Keynotes - Ozan Tonguz, Carnegie Mellon University
On the Future of Smart Transportation with AI
Ozan Tonguz, Carnegie Mellon University
Date/Time: Wednesday October 21, 13:00 - 14:20 UTC
Abstract
In this talk we will discuss how the future of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is currently being shaped by some key technologies such as V2X, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this context, we will highlight the close relationship between the well-known current efforts on mitigating traffic congestion, enhancing traffic safety, and autonomous driving. Solving these complex problems will help the quest for building smart cities in many countries as well as solving the notorious traffic congestion problems in legacy cities, and large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles (AV) for the general public. We will also consider how the Covid-19 pandemic might exacerbate some of these global problems that urgently need innovative solutions.
Brief Biography
Ozan K. Tonguz is a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Founder and CEO of CMU startup Virtual Traffic Lights, LLC (see details at www.virtualtrafficlights.com).
Prior to joining academia, he was with Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) doing research in optical networks and communication systems. His current research interests include artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent transportation systems, autonomous driving, distributed AI, machine learning, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and V2X communications, vehicular networks, sensor networks, computer networks, wireless networks and communications systems, ad hoc wireless networks, self-organizing networks, smart grid, Internet of Things (IoT), optical communications and networks, and security. He has published more than 300 technical papers in IEEE journals and conference proceedings. He is an inventor on 21 patents (18 US patents and 3 international patents). He is well-known for his contributions to vehicular networks, wireless communications and networks, and optical communications and networks. He is the author (with G. Ferrari) of the 2006 Wiley book entitled “Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: A Communication-Theoretic Perspective”.
He is the Founder and CEO of Virtual Traffic Lights (VTL), LLC, a CMU startup that was launched for providing solutions to several acute transportation problems related to safety and traffic information systems, using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless communications and distributed AI paradigms. His work and inventions on VTL has been featured in more than 100 countries in different continents by CNN, New Scientist, Discovery Channel, GizMag, CBS, AUDI Technology Magazine, The Atlantic, Metro World News, Eyewitness News in Johannesburg, South Africa, many radio and TV channels, and Internet media. His industrial experience includes periods with Bell Communications Research, General Motors (GM), Texas Instruments, Intel, Harris RF Communications, CTI Inc., Aria Wireless Systems, Clearwire Technologies, Nokia Networks, Nokia Research Center, Neuro Kinetics, and Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). He currently serves or has served as a consultant or expert for several companies, law firms, and government agencies in the USA, Europe, and Asia.