ISTRC_2024: THE 4TH ANNUAL & STUDENTS CONFERENCE OF THE ISRAELI SMART TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
PROGRAM
Thursday, June 27th

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09:45-10:15 Session 1: Greetings and Introduction

Prof. Raz Jelinek, VP and Dean for Research & Development, BGU

Prof. Eran Ben-Elia, Head of BGU CITI Center for Intelligent Transportation & Innovation

10:15-11:15 Session 2: Keynote

Prof. Yoram Shiftan - From restoration to resilience – Can technology recover transportation systems?

11:15-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session 3A: Parallel Sessions 1 - Public Transport & Shared Mobility
11:30
Adaptive development of public transport system (abstract)
PRESENTER: Itzhak Benenson
12:00
The dynamic bus scheduling problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tal Raviv
12:30
A Simulation based Optimization Approach for Ride-Pooling in Jerusalem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Avital Shamir
11:30-13:00 Session 3B: Parallel Sessions 1 - Autonomous Vehicles
Chair:
11:30
Model-based method for Planning and Control in Hybrid Domains (abstract)
PRESENTER: Erez Karpas
11:52
Teleoperation Interfaces for Last-Mile Delivery Robots (abstract)
PRESENTER: Avishag Boker
12:14
Human Liability in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles (abstract)
12:36
Grants involving Ethics and Law in the Planning of Smart Transportation - Discussing Key Findings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tal Zarsky
13:00-14:00Lunch

Lunch and Formula Exposition

13:45-14:45 Session 4A: Poster Session - Civil, Chemical & Electric Engineering
Expermental investigation using basalt fiber and crumb rubber mix with concrete (abstract)
High performing PGM-Free Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell in ambient air (abstract)
Pore-filled Anion-Exchange Membranes for Alkaline Energy Devices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jinliu Zhong
High-performance ionomerless electrode anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (abstract)
PRESENTER: John Douglin
Water Effect on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zihua Chen
Semi-active rectifier as physical interface between wireless charging system to battery. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Asaf Levhar
Nickel-based catalysts for hydrogen oxidation reaction in alkaline medium (abstract)
Electrochemical CO2 Capture Based on- Anion Exchange Membranes (abstract)
Anion-Exchange Membrane-based Electrochemical CO2 Capture (abstract)
13:45-14:45 Session 4B: Poster Session - Road users: Behavior, Safety & Health
Impacts of urban road designs on walking and livability: Case of Bamenda, Cameroon (abstract)
Toward developing a riding simulation testbed to examine how characteristics of urban environments influence safety and hazard perceptions of e-scooter riders (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nicole Li
"If I have to use the bus, I'm telling you, I'll take an anxiety pill": public transport use cessation as an element of older adults' age-related mobility decline (abstract)
PRESENTER: Omer Dilian
In-vehicle notification needs of road users in Rubberneck and Sinkhole Emergencies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hadas Raisman
Optimal Energy Consumption with Efficient Ventilation in Closed Spaces : A Case Study (abstract)
Statistical relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and road accidents (abstract)
Correlation between age and involvement in road accidents – a study of older adults (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emely Ben-Sadon
Dignity and Road Safety in Paratransit: A Case Study from Nairobi, Kenya (abstract)
PRESENTER: Wambui Kariuki
13:45-14:45 Session 4C: Poster Session - Autonomous Vehicles
Devising a high-level command language for the teleoperation of autonomous vehicles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Felix Tener
Formally Verifying the Safety of Robotic Navigation Platforms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Guy Amir
CGA: Corridor Generating Algorithm for Multi-Agent Environments (abstract)
Hybrid Approach for Reflective Surfaces Reconstruction Using Automotive Radar (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aviran Gal
Adaptive Waveform Design for Cognitive DFRC (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dor Patel
AMaze: Non-Stop Source to Destination Optimal Vehicle Scheduling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hannah Yair
Spikes in frame-sizes of I-pictures and impact on very low delay video communication (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shevach Riabtsev
Improving the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles using Generative Adversarial Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shira Wild
Sharing Safety Knowledge Among Heterogeneous Autonomous Vehicles RL Agents (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gal Hadar
Identifiability Study of Near-Field Automotive SAR (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michael Shifrin
Vision Tasks Using Foundation models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alon Kaya
Automated Labeling of Automotive Radar Azimuth Multipath (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stav Danino
enhanced radar recognition: super-resolution for improved gesture recognition (abstract)
Automative Video Compression for Remote Driving via Safety Considerations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dan Peled
Enhanced Automotive Object Detection via RGB-D Fusion in a DiffusionDet Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eliraz Orfaig
13:45-14:45 Session 4D: Poster Session - Public Transport & Shared Mobility
Foundations for Global Quality Management System (G-QMS) in the System of Systems Sector of Light Rails (abstract)
PRESENTER: Noga Agmon
Optimizing Automated Mobility on-Demand Operation with Markovian Model : A Case Study of the Tel Aviv Metropolis in 2040 (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gabriel Dadashev
Shared Dockless E-Scooters in the City: System Analysis Towards Management Policy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ofer Shahal
A new approach to establishing bus lines (abstract)
PRESENTER: Oded Lippmann
13:45-14:45 Session 4E: Poster Session - Traffic Control & Algorithms
Robustness Assessment of a Runway Object Classifier for Safe Aircraft Taxiing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yizhak Elboher
Real-time detection and analysis of non-recurrent congestion in freeways (abstract)
Comparison of adjacency matrix construction methods for graph learning based traffic-flow prediction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alex Lewis
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SIGNAL COORDINATION: A CASE STUDY (abstract)
PRESENTER: Katya Dubrovin
14:45-15:45 Session 5A: Parallel Sessions 2 - Road Users: Safety, Health & Ethics
14:45
RUBICON - Road Users Behavior In advanced CONtexts during the era of shared road space of autonomous, connected vehicles and human drivers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tal Oron-Gilad
15:15
The influence of in-cabin microwave electromagnetic fields on the driver's blood properties. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Igal Bilik
14:45-15:45 Session 5B: Parallel Sessions 2 - Algorithms, Optimization, & Big Data
14:45
E-scooters at war: big data observations on the role of e-scooter during crisis recovery (abstract)
15:15
Optimizing highway network-wide road capacity with deep learning and genetic algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alex Lewis
15:45-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-16:45 Session 6: Panel Discussion - Resilience to Disruption Is Smart Transportation the Solution?

Prof. Emeritus David Shinar, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, BGU

Idan Gilat, Director of technological entrepreneurship in the Yechnology and Innovation Division, Ayalon Highways Co.