PROGRAM
Days: Wednesday, September 4th Thursday, September 5th Friday, September 6th
Wednesday, September 4th
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09:00-09:50 Session 2: Keynote talk: Markos Papageorgiou: Highlights of Lane-Free Automated Vehicle Traffic with Nudging
Location: A. Main auditorium (Kalokerinou)
09:50-10:40 Session 3: Keynote talk: Dotan Emanuel: Mitigating climate change in cities by traffic signals
Location: A. Main auditorium (Kalokerinou)
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 Session 4A: Data-driven methods
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
11:00 | Generalizable Implicit Neural Representation As a Universal Spatiotemporal Traffic Data Learner (abstract) PRESENTER: Tong Nie |
11:20 | Data-Driven Robust Optimization for Traffic Signal Timing Based on Connected Vehicles: Modeling Variability and Errors (abstract) PRESENTER: Chaopeng Tan |
11:40 | Traffic accident prediction via three-dimensional convolution autoencoder and victim-party demographic data (abstract) PRESENTER: Walden Ip |
12:00 | Activity Scheduling with Deep Generative Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Fred Shone |
12:20 | NeuralMOVES: Extracting and Learning Surrogates for Diverse Vehicle Emission Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Edgar Ramirez Sanchez |
11:00-12:40 Session 4B: Behavior
Chair:
Location: C. Concert Hall
11:00 | Hybrid Simulator for Projecting Synthetic Households in Unforeseen Events (abstract) PRESENTER: Marija Kukic |
11:20 | An Outer-Inner Approximation Method for the Generic Choice-based Optimization Problem PRESENTER: Haoye Chen |
11:40 | Dynamic Motivation: Integrating Psychological Theories of Motivation in Pedestrian Modeling for Bottleneck Scenarios (abstract) PRESENTER: Ezel Üsten |
12:00 | Does Behavioral Adaptation of Human Drivers Affect Traffic Efficiency of Mixed Traffic on Priority T-Intersections? (abstract) PRESENTER: Nagarjun Reddy |
12:20 | Where do Vulnerable Road Users Go at Automated Unsignalized Intersections? An Analysis of Interactions (abstract) PRESENTER: Ziye Qin |
11:00-12:40 Session 4C: Human interactions and simulation
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
11:00 | Spatial Differences in Pedestrian-AV Interactions in Future Urban Environments: A Large-Scale VR Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Mohsen Nazemi |
11:20 | Exploring Eye Movement Patterns and Driver Cognitive State in Partially Autonomous Driving Simulation (abstract) PRESENTER: Yifan Wang |
11:40 | Towards Personalized Learning for Traffic Agents in the Driving Environment: Methodological Perspective (abstract) PRESENTER: Wissam Kontar |
12:00 | Psychological Factors in Travel Behaviour Interpretation with Social Media Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Yanyan Xu |
12:20 | Causal Impact Inference for Traffic Networks with Graph-Integrated Transfer Entropy (abstract) PRESENTER: Junji Ye |
11:00-12:40 Session 4D: Traffic flow
Chair:
Location: A. Main auditorium (Kalokerinou)
11:00 | Understanding Physics and AI Synergy in Car-following Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Xinzhi Zhong |
11:20 | Empirical Verification that Traffic Flow is on the KPZ Universality Class: Implications for Traffic Congestion (abstract) PRESENTER: Garyoung Lee |
11:40 | On numerical investigation of epidemics transport dynamics using a coupled PDE crowd flow - epidemics spreading dynamics model (abstract) PRESENTER: Anargiros Delis |
12:00 | Nonlinear string stability analysis of car-following models: metastability thresholds and rear-end collisions (abstract) PRESENTER: Marcello Montanino |
12:20 | Bi-level Model Predictive Control of Network-Wide Signal Timing Using Link Transmission Model with Queue Transmission (abstract) PRESENTER: Lei Wei |
12:40-14:40Lunch with Poster Session
14:40-16:20 Session 5A: Low altitude space economy (Part 2)
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
14:40 | A Study of UTM ConOps for Drone Delivery: Route Network Design & 4D Trajectory Planning (abstract) PRESENTER: Xinyu He |
15:00 | Evaluating UAM Route Feasibility in Terminal Airspace via Probabilistic Aircraft Trajectory Prediction (abstract) PRESENTER: Jungwoo Cho |
15:20 | Sensing Testbed: Decentralized Drone Coordination with Swarm Intelligence and Collision Avoidance (abstract) PRESENTER: Chuhao Qin |
