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ITS Berkeley leaders Alexandre Bayen Michael Cassidy and Daniel A Rodriguez welcomed Assemblymember Buffy Wicks to campusAugust 19 2019

Dear Friends and Colleagues It feels so good to be back in theswing of Fall semester We had agreat start to the academic year andmet many new faces and welcomed

back many more in the various programs that includetransportation students This year we have 115 master anddoctoral students who identify with ITS Berkeley We alsohave a few new lead researchers and affiliates to make 56transportation leaders in our ranks Stop by the first floorof McLaughlin Hall to see the full poster of our studentsfaculty and lead researchers I am glad to see suchenthusiasm at ITS and I am excited for the busy scheduleof the semester full of classes seminars and projects

Speaking of new projects I would like to congratulateSusan Shaheen in her role as the Innovative MobilityDirector of the University of California Institute ofTransportation Studies As director she is leading theCalifornia Innovative Mobility Initiative (CA IMI) aUniversity of California Institute of Transportation Studies(UC ITS) partnership with the State of California local andregional governments non-governmental organizationsand private-sector businesses This new venture isfocused on delivering impartial long-term research policyanalysis knowledge exchange and real-world technicalassistance on the transition to connected automatedelectric and shared mobility and other disruptions This isan exciting new venture that has a great potential toimpact future policies in California the nation and theworld

Associate Director Daniel A Rodriguez Professor MichaelCassidy and I were fortunate enough to talk to about thisproject with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks on her mostrecent visit to campus last month She was very pleasedto hear about our statewide leadership on this initiativeWicks was also very interested in learning about ourresearch on connected and automated pilots in Californiathe rise of navigational app induced congestion inresidential streets roles of transportation networkcompanies in future last mile solutions for transit andintegrated corridor management projects in California Ireally do enjoy meeting with our state officials to talk aboutthe great work we are doing at ITS and the CentersThank you for all the important research you are all doingwhich makes this part of my job so fun and easy

As I look ahead into October we have many excitingseminars and events ahead of us I would like to remind allof you about the Sustainable Aviation Symposium comingup Oct 7-8 on campus featuring experts from across theglobe presenting the latest breakthroughs in electricaviation httpswwwsasymposiumcom I am soappreciative of the College of Engineering who hasstepped in to help reduce the cost of the symposium forstudents now $20 for the two-day event UC Berkeleyfaculty are also being offered a discount too check out theour website for discount codes I hope to see you at thisor one of our many fall semester events we have comingup

Go Bears

Alexandre BayenDirector of Institute of Transportation StudiesLiao-Cho Professor of Engineering

HEADLINES

Transportation Sustainability Research CenterCo-Director Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering professor Susan Shaheencomments on Waymorsquos robotaxi pilot surpassed

6200 riders in its first month in California at TechCrunch

Daniel Rodriguez associate director of theInstitute of Transportation Studies at UCBerkeley comments on California Dreaminrsquo Car-Loving State Faces Tough Transportation

Choices at Governing

Mark Hansen professor of transportationengineering and co-director of the NationalCenter of Excellence in Aviation OperationsResearch at the University of California at

Berkeley comments on Yoursquore Right Yoursquore SpendingMore Time Sitting on That Plane at the New York Times

ITS affiliate Ethan Elkind director of the climateprogram at the Center for Law Energy and theEnvironment at UC Berkeleyrsquos School of Lawtalks about Despite climate crisis California

continues to embrace exurban sprawl at the SF Chronicle

Partners for Advanced TransportationTechnology (PATH) at Universityof California Berkeleys Xiao Yun Lua research engineer talks about Driverless

vehicles could have a huge impact someday but probablynot anytime soon at Mississippi Business Journal

Ken Jacobs chair of the UC Berkeley LaborCenter comments on Uber and Lyft launch anti-

labor misinformation campaign in response to historicCalifornia bill at Salon

Electrical Engineering and Computer Scienceprofessor Dawn Song talks about her AI work

with traffic signs US Military Researchers Work To FixEasily Fooled AI(link is external) at NPR

