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TRB AED30

Information Systems and Technology Committee

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Tuesday, January 10, 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM

Marriott Marquis, Liberty Salon I (M4)

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Steven T. Parker, Chair

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

  • Meeting Agenda
    • Background and Objectives
    • 2023 Calendar Year Planning
    • Committee Updates
    • AED00 Section Update
    • Round Table Discussion
    • AED30 Paper Awards
    • Wrap Up

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

  • TRB’s Standing Committees:
    • Identify research needs
    • Provide information to the transportation community on research priorities and procedures
    • Review papers for presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting and for publication
    • Encourage the incorporation of appropriate research findings into practice
    • Develop special programs, conferences, and workshops.

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https://www.trb.org/Transportationgeneral/TRBCommittees.aspx

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

  • A0000 Technical Activities Council
    • AE000 Data, Planning, and Analysis Group
      • AED00 Data and Data Science Section
        • AED30 Information Systems and Technology
          • Research Subcommittees
            • AED30(1) Sensing Technologies (with AED40)
            • AED30(2) Technology Strategic Leadership
            • AKC10(1) IS for Construction Management (with AKC10)
            • AMR40(1) Cybersecurity (with AMR40)
          • Administrative Task Forces
            • Research Task Force
            • Paper Award Task Force
            • DEI Task Force

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

Mission Statement

The AED30 Information Systems and Technology committee is concerned with research needs and strategic leadership regarding the use of advanced computing and technology to provide optimal transportation solutions and outcomes, with a particular focus on identifying opportunities, challenges, and risks for transportation agencies.

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

www.AED30.org

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2023 Calendar Year Planning

  • Committee Planning
    • January Zoom Meeting – Action Plan: Thursday, January 26, 1 PM ET
    • Spring Zoom Meeting: Thursday, March 23, 1 PM ET
    • Mid-Year Meeting with AASHTO: May 8-10, 2023, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Summer Zoom Meeting: Thursday, July 27, 1 PM ET
    • Fall Zoom Meeting: Thursday, October 26, 1 PM ET
  • 2024 TRB Annual Meeting Planning
    • Call For Papers - April
    • Workshop Proposals – June 1
    • Paper Reviews - September
    • Session Event Details – October

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Calendar Year Planning – Mid Year Meeting

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

AED30 Website Update

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Keyur Shah

Committee Communication Coordinator

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Updated website now live at www.AED30.org

Issues with //aed30.org? Add www.aed30.org

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Look and Feel

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Goals

Improve transparency and engagement

One-stop location for all Committee information

Mobile friendly

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Logistics

Moved to Google Sites

URL now redirects to new website (don’t forget www)

Older content in the process of being moved

Some parts (e.g., Team) are in progress

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Get Involved!

Please reach out to us at trbcommitteeaed30@gmail.com if you have any questions. To get involved, please go to MyTRB and sign up to be a friend of AED30.

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AED30 2023 Paper Reviews

  • Paper Review Coordinator: Guohui Zhang
  • 106 Papers Reviewed
    • 60% increase from prior years
    • 67 recommended for presentation
    • 25 recommended for second-round publication review
  • Two Calls For Papers
    • Emerging Sensing Technologies
    • Emerging Cybersecurity Challenges
  • Annual Meeting Events
    • Poster 4063, Wednesday 10:15 AM – Information Systems and Technology
    • Poster 4064, Wednesday 10:15 AM – Emerging Sensor Technologies for Critical Transportation Data Needs
    • Lectern 4075, Wednesday 3:45 PM – Cybersecurity Challenges in Emerging Transportation Technology
  • New AED30 Paper Awards
    • Best Paper Award
    • Young Scholar Award
  • How to Become a Reviewer

Leading Paper Topics:

  • Video-based traffic detection
  • Lidar sensor deployment and sensor data collection
  • IT application in traffic data management and analysis
  • CV application
  • Drone-based traffic data collection and analysis
  • Smartphone data applications
  • Driving behavior analysis

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

AED30 Research Update

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Edgar Kraus

Committee Research Coordinator

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Objectives

Identify, develop, and promote research needs

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Encourage active participation of State CIOs

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Coordinate with AASHTO liaison

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Coordinate with AED00 (Data and Data Science Section)

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Develop funded research opportunities

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Development of Research Needs�Statements

  • Members identify ideas and are shaped by committee members
    • Small groups develop drafts
  • Ideas are reviewed by potential sponsors (AASHTO)
  • Further review and refinement from sponsors

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Deadlines

Summary

NCHRP 20-5 Synthesis Program

February 17, 2023

  • About $40K/project
  • Only synthesis of practice
  • About 13 projects/year
  • Anyone can submit
  • 20-5 Committee selects

NCHRP Project 20-68�(AASHTO Domestic Scan Program)

September 15, 2023

  • Ideas can be submitted anytime on website

NCHRP IDEA (20-30)

March 1 and September 1

  • <$150K/ project, Innovative Research
  • Anyone can submit, submitter also gets project if selected

NCHRP Research Program�

November 1, 2023

  • Covers all research
  • Typically > $200k- $600k
  • Synthesis-type projects can be submitted
  • AASHTO, FHWA and DOTs only can submit
  • Selected by AASHTO Standing Committee On Research w/ input from AASHTO Subcommittees (RAC and others)

Transportation Pooled Fund Program

Varies

  • Amount and topics vary, can be led by States or FHWA
  • Typically managed by States Research Advisory Committee member

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Cross-Cutting Research Needs Development

  • Coordination with AED00 Data and Data Science Section
    • AED10 Statewide/National Transportation Data and Information Systems
    • AED40 Geographic Information Science
    • AED50 Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications
  • Coordination with committees outside section
    • ITS/TSMO
    • DEI issues

