Intelligent transportation systems are defined as the innovative combination of existing and new technologies, including information processing, sensors, communications, control and electronics, with the aim of making the transportation system safer and more efficient. Saving lives, time and money, the benefits also include reducing congestion, emissions, and fuel consumption, thus making our transportation system more sustainable and reducing our carbon footprint. Some people even say that this can improve our quality of life. The objective of this presentation is to introduce participants to the ongoing research activities in the PSU Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab, as a possible platform for increasing collaboration between computer science and civil and environmental engineering. There are a number of emerging issues that are also converging toward making this kind of collaboration more promising. These include the increasing availability of multimodal sensor data across wide geographic areas and at relatively frequent time intervals. More and more data sources need to be integrated to enhance state estimation and event detection. Traditional sensors fixed in space are being augmented by mobile sensors, which raise different challenges. Going beyond state estimation toward reporting information in the context of its reliability as well as forecasting information is becoming more important. Opportunities in visualization and developing new delivery systems (via different devices) are also worth considering. Join us to hear a brief overview of ongoing and upcoming projects and discuss possible future ideas regarding joint research projects and maybe even an IGERT proposal.
Dr. Robert L. Bertini is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Urban Studies & Planning at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. A registered professional engineer, he is the Director of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), a national university transportation center comprised of four Oregon universities. Dr. Bertini also directs the Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory at Portland State University, which consists of four faculty and 25 students. With 20 years of experience in the transportation field, Bertini is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and received the PSU Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 2007. He has received 3 degrees in civil engineering: a BS from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, an MS from San Jose State University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. On occasion, Bertini also plays French horn.
Andrew Black