Transportation Sustainability Research Centerdata featured in Lyftrsquos New App Features Real-Time Public Transit Info at City Lab

NEWS

McMillan Davis Inductedto CEE Academy ofDistinguished Alumni

Sustainable AviationSymposium Lands inBerkeley Oct 7-8 2019

Assemblymember WicksVisits ITS

Multi-City Study FindsTraffic Congestion Lackof Transit AccessAssociated withDepressive Symptoms

Your Navigation App IsMaking TrafficUnmanageable

Can the Sharing Economybe Leveraged in DisasterRelief

Soga Named BakarFellow

GMS Announces LectureSeries

Argote to Give Fall CEEDistinguished Lecture

EVENTS

September 27 2019Reliably Accurate State Estimation for Connected and Autonomous Highway VehiclesJay Farrell 290 Hearst Memorial Mining BuildingUC Riversides Jay Farrell will present Reliably Accurate State Estimation for Connected andAutonomous Highway Vehicles on Sept 27 2019 at 4 pm in 290 Hearst Memorial MiningBuilding at the ITS Transportation Seminar

October 4 2019Towards Robust Machine Learning for Transportation SystemsNanyeng Technological Universitys Justin Dauwels will present Towards Robust MachineLearning for Transportation Systems on Oct 4 2019 at 4 pm in 290 Hearst Memorial MiningBuilding at the ITS Transportation Seminar

October 7 ndash 8 2019Explore Urban Air Mobility (UAM) from every angle Vehicles Technology Society SustainableAviation Symposium 2019Sustainable Aviation Symposium 2019 (SAS) asks critical questions about equity in the future ofair transit through a holistic examination of technology platforms urbanism and other emergingtopics SAS will explore the ideas that will shape UAM and the global transition to accessiblesafe electric aviation for all Registration required

October 7 2019BIDS Forum Statistics and Machine Learning ForumThe BIDS Forum Statistics and Machine Learning Forum will take place Oct 7 at 130-230 pmin 190 Doe Library The Berkeley Statistics and Machine Learning Forum meets biweekly todiscuss current applications across a wide variety of research domains and softwaremethodologies

October 9 2019CITRIS Research Exchange - Rama AkkirajuThe CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar will happen October 9 at 12-1 pm in Sutardja Dai HallBanatao Auditorium 310 There is renewed interest among companies these days to implementand deploy AI models in their business processes either to increase automation or to improvehuman productivity AI models are making their way as chat bots in customer support scenariosas doctors assistants in hospitals as legal research assistants in legal domain as marketingmanager assistants in marketing and as face detection applications in security domain just toname a few use cases

October 11 2019Human Mobility and Urban Resilience in Americas CitiesNortheastern Universitys Ryan Qi Wang will present Human Mobility and Urban Resilience inAmericas Cities at 4 pm Oct 11 at the ITS Transportation Seminar in 290 Hearst MemorialMining Building

October 18 2019Strategic Initiatives for Inland Movement of Containerized Imports at San Pedro BayUC Berkeleys Rob Leachman will present Strategic Initiatives for Inland Movement ofContainerized Imports at San Pedro Bay at 4 pm Oct 25 at the ITS Transportation Seminar in290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

KUDOS

If you would like to share a kudos about a co-worker who went above and beyond emailacairoberkeleyedu to let everyone know about the good work ITS and Center employees aredoing

Stepping upHelen BasshamKudos to Helen Bassham for stepping in to cover the ITS Berkeley front office and make sure the

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seminars were rolling during the Facilities and Conference Logistics Lead position search

Joining the teamRaty SykaKudos to Raty Syka on her recent appointment as the ITS Berkeley Facilities and ConferenceLogistics Lead She has navigated numerous challenges in her first couple of weeks

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