C2SMART Student Presents at Transit Techies NYC Master’s student Assel Dmitriyeva presented her work on a destination recommender system for shared mobility services at Transit Techies NYC, a Meetup group for transit technology enthusiasts. Assel, who is pursuing an M.P.S. in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has been working…
Dr. Daniel Rodriguez-Roman, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, presented a seminar during his visit to NYU Tandon this summer. His research focuses on transportation network design problems, evolutionary and surrogate-based optimization, and, recently, paratransit demand modeling and operations. He obtained his M.S. in Transportation Engineering from the University of California…
Kelvin Cheu, Recent Developments in Lane Changing Research Dr. Kelvin Cheu, C2SMART’s associate director for research, presented a seminar on lane-changing research at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm on June 13. Recent Developments in Lane Changing Research The two most frequent tasks performed by drivers are car-following and lane changing. Lane changing…
Emerging 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…
C2SMART 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…
C2SMART 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…
Justin 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…
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…
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…
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…