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Alexandre Bayen |
Featuring Alexandre Bayen
Thursday, May 11, 3:30pm
Alder Hall Auditorium
University of Washington
Light reception to follow lecture in Alder Commons.
Free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
Road Work: Using Mobile Data To Alleviate Traffic Congestion
Slower speeds and longer trip times are becoming the new normal. The fast-growing Seattle area, in fact, ranks 10th in the nation and 20th worldwide for traffic congestion*. To address this challenge, expert Alexandre Bayen proposes utilizing crowdsourced mobile data from drivers and passengers. This data, combined with optimization techniques and game theory, has the potential to enhance algorithms that control traffic estimations as well as infrastructure such as traffic light timing and variable speed limits. * INRIX global data
Alexandre Bayen is the Liao-Cho Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley, in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering departments. He is the Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, and also serves as Director of the Transportation Initiative at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research has been covered hundreds of times in the mainstream media.
Questions?
Contact Janeka Rector at 206-543-8779 or janekar@uw.edu.