Category: TA Resource Center

From the VTS Resource Center: The Control of Self-Driving Cars

11 June, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Title: Impact of Environmental Information on the Control of Self-Driving Cars Speaker: Raghvendra Cowlagi and Alexander Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Description: Vehicular autonomy, ranging from driver assistance to full self-driving autonomy, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) wireless connectivity promises to revolutionize the safety, reliability, and energy-efficiency of future automotive transportation. Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are cyber-physical systems with increasingly complexRead More

From the VTS Resource Center: Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

7 May, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Title: Unleashing the Potential of Industrial IoT-Connected Railways Speaker: Paula Fraga-Lamas, University of A Coruña Description: The railway industry is compelled to exploit the opportunities created by the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and enabling communication technologies under the paradigm of `Internet of Trains’ in order to remain competitive. This webinar explains the evolution of communication technologies sinceRead More

Multi-layer Vehicle Guidance and Control

8 April, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Title: Control and Optimization of Autonomous Vehicles Speaker: Stefano DiCairano, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA Description: This lecture focuses on the multi-layer nature of the guidance and control system for smart and autonomous vehicles, and on the interaction of the vehicle control system with higher level decision logics such as path planning. After reviewing a general architecture forRead More

FROM THE VTS RESOURCE CENTER: Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives

12 March, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Lectures from 1st IEEE VTS Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Summer School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Title: Formal Methods and Optimal Control Techniques for Autonomous Vehicles Speaker: Jie Fu and Raghu Cowlagi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA) Description: Jie Fu: This lecture presents several fundamental concepts of formal methods that can be used to model and analyze the behaviorRead More

From the IEEE VTS Resource Center: Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives

12 February, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives Title: Fundamentals of Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives Speaker: K. T. Chau, University of Hong Kong Description: With ever increasing concern on our environment, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are becoming popular. While electric vehicles (EVs) involve multidisciplinary technologies, oneRead More

Fundamentals of Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives

9 January, 2019 | TA Resource Center

Title: Fundamentals of Battery Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Machines and Drives Speaker: K. T. Chau, University of Hong Kong Description: With ever increasing concern on our environment, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are becoming popular. While electric vehicles (EVs) involve multidisciplinary technologies, one of their key technologies is machines and drives. In this lecture,Read More

IEEE VTS Resource Center: Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

18 December, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Connected Vehicles and Smart Mobility

5 November, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Title: Energy Efficiency Enhancement for Personalized and Connected Vehicles Speaker: Junmin Wang, Ohio State University Description: The recent advances in vehicle on-board computation and communication technologies have led ground transportation into a new era. In particular, the connected and smart mobility technologies such as vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, and vehicle-to-human communications have offered an unprecedented information richness and availability, whichRead More

Hybrid Vehicle Systems

7 October, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Title: 48V Mild Hybrid Vehicle Systems Modeling, Control and Energy Management Speaker: Yue-Yun Wang, Propulsion Systems Research Lab, General Motors Global Research and Development Description: This lecture introduces the different architectures of recently emerged 48V mild hybrid vehicle systems in the automotive market, consisting of combined electric motor/generator and engine propulsion systems with electric boosted turbocharger andRead More

Railway Communications: Technologies and Services

5 September, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Title: Overview of railway communications: technologies and services Speaker: Juan Moreno, César Briso Rodriguez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Description: In railways there are many communications systems, technologies and services. Moreover, the future is also promising because it receives a lot of attention from researchers all over the world. However, it is a complex field with many differentRead More

Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

7 August, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Soft Computing Techniques for Vehicular Technology

10 July, 2018 | TA Resource Center

Title: Soft Computing Techniques for Vehicular Technology: Overview of Ongoing Research Speaker: Hicham Chaoui, Carleton University, and Sousso Kelouwani, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Description: In vehicular technology, electric energy systems are taking over conventional mechanical systems. The use of various energy sources yields better flexibility in achieving higher performance. Therefore, their integration is becoming a criticalRead More