15:40 | Bayesian optimal UAV trajectory planning for minimising the uncertainty of traffic density estimations (abstract) PRESENTER: Yiolanda Englezou |
16:00 | Path pool based transformer model in reinforcement framework for dynamic urban drone delivery problem PRESENTER: Chuankai Xiang |
14:40-16:20 Session 5B: Demand
Chair:
Location: C. Concert Hall
14:40 | KFI: A novel keyframe interpolation methodology for improving the efficiency of dynamic OD estimation on large urban networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Raghav Malhotra |
15:00 | Modeling Crowd-Sourced Spatio-Temporal Flexibility Insights in Origin-Destination Matrices Estimation (abstract) PRESENTER: Marisdea Castiglione |
15:20 | Bayesian Inference of Time-varying Origin-Destination Matrices from Boarding/Alighting Counts for Transit Services (abstract) PRESENTER: Xiaoxu Chen |
15:40 | Group Effect Enhanced Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning for Urban Mobility Dynamics PRESENTER: Yuanyuan Wu |
16:00 | ImputeFormer: Low Rankness-Induced Transformers for Spatiotemporal Traffic Data Imputation PRESENTER: Tong Nie |
14:40-16:20 Session 5C: MaaS (Part 3)
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
14:40 | Dynamic capacity planning for demand-responsive multimodal transit (abstract) PRESENTER: Bernardo Martin-Iradi |
15:00 | Generating Practical Last-mile Delivery Routes using a Data-informed Insertion Heuristic (abstract) PRESENTER: Hesam Rashidi |
15:20 | A Practical Approach to Transshipment in Collaborative and Crowdsourced Delivery Services PRESENTER: Bekir Bartin |
15:40 | Multimodal traffic assignment considering heterogeneous demand and modular operation of shared autonomous vehicles PRESENTER: Ting Wang |
16:00 | A Tradable Equity Credit (TEC) Scheme for Public Transit Services: Computational Graph-Based Framework for Equitable Mobility Management and Dynamic Pricing PRESENTER: Chenfeng Xiong |
14:40-16:20 Session 5D: Electric vehicles
Chair:
Location: A. Main auditorium (Kalokerinou)
14:40 | Simultaneous Scheduling of Electric Vehicle Charging and Daily Activities (abstract) PRESENTER: Senlei Wang |
15:00 | Online Prediction-Assisted Safe Reinforcement Learning for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Recommendation in Dynamically Coupled Transportation-Power Systems PRESENTER: Qionghua Liao |
15:20 | Real-time multi-depot dial-a-ride problem considering traffic dynamics and EV fleet (abstract) PRESENTER: Cameron Davis |
15:40 | A Continuum Approximation Approach for Electric Vehicle Public Charging Infrastructure Planning (abstract) PRESENTER: Yichan An |
16:00 | EVs and Renewable Energy: Paving the Way for Greener Electromobility Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Carlos Canudas de Wit |
16:20-16:40Coffee Break
16:40-18:00 Session 6A: Language model
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
16:40 | The Effectiveness of Large Language Models for Textual Analysis in Air Transportation (abstract) PRESENTER: Gabriel Jarry |
17:00 | ChatATC: Large Language Model-Driven Agents for Strategic and Tactical Air Traffic Management and Control PRESENTER: Sinan Abdulhak |
17:20 | Vision-language Fusion for Road Marking Detection in Autonomous Driving (abstract) PRESENTER: Shaofan Sheng |
17:40 | Leveraging Video-LLMs for Crash Detection and Narrative Generation: Performance Analysis and Challenges (abstract) PRESENTER: Ibne Farabi Shihab |
16:40-18:00 Session 6B: Traffic data
Chair:
Location: C. Concert Hall
16:40 | Structured Tensor RPCA: Anomaly Detection in Traffic Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Xudong Wang |
17:00 | Enabling stop-and-go wave analysis for massive trajectory data (abstract) PRESENTER: Junyi Ji |
17:20 | Map Matching of Location Data Trajectories: A Heterogeneous and Bayesian-Optimized Hidden Markov Approach PRESENTER: Ruohan Li |
17:40 | Infrastructure-enabled Defense Methods against Data Poisoning Attacks on Traffic State Estimation and Prediction (abstract) PRESENTER: Feilong Wang |
16:40-18:00 Session 6C: Prediction
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
16:40 | Short-term bike-sharing demand forecasting incorporating multiple sources of uncertainties (abstract) PRESENTER: Jingyi Cheng |
17:00 | Multi-Channel Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network for bike demand prediction : considering public transport and weather (abstract) PRESENTER: Linda Belkessa |
