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On April 2, 2026, Alexandre Bayen, director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) and ITS affiliate, was awarded the 

Congratulations to ITS Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year Delbert Tran and Outstanding PhD Students of the Year Michael Montilla and Zhe Fu.

Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year presented to Delbert Tran in recognition of his outstanding performance in support of transportation research; for motivation, creativity and independence.

Jumbi Edulbehram, Global Business Development, Smart Cities and Spaces at NVIDIA, presented Advancing Intelligent Transportation Systems with AI at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, April 24, 2026.

The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies showed off recent innovations in the transportation ecosphere involving artificial intelligence to over 100 attendees at the DRIVE AI (Data · Robotics · Infrastructure · Vehicles · Electrification · Artificial Intelligence) Demo Day on April 16, 2026 at the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station.

The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies is now home to the most comprehensive longitudinal public dataset tracking global Autonomous Vehicle deployments. AVMap.io places ITS Berkeley as the leading academic source on how autonomous vehicles are changing cities.

Celeste Chavis, Morgan State University Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Chair and Professor, will present Driving Change: Volunteer Management and Engagement in Food Recovery Operations at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, April 10, 2026.