ISTSC-2: THE 2ND ISRAELI SMART TRANSPORTATION STUDENTS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 15th

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09:30-10:00Reception
10:00-10:15 Opening remarks

Greeting from Prof. Yoram Shiftan from the Technion, Head of The Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC), and Prof. Nicole Adler, the Dean of The Hebrew University Business School

Chair:
Nicole Adler (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 405
10:15-11:30 Session 1A: Policy - Driver behavior
Chair:
Eran Hanany (Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 405
10:15
Binyamin Oz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Elisheva Zur (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Congestion management through decentralized priority allocation (abstract)
10:30
Felix Tener (University of Haifa, Israel)
Joel Lanir (University of Haifa, Israel)
Driving from a Distance: Challenges and Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces (abstract)
10:45
Eliel Blum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Nicole Adler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Amir Brudner (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Impact of automated vehicles on public transport in medium haul markets (abstract)
11:00
Edison Avraham (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Tal Raviv (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
The steady-state mobile personnel booking problem (abstract)
10:15-11:30 Session 1B: Engineering - Driver behavior
Chair:
Yuval Hadas (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 403
10:15
Rasha Bowirrat (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Karel Martens (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Yoram Shiftan (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Employing Big Data to Understand Walking and Walkability In Cities (abstract)
10:30
Alon Bloch (Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Mor Kaspi (Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Shuttle scheduling in automated parking systems (abstract)
10:45
Michael Fleicher (Ariel university, Israel)
Reducing Stress Reactions of Autonomous Vehicles Passengers (abstract)
11:00
Moshe Levy (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Josef Adato (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Guy Wachtel (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Yuval Hadas (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
ניתוח הקשר בין המדדים הפיזיולוגיים של נהגי אוטובוס למאפייני מסלול הנסיעה בעזרת מודל למידת מכונה, התקן לביש ואמצעי תיעוד ויזואלי (abstract)
11:30-11:45Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 Session 2A: Policy - Questioning mobility
Chair:
Yoram Shiftan (TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 405
11:45
Sharon Shoshany Tavory (University of Haifa, Israel)
Tamar Trop (University of Haifa, Israel)
Yoram Shiftan (Technion, Israel)
מסגרת מושגית להסבר תופעת שיתוף נסיעות בהתארגנות עצמית: תצורות, דפוסים, גורמים משפיעים ודינמיקת התפתחות (abstract)
12:00
Nir Langer (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Erel Avineri (Afeka College of Engineering, Israel)
Yoav Bar-Anan (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
היבטים פסיכולוגיים-חברתיים של נכונות נהגים לנסיעות שיתופיות במטרופולין ת"א וסביבתו (abstract)
12:15
Ayelet Kogus (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, Israel)
Will COVID-19 accelerate telecommuting? A cross-country evaluation for Israel and Czechia. (abstract)
12:30
Gadi Perl (Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel - Federmann Cyber Security Research Cetner - Cyber Law Program, Israel)
Vered Zlaikha (Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel - Federmann Cyber Security Research Cetner - Cyber Law Program, Israel)
רגולציה של איומי סייבר בתחבורה חכמה (abstract)
11:45-13:00 Session 2B: Engineering - Signaling
Chair:
Amir Shemer (JCE, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 403
11:45
Ariel Schwarz (JCE, Israel)
Yosef Danan (JCE, Israel)
Orel Ezra (JCE, Israel)
Amir Shemer (JCE, Israel)
Enhancing Drivers Signaling and Communication Method (abstract)
12:00
Mahmud Keblawi (Technion, Israel)
Tomer Toledo (Technion, Israel)
Automatic Design of Complex Actuated Traffic Signal Plans (abstract)
12:15
Miran Khweis (Technion, Israel)
Jack Haddad (Technion, Israel)
Optimal pre-signal control for two-mode traffic at isolated signalized intersections (abstract)
12:30
Fadi Shahin (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Wafa Elias (Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel)
Tomer Toledo (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Optimization of highway work zones operations (abstract)
13:00-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-14:45 Session 3: Keynote
Location: Maiersdorf 405
14:00
Jinhua Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Urban Mobility and Future of Work
14:45-15:00Coffee Break
15:00-16:15 Session 4A: Policy - Transportation markets
Chair:
Amir Brudner (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 405
15:00
Francisco Achwoka (Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Israel)
Political Economy of Bus Rapid Transit Systems in Developing Countries - Case Study BRT Implementation Process in Nairobi, Kenya (abstract)
15:15
David Weinreich (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Thomas Skuzinski (Northern Illinois University, United States)
Karel Martens (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Systemic Reasons for Gaps in Transit Coverage: Comparing Transit Governance Institutions and Service Outcomes (abstract)
15:30
Golan Ben-Dor (Tel Aviv University, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Israel)
Ido Klein (Tel Aviv University, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Israel)
Aleksey Ogulenko (Tel Aviv University, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Israel)
Eran Ben-Elia (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Itzhak Benenson (Tel Aviv University, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Israel)
The Carrot and the Stick - Congestion and Parking Prices in a Shared Automated Vehicle Future A Case Study of Jerusalem (abstract)
15:45
Amir Brudner (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Nicole Adler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Adopting Automated Vehicles And Creating Equitable Transport Markets (abstract)
15:00-16:15 Session 4B: Engineering - Vehicle routing
Chair:
Gal Neria (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 403
15:00
Shachaf Ben-Gal (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Michal Tzur (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
The Online Ride-Hailing Problem with Fairness (abstract)
15:15
Avital Shamir (TAU- Tel Aviv university, Israel)
Mor Kaspi (TAU- Tel Aviv university, Israel)
A Reinforcement Learning approach for lead vehicle routing in a semi-autonomous last-mile transportation system (abstract)
15:30
Idan Meshulami (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Mor Kaspi (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
The Dial-a-Ride Problem with Transfers and Walking (abstract)
15:45
Gal Neria (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Michal Tzur (Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Dynamic routing to achieve efficient and fair allocation (abstract)
16:15-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Session 5A: Policy - Humans and smart transport
Chair:
Sigal Kaplan (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 405
16:30
Orel Yarkoni (ben gurion university of the negev, Israel)
Avinoam Borowsky (Ben-Gurion university, Israel)
Behavioral adaptation in conditional autonomous vehicle (abstract)
16:45
Or Caspi (Rutgers University, United States)
Equity Implications of Electric Bikesharing in Philadelphia (abstract)
17:00
Noam Perlson (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"אונטולוגיה של תחבורה חכמה או:"מי רצח את אראמיס (abstract)
16:30-17:30 Session 5B: Engineering - Technology
Chair:
Gabi Pinto (Azrieli College of Engineering, Israel)
Location: Maiersdorf 403
16:30
Eyal Razy-Yanuv (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
טכנולוגיות להנעה חלופית של אוטובוסים בישראל: איזו חלופה היא המיטבית לישראל ומהם האתגרים ובעיות שלא מדברים עליהם? (abstract)
16:45
David Diskin (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Leonid Tartakovsky (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Power and Efficiency Analysis of The Combined Fuel Cell and Internal Combustion Engine Cycle (abstract)
17:00
Mordechay Buzaglo (Ariel University, Israel)
Zvi Shiller (Ariel University, Israel)
Idit Avrahami (Ariel University, Israel)
The Effect of Aerodynamics on Optimal Trajectory Planning for Racecars (abstract)
17:30-18:00Coffee Break
18:00-20:00 Session 6: Panel

Opening remarks: Professor Barak Medina, Rector of the Hebrew University

Lecture: Mr. Ehud Uziel, Advisor for the Minister of Transport

Izzy Gal-Edd memorial prizes ceremony

Panel: Led by Prof. Galit Blankshtain-Cohen, Head of the Public Policy School.

with Yizhar Shai (Disruptive AI), Ehud Levy (Venture Capitalist (Canaan) who funded Waze), Eli Doron (CEO of Carteav) and Prof. Sigal Kaplan from the Geography Department. 

Subject of the panel:

תחבורה חכמה וצדק חברתי: האם אפשר להיות גם חכם וגם צודק?

Chair:
Galit Cohen-Blankshtain (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)