17:20 | Uncertainty-aware framework for real-time traffic incident prediction (abstract) PRESENTER: Thanh Tran |
17:40 | Emerging from the dark cabin age: sensor-based prediction of passenger boarding times (abstract) PRESENTER: Michael Schultz |
16:40-18:00 Session 6D: Train operation
Chair:
Location: A. Main auditorium (Kalokerinou)
16:40 | Assessing the Conditional Value-at-Risk of a train schedule under fuzzy activity duration (abstract) PRESENTER: Carlo Meloni |
17:00 | Train Delay Evolution Model Using Continuous Time Markov Processes (abstract) PRESENTER: Ismail Şahin |
17:20 | Exact numerical solution method for a train eco-driving problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Zhuang Xiao |
17:40 | A Simulation-based Local Search Algorithm for Real-time Mitigation of Power Peaks in Railway Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Jacob Trepat Borecka |
Thursday, September 5th
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08:45-09:00Coffee Break
09:00-10:40 Session 7A: Traffic state estimation
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
09:00 | A Physics-informed Deep Learning Framework for Traffic State Estimation on Multi-ramp Freeways PRESENTER: Hongxin Yu |
09:20 | A PHYSICS-INFORMED MULTI-CLASS LSTM MODEL FOR TRAFFIC STATE ESTIMATION PRESENTER: Cecilia Pasquale |
09:40 | Traffic Queue Length Estimation and Prediction in Signalized Intersection using Sparse Vehicle Trajectory PRESENTER: Hyejin Lee |
10:00 | Investigating Floating Car Observers for Traffic State Estimation through Co-Simulation PRESENTER: Jeremias Gerner |
10:20 | Drone-Based Trajectory Data for an All-Traffic-State Inclusive Freeway with Ramps PRESENTER: Ankit Anil Chaudhari |
09:00-10:40 Session 7B: Advanced control with connected technologies
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
09:00 | A bus lanes sharing strategy closing to signalized intersections under the warrant of bus priority: A stochastic queueing-based approach PRESENTER: Meng Xu |
09:20 | Examining Emergency Braking in Connected Autonomous Vehicle Platooning: Collision Risk and Severity Analysis PRESENTER: Seshadri Naik Moode |
09:40 | Macroscopic Modeling of Route-Based Network Traffic Flow with Robust Second-Order Phase Transition Model and Predictive Optimization at Junctions PRESENTER: Saeed Mohammadian |
10:00 | A Constrained Differential Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Automated Vehicles in Lane-Free Traffic PRESENTER: Markos Papageorgiou |
10:20 | Macroscopic Dynamic Lane Allocation for Ride-Sharing Vehicles: Incorporating Local Correction Factor PRESENTER: Zhixiong Jin |
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Session 8: Carlos Canudas de Wit: EVs and Renewable Energy: Paving the Way for Greener Electromobility Networks
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
12:00-13:00Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 Session 9A: Traffic prediction and identification
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
13:00 | LLM-TP: Enhancing Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Driving with LLMs and Chain-of-Thought Prompting PRESENTER: Zhenning Li |
13:20 | Quantifying the spatio-temporal propagation of disruptions through urban mass transit networks PRESENTER: Ramandeep Singh |
13:40 | A Sequential Decision-Making Model for Perimeter Identification |
14:00 | Comparison of adjacency matrix construction methods for graph learning based traffic-flow prediction PRESENTER: Alex Lewis |
14:20 | Growth Prediction of Spatio-temporal Congestion Cluster in Metropolitan PRESENTER: Shaobo Sui |
13:00-14:40 Session 9B: Management of future mobility systems
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
13:00 | Congestion-aware charging management for electric ride-hailing systems with time-dependent energy prices PRESENTER: Francesco Viti |
13:20 | Sustainable Freight Distribution Travel Demand Assessment – Empirical Agent-Based Spatial Infrastructure Modelling Methodology PRESENTER: Helry Dias |
13:40 | Speed Control for Air Mobility Systems PRESENTER: Yazan Safadi |
14:00 | Solving a collaborative passenger-parcel transport problem: A deep reinforcement learning based approach PRESENTER: Yitong Yu |
14:20 | Microscopic modelling of E-Scooters: calibration through monitored trajectories PRESENTER: Rosita De Vincentis |
14:40-15:00Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Session 10: Antonella Ferrara: Heterogeneity on the Road: A Multi-Scale Traffic Modelling and Control Perspective
