ABJ30-Friends July 2012

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forming group of members and friends interested in TTSR

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Peter Keen, now Co-Chair of ABJ35 Traffic Monitoring, is taking on a leadership role with Travel Time, Speed and Reliability. Please contact him directly - peter.keen(a)dtsits.com<mailto:peter.keen@dtsits.com> - and let him know if you would like to participate or know of someone who should be informed of this exciting new area of research - thanks! Best of luck to all of you completing your submissions tonight - we will be assigning reviewers very soon and hope everyone is able to help - Regards, Kate Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program Geography and Planning Department Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX (518) 209-1155 CELL

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AUTO: Rich Margiotta/wdc/camsys is out of the office. (returning 07/22/2012)

by Rich Margiotta

I am out of the office until 07/22/2012. I will respond to your message when I return. I will be checking voicemail periodically. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[ABJ30-Friends] TRANSportation Data FORecasting Competition (TRANSFOR)" sent on 7/16/2012 4:09:02 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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TRANSportation Data FORecasting Competition (TRANSFOR)

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Special Announcement for Upcoming Annual Meeting: Call for Participation - 2013 TRB Annual Meeting Workshop TRANSportation Data FORecasting Competition (TRANSFOR) Sponsoring Committee: ABJ70 Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Co-Sponsoring Committees: ABJ00 Data Section ABJ80 Statistical Methodology ABJ20 Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems ABJ50 on Information Systems and Technology Organized by: Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Committee Call Description: Successfully estimating the future conditions- in both short and longer horizons - is a perquisite for designing, implementing and operating efficient transportation systems and infrastructure. As a result, transportation forecasting has attracted considerable attention by both the transportation academia and practice, with efforts ranging from classical statistics to a vast array of computational intelligence (CI) techniques. In an era of rapid technological and scientific advances, the transportation community experiences an increase in data collection and availability, along with powerful analytical tools. Nevertheless, transportation data often pose considerable challenges to researchers and practitioners: differences in data measurement techniques and frequencies, seasonality, local trends, structural breaks, outliers, zero and missing values, and so on. Further, transportation needs increase and services become more complex and demanding; for example, real time control and ITS often require short-term predictions of transportation conditions based on existing data. The above imply that developing accurate and efficient forecasting algorithms for transportation applications becomes even more important and promising as a task. In this context, the Transportation Research Board is pleased to announce the 2013 TRANSportation Data FORecasting Competition (TRANSFOR) workshop, which will be held at the 92nd TRB Annual meeting. The scope of the competition is to evaluate the accuracy of various data analytic methodologies - be they statistics, CI and so on - in transportation data forecasting. Particular attention is given to missing and incomplete data, using two data sets in different areas of transportation. The objective is to determine progress in modelling statistics and CI for forecasting and to disseminate knowledge on "best practices" in transportation data modeling. The following two data sets will be the basis for this competition: 1) a traffic information data-set, in which short-term traffic flow prediction will be requested, and 2) an incomplete transit O-D table which is to be completed. The focus of both analyses will be to obtain predictions as close as possible to the real data. The prediction competition is open to all methods of statistics, econometrics and computational intelligence, including neural networks, fuzzy predictors, evolutionary and genetic algorithms, decision and regression trees, support vector regression, hybrid approaches and so on. Researchers, as individuals or groups may participate using only one or both of the data sets. Participants will present their results at a 92nd TRB annual meeting workshop, devoted to the TRANSFOR competition. Awards will be given to researchers and researcher teams based on: 1) accuracy of predictions; 2) completeness of a short paper detailing the approach used, advantages and disadvantages and results. For more information and for obtaining the data sets please contact Matthew G. Karlaftis at mgk(a)mail.ntua.gr<mailto:mgk@mail.ntua.gr>. Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting, Statistics, Computational Intelligence Organizers: Matthew G. Karlaftis, National Technical University of Athens (mgk(a)mail.ntua.gr), Shinya Kikuchi, Virginia Tech (kikuchi(a)vt.edu), please add names from participating Committees... Time line: August 15th, 2012 - Data availability to interested parties, please request by e-mail. November 30th, 2012 - Deadline for submission of results and short papers by e-mail. December 10th , 2012 - Notification to the "winners," or presenters at the Sunday workshop January 13th, 2012 - Workshop (13:30-16:30), Hilton Washington DC. Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program Geography and Planning Department Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX (518) 209-1155 CELL

