AVIAN - University of Florida

Books 

Book Chapters

1. Elefteriadou, L., Leonard, B., Du, L., Ma, W., Liu, J., Zhang, K., Ma, J., Song, Z., Li X., Erdogan, S. Book Chapter: “Enabling Transportation Networks with Automated Vehicles: From Individual Vehicle Motion Control to Networked Fleet Management”. Meyer, G., and Beiker, S. “Road Vehicle Automation 7, Lecture Notes in Mobility”, Springer, August 2020 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-52840-9.
   
2. Elefteriadou, L. Book Chapter: “Cyber Physical Systems in Transportation: Traffic Management With Connected and Autonomous Vehicles”. Chimay J. Anumba and Nazila Roofigari-Esfahan (Eds): Cyber-Physical Systems in the Built Environment, Springer, July 2020, DOI:10.1007/978-3-41560-0.
   

Journals or Juried Conference Papers 

2020 

1. Emami, P., Pardalos, P.M., Elefteriadou, L., Ranka. S. 2020. Machine Learning Methods for Data Association in Multi-Object Tracking. ACM Comput. Surv. 53, 4, Article 69 DOI:10.1145/3394659.
2. Omidvar, A., Elefteriadou, L., Pourmehrab, M., Letter, C., 2020. Optimizing Freeway Merge Operations under Conventional and Automated Vehicle Traffic. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems. DOI:10.1061/jtepbs.0000369. 
3. Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou, L., Ranka, S. Real-time Intersection Optimization for Signal Phasing, Timing, and Automated Vehicles' Trajectories, 2020. arXiv:2007.03763v1  [eess.SP]. 
4. Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou, L., Ranka, S., Martin-Gasulla, M., 2020. Optimizing Signalized Intersections Performance Under Conventional and Automated Vehicles Traffic. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. DOI:10.1109/tits.2019.2921025. 
5. Pourmehrab, M., Emami, P., Martin-Gasulla M, Wilson, J., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S., 2020. Signalized Intersection Performance with Automated and Conventional Vehicles: A Comparative Study. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems. DOI:10.1061/JTEPBS.0000409. 

2019 

1. Martin-Gasulla, M., Elefteriadou, L., 2019. Single-Lane Roundabout Manager under Fully Automated Vehicle Environment. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. DOI:10.1177/0361198119843087. 

2018 

1. Li, Z., Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou, L., Ranka, S., 2018. Intersection Control Optimization for Automated Vehicles Using Genetic Algorithm. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems. DOI:10.1061/jtepbs.0000197. 
2. Omidvar, A., Pourmehrab, M., Emami, P., Kiriazes, R., Esposito, J.C., Letter, C., Elefteriadou, L., Crane, C.D., Ranka, S., 2018. Deployment and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at a Closed-Course Signalized Intersection. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. DOI:10.1177/0361198118782798. 
3. Emami, P., Pourmehrab, M., Martin-Gasulla, M., Ranka, S., Elefteriadou, L., 2018. A Comparison of Intelligent Signalized Intersection Controllers Under Mixed Traffic. DOI:10.1109/itsc.2018.8569939. 
4. Emami, P., Pardalos P. M., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S, 2018. Machine Learning Methods for Solving Assignment Problems in Multi-Target Tracking. arXiv:1802.06897v1  [cs.CV] . 

2017 

1. Letter C., Elefteriadou L., 2017. Efficient control of fully automated connected vehicles at freeway merge segments. Transp. Res. Part C Emerging Technologies. 80, 190–205. DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2017.04.015

2014 

1. Li Z., Elefteriadou L., Ranka S., 2014. Signal Control Optimization for Automated Vehicles at Isolated Signalized Intersections. Transp. Res. Part C Emerging Technologies. 49, 1–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.10.001

Other papers and other conferences 

2019 

1. Autonomous Vehicles, Traffic and Humans, Workshop on Autonomous Cars: Science, Technology, and Policy, The Brookings Institution (in collaboration with the UFTI and the Texas A&M Innovation Research Center), July 24, 2019, Washington DC. 
2. Signal Control Optimization with Autonomous and Connected Vehicles:  Implementation Issues and the I-STREET Testbed, AVS, Orlando, FL, July 15, 2019. 
3. Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream, WTS Conference, Boston, MA, May 16, 2019. 
4. Optimizing Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream, Invited Seminar, University of Michigan, April 4, 2019. 
5. Integrating Research and Technology Transfer: Examples from the UFTI, presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, TRB Session 1509, January 15, 2019. 
6. Moving from Research & Development to Field Deployment: Florida’s Connected and Automated Vehicle Program and I-STREET, presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, TRB Session 1781, January 16, 2019. 

2017 

1. Smart intersection control algorithms for automated vehicles. Presented at the tenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 2017. 
2. Tracking Vehicles Equipped with Dedicated Short-Range Communication at Traffic Intersections.  Seventh ACM International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications (DIVANet’17).

Technologies or Techniques 

1. Android app (beta) to communicate speed recommendation to drivers.
2. Installation of a multi-sensor suite at an intersection in Gainesville.

Thesis and Dissertation 

2019 

1. Optimizing Signalized Intersections Performance Under Conventional and Automated Vehicles Traffic, by Pourmehrab M., 2019.
2. Optimizing Freeway Merge Operations under Conventional and Automated Vehicle Traffic by Omidvar A., 2019.

2017 

1. An Application of DSRC Between Connected Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems, MS Thesis, by John Esposito, May 2017. 

Education and Outreach Material 

1. Video to promote the project for K-12 audience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7n4YAIkwg
2. Documentation: https://github.com/UF-Transportation-Institute/RIO/wiki