Education and Outreach Task Force 

TRB Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications

Education and Outreach Task Force

Co- Chairs:

David Reinke 

Associate Planner

Kittleson and Associates

Bo Wang

Data Science Manager

Amazon

About the Task Force:

The Education and Outreach Task Force focuses on promoting application of AI tools to solve transportation problems among transportation researchers, students, and officials.

Task Force 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