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Current Research Needs Ideas

  • TSMO/IT procurement
    • Jennifer Portanova, Soraya Saflicki
    • Procurement for technology in general?
    • How to remove roadblocks, accelerate the process
  • Asset management
    • John Pregler, Keyur Shah
    • Infrastructure (traditional assets) vs. IT/network assets, and operational (ITS) assets
    • Integrating data from different areas, typically in silos/warehouses
    • Data governance of disparate systems

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Current Research Needs Ideas

  • System implementation, data input/output
    • Steve Wilcox, John Pregler
    • System engagement project, New York
    • Layering data around a business purpose in a GIS, data from different sources/systems
    • AASHTO working group, Penelope Weinberger
  • User-friendly data collection in the field
    • Steve Wilcox
    • How to capture data in the field
    • Focus on maintenance
    • Best practices to streamline data collection? What are states doing?

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Current Research Needs Ideas

  • Collecting pixelated imagery to identify assets in the field
    • Steve Wilcox, Edgar Kraus
    • AI tool to automatically identify assets and update your inventory
    • Maybe machine assisted?
    • Some service providers provide processing of data
  • Digital equity
    • Steven Parker, David Reinke
    • How to we ensure that new technologies are inclusive, reach all communities
    • Where are the risks?
    • Infrastructure to support the new technologies?
    • What are biases in current models?
    • DEI task force

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What exactly do we need?

  • Thoughts about path forward
    • RNS, synthesis, scan, something else?
  • One-pager
    • What is the issue, what is being done, what is the path forward?
  • Enter into RNS database

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

AED30 Subcommittee Updates

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  • Richard Li – AED30 (1) Sensing Technologies
  • April Blackburn – AED30 (2) Technology Strategic Leadership
  • Zeb Bowden – AMR40 (1) Cybersecurity
  • Aaron Costin – AKC10 (1) IS in Construction Management

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Sensing Technologies AED30(1)

  • Co-chairs: Richard Li (AED30), Yelda Turkan (AED40)
  • Purpose: This subcommittee is concerned with AED30 research needs related to remote sensing, in situ (emplaced) sensors, geospatial information technologies, and visualization models for innovative transportation applications.
  • Subcommittee meeting:
    • Today, After this Meeting (10-January)
    • 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
    • Liberty Salon I (M4), Marriott Marquis
  • Poster session (4064): “Emerging Sensor Technologies for Critical Transportation Data Needs”
    • Wednesday, 11-January
    • 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
    • Hall A, Convention Center

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AED30(2) Technology Strategic Leadership Subcommittee��We are concerned with research needs related to information / operational technology convergence, data, and technology governance, digital transformation, and the changing role of the CIO in transportation. ���

TRB 2023 Annual Meeting Highlights

Subcommittee Meeting:

Tuesday, January 10, 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM�Marriott Marquis, Liberty Salon I (M4)

�Lectern Session:

Challenges and Opportunities of Technology Leaders�Lectern Session 4043�Wednesday, January 11, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm�150A Convention Center�

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Cybersecurity Subcommittee AMR40(1)

  • Co-chairs: Zeb Bowden (VTTI), Ray Resendes (Volpe)
  • Purpose: The Cybersecurity Subcommittee is concerned with addressing cyber threats to transportation organizations and assets. The subcommittee provides a forum for understanding cyber risks to transportations infrastructure, determining best ways to mitigate risk, share best practices, and understand the needed actions from different roles within the organization. The subcommittee supports the work of other TRB committees in assessing the risks associated with emerging technologies. The subcommittee follows and shares research within TRB and beyond that supports a greater understanding of best cyber practices.
  • Subcommittee meeting:
    • Later today (10-January)
    • 6-7:30pm
    • Independence Salon D (M4), Marriott Marquis
  • Lectern session: “Cybersecurity Challenges in Emerging Transportation Technology”
    • Wednesday, 11-January
    • 3:45 – 5:30
    • 146A, Convention Center

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Information Systems in Construction Management AKC10(1)

  • Co-chairs: Amlan Mukherjee (AKC10), Aaron Costin (AED30)
  • Purpose: This subcommittee is concerned with the application of modern technologies, data/information, and processes to improve productivity in transportation construction projects.
  • Subcommittee meeting:
    • Wednesday, January 11
    • 8:00 – 9:45 AM
    • Georgetown University (M1), Marriott Marquis
  • Sunday Workshop: “Building Information Modeling Workflows for Modeling and Linking Digital Data to Enable Project and Construction Information Management Processes”

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

AED00 Section Update

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Stacey Bricka

Section Chair

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

Round Table Discussion

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  • What are the top critical and emerging issues for our Committee this year?
  • What would you like to get out of your participation in this Committee?

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

2023 Paper Awards

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First Annual AED30 Paper Awards

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Best Paper Award

Young Scholar Award

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2023 Best Paper Award

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Chenxi Liu, University of Washington

Hao (Frank) Yang, Ruimin Ke, Wei Sun, Julia Wang, Yinhai Wang

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Cooperative and Comprehensive Multi-task Surveillance Sensing and Interaction System Empowered by Edge Artificial Intelligence

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2023 Young Scholar Award

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Wei Lin, University of Cincinnati

Heng Wei, Xuesong Wang, Dong Nian, Yifan Xu

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Modeling Intelligent CAV Data Fusion for Adaptive Signal Control

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TRB AED30 Information Systems and Technology Committee 2023 Annual Meeting

Questions? Comments?

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AED30 Email: trbcommitteeaed30@gmail.com

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Steven Parker, sparker@engr.wisc.edu