Past Events
2023 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT at 2023 AutoMobili-D
Location: Huntington Place (Booth 425)
1 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48226
Date(s): Thursday, July 27th | 1:00 PM ET
2023 — JULY
CCAT Research Review with Brian Lin, Ph.D. and Shan Bao, Ph.D.
Title: Investigating Factors Influencing Automated Vehicles Overtaking Bicycles: Perspectives from Drivers and Bicyclists
Funded Research: A Data-Driven Autonomous Driving System for Overtaking Bicyclists
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Thursday, July 27th | 1:00 PM ET
2023 — JUNE
CCAT Featured Event
Title: Improving Safety and E-mobility through Connectivity
Funded Research: U-M Transportation Research Institute’s Smart Intersections Project
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 14th | 2:00 PM ET
2023 — MAY
CCAT Research Review with Shorya Awtar, Sc.D.
Title: PREACT: Motion Sickness Alleviation in Autonomous Vehicles via Preemptive Interventions
Funded Research: Motion Sickness Alleviation via Anticipatory Control of Active Seats in Autonomous Vehicles
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 9th | 1:00 PM ET
2023 Next-Generation Transport Systems Conference
Research Pillars: Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Shared Transport, Aerial Transport
Perspectives: Travel Demand, Technology, Transportation Policies, Human Factors, Simulation, Infrastructure, Operations
Location: MRGN 121, Discovery Park, Purdue University
Date/Time: May 16th – May 18th
2023 — APRIL
CCAT Global Symposium on Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and UMTRI
Location: Washtenaw Community College’s Morris Lawrence Building
4800 E Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Date(s): Tuesday, April 4th & Wednesday, April 5th
2023 — MARCH
CCAT Research Review with Dengfeng Sun, Ph.D.
Title: A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model For Ride-sharing With Advanced Air Mobility
Funded Research: Ride-sharing with Advanced Air Mobility
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 8th | 1:00 PM ET
2023 — FEBRUARY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Mary (Missy) Cummings, Ph.D., Professor in the Departments of Mechanical & Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science — George Mason University
Title: The Pandora’s Box of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 15th | 1:00 PM ET
2023 — JANUARY
CCAT Presentations at 2023 TRB Annual Meeting
Location: 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Date(s): Sunday, January 8th — Wednesday, January 12th
2022 — DECEMBER
CCAT Student Poster Session
Title: Human-Centered Design to Improve Inclusiveness of CAVs for Older Adults
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Friday, December 9th | 10:30 AM ET
2022 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Michael Cassidy, Ph.D., Robert Horonjeff and Chancellor’s Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering — University of California, Berkeley
Title: Using Traffic Signals to Decongest Cities may be Simpler than We Thought
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Thursday, September 29th | 1:30 PM ET
2022 — AUGUST
CCAT Research Review with Siqian Shen, Ph.D.
Title: Traffic Signal Control under Stochastic Traffic Demand and Vehicle Turning via Decentralized Decomposition Approaches
Funded Research: Real-Time Distributed Optimization of Traffic Signal Timing
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 24th | 1:00 PM ET
2022 — JULY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Matthias Althoff, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science — Technical University of Munich
Title: Certifiable Autonomous Systems Through Online Verification
Date/Time: Thursday, July 16th | 1:00 PM ET
2022 — JUNE
CCAT Research Review with Brian Lin, Ph.D.
Title: Modeling Autonomous Vehicle’s Lane Change Decision-Making in Weaving Sections of Freeway Ramps
Funded Research: Development of Machine-Learning Models for Autonomous Vehicle Decisions on Weaving Sections of Freeway Ramps
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Thursday, June 16th | 1:00 PM ET
2022 — MAY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Chandra Bhat, Ph.D., PE, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor — University of Texas at Austin
Title: Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Travel-Based Activity and Activity-Based Travel
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 10th | 2:00 PM ET
2022 — APRIL
2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure
Location: Michigan Union
530 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Date(s): Tuesday, April 12th & Wednesday, April 13th
2022 — MARCH
CCAT Research Review with Carol Menassa, Vineet Kamat, Da Li, Julian Brinkley, Min Deng, and Yijin Zhao
Title: Can Physiological Sensing Indicate Driver Takeover Abilities in Level 3 Automation?