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FW: OTREC@PSU is Hiring a Non-Motorized Transportation Research Associate

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Research Opportunity - please spread the word - thanks! Thanks to a grant from the PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions OTREC is hiring a non-motorized transportation research associate. The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Center (OTREC) at Portland State University (PSU) is seeking a highly-motivated Non-Motorized Transportation Postdoctoral Research Associate. The Research Associate is responsible for shaping and conducting bicycle, pedestrian, and other non-motorized transportation research and related activities. This is an exciting career opportunity for a motivated individual who wants to make a difference in shaping a growing collaborative, multimodal, multidisciplinary, multi-campus research agenda. Salary will be commensurate with experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package. This exciting opportunity is detailed at: http://otrec.us/news/entry/otrec_is_hiring_a_non_motorized_postdoc_research… -- Jennifer Dill, Ph.D. Associate Professor Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning (USP) Portland State University Director, Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) e-mail: jdill(a)pdx.edu<mailto:jdill@pdx.edu> phone: 503-725-5173 web site: http://web.pdx.edu/~jdill/ Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org<http://emailcharter.org/> Follow OTREC on the Web: www.otrec.us<http://www.otrec.us/> * Twitter: www.twitter.com/otrec<http://www.twitter.com/otrec> * Facebook: www.facebook.com/otrec<http://www.facebook.com/otrec> Mailing address: PO Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 Physical Address: 506 SW Mill Street 370T Urban Center Portland, OR 97201

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Auto-Reply: Zhongren WANG is out of the office.

by Zhongren Wang

I will be out of the office starting 07/03/2012 and will not return until 07/16/2012. For Ramp Metering issues, please contact Terry Thompson at 916-654-3318 or Monica Kress at 916-651-1255. Thank you. For Traffic Mobility Workshop issues, please contact Laurie Jurgens at 916-718-0113 or Vincent Becera at 916-651-6130.

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FW: Announcing Travel Survey Symposium Nov 8-9 2012 and Call for Posters

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, An opportunity to explore - Announcing an upcoming opportunity to engage in discussions of lessons learned and challenging issues facing the personal travel survey research field. Let's learn together what is needed to help improve the practice in a time of rapidly changing technology and societal expectations. It's been almost 20 years since the U.S. travel survey community gathered to share lessons learned and insights gained in conducting regional and statewide personal travel surveys. Mark your calendar now to join us in Dallas November 8-9, 2012. For additional information on: * The symposium, preliminary program, or registration, please visit our website at: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/ * A call for posters on innovative survey designs and lessons learned, see: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/call-for-posters.php (NOTE: deadline for submitting abstracts is August 15, 2012) * Symposium sponsorship opportunities, see: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/sponsorship.php * General questions or to be added to the conference mailing list, contact: Stacey Bricka (s-bricka(a)tamu.edu<mailto:s-bricka@tamu.edu>) or Chris Simek (c-simek(a)tamu.edu<mailto:c-simek@tamu.edu>) Symposium Highlights: * Innovations in data collection technology * Survey design and methods, including efficient and effective sampling * Cost-effective tactics to increase survey participation * Key elements to include in RFPs that reflect lessons learned in prior surveys * Applied research needs to move the state-of-the-practice forward, and how we fund those * Poster session highlighting surveys of the future, and lessons learned from the past We hope to see you in Dallas, and in the meantime, please feel free to forward this email to others you think would enjoy having a part in identifying the future of household travel surveys as part of the Symposium. [Description: cid:image001.png@01CD5E99.593CB390] [Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD5E99.593CB390] [Description: cid:image003.jpg@01CD5E99.593CB390] ________________________________ Stacey Bricka, PhD | Texas Transportation Institute | 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 300E, Austin, TX 78723 | 512-407-1123 direct, 512-467-0952 receptionist | Fax 512-467-8971 |

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