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June 22-23, 2017
Michigan Union, 530 S. State St., Ann Arbor

Thursday, June 22

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8:30 a.m. — Registration and Coffee

Hallway outside Kuenzel Room, First Floor, Michigan Union.

9:00 a.m. — Symposium Introduction and Overview of MBDH

carol-flannaganCarol Flannagan, U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

 

 

 

Athey_Brian-Best-150x150Brian Athey, Co-Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)

 

 

 

HeroJan2010Al Hero, Co-Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)

 

 

 

Lighting Talks

9:20 a.m. — Huei Peng, Mcity, University of Michigan

Huei Peng is the Roger L. McCarthy Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Mcity, the test environment for automated and connected vehicles at the University of Michigan.

 

 

9:30 a.m. — Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

hallmarkShauna Hallmark is Director of the Iowa State University Institute for Transportation.

 

 

 

9:40 a.m. — Jeremy Mattson, North Dakota State University

JeremyMattsonJeremy Mattson is an associate research fellow at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University.

 

 

9:55 a.m. — Q & A #1

Questions and answers with the first three lighting talk speakers:

  • Huei Peng, University of Michigan
  • Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University
  • Jeremy Mattson, North Dakota State University

10:20 a.m. — Chungwook Sim, University of Nebraska

CSimChungwook Sim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

 

 

10:30 a.m. — Carol Flannagan, UMTRI

Carol Flannagan is a Research Associate Profecarol-flannaganssor the UMTRI and Principal Investigator of the “Building a Transportation Data Infrastructure” project supported by MIDAS.

 

 

10:40 a.m. — Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan

Pascal Van Hentenryck is the Seth Bondpascal-van-hentenryck-squareer Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Envineering, and Principal Investigator of the “Reinventing Urban Transportation and Mobility” project recently supported by MIDAS.

 

 

10:50 a.m. — Osman Erman Gungor, University of Illinois

gungor-250x375Osman Erman Gungor is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Illinois Center for Transportation.

 

 

11 a.m.: Q & A #2

Questions and answers with the second three lightning talk speakers:

  • Chungwook Sim, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Carol Flannagan, University of Michigan
  • Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan

11:15: Lunch and tour of Mcity

Please gather at the front of the Michigan Union to board buses. Boxed lunches will be provided.

1:30 p.m. — Industry Panel

  • John Cooper, Business Development Director, Connected & Automated Driving, IAV Automotive Engineering
  • Kevin Cooper, Global Data Insight Analytics / Smart Mobility Manager, Ford Motor Company
  • Susan Owen, Field Research Manager, Safety Analytics, General Motors
  • Kay Stepper, Vice President, Head of Driver Assistance and Automated Driving, North America, Robert Bosch LLC
  • Moderator: Henry Kelly, Industry Liaison, MIDAS

2:45 p.m. — Parallel Breakout Sessions

Session 1: New sources of transportation data from mobile devices and other resources (Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan)
Session 2: Data for improving transportation safety (Shan Bao, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute)
Session 3: Using big data for monitoring bridges (Chungwook Sim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)

4:00 p.m. — Short Courses

Course 1: Transforming Transportation Operations using High Performance Computing (Anuj Sharma, Iowa State University)

Course 2: Using Machine Learning to Analyze Taxi Data (Marcio Mourao, University of Michigan)

Course 3: Introduction to Transportation Data, Sources and Methods (Carol Flannagan, University of Michigan)

Course 4: On-Demand Transit: The Next Revolution? (Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan)

Friday, June 23

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8:30 a.m. — Registration and Coffee

Hallway outside Kuenzel Room.

8:45 a.m. — Welcome

carol-flannaganCarol Flannagan, UMTRI

 

 

 

9:00 a.m. — Parallel Breakout Sessions

Session 1: New Analytic Tools for Designing and Managing Transportation Systems (Erman Gungor, University of Illinois, Illinois Center for Transportation)

Session 2: New Mobility Options for Small and Mid-sized Cities in the Midwest (Jeremy Mattson, North Dakota State University)

Session 3: Automated and Connected Vehicles (Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University)

10:30 a.m. — Keynote Address: Shoreh Elhami, GIS Manager, City of Columbus; Christopher Stewart, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ohio State University

Christochristopherstewartpher Stshorehelhamiewart (left) of Ohio State University and Shoreh Elhami of the City of Columbus have been collaborating on an integrated data exchange program.