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IOE 899: Seminar in Industrial and Operations Engineering
Wed Oct 14, 2009, 4:00-5:00pm, 1680 IOE

Francois Dion, University of Michigan
"Evaluation of Generation and Usability of IntelliDrive Probe Vehicle Data"

Abstract
IntelliDrive applications attempt to improve the mobility and safety of urban and rural travel, as well as the operations of transportation networks, by enabling vehicles to communicate wirelessly with roadside infrastructure and other vehicles. One of the important underlying capabilities of the proposed IntelliDrive system is the ability to collect and aggregate operational data from equipped vehicles traveling on roadways. This data is expected to provide a rich database from which vehicle movements and traffic flow behavior could be observed. This presentation outlines the results of various research projects being conducted at the Transportation Research Institute to assess the quality and usability of traffic data that would be collected under currently recommended system architecture and data generation policies. These evaluations are closely based on the IntelliDrive proof-of-concept system that was recently tested by the USDOT and a consortium of car manufacturers in Novi, Michigan. Elements discussed include (a) efforts to develop a virtual IntelliDrive simulator within the Paramics microscopic traffic simulation model to complement field evaluations, (b) an evaluation of the quality of probe vehicle data that would be provided under the currently proposed system, (c) the ability to estimate various traffic-related performance measures from the collected data, and (c) recommendations for system improvements.
 
Bio
François Dion is an assistant research scientist and lead researcher in the Transportation Systems Group at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). He is responsible for projects related to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications. His research interests include information technology applications to transportation, traffic and congestion management, real-time traffic signal control, transit signal priority systems, modeling and simulation of urban networks, driver behavior, and environmental impacts of transportation activities. Before to joining UMTRI, Dr. Dion was an assistant professor of transportation engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. Prior to that appointment, Dr. Dion worked as a Research Scientist for the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Dr. Dion possesses a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo, and a M.A.Sc. and B.Eng. in civil engineering (transportation) from the École Polytechnique in Montréal. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in both Michigan and Québec, and a member of the Transportation Research Board and Institute of Transportation Engineers.

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