Education and Outreach Subcommittee
TRB Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications
Education and Outreach Subcommittee
Co- Chairs:
Senior Transportation Engineer
Dowling Associates Inc
Senior Data Scientist
Amazon
About the Subcommittee:
The Education and Outreach Subcommittee focuses on promoting application of AI tools to solve transportation problems among transportation researchers, students, and officials.
Subcommittee Activities:
Sponsor workshops on Big Data and Machine Learning with the goal of:
o Addressing possible confusion in the definition of Big Data,
o Introducing new analytic techniques such as deep learning,
o Identifying examples of Big Data sources to tap into, and
o Developing research problem statements
Organize webinars for selected AED50 papers addressing cross-cutting and critical issues
Produce a primer/circular on emerging AI tools and transportation applications
Plan for sponsoring a conference or symposium on the transportation applications of AI and Machine Learning tools
Build an online resource library for AI community
Reach out to and engage technology companies that are doing innovative research on using advanced AI and computing techniques for transportation data analysis, vehicle and traffic control, and transportation system modeling and simulation