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Peng Wei, Safe and Assured Autonomy for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility

Peng Wei, Safe and Assured Autonomy for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Dr. Peng Wei, assistant professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University, presents a seminar at C2SMART entitled “Unlock the Personal Sky – Safe andAssured Autonomy for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility.”   Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an envisioned air transportation concept…

Dengfeng Sun

Dengfeng Sun, Stochastic Optimization of Large Scale Air Traffic Flows

Dengfeng Sun, Stochastic Optimization of Large Scale Air Traffic Flows Most research in control and optimization of networked dynamical systems heavily relies on the fidelity of the dynamics models and efficient computational techniques to execute optimized control actions, while many autonomous systems are inherently subject to uncertainties and disturbances. This talk will present some of…

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Tarun Rambha, Modeling Departure Time Decisions During Hurricanes

Tarun Rambha, Modeling Departure Time Decisions During Hurricanes Dr. Tarun Rambha, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, presents a seminar on modeling departure time decisions during hurricanes using a dynamic discrete choice framework.   Abstract: Predicting evacuation-related choices of households during a hurricane is of…

Oded Cats

Oded Cats and Panchamy Krishnakumari, Capacity Allocation for On-demand Services

Oded Cats and Panchamy Krishnakumari, Capacity Allocation for On-demand Services Dr. Oded Cats, Associate Professor of Public Transport at Delft University of Technology, and Ph.D. student Panchamy Krishnakumari present a seminar on capacity allocation for on-demand services, demand-anticipatory operations and analyzing demand patterns.   Abstract: On-demand transit has become a common mode of transport with…

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C2SMART Deputy Director Presents at Hong Kong Polytechnic

C2SMART Deputy Director Presents at Hong Kong Polytechnic C2SMART Deputy Director Joseph Chow presents a seminar as part of the LSGI Distinguished Lecture Series at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 23, 2018. The seminar series is organized by the university’s Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics. Professor Chow’s lecture is entitled “Evaluation of Mobility-as-a-Service…

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Abolfazl Safikhani, Spatio-temporal Modeling of Yellow Taxi Demand

Abolfazl Safikhani, Spatio-temporal Modeling of Yellow Taxi Demand Dr. Abolfazl Safikhani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University, presents a seminar at C2SMART on “Spatio-temporal modeling of yellow taxi demands in New York City using generalized STAR models.”   Abstract: The spatio-temporal variation in the demand for transportation, particularly taxis, in the…

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Jonathan Peters, Variation in Household Spending on Transportation Services – Urban, Rural and City Specific Differences

Jonathan Peters, Variation in Household Spending on Transportation Services – Urban, Rural and City Specific Differences Dr. Jonathan Peters, Professor of Finance at The College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, presents a seminar at C2SMART on “Variation in Household Spending on Transportation Services – Urban, Rural and City Specific Differences.” U.S. Households…

C2SMART Professors Present at NJIT Technology and Society Forum

C2SMART Professors Present at NJIT Technology and Society Forum C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay and Professor Hani Nassif, C2SMART’s Associate Director for Outreach and Technology Transfer, gave a joint presentation at October’s NJIT Technology and Society Forum on the topic of strategies for strengthening city infrastructure and building resilient cities. The two experts, who have collaborated…

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Shanjiang Zhu, Assessing Travel Behavior Responses to Transit Network Disruptions Using Innovative Data Collection Methods

Shanjiang Zhu, Assessing Travel Behavior Responses to Transit Network Disruptions Using Innovative Data Collection Methods Dr. Shanjiang Zhu, Associate Professor in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University, presented a seminar at C2SMART on “Assessing Travel Behavior Responses to Transit Network Disruptions Using Innovative Data Collection Methods.”   Abstract: This study investigates the…