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Join us Oct. 14 and 15, 2022 to celebrate the past and future of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley! More information and RSVP Here

October 14: New Downtown Residence Inn by Marriott Berkeley, 2121 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704 Noon-7. Highlights:

Welcome: University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ
Keynote speaker, Toks Omishakin, Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)
Panel: Building a Foundation: 75 years of ITS contributions
Student poster session
Panel: ITS and the Future: Emerging Opportunities for the Next Decade
Reception

October 15: McLaughlin Hall Terrace, UCB Campus

Join us for a relaxing brunch and tournaments of ping pong and cornhole. Ping pong tournament starts at 10 am, register here

Future of Aviation Symposium Captures Lively Discussion

University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies in partnership with Caltrans Division of Aeronautics and Division of Research, Innovation, and System Information recently hosted the Future of Aviation: Advancing Aerial Mobility through Technology, Sustainability, and On-Demand Flight symposium on Aug. 3-4 at the San Francisco International Airport. Read about the conference

Infante Receives Wil Zeilinger Staff Excellence Award

Congratulations to Berkeley DeepDrive/Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Administrator Roxana Infante who was recently presented with the Wil Zeilinger Staff Excellence Award for her outstanding work within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science! Read more about the award!

Kandel Presents Work at MECC Rising Stars Program

Congratulations to Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral student Aaron Kandel, who presented his work at the Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (MECC) "Rising Stars" program during the Oct. 2-5, 2022 conference in Jersey City, NJ. Read more about the presentation

Dai, Hansen Featured at the FAA Machine Learning Workshop

CEE Professor Mark Hansen and recent alumna Lu Dai (’22) were moderator and panelist, respectively, at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NEXTOR

consortium Machine Learning Workshop to stimulate thoughts and discussions on how the fast-growing machine learning techniques can be used for problems of interest to the FAA. Read more about the workshop

Bassham, Martin Receive Spot Awards

Congratulations to ITS Berkeley Executive Assistant to the Director Helen Bassham and Transportation Sustainability Research Center Research and Development Engineering Elliot Martin for receiving Vice Chancellor of Research Spot Awards! Read more about the awardees

Vayalamkuzhi Honored as 2022 NSC Rising Stars of Safety

Congratulations to Praveen Vayalamkuzhi who was recently honored as a 2022 NSC Rising Stars of Safety by the National Safety Council in part for his work as a Safe Transportation Research and Education Center Postdoc. Read more about the award