Funded Research: Predicting Driver Takeover performance in Conditional Automation (Level 3) through Physiological Sensing
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 9th | 2:00 PM ET
2022 — FEBRUARY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Jeannette Wing, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science — Columbia University
Title: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Date/Time: Thursday, February 24th | 1:00 PM ET
2022 — JANUARY
CCAT Presentations at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting
Location: 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Date(s): Monday, January 10th — Thursday, January 13th
2021 — NOVEMBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Azim Eskandarian, Ph.D., Department Head and Nicholas & Rebecca Des Champs Professor — Virginia Tech,
Director — Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Machines Lab
Title: Using AI to Improve CAV Operations in Mixed Traffic
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 30th | 2:00 PM ET
CCAT Featured Event
Title: Using AI to Improve CAV Operations in Mixed Traffic
Funded Research: Development of AI-Based and Control-Based Systems for Safe and Efficient Operations of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 9th | 12:00 PM ET
2021 — OCTOBER
CCAT Research Review with Shan Bao, Ph.D. and Fred Feng, Ph.D.
Title: Cycling Safety: From Crash Data Analysis to a Naturalistic Cycling Study
Funded Research: A Naturalistic Bicycling Study in the Ann Arbor Area
Date/Time Wednesday, October 27th | 2:30 PM ET
2021 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT Featured Event
Title: Rethink the Safety Challenge for Highly Automated Vehicles
Date/Time: Thursday, September 23rd | 10:30 AM ET
Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Jaime Waydo, Chief Technology Officer — Cavnue
Title: The Future of Mobility & Connected Transportation with Smart Infrastructure
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 15th | 2:00 PM ET
CCAT Featured Event with the American Center for Mobility
Title: A Scenario Generation Toolbox for Accelerating AV Development and Validation at ACM
Funded Research: Development of an Integrated Augmented Reality Testing Environment and Implementation at the American Center for Mobility (ACM)
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 1st | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — AUGUST
CCAT Research Review with Samuel Labi, Ph.D. and Yujie Li
Title: Effect of Human Drivers’ Time Delay & Heterogeneity on Traffic Stabilization Capability of CAVs
Funded Research: Development of AI-Based and Control-Based Systems for Safe and Efficient Operations of CAVs
Date/Time: Thursday, August 12th | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — JULY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Evangelos Simoudis, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Managing Director — Synapse Partners
Title: New Urban Mobility: Transformations & Value Creation
Date/Time: Thursday, July 15th | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — JUNE
2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modelling
Featured Speakers: Kay Axhausen (ETH Zürich), Chandra Bhat (UT Austin), Henry Liu (CCAT), Hai Yang (HKUST), and more
Date(s): Monday, June 21st — Thursday, June 24th
CCAT Research Review with Henry Liu, Ph.D. and Shuo Feng, Ph.D.
Title: Safety Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles with a Naturalistic and Adversarial Driving Environment
Funded Research: Development of an Integrated Augmented Reality Testing Environment and Implementation at the American Center for Mobility (ACM)
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 9th | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — MAY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Alexandre Bayen, Ph.D., Liao-Cho Professor of Engineering — UC Berkeley
Director — Institute of Transportation Studies
Title: Lagrangian Control at Large and Local Scales in Mixed Autonomy Traffic Flow
Date/Time: Thursday, May 13th | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — APRIL
2021 CCAT Global Symposium
Location: Online
Date(s): Monday, April 12th & Tuesday, April 13th
2021 — MARCH
CCAT Research Review with Hadi Meidani, Ph.D.
Title: Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimal Truck Platooning Under Uncertainties
Funded Research: Operations of Connected and Autonomous Freight Trucks under Congestion and Infrastructure Cost Considerations
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 31st | 1:00 PM ET
2021 — FEBRUARY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Jonathan Sprinkle, Ph.D., Litton Industries John M. Leonis Distinguished Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering — University of Arizona
Title: Autonomous and Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems and the Era of Big Data
Date/Time: Thursday, February 25th | 1:00 PM ET
2020 — NOVEMBER
CCAT Research Review with Gabor Orosz, Ph.D.
Title: Deploying C-V2X Infrastructure on Highway I-275
Funded Research: Improving the Efficiency of Trucks via CV2X Connectivity on Highways
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17th | 2:00 PM ET
2020 — OCTOBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Trevor Pawl, Chief Mobility Officer – State of Michigan
Title: A Vision for the Future of Michigan Mobility & Electrification
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21st | 1:00 PM ET
2020 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT Research Review with Jeffery Roesler, Ph.D.
Title: Vehicle to Pavement Passive Sensing for Lateral Positioning Detection
Funded Research: Operations of Connected and Autonomous Freight Trucks under Congestion and Infrastructure Cost Considerations
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 29th | 1:00 PM ET
2020 — JULY
CCAT Research Review with Robin Brewer, Ph.D. and Nicole Ellison, Ph.D.
