World Road Association (PIARC) organises every four years (World Road Congress and International Winter Road Congress), which constitute major international platforms for the dissemination of its productions and the sharing of knowledge, PIARC organises international seminars and workshops. These are organised with the assistance of the Association’s Technical Committees and Task Forces, which include more than 1,200 experts. During the 2016-2019 cycle, more than 20 seminars have already been organised and many more are planned.
Inviting papers for 33rd Indian Engineering Congress
The Institution of Engineers (India) will be organising the 33rd Indian Engineering Congress (IEC) at Udaipur, Rajasthan during December 21 – 23, 2018 on the theme “Integration of Technologies: Emerging Engineering Paradigm”.
The “Call for Papers” brochure of the 33rd Indian Engineering Congress containing theme and other details for your kind perusal is attached. Notification on venue, registration details etc. will be published later within a few days.
You are invited to submit papers pertaining to the theme of the Congress. The papers should focus on sharing the experience, concepts, innovative ideas, research findings etc. and should cover the areas convergent with the theme. The accepted papers will be published in a Technical Volume with ISBN No.
Webinar on Addressing Road Safety Worldwide: Vulnerable Road Users, Human Factors & RS in LMIC
ATPIO and TRG Webinar: Application of big data analytics in transportation operations
ATPIO and TRG is jointly hosting a webinar on “Application of big data analytics in transportation operations” on 9th May, 2018; 10:00 AM ET (7:30 PM IST).
Webinar Link: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/atpio/
Webinar Registration: Please put your name, affiliation and email id here. We will send you a calendar invite and reminder.
Abstract:
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure” – The quote attributed to both W. Edwards Deming and Peter Drucker explains the importance of the recent digital data explosion. The volume, velocity and variety of data generated nowadays make it difficult to use traditional techniques to analyze and extract useful information from these datasets. However, efficient storage and managing such rich data sources can help public and private sector to better understand the underlying systems and help in improved decision making and performance. Significant advancements can be made using big data analytics for building smart transportation networks leading to smarter cities and overall development of quality of life in US conditions.
In the past, only a limited number of data streams have been available from infrastructure mounted sensors for use in traffic management, but with the advent of smart phones, connected cars, etc., several nontraditional sources of data are being made available for analysis. However, these heterogeneous data streams arrive at very high rates and often can have spurious data. This exponential growth in relevant data streams has brought new opportunities and challenges in the realm of traffic management. Increased data enables improved monitoring, prediction, and management of traffic, but only if automation, is employed to handle the data volumes. These volumes would otherwise exceed the abilities of humans to process. This talk will highlight Big-data tools that can be used to timely analyze this data and perform real-time assessment and prediction of traffic conditions to improve system efficiency and safety, real-time identification of traffic incidents, and as input to future planning.
About the Speaker, Anuj Sharma:
Anuj Sharma, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Iowa State University and is the co-director of the REACTOR lab. Dr. Sharma’s research has been recognized by numerous federal, state and private agencies; including the National Science Foundation, Federal Highway Administration, National Institute of Health, Toyota, state Departments of Transportation, and city public works departments; with over eleven million dollars of competitive research funding, contributed to fund his research. He uses high performance computation driven big data discoveries to assist in making better short term (operational automation) and long term (smart policy) decisions. Sharma has over 100 conference/journal publications and is editor in chief for Springer’s Journal of Big Data Analytics in Transportation.
USTDA Webinar: India Smart Cities Opportunities
USTDA announces a webinar update on the smart cities landscape in India and learn of new opportunities for U.S. companies. This Webinar, presented by KPMG, will outline the India Smart Cities Mission and the role of the U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA).
Registered participants will have the opportunity to engage with USTDA staff on project support opportunities and will receive the latest USTDA commissioned Smart Cities India: Market Assessment report.
Registration is required and closes on April 30th at 11:59 pm EDT. Register here.