Plenary Lecture
Intelligent Cooperative Sensing for Improved Traffic Efficiency
Professor Sadko Mandzuka
Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences
Department of Intelligent Transport Systems
University of Zagreb
Croatia
E-mail: smandzuka@fpz.hr
Abstract: Intelligent Cooperative Sensing for Improved traffic efficiency (ICSI) is new architecture approach of the ICT infrastructure for supporting Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) where intelligence for sensing and actuation is distributed over gateways, which host a software platform for running ITS applications, using the local storage and computation capabilities. The efficient distribution of context-rich data lays the foundations for novel traffic and travel management strategies which detect, prevent and avoid hazardous traffic situations. Intelligent control algorithms for cooperative Ramp Metering (RM) including Variable Speed Limit Control (VSLC) as demanding ITS services (high level of road safety demands, costly equipment) are tested by complex computer simulations. The results include an augmented version of the macroscopic highway traffic simulator CTMSIM, ANFIS based algorithm for cooperative ramp metering and Q-learning based local ramp metering algorithm.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Prof. Sadko Mandzuka is currently Head of Intelligent Transport Systems Department, Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences, University of Zagreb. He has wide experience in the area of floating vessels control theory, Intelligent Transport Systems, Artificial intelligence, Traffic incident management systems etc. He had the opportunity to work both in academic and industrial environments including Brodarski (Navy) Institute, Consulting in the Innovation Area for SME’s, etc. He is currently setting up a spin-off company providing consulting services for Intelligent Transport System while at the same time advancing his academic career. He is a founding member of Croatian Robotic Association, President of ITS-Croatia, and Collaborating member of Croatian Academy of Engineering. He is a member of Technical Committee on Marine Systems - Coordinating Committee on Transportation and Vehicle Systems - IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control ). Finally he has served in the program committees and as reviewer at several international Congress and Conferences. He is author of more than 100 internationally reviewed publications. He is the editor of the Engineering Applications Section of the international scientific journal An International Journal of Control and Optimization: Theories & Applications (IJOCTA). Also, he is a member of the editorial board of international scientific journal International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research (Springer) and the national journal Ceste i mostovi (Roads and Bridges).