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Integrating ridesourcing services with public transit: An evaluation of traveler responses combining revealed and stated preference data

MIDAS-supported researchers recently published a paper on the potential for incorporating ridesourcing services with public transit. Press release | Paper in Transportation Research

Events / General Interest / News

Big Data in Transportation and Mobility symposium highlights diverse, emerging issues

The Big Data in Transportation and Mobility symposium held June 22-23, 2017, in Ann Arbor, MI brought together more than 150 data science practitioners from academia, industry and government to explore emerging issues in this expanding field. Sponsored by the NSF-supported Midwest Big Data Hub (MBDH) and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), the ...

Al Hero / Educational / Events / General Interest / News

MIDAS co-sponsoring Transportation Research Board’s Transformational Technologies symposium — Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 in Detroit

This symposium will bring together leaders from the public and private sectors and academia to meet the challenges posed by deployment of transformational transportation technologies. MIDAS affiliated faculty members Carol Flannagan, Al Hero and Pascal Van Hentenryck will be speaking. For more information, visit the event website.

Events / General Interest / News

Transportation Research Board symposium on transformational technologies — Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Detroit

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine is sponsoring the “Partners in Research Symposium: Transformational Technologies” on October 31-November 1, 2016, in Detroit, Michigan. Registration is open and Patron opportunities are available. Additional details can be found under the “Program” tab in the symposium website. New technologies have the potential ...

General Interest / News

Transportation projects with MIDAS funding featured in “Urban Transportation Monitor”

Research on connected and automated vehicles which recently received funding under the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) Challenge Initiative was featured in “The Urban Transportation Monitor.” The projects featured are led by Pascal Van Hentenryck (Industrial and Operations Engineering) and Carol Flannagan (U-M Transportation Research Institute). The article, available for download, begins on page 6. ...

Funding Opportunities / News / Translational

Toyota Materials Handling North America seeks proposals for University Research Program in supply chain, logistics and material handling — Aug. 31 submission deadline

Toyota Materials Handling North America is accepting proposals for sponsored research under its University Research Program, which aims to “drive the next generation of technology for the entire supply chain, logistics and material handling industry.” According to the company’s description, “The mission is to encourage professors and researchers to apply their knowledge of engineering and technical ...

General Interest / News

MIDAS Challenge Initiative Awards featured on Xconomy news website

The Xconomy.com website has featured transportation data science projects awarded funding under the first round of the MIDAS Challenge Initiatives. College of Engineering Prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck and Carol Flannagan of the U-M Transportation Research Institute were awarded $1.25 million each for projects that will apply data science methodologies to transportation. U-M Dearborn is contributing another ...

General Interest / Happenings / News

MIDAS awards first round of challenge funding in transportation and learning analytics

Four research projects — two each in transportation and learning analytics — have been awarded funding in the first round of the Michigan Institute for Data Science Challenge Initiatives program. The projects will each receive $1.25 million dollars from MIDAS as part of the Data Science Initiative announced in fall 2015. U-M Dearborn also will ...