Abstract: The project aims to establish a Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for urban environments and address fundamental problems that involve data collection, resource allocation, real-time decision making, safety, and security.

Transforming the traditional, single-vehicle-based safety and efficiency control, next-generation vehicles are expected to form platoons for optimizing roadway usage and fuel efficiency while ensuring transportation safety. Two basic enablers of vehicle platooning are vehicular wireless networking and platoon control.

The Fourth IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability           April 14-15, 2015 Madrid, Spain Sponsored by the IFIP TC6 WG 6.3, Performance of Communication Systems Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - Approval pending Paper Registration Deadline --- DECEMBER 05, 2014 The best paper presented at the conference will receive a Best Paper Award.

USDOT Connected Vehicle PlugFest What are PlugFests? The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) will hold its third Connected Vehicle PlugFest on May 13-15, 2014 in Farmington Hills, Michigan. PlugFests provide venues for vendor-to-vendor connected vehicle device testing to help ensure that devices and systems meet the base standard requirements and level of interoperability necessary for the Southeast Michigan Connected Vehicle Test Bed Deployment 2014 Project.

Western PlugFest Training Location (June 24, 1:00 - 4:30 PM PST): Via Webinar (link will be sent to registrants prior to the PlugFest training) Testing Location (June 25-26): Creekside Inn Hotel – 3400 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (http://www.creekside-inn.com/) What are PlugFests?

USDOT Connected Vehicle PlugFest Training Location (May 13, 1:00 - 4:30 PM EST): Via Webinar (link will be sent to registrants prior to the PlugFest training) Testing Location (May 14-15): Carrier & Gable Facility - 24110 Research Drive - Farmington Hills, MI 48335

Abstract: Electrification of the transportation market offers revenue growth for utility companies and automobile manufacturers, lower operational costs for consumers, and benefits to the environment. However, even moderate penetration of PEVs will stress the power grid. This project formulates and solves optimization problems critical to various entities in the PEV ecosystem -- PEV owners, commercial charging station owners, aggregators, and distribution companies -- at the distribution / retail level.

Abstract: This study attempts to address a range of problems associated with autonomous navigation in real‐life urban traffic, most recently including controller design and safety, secure communication, mapping, pedestrian behavior, testing and intersection access.

Abstract: The objective of this inter-disciplinary research is to develop new wireless technologies that transform the streets of a city into a hybrid transportation/communication system, called the Intelligent Road (iRoad), where autonomous wireless devices are co-located with traffic signals, forming a wireless network that fuses transportation data from all over the city to support a wide range of new applications.

Abstract: Advanced autonomous transportation technologies must become robust, affordable and maintainable before safe and wide public adoption. The following research challenges of cyber-physical systems must be overcome before autonomous vehicles become practical: