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Dr. Mohamed Abdelhay Essa presents “Real-time Safety and Mobility Optimization of Traffic Signals in a Connected-vehicle Environment”

Online Event

In the era of connected vehicles (CVs), a considerable amount of high-resolution data on vehicle positions and trajectories will be generated in real time. These data can potentially be used to adapt traffic signals in real time to optimize traffic mobility and safety. Existing research has focused on real-time mobility optimization at signalized intersections, and […]

Dr. Alberto Leon-Garcia presents “Experience Building Smart Application Platform”

Online Event

In this talk we will present our experience building the SAVI (Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructure) multitier cloud testbed to provide an application platform for smart city experiments. We will describe the CVST (Connected Vehicles for Smart Transportation) application platform which was built on top of SAVI and will then discuss challenges we are currently […]

Professor Genevieve Giuliano presents “Heavy duty trucks: The challenge of getting to zero”

Online Event

Professor Genevieve Giuliano is Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government, andDirector of the METRANS Transportation Center at USC Price. About this lecture This research considers strategies that will reduce truck emissions and achieve public health and GHG reduction targets. Freight shipments in urban areas are increasing throughout the world as a result […]

City Building Ryerson presents “Smart Freight: Safe, Green & Efficient Goods Delivery”

Online Event

City Building Ryerson's Urban Innovation Café event series brings together diverse leaders, experts and policy makers to discuss current urban innovations and their potential to solve problems in a moderated discussion and Q&A. On May 7, from noon to 1 PM, they proudly host advanced experts in transportation, management, logistics and cybersecurity for a discussion of today’s challenges […]

Transformative Transportation ’21 – CATTS Symposium

Online Event

Register All are welcome to attend. Register now on Eventbrite. Agenda Download PDF of Agenda and Speaker Short Bios for Transformative Transportation '21 9:00-9:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Professor Baher Abdulhai 9:10-10:40 Session I - Moderated by Professor Amer Shalaby and Dr. Toka S. Mostafa Next Generation Activity/Travel Demand Modelling: A Mobility Service Oriented Approach […]

Proposals due June 15 for 3rd Annual UTTAN Student Competition “Addressing Transportation Equity in the Post-Pandemic City”

Online Event

Missed the launch event for the 2021 New Frontiers in Transportation Student Competition? Don't worry, you can still participate! Find a recording of the launch event here for a brief overview of the competition: https://lnkd.in/gbTqbAZ Click here for a PDF of the competition brief: https://lnkd.in/dFtkkZ5 Click here to add your contact information and find teammates: […]

Empowering Innovation 2021 – Engineering Research Days

Online via Spatial Chat

On June 24 and 25, 2021, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering launches Engineering Research Days, a new virtual event bringing together the research community and creating opportunities for collaboration. This year's theme "Empowering Innovation" highlights U of T Engineering’s research accomplishments and spotlights opportunities for collaboration across  faculty, external partners, industry representatives and the […]

Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) Research Day

Online Event

The Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) of the University of Toronto brings together transportation and technology researchers from across the University of Toronto, transit systems in the Golden Horseshoe area, and private sector software providers. Among its objectives are to: foster innovation in transit data-driven tools (analytics) using advanced methods of data science, machine learning, artificial […]

BioZone BITS: Exploring Tradeoffs in the Use of Biomass for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Online Event

Increasing concern over fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has led to growing interest in the use of biomass (i.e., plant material and organic waste) for both energy and materials. Around the world, government programs primarily incentivize use of biofuels in the transportation sector. In contrast, few policy drivers exist to encourage the […]

Rami Al-Sahar “Evaluating the Use of Twitter in Gauging Customer Satisfaction Effects of Transit Service Interventions” MASc thesis presentation

Online Event

Rami Al-Sahar Rami Al-Sahar will present his MASc thesis "Evaluating the Use of Twitter in Gauging Customer Satisfaction Effects of Transit Service Interventions" on September 9, 2021, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Rami is an MASc candidate at the University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering working under the supervision of Professors Amer […]

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