Title: Supporting People with Vision Impairments in Automated Vehicles
Funded Research: Supporting People with Vision Impairments in Automated Vehicles
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 29th | 1:00 PM ET
2020 — JUNE
CCAT Lunch & Learn
Title: How COVID-19 Curbs the Demand for MoD/MaaS
Speakers: Amy Ford, Director of Mobility on Demand Alliance — Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
Sara Davidson, Technical Lead of Smart Systems — Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
Date/Time: Thursday, June 25th | 11:00 AM ET
CCAT Research Review with Shan Bao, Ph.D.
Title: Driver Route Choice and Compliance in Eco-Routing
Funded Research: How Vehicle Connectivity Based Eco-Routing Choices Will Impact Driver Decision Making
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 2nd | 2:00 PM ET
2020 — MAY
CCAT Lunch & Learn
Title: Transportation & Logistics in a COVID-19 Era
Speakers: Siqian Shen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering — University of Michigan
Date/Time: Thursday, May 7th | 11:00 AM ET
2020 — APRIL
20/20 CCAT Global Symposium
Location: Online
Date(s): Tuesday, April 14th
On The Road to the Global Symposium with Krishnakumar Nedunuri, Ph.D. and Ramanitharan Kandiah, Ph.D.
Title: Incorporating Air Pollution Information into CAV Systems
Funded Research: CAV Developed Vehicles as Real-Time Sensors for Assessing Greenhouse Gases
Date/Time: Thursday, April 9th | 3:00 PM ET
On The Road to the Global Symposium with Darcy Bullock, Ph.D.
Title: Automated Precision De-Icing Application for State DOTs and Universities
Funded Research: Intelligent Sidewalk De-Icing and Pre-Treatment with Connected Campus Maintenance Vehicles
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7th | 2:00 PM ET
2020 — MARCH
CCAT Research Review with Yiheng Feng, Ph.D. and Shuo Feng, Ph.D.
Title: Safety Assessment of Highly Automated Driving Systems – A New Framework
Funded Research: Augmented Reality Testing Environment Development – Phase II
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 24th | 2:00 PM ET
2020 — FEBRUARY
CCAT Research Review with Sam Labi, Ph.D. and Sikai Chen, Ph.D.
Title: Collision Avoidance Framework for Autonomous Vehicles under Imminent Situations
Funded Research: Development of AI-Based and Control-Based Systems for Safe and Efficient Operations of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 25th | 2:00 PM ET
2019 — NOVEMBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Larry Head, Ph.D., Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering — University of Arizona
Title: V2X Applications for Safety and Mobility
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 19th | 2:00 PM ET
2019 — OCTOBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Richard de Neufville , Ph.D., Professor of Engineering Systems — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Flexibility in Engineering Design: Implications for Autonomous Vehicle Transportation and Infrastructure
Date/Time: Thursday, October 29th | 3:30 PM ET
2019 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT Research Review with Sridhar Lakshmanan, Ph.D.
Title: Reliable V2V Communication Networks: Applications in Fuel-Efficient Platooning
Funded Research: Reliable V2V Communication Networks: Applications in Fuel-Efficient Platooning
Date/Time: Friday, September 6th | 2:00 PM ET
2019 — MAY
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Paul Ajegba, P.E., Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) — State of Michigan
Title: Connecting Infrastructure & Technology for Sustainable Safety & Mobility
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 16th | 2:00 PM ET
2019 — FEBRUARY
2019 CCAT Global Symposium
Location: Washtenaw Community College’s Morris Lawrence Building
4800 E Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Date(s): Tuesday, February 26th & Wednesday, February 27th
2018 — SEPTEMBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker(s): Maged M. Dessouky, Ph.D., Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering – University of Southern California
Title: Research, Practice, and Future Directions of Dynamic Ridesharing
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 26th | 2:00 PM ET
2018 — APRIL
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Hani S. Mahmassani, Ph.D., William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Title: Autonomous Vehicles and Connected Urban Mobility: Rethinking Public Transit
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 11th | 2:00 PM ET
2018 — MARCH
2018 CCAT Global Symposium
Location: North Campus Research Complex
2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Building 18)
Date(s): Wednesday, March 7th & Thursday, March 8th
2017 — OCTOBER
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Chris Hendrickson, Ph.D., Hamerschlag Professor Emeritus and Director of Traffic 21 Institute – Carnegie Mellon University
Title: Transformational Transportation Technologies: Research at CMU
Location: U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Collaborative Meeting Space
2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Room 139)
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 4th | 2:00 PM ET