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MOBILITY INTIATIVE EVENTS

MIT MOBILITY

VISION DAY

MIT's annual Mobility Vision Day showcases the latest research and innovation in the realm of transportation. The event convenes leaders and thinkers from across the globe representing the public, private, and non-profit sectors to encourage cross-sector collaboration in setting a research agenda driving innovation that creates a transportation system that is more sustainable, equitable, and efficient.

MOBILITY

FORUM

A weekly seminar series, the MIT Mobility Forum offers an opportunity to showcase the groundbreaking transportation research occurring across the Institute. Faculty members and researchers present their latest findings, ideas, and innovations, followed by a lively discussion. More details can be found at www.mobilityinitiative.mit.edu/forum.

LEADERSHIP IN MOBILITY INNOVATION

A series of dialogues between entrepreneurs and faculty members to offer insights into the diverse frameworks and opportunities for innovation within the field of mobility. More details can be found at www.mobilityinitiative.mit.edu/entrepreneurshipdialogue.

MOBILITY INTIATIVE EVENTS

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Engineering Ecosystems with AI

Sandy Pentland

Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Toshiba Professor; Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director

Funding US Transportation needs in an electric, post-gas tax world

Jim Aloisi and Bhuvan Atluri

Lecturer of Transportation Policy and Planning & Program Manager, MMI

Demand-Responsive Microtransit: Design and Operations

Alexandre Jacquillat

Associate Professor, Operations Research and Statistics

MIT Mobility Initiative: Three Years On

Jinhua Zhao & John Moavenzadeh

Founder & Faculty Director - MMI and Executive Director -MMI

Women Leaders in Transportation: Mobility Forum Sub-series Co-Hosted by Prof. Jinhua Zhao and Hyun-A Park

Laura Chace, Hyun-A Park, Victoria Sheehan and Polly Trottenberg

President & CEO - ITS America, President - Spy Pond Partner & MIT Corporation Member, TRB Executive Director, US DOT Deputy Secretary

Learning with Certificate Functions for Automotive Systems

Chuchu Fan

Wilson Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and PI of LIDS, MIT

Cities, Mobility & Complexity in a Post-Pandemic World

Eric Miller

Professor, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of TorontoDirector, University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute

MIT Mobility Vision Day: Lunch Panel

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Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles – Opportunities and Challenges

Harry Tuller

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Pedal, Power, and Tensions: A Panel Discussion on Micromobility and Cities

Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Mike Frumin, Dave Montague, Tony Ho

Chief of Streets for City of Boston, Director of Product & Data Science at Lyft Transit/Bikes/Scooters, CEO at Metromobility, VP of Robotics & Business Development at Segway

Wheel and Deals: Institutional Investment in Mobility, Mobility Forum Sub-series Co-Hosted by Prof. Jinhua Zhao and Jeff Shen

Jinhua Zhao and Jeff Shen

Founder & Faculty Director - MMI, Professor of Cities and Transportation; Co-CIO of Active Equity and Co-Head of Systematic Active Equity (SAE) at BlackRock

Dan and Eva Roos Best Dissertation Award and Presentations

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Dan and Eva Roos Awardees

Public Transit Adaptation: A Panel Discussion on How Transit Agencies Can Respond to Post-Pandemic Trends and Emerging New Technologies

Fred Salvucci and Jim Aloisi

Senior Lecturer & Senior Research Associate and Lecturer of Transportation Policy and Planning

VC-Startup Synergy in Transportation: Mobility Forum Sub-series

Selected VCs and Startups

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Envisioning Profitable Autonomous Transit Networks

Alain Kornhauser

Professor of Operations Research & Financial EngineeringDirector, Transportation Program, Princeton university

Telemobility, Hybrid Work and the Next Normal

Hani Mahmassani

W. A. Patterson Chair in Transportation; Director, Northwestern University Transportation Center

Tectonic shifts in science, technology, and industrial policy: looking ahead

Liz Reynolds & David Mindell

Lecturer, DUSP, MIT; Former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development at the National Economic Council & MIT Professor, Executive Chairman at Humatics, Co-founder at Unless

Modelling Sustainable Options - the importance of habit and perceptions

Juan de Dios Ortuzar

Emeritus Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

The case against transportation policy priority one being electrified personal cars

Robin Chase

co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, Buzzcar and GoLoco

From Reinforcement Learning to Sequential Decision Analytics with Applications in Transportation and Logistics

Warren Powell

Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, Chief Innovation Officer at Optimal Dynamics

How safe is safe enough for Autonomous Vehicles

Philip Koopman

Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Author - How Safe Is Safe Enough? Measuring and Predicting Autonomous Vehicle Safety

Moving from Citations to Collective Wisdom in Travel Behavior Research

Joan Walker

Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

What about pedestrians in urban mobility

Panel : Andres Sevtsuk, Peter Norton & Kris Carter

Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning, MIT, Associate Professor of History Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia, & Chair, New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston

Last-mile logistics on steroids: how to connect humans, machines, and algorithms to deliver to the future needs of consumers

Matthias Winkenbach

Director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab & Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Traffic Management Challenges in Advanced Air Mobility

Hamsa Balakrishnan

William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

AI and Public Transit

Jinhua Zhao

Director, MIT Mobility Initiative and Associate Professor of City and Transportation Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Toshiba Professor;
Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director

Professor, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Director, University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute

Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Director, Transportation Program, Princeton university