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
16:00-17:40 Session 11A: Multimodal traffic management
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
16:00 | Multimodal Traffic Network Division under Disturbances Using A Joint Spectral Approach PRESENTER: Ning Xie |
16:20 | Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Tolling in Tradable Credit Systems PRESENTER: Xiaoyi Wu |
16:40 | Formulation of the Parallel Scheduling Vehicle Routing Problem PRESENTER: Marcella Kaplan |
17:00 | Traffic Dynamics in the Presence of Abrupt or Planned Events PRESENTER: Vasileios Markantonakis |
17:20 | Detecting and Modelling the Interactions of Road Users in Shared Spaces PRESENTER: Eleni Mantouka |
16:00-17:40 Session 11B: Sustainable transport strategies
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
16:00 | Feasibility study for deployment of mobile autonomous charging pods (MAPs) for charging operations PRESENTER: Mohd Aiman Khan |
16:20 | Dynamic Operations of a Mobile Charging Crowdsourcing Platform PRESENTER: Yiming Yan |
16:40 | Balancing congestion and emissions in urban networks via path-based incentives PRESENTER: Shaghayegh Vosough |
17:00 | The incidence of management systems for a comprehensive balance of GHG emissions from motorway transport |
17:20 | A Linear Model of Electric Vehicles Energy Demand in Urban Areas: Validation Case Study Using an Agent-Based Electromobility Simulator PRESENTER: Paul Fermé |
Friday, September 6th
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08:45-09:00Coffee Break
09:00-10:40 Session 12A: Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
09:00 | A simulation model of system optimal motion planning for AVs in shared spaces PRESENTER: Abdullah Zareh Andaryan |
09:20 | Using Connected and Automated Vehicles as Mobile Controllers in Single Lane Roundabouts PRESENTER: Ali Hajbabaie |
09:40 | Coordinated Control for Lane-free Traffic of Connected Automated Vehicles on Freeways: Internal Boundary Control, Ramp Metering and Variable Speed Limit Control PRESENTER: Fengyue Jin |
10:00 | Evaluation and Validation of Microscopic Models for CAVs in Lane-Free Roundabouts PRESENTER: Athanasia Karalakou |
10:20 | Innovative Interventions for Transforming Road Capacity, Safety and Emissions on the England’s Strategic Road Network PRESENTER: Yuxiang Feng |
09:00-10:40 Session 12B: Intersection management
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
09:00 | Needs-Based Signalized Intersection Management: Priority Pass PRESENTER: Kevin Riehl |
09:20 | Network-level Adaptive Signal Control Optimization Under A Closed-loop Online Updating Framework PRESENTER: Jiarong Yao |
09:40 | A Distributed Intersection Control Algorithm with Autonomous Vehicles PRESENTER: Alireza Soltani |
10:00 | More Space for Vulnerable Road Users with Autonomous Intersection Management PRESENTER: Natalie Steinmetz |
10:20 | An Experimental Study on Max-Pressure Traffic Controller based on Delays PRESENTER: Razi Zoabi |
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Session 13: Raja Sengupta: Advanced Air Mobility: A New Play for an Old Market
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
12:00-13:20 Session 14A: Lane management
Chair:
Location: E. Small Theater
12:00 | Investigating the Impacts of Prudent Lane-changing Behavior of Autonomous Vehicles on Traffic Efficiency and Safety PRESENTER: Hashmatullah Sadid |
12:20 | How to Design an Automated Vehicle Lane-Changing Decision Model for Traffic Flow Benefit PRESENTER: Yongju Kim |
12:40 | Integrating feedback control with reinforcement learning for lane-adaptive variable speed limits PRESENTER: Yu Han |
12:00-13:20 Session 14B: Mixed traffic
Chair:
Location: B. Experimental Room (Peiramatiki Skini)
12:00 | Optimization-based Urban Network Traffic Management with Mixed Autonomy Incorporating Dynamic Saturation Rates PRESENTER: Muhammad Haris |
12:20 | A HYBRID TRAFFIC FLOW MODEL FOR MIXED TRAFFIC FLOW CONSIDERING CONNECTED AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND HUMAN-DRIVEN VEHICLES PRESENTER: Facundo Storani |
12:40 | Optimal Dedicated Lane Planning for Mixed Traffic on Highways PRESENTER: Jeongin Yun |
13:00 | Incorporating human factors in car-following models: a model credibility assessment framework PRESENTER: Vincenzo Punzo |
13:20-15:00Lunch & Closing Ceremony