23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Online

September 20-23, 2020

We’re excited to be Silver Sponsor at the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

The 2020 annual flagship conference of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) will be a virtual event. The International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) welcomes papers and presentations in the field of ITS, dealing with new developments in theory, analysis, simulation and modeling, experimentation, demonstration, case studies, field operational tests, and deployments. ITSC 2020 particularly invites and encourages prospective authors to share their work, findings, perspectives and developments as related to implementation and deployment of advanced ITS applications.

Learn more here.

Aimsun is part of the team presenting the paper:
OmniCAV: A Simulation and Modelling System that enables “CAVs for All”

Day: Tuesday September 22nd
Time: 15:00-15:20 (Paper TuDT8.2)

Speaker: Mark Brackstone, Research Project Manager, Aimsun

Abstract: OmniCAV is laying the foundations for the development of a comprehensive, robust and secure simulator, aimed at providing a certification tool for Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) that can be used by regulatory and accreditation bodies, insurers and manufacturers to accelerate the safe development of CAVs. To achieve this, OmniCAV is using highly detailed road maps, together with a powerful combination of traffic management, accident and CCTV data, to create a high-fidelity traffic and driving simulation environment to interact with the AV under test. Scenarios for testing are developed and randomised in a holistic way to avoid CAVs training to specific conditions. Critically, the simulator offers coverage of a representative element of the U.K. road network, through encompassing rural roads, periurban and urban roads to enable autonomy for all. The validity of the synthetic test environment compared to the real-world is of particular importance, and OmniCAV will be tested and refined through an iterative approach involving real-world comparisons and working in conjunction with a CAV testbed.

Authors: M. Brackstone, S. Khastgir, J. Martin, A. Charr , S. Navin, G. Jackman, P. Tomlinson, N. Clay, and P. Jennings

More information on OmniCAV here.

Half day Aimsun Training Seminar on “How to use Aimsun Next for ITS applications”

The course is free of charge and available only for IEEE ITSC 2020 participants.

Day: Sunday September 20th

Time: 09:00- approx. 12:30 (Athens time)

Room T9

A half day Aimsun Next Training Seminar will be offered to a limited number of 50 researchers and practitioners. This training seminar is focused on the use of the Aimsun Next traffic simulator and on evaluating the application of different traffic management strategies and policies. Also, the Aimsun Next Training Seminar aims to provide further insight into the application and evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) by using the Aimsun Next traffic simulator.

Aimsun Next allows you to carry out traffic operations assessments of any scale and complexity. The applications are endless but some of the most common are:

Assessment and optimization of Transit Signal Priority (TSP) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) schemes
Feasibility studies for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes
Impact analysis of infrastructure design such as highway corridor improvement/construction
Environmental impact analysis
Toll and road pricing
Evaluation of travel demand management (TDM) strategies
Signal control plan optimization and adaptive control evaluation
Safety analysis
Evaluation of Variable Speed policies and other ITS
Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) analysis
Workzone management
Evaluation of the impact of connected and automated vehicles

Meet the instructor

Dimitris Triantafyllos has 9 years of experience in transportation planning and multi-resolution traffic modeling. He is a senior product specialist for both Aimsun Next and Aimsun Live modeling solutions and has deep knowledge of all levels of modelling approaches in Aimsun Next traffic simulation software. Dimitris’s areas of expertise include the development of Python scripts and Aimsun Next APIs to assist calibration; emulation of signal controller logics and ITS systems; and post-process simulation outputs calculating performance indicators. Dimitris has been the technical lead on multi-disciplinary projects combining traffic modeling, engineering and economic components: large-scale projects with real-time traffic management and air quality components; post-incident traffic management strategies; emergency evacuation studies; Aimsun Next feature development e.g., SATURN importer and SCATS ITS Dataport; advanced calibration and validation of large-scale models.