WCTRS SIG15

Conference

14th WCTR: International Traffic Signal Control Forum (July, 2016)

14th World Conference on Transport Research took place in Tongji University, Shanghai, China. SIG C2 hold an international traffic signal control forum during and after the conference, and made fruitful discussion among SIG members as well as other guest participants.

More detailed information and presentation files are available on the forum's website: http://center.tcu.edu.cn/tmxy/index.html

Technical Session "The Present and Future of Traffic Signal Control ? An International Perspective”
(13rd July, Shanghai)

Technical Session was held in the afternoon of 13th July at 14th WCTR. Country reports were given by 9 participants from various countries and many significant and interesting discussions were made in the question and answer afterwards.

  • Welcome and Opening remarks by Dr. Bing Wu, Tongji University

  • Country Reports:

    • Dr. Yongjin Zhao, Traffic Management Research Institute for the Ministry of Public Security, China

    • Dr. Wanjing Ma, Tongji University, China

    • Dr. Tom Mathew, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

    • Dr. Fatih Gundogan, Istanbul Transportation Communication and Security Technologies Inc., Turkey

    • Dr. Andy Chow, University College London, UK

    • Dr. Martin Fellendorf, Graz University of Technology, Austria

    • Dr. Darcy Bullock, Purdue University, USA

    • Dr. Takashi Oguchi, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    • Dr. Bernhard Friedrich, TU Braunschweig, Germany 

picture of Prof. Zong Tian's presentation

Symposium on Traffic Signal Control (14th and 15th July, Tianjin)

Subsequently to the 14th WCTR, an international symposium was held in Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China, from 14th to 15th July, 2016. In the symposium, a lot of technical and practical information and ideas on traffic signal control were exchanged among SIG C2 members, guest speackers and participants.

DAY1:

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks:

    • Dr. Zong Tian, University of Nevada, Reno (Chair of SIG C2)

    • Dr. Zhongxian Li, Tianjin Chengjian University

  • Session1: Advances and Applications of Adaptive Signal Control (Moderator： Dr. Wael Alhajaseen, Qatar University, Qatar)

    • Adaptive Signal Control ? A Systems Overview and Objectives: Dr. Martin Fellendorf, Graz University of Technology, Austria

    • Active Traffic Management for Congested Urban Roadway Networks using Adaptive Signal Control: System Design and Implementation in New York City: Dr. Wuping Xin, CTO, KLD Engineering, USA

    • German Practice on Actuated and Adaptive Signal Control: Dr. Ning Wu, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    • Adaptive and other Camera-based Dynamic Signal Control Methods in Turkey: Dr. Fatih Gundogan, Deputy General Manager, Turkey

  • Session2: Performance Measures and Evaluation for Signal Control Systems (Moderator： Dr. Hideki Nakamura, Nagoya University, Japan)

    • Performance Based Traffic Signal Management and Outcome Assessment: Dr. Darcy Bullock, Purdue University, USA

    • Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measurement and Fine-tuning Using High-resolution Data: Dr. Henry Liu, University of Michigan, USA

    • Systematic Quality Management for Traffic Systems based on Automated Data Analysis: Dr. Bernhard Friedrich, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

    • Measuring Traffic Signal Performances based on Mobile Internet Data in China: Dr. Meng Li, Tsinghua University, China

  • Session3: Design and Control Strategies for Unconventional Intersections (Moderator： Dr. Keping Li, Tongji University, China)

    • Dynamic, Optimal Real-time Algorithm for Isolated Signals: Dr. Bruce Wang, Texas A&Μ University, China

    • Capacity Analysis of Unconventional Left-turn Treatments at Signalized Intersections: Dr. Pan Liu, Southeast University, China

    • Special Intersection Design and Control: Dr. Yiming Bie, Harbin Institute of Technology

    • Practice and Experience of Special Intersection Design: Dr. Wei Liu, Chongqing Jiaotong University

  • Closing Remarks by Dr. Keping Li, Tongji University

participants

participants

DAY2:

  • Panel Discussions (in Chinse)

    • Moderator: Dr. Zong Tian, University of Nevada, Reno

    • Panel members:

      • Keping Li, Professor, Tongji University

      • Baohua Mao, Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University

      • Henry Liu, Professor, University of Michigan

      • Pan Liu, Professor and Dean, Southeast University

      • Wuping Xin, Chief Technology Officer, KLD Inc.

      • Xiaogang Wang, Vice President, Beijing Lutong

      • Fang Nie, Director, Tianjin Institute of Traffic Management Bureau

      • Junping Xiang, ITS General Manager, Lianyungang JARI Electronics Co., Ltd. Of CSIC

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