Working Groups
The Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) leverages working groups focused on the four research thrusts (Safety, Cybersecurity, Mobility and Infrastructure, and Accessibility) to identify and address research gaps. Working group meetings are open to all interested parties from academia, industry, and government, however, only CCAT academic partners are eligible to receive research funding. These groups are envisioned to be a place for information exchange and thoughtful discussions. No marketing or sales pitches will be allowed, and CCAT reserves the right to remove working group members. To join a particular working group, please contact the WG chairs who will add you to the mailing list.
Safety Working Group
Working Group Objectives and Priorities: The Safety Working Group seeks to promote research, development, and testing of new technologies and processes that improve road safety. Connected vehicles, active crash avoidance, autonomous vehicles, and cooperative driving are of particular interest, together with the use of smart infrastructure and digital technologies for both driver assistance and driving automation. The group’s activities will include the advancement of both fundamental and applied research, exploring the potential and limitations of emerging technologies, interfacing with industry, and supporting government agencies in the formulation of relevant policies and programs as deemed necessary or appropriate.
Working Group Chairs: Rajesh Rajamani (rajamani@umn.edu)
Mohammad Irfan Khan (mohammad.irfan.khan@toyota.com)
Scheduled Presentations:
Cybersecurity Working Group
Working Group Objectives and Priorities: The working group is focused on the security inside of the vehicle and its supporting infrastructure to increase security and safety, and tools and mechanisms to improve the security of the entire ecosystem. Members prioritize fundamental research that increases the security of CAVs in the form of attack prevention and mitigation, rather than only demonstrating weaknesses, and that makes it easier to develop secure CAVs.
Working Group Chairs: Yiheng Feng (feng333@purdue.edu)
Andre Weimerskirch (andrewmk@umich.edu)
Scheduled Presentations:
| Date | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| Monday, January 13th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Cyber-Physical Security in Autonomous and Teleoperated Vehicles: Risk Evaluation and Anomaly Detection’ Subhadip Ghosh, Ford Motor Company |
| Monday, February 10th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Hardening the Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Improve System Integrity‘ Samuel Labi, Purdue University, Richard Ajagu, Purdue University |
| Monday, March 10th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘A Physics-Based Context-Aware Approach for Anomaly Detection in Teleoperated Driving Operations Under False Data Injection Attacks’ Subhadip Ghosh, Ford Motor Company |
| Monday, April 14th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Balancing Safety, Cyber-Security, and Mobility: Quantifying the Impact of Sensor Redundancy in Connected and Automated Vehicles‘ Neda Masoud, University of Michigan ‘Addressing Safety and Security Challenges in Teleoperation of Autonomous Vehicles’ Yiheng Feng, Purdue University |
| Monday, May 12th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Augmenting the Security Engineering Lifecycle with AI’ Ahmad Nasser, NVIDIA Recording and slides for this presentation are not available. We apologize for the inconvenience. |
| Monday, June 9th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Cybersecurity in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Systems: Ensuring Safe, Fair, and Resilient Deployment in Rural Areas’ based on ‘Infusing Resilience and Collaborative Stewardship into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles‘ Deng Cao, Central State University |
| Monday, July 14th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Electric Vehicle Public Key Infrastructure Consortium’ Timothy Weisenberger, SAE Industry Technologies Consortia |
| Monday, August 11th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | Research Topics for 2025 CCAT Request for Proposals Andre Weimerskirch, Block Harbor Cybersecurity |
| Monday, September 8th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Security Defense of Transportation Networks against Cyber Attacks: A Physics-Informed AI Approach‘ Yongju Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Monday, October 20th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Towards Compositional Secure Autonomy: From Perception to Control’ Z. Berkay Celik, Purdue University |
| Monday, December 8th, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | ‘Quantum Computing, Post Quantum Algorithms, and What This Means to Transportation Security’ Simon Hartley, Quantum Safe Cybersecurity Lead for Manufacturing, IBM Consulting |
Mobility and Infrastructure Working Group
Working Group Objectives and Priorities: The working group focuses on improving mobility by implementing new infrastructure and modifying existing physical and digital infrastructure. These efforts will leverage connected vehicle(CV), autonomous vehicle (AV), and cooperative driving automation (CDA) technologies. The working group will advance fundamental research and field tests/validation that focus on: improving the understanding of the characteristics and impacts of these emerging technologies, informing the industry of limitations and issues to address, and supporting government agencies in the formulation of relevant policies.
Working Group Chairs: Xiaopeng Li (xli2485@wisc.edu)
Nathan Sturdevant (NSturdevant@indot.in.gov)
Scheduled Presentations:
| Date | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| Thursday, February 27th 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET | ‘Traffic Implications of Mixed-Autonomy Flow: Data, Models, and Control’ Raphael Stern, University of Minnesota |
| Thursday, May 29th 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET | ‘Human-Automated Vehicle Interactions: Voluntary Driver Intervention in Car-Following’ Sue Ahn, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Thursday, August 28th 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET | ‘Vision-Based Control of Autonomous Vehicles’ Tesfamichael Getahun, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
Accessibility Working Group
Working Group Objectives and Priorities: The working group is dedicated to:
- Exploring and enhancing fairness in transportation systems and
- Addressing disparities in fairness and mobility across different communities.
Our focus extends to the development of frameworks and methodologies that promote the accessible distribution of transportation resources and services. Members prioritize research that not only identifies and quantifies existing inequalities in transportation (including the consequences of such inequalities on individual and community-level outcomes) but also proposes innovative solutions to ensure access for all. The group aims to contribute to the creation of transportation systems that are not only efficient and sustainable but also fundamentally fair and just, ensuring that the benefits of advancements in transportation are shared.
Working Group Chairs: Alexandra Murphy (murphyal@umich.edu)
Amanda Blomberg Stathopoulos (a-stathopoulos@northwestern.edu)
Scheduled Presentations:
| Date | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| Friday, March 21st, 2025 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET | ‘Examining Riders’ Subjective Equity Standards for Transit Service: How will they shape future transit planning and operations?’ Spencer Aeschliman, Northwestern University ‘Modeling and Planning for Future Mobility Systems’ Attiya Shaw, University of Michigan |
| Friday, June 20th, 2025 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET | ‘An Assessment of Data, Tools, and Metrics for Equity in Decisions About Surface Transportation Investments‘ Deb Niemeier, University of Maryland, Kelly Rodgers, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Streetsmart Planning, LLC, and Philip Schaffner, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) |
| Friday, October 17th, 2025 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET | ‘Hardening the Economical Acquisition of Intersection Data to Improve System Integrity‘ Samuel Labi, Purdue University, Richard Ajagu, Purdue University |