NYC V2X & AI Symposium

October 17-18, 2024

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On October 17-18, C2SMARTER hosted the inaugural NYC V2X & AI Symposium, where government officials, industry experts, and academic researchers gathered to discuss the future of connected vehicle technology and its potential to transform New York City’s streets.

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) refers to the exchange of digital information between vehicles and the world around them — technology that allows for a wide range of roadway safely solutions and automotive features.

Day 1

NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez, who served as keynote speaker during the opening session, kicked off the day by emphasizing the scale of the city’s transportation network and the critical role innovative technologies like V2X and AI will play in managing congestion, improving safety, and creating a more efficient, sustainable urban infrastructure for millions of New Yorkers.

The other speakers featured in the workshop’s Opening Session were:

Robert R. Limoges, NYSDOT

Brian Cronin, USDOT ITS Joint Program Office

Timothy Drake, ITS America

Members of the Opening Session

The first session, titled, Lessons Learned from Previous Connected Vehicle Deployments,  was moderated by KLD’s Sue Thomas and featured speakers:

Mohamad Talas

Jeffrey Bellone, USDOT Volpe Center, USDOT CV Pilot Lessons Learned

Deepak Gopalakrishna, ICF, Mainstreaming Connectivity Lessons from an Agency Perspective

Mohamad Talas, NYCDOT, NYC ITS Deployment, NYC CV Pilot Deployment, V2X Future Prospective

Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Director of C2SMARTER and Professor in Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon, opened the first day of the symposium with a keynote address, as well as moderated the second session: AI Implementation in Transportation Systems. Speakers included:

Georges Aoude, Derq, Inc., Safer Roads with AI-Powered Video Analytics: Safety Insights, Traffic Control, and V2X Applications

Jim Misener, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., AI Implementation in Transp. Systems

Satya Muthuswamy, KLD Engineering, PC, AI Implementation in Transp. Systems

Prof. Kaan Ozbay

Session 3, V2X & AI Emerging Technologies, Funding, Standards, and Cybersecurity, was moderated by Art T. O’Connor of USDOT/FHWA. Speakers were:

Carl Puddy

Ed Fok, USDOT/FHWA, Scratching the Surface on V2X Cybersecurity

Carl Puddy, Miovision Technologies, Inc., AI Applications Multimodal Detection & Conflict Analysis

Robert Rausch, TransCore, Standards Supporting Incremental CV Infrastructure Deployment

Govind Vadakpat, USDOT/FHWA, USDOT National V2X Deployment Plan

The concluding session of Day One was Round Table: Open Discussion with Industry Experts. The panel, moderated by TRANSCOM’s Steve Levine, included:

Roundtable discussion

Josh Benson, NYCDOT; Timothy Drake, ITS America; Ed Fok, USDOT/FHWA; Jim Misener, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; Carl Puddy, Miovision Technologies, Inc.; Evangelos Simoudis, Synapse Partners; and Govind Vadakpat, USDOT/FHWA.

Day 2

The second day of the symposium delved deeper into the technical advancements in V2X and AI. 

The day’s opening session, moderated by Adam Levine of NYMTC, was Latest Advancements in Smart Cities. Speakers were: 

Group photo of Session 5

Tim Johnson, T-Mobile, Connected Solutions (aka IoT) for ITS- Overview

Rob Holbrook, NYC Mayor’s Office of Planning & Policy, How NYC Moves: Tech-Accelerated Data Solutions for Transportation and Development Approvals in NYC

Paul Rothman, NYC Office of Technology & Innovation, NYC OTI Smart City Initiatives

Evangelos Simoudis, Synapse Partners, New Urban Mobility: Transformations & Value Creation

The concluding session of the two day workshop, Research in V2X & AI Technologies and Applications, was moderated by Judith Peter of NYSDOT and featured academics researching cutting edge technologies in the field:

Yongjie Fu, Columbia University, Digital Twin for Pedestrian Safety Warning at a Single Urban Traffic Intersection

Eugene Vinitsky, NYU C2SMARTER Center, Fixing Evaluation of V2X Systems Using Reinforcement Learning

Ruwen Qin, SUNY Stony Brook University, Computational Intelligence for Enabling Vehicles’ Visual Perception of Crash Risks

Yiqiao Li, City College of NY, AI-Enhanced Multimodal Traffic Monitoring System Leveraging Advanced Sensing Technologies

Wenwen Zhang, Rutgers University, Evaluating Pedestrian Stress through Biometric Sensing: Implications for V2X Technologies and Enhancing Urban Walking Experiences

NYU's Prof. Eugene Vinitsky
CCNY's Prof. Yiqiao Li

The symposium was a testament to the power of interdisciplinary collaboration in advancing transportation technologies. Researchers, government officials, and industry leaders all agreed on the importance of creating safer, smarter, and more resilient urban environments through the use of V2X and AI.

 

Read NYU Tandon Media’s coverage of the event here.