, January 0810:15 AM-12:00 PM ET | Interfaces Between Network and Data Models | Joseph Chow | Poster Session 4076 | Interfaces Between Network and Data Models | Convention Center, Hall A | ||||||
| VIGNON | |||||||||||
| Wednesday, January 8th, 10:15-12:00 PM ET | Taxation of ridehailing in the United States | Lewis Lehe, Ayush Pandey,Saipraneeth Devunuri, Jorge Rondan, Daniel Vignon | TRBAM-25-06294 | Lectern Session 4058 | New Options for Transportation Funding: Emerging National Research | ||||||
| VINITSKY | |||||||||||
| Rae Zimmerman | |||||||||||
| Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM ET | Cybersecurity and Workforce Behavior in Connection with Autonomous Vehicle Acceptance and Use | Rae Zimmerman | 25-21220 | Lectern Session 4088 | Addressing Transportation Workforce Connections to Elevated Cybersecurity Risk | Lectern | Convention Center, Room 146A | AMR40 |