Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research

Cyber Physical Systems in Surface Transportation

NSF Transportation CPS
January 23, 2014

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Presentation Outline

• Government Interests
  
  
  • Safety, mobility, environment
    
    
• Government orientation
  
  
• Need for cooperation

CPS Impact

• Safety
  
  
  • Avoid crashes (time between crashes), reduce crash severity
    
    
• Mobility
  
  
  • Improve system reliability
    
    
• Environment
  
  
  • Decrease energy, natural resource needs

CPS Orientation

CPS Paths

Connected Systems

• New Data
  
  
• New Communications
  
  
  • V2X, V2V
    
    
  • DSRC, Cellular, etc.
    
    
• Enabling Technologies
  
  
  • Localization and mapping
    
    
  • Extended situational awareness

Assessing Performance

• Massive New Data
  
  
  • Roadside sensors
    
    
  • Vehicle based sensors
    
    
• Predictive Modeling
  
  
  • Actionable information
    
    
• Control
  
  
  • From macro to micro

Human Behavior

• Shared Control
  
  
  • Human-in-the-loop
    
    
  • Driver monitoring
    
    
• Test beds
  
  
  • Driving simulators
    
    
  • Controlled courses
    
    
  • Naturalistic driving
    
    
  • Hybrid

Government Research

• Continued Focus on Connected Infrastructure and Vehicle Systems
  
  
  • Enabling technologies
    
    
  • Scaling cyber physical systems
    
    
  • Testing and evaluation
    
    
• Future Focus on Systems for Assessing Performance
  
  
  • Infrastructure asset monitoring and control

Thank You

FHWA EAR Program
www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch

FHWA Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory
www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/labs/operations/

USDOT ITS JPO
www.its.dot.gov/testbed.htm

David Kuehn, Program Manager
(202) 493-3414 or david.kuehn@dot.gov