Research Themes:
Multimodal Transportation Network Analysis
Transportation Safety
Emerging Technologies and Smart Transportation
Traffic Operations
Transportation Planning and Optimization
Equitable Mobility
Infrastructure Operation and Maintenance
Civil Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
NEWS
TransAnalytics Researchers Awarded Project to Explore Use of LiDAR Data and Machine Learning to Monitor Pavement Markings
The research team will investigate innovative approaches using machine learning to leverage large datasets from LiDAR and measure retroreflectivity from pavement markings. Outcomes from this project are expected to support monitoring programs to assess roadway maintenance and meet requirements from FHWA. This project is sponsored by the Utah DOT and will be executed in Fall/23.
TransAnalytics research awarded funding from the National Science Foundation
A new project is awarded to TransAnalytics from the NSF. The project is titled: Integrating and Learning on Spatial Data via Multi-Agent Simulation. This project will build metro-scale foundation models for studying human mobility and will allow social-technical spatial scientists to compare against and study human mobility in aggregate and at scale. Exemplar studies will address EV charging, and fair traffic policing. The project will train next-generation spatial scientists at the interface of civil engineering and data science. Details of the project can be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311954&HistoricalAwards=false
New journal articles published by the TransAnalytics researchers
Over the past several months, the TransAnalytics researchers have published a series of journal articles in different fields, ranging from electrified mobility, transportation-energy modeling, racial segregation, to compter vision applications. See below for the list of our recent publications, and check our Publications section for details!
TransAnalytics received funding from the Department of Energy
TransAnalytics researcher is part of the team led by the Utah State University to receive funding from the DOE for zero-emission medium- and heavy duty vehicle corridors. The project is titled the Wasatch Front Multimodal Corridor Electrification Plan, and plans to develop a community, state and industry action plan to improve air quality in communities most impacted by high-density traffic in the greater Salt Lake City region.
TransAnalytics faculty awarded the TSL Best Paper Award
Nikola Marković, a faculty member at TransAnalytics, was honored with the prestigious 2022 TSL Best Paper Award at the annual INFORMS conference. The award recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of transportation science and logistics. Marković's paper, titled "Robust resource allocation for monotonic cost functions," was published in Operations Research and presents a groundbreaking methodological framework for robust optimization—a rapidly evolving field.
TransAnalytics student awarded competitive scholarship
Yirong Zhou, a Ph.D. candidate working at TransAnalytics, was recently awarded a scholarship from the Utah Institute of Transportation Engineers. Winners of the $500 scholarships are selected based on outstanding scholarship, work experience, and activity within their student section of ITE. Yirong’s research focuses on data-driven transportation engineering, including operation research, optimization, machine learning, and spatiotemporal analysis and simulation. Congratulations to Yirong!
