Impediments to the implementation of Ad Hoc Vehicular Networks for Improved Road Safety and possibilities for near term success
Amelia Regan
Professor of Computer Science and Transportation Systems Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
In this talk I will discuss some of our work over the last few years on communication in ad hoc vehicular networks (VANETs), as well as some of the reasons why these systems have not been widely adopted in practice. I will also address some promising developments on the horizon and near term opportunities to employ technologies to improve the safety of automotive, bicycle and pedestrian transportation.
Short bio:
Amelia Regan has been a Professor at the University of California, Irvine since 1997, where she received an NSF career award and other significant research grants from the NSF, Transportation Research Board, USDOT, the California Department of Transportation, the University of California Transportation Centers, and JB Hunt Inc.
Her early career as a Research Analyst with the Association of American Railroads and an Operations Research Analyst with UPS was focused on computational issues in freight transportation systems. She continues to work on those issues and on dynamic and stochastic network optimization, communication in ad hoc vehicular networks, applications of parallel and distributed computing, optimal contracting for freight transportation, port operations, logistics systems analysis, freight industry analysis, and most recently, the environmental impacts of freight and vocational fleet transportation.