Control of Road Traffic Systems: A Multi-Scale Perspective
Antonella Ferrara, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Keynote Lecture
John Krumm, Microsoft Research, United States
Control of Road Traffic Systems: A Multi-Scale Perspective
Antonella Ferrara
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Pavia
Italy
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Brief Bio
Antonella Ferrara received the M.Sc. degree (Cum Laude and printing honours) in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1987 and 1992, respectively. Since 2005, she has been Full Professor of Automatic Control at the University of Pavia, Italy. Her research activities are mainly in the area of nonlinear control, with a special emphasis on control of uncertain systems via sliding modes generation, and application to road traffic, automotive systems, electro-mobility, robotics, and power systems. She is author and co-author of more than 450 publications including more than 160 journal papers, 2 monographs (published by Springer Nature and SIAM, respectively) and one edited book (IET). She was/is Principal Investigator and National Coordinator in several projects funded by the European Union and by the Italian Ministry for University and Research. She is currently serving as Associate Editor of Automatica, and Senior Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. She served as Senior Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, as well as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Control Systems Magazine and International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. Antonella Ferrara is the Chair of the EUCA Conference Editorial Board and the Director of Operations of the IEEE Control Systems Society. She is a member of the IEEE TC on Automotive Control, IEEE TC on Smart Cities, IEEE TC on Variable Structure Systems, IFAC TC on Nonlinear Control Systems, IFAC TC on Transportation Systems, and IFAC Technical Committee on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles. She is also serving as the Vice-Chair for Industry of the IFAC TC on Nonlinear Control Systems (2024-2026) and is a member of the IFAC Industry Board. She is also a member of the IFAC Conference Board, by virtue of her appointment as one of the two Program Chairs of the 24th IFAC Word Congress to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2029. Among several awards, she was a co-recipient of the 2020 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award. She is a Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of IFAC.
Abstract
The impact of successful research in road traffic control spans across various domains, including the scientific, technological, social, and economic spheres. Its significance is profound, as it directly influences safety, quality of life, climate neutrality, energy resource utilization, and transportation costs. However, the development of effective methods and algorithms for road traffic management encounters notable methodological challenges. Traditionally, traffic control strategies have relied on infrastructure-based approaches. Yet, the rapid advancements in automotive technologies, traffic sensors, data processing, and communication have created unprecedented opportunities for the exploitation of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), offering innovative solutions to longstanding traffic control challenges. This talk will address these challenges and advancements, beginning with an overview of classical traffic control concepts. It will then focus on emerging research trends that exploit the multi-scale nature of traffic systems, from the microscopic scale of the individual CAV to the macroscopic scale of the traffic flow. Furthermore, it will illustrate how these aspects can efficiently coexist within an advanced vehicular traffic control system that optimizes the traffic throughput and mitigates the environmental impact.
Keynote Lecture
John Krumm
Microsoft Research
United States
Brief Bio
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