WITID 2006

January 16-18, 2006

Workshop Title:

Impact of Intelligent Transportation Systems in Our Life

Presenters:

 Dr. Isa Nakhai, Mr. Maziar Tasbihi

Affiliations:

 Institute of Information Technology, Tarbiat Modares Unviersity

Overview:

1.       To sense the presence and identity of vehicles or shipments in real-time over the infra-structure in through road-side devices or Global Positioning System

2.       To communicate (i.e. transmit) large amounts of information cheaply and more reliably.

3.       To process large amounts of information through advanced information technology.

4.       To use this information more properly and in real-time in order to achieve better transportation network operations. We develop algorithms and mathematical methods to develop strategies for network control and optimization.

Contents:

The contents on the topics above will be presented in soft format on CD, and will be provided in due course.

1.       Advanced Transportation Management Systems

2.       Incident Management

3.       Electronic Toll and Highway Management

4.       Congestion Pricing

5.       Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)

6.       Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS)

7.       Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)

8.       Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS)

9.       Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS)

Period:

 One day ~ 7 hours (4 hours A.M. – 3 hours P.M.)

Audience:

 Students of Industrial Eng. M.Sc. (preferably), managers of Municipality Institutions and Organizations, managers of other companies involved with Transportation Systems. All those interested on the subject of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Presenter’s Biography:

 Dr. Isa Nakhai (CV attached), Mr. Maziar Tasbihi