Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

We are pleased to bring the eighth annual CCAT Global Symposium on #Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) to the Morris Lawrence Building at Washtenaw Community College on Friday, March 28th! This two-track conference will feature a debate, panel discussion, and research presentations on the latest issues facing the transportation industry. Learn from experts in academia, government, and industry by securing your space before prices increase on February 25th! ?? ?? Register: https://myumi.ch/W58xr Henry Liu, Debby Bezzina, MBA,PMP, Vincent Tang, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Robert C. Hampshire, Ram Vasudevan, Felix Heide, Matthew Walter, Yang Cheng, Jeff Roesler, Yiheng Feng, Z. Morley Mao, Raphael Stern, Darcy Bullock, Ted Morris, Xiaopeng (Shaw) Li, Heye Huang, Yu Nie, Ying Chen, Renée St. Louis, Ping Yi, Greg Stevens

Great opening message from Henry Liu regarding the implementation efforts of Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) colleagues. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has done an awesome job leading this U.S. Department of Transportation transportation center.

We are excited to announce that in-person registration for the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on #Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is SOLD OUT! Thank you for everyone who we be joining us for the eighth annual conference at Washtenaw Community College on Friday. Virtual passes are still available which provide access to all presentations so secure your space below ?? ?? Friday, March 28th ?? Morris Lawrence Building at Washtenaw Community College ?? Register: https://lnkd.in/gihpYGKj #ccatSymposium Katherine A. Skinner, Renée St. Louis, Raphael Stern, Greg Stevens, Ram Vasudevan, Matthew Walter, Katie Burke Washabaugh, Ping Yi

Fantastic new publication in Transportation Science from Zhichen Liu and Professor Yafeng Yin (U-M CEE) on leveraging #machineLearning to improve transportation network models! The end-to-end learning framework uses data from traffic observations over several days to learn how traffic flows and reaches an equilibrium. Read 'End-to-End Learning of User Equilibrium: Expressivity, Generalization, and Optimization' here: https://myumi.ch/W6QA9 #ccatResearch

Katie Burke Washabaugh is NVIDIA’s Product Marketing Manager for Autonomous Vehicle Simulation, focusing on virtual solutions for real world mobility. A former journalist at publications such as Automotive News and MarketWatch, she joined the NVIDIA team in 2018.?We are pleased to welcome Katie to the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on #Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)! There is just a little over ONE WEEK until the one-day, two-track conference so secure your in person or virtual pass below ?? ?? Friday, March 28th ?? Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College ?? Register: https://lnkd.in/gihpYGKj

Join us for the next CCAT Research Review with Professor Ziran Wang, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue! Autonomous Vehicle (AV) companies face a critical challenge of ensuring their system perform safely across a wide range of weather conditions. Professor Wang's research integrates vision language models (VLMs) capable of interpreting complex visual scenes and natural language instructions to generate personalized controls strategies. Real-world experiments conducted on test tracks demonstrate that this approach reduces takeover rates by up to 76.9%! Join us next month by securing your space below ?? ??? Tuesday, April 15th | 2:00 PM ET ?? Location: Online ?? Register: https://myumi.ch/2r5Ze or scan the QR code

Yesterday, Dr. Lisa Molnar (former University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)) presented to the University of Michigan Retirees Association about how her team's research is keeping older drivers on the road safely. CCAT is proud to fund work like this which helps people get where they need to go regardless of their age. More on this research: https://myumi.ch/VGPWg Watch here: https://myumi.ch/Z2kGP

We are pleased to announce the plenary session during the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on #Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)! UMTRI and CCAT Director Dr. Henry Liu will moderate a debate which asks whether generative #artificialIntelligence is critical to the scaled deployment of #autonomousVehicles. Speakers include Dr. Yuxiao Chen (NVIDIA), Dr. Felix Heide (Torc Robotics/Princeton Computer Science), Dr. Ram Vasudevan (University of Michigan Robotics Department), and Dr. Matthew Walter (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC)). Join this interactive session with leaders from academia and industry by securing your space below ?? ?? Date: Friday, March 28th, 2025 ?? Location: Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College ?? Sign up: https://lnkd.in/gihpYGKj #ccatSymposium

?? Ensuring the Future of Transportation for Older Adults! ?? Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) hold the potential to improve safety and increase mobility for all. We're excited to announce that Dr. Lisa Molnar, former Research Associate Professor at UMTRI, will join the University of Michigan Retirees Association to present on CCAT-funded research that trained older adults on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). ??? Date/Time: Thursday, March 13th | 1:00 PM ET ?? Location: Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College ?? Free registration: https://myumi.ch/pV8py

Gregg Brunner, P.E. is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) and chief engineer for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Brunner has been a long-time traffic safety advocate, working alongside industry partners as the co-chair of the Work Zone Safety Task Force and serving as a commissioner on the Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission.?We are ecstatic to welcome Gregg as a keynote speaker during the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on #Mobility Innovation presented by Mcity and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). There is still time to register for an in-person or virtual badge so secure your space now ?? ?? Date: Friday, March 28th, 2025 ?? Location: Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College ?? Sign up: https://lnkd.in/gihpYGKj #ccatSymposium