Seminars

Welcome to the Fall 2024 ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar Series.

The Transportation Seminar is organized by the Institute of Transportation Studies and the Transportation Students Organizing Committee (TRANSOC)

ITS Berkeley sponsored seminars will be in 410 McLaughlin Hall at 3 pm. Join us for Cookie Hour at 2:30 in the Transportation Library, 412 McLaughlin Hall.

ITS Berkeley and CITRIS and the Banatao Institute sponsored Charting New Paths Speaker Series will be held in the Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall at 3 pm. Charting New Paths illuminates...

Thank you to Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, who presented Separation of Learning and Control in Emerging Mobility Systems at the Transportation Seminar on May 3, 2024.

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss the challenges of supervised learning and model-based control approaches in transportation-related applications. Then, I will present a theoretical framework founded at the intersection of control theory and learning that circumvents these challenges in deriving optimal strategies. In this...

Thank you to Anne Brown, Assistant Professor, Planning, Public Policy, and Management, University of Oregon, who presented Planning for Equitable Micromobility at the Transportation Seminar on Apr. 19, 2024.

Abstract: Shared micromobility programs, including shared e-scooters and bikeshare, have spread rapidly across the US. Cities are grappling with how these modes may fill gaps in the existing transportation system and how to better reach marginalized and underserved communities. This presentation considers the different dimensions required...

Thank you to Juan Alonso, Professor and Director of the Aerospace Design Laboratory at Stanford University, who presented So You Want to Be an eVTOL Designer? Fundamentals of Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft and Current Challenges at the Transportation Seminar Nov. 3, 2023.

Abstract: Recent concerns over the sustainability, efficiency, and safety of our transportation systems have led to the idea of Urban Air Mobility (UAM): connected networks of point-to-point air transportation services that are served by aircraft that can take-off and...