Harnessing Autonomous Vehicles for Smarter Traffic Management
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This seminar explores how autonomous vehicles can be leveraged to improve traffic efficiency across multiple transportation scenarios. Presented by Ruolin Li from USC on May 2, 2025, the one-hour talk examines highway on-ramps, vehicle routing in networks, and toll lane usage to demonstrate innovative models capturing the complex dynamics between human-driven and autonomous vehicles. Learn about control strategies that optimize autonomous vehicles' potential while preventing adverse exploitation, and understand why well-designed deployment policies are crucial for ensuring autonomous mobility benefits society at large. The presenter, Ruolin Li, is a Gabilan Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC whose research focuses on active control of autonomous vehicles in mixed-autonomy environments using game theory, multi-agent systems, and optimization. Before joining USC, she completed postdoctoral work at Stanford University and earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, receiving recognition as a Rising Star in both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
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Harnessing Autonomous Vehicles for Smarter Traffic Management
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