Educational Journey in Germany

Outline

00:00 – Intro

00:51 – Early steps in research

09:55 – Historical overview of traffic control

25:20 – What is traffic?

34:06 – Road traffic control

45:37 – PI control of road junctions

58:19 – From macroscopic to microscopic simulations and back

1:10:08 – Dynamic traffic assignment

1:21:28 – Return to Greece

1:28:33 – The optimal control problem

1:41:48 – Traffic estimation

1:47:34 – The impact of automation and connectivity

1:59:20 – Traffic as an artificial fluid

2:07:51 – The future of traffic control

2:10:48 – Advice to future students

2:13:53 – Outro

Link

Homepage: https://tinyurl.com/yw7kee97

CSS day lecture: https://tinyurl.com/46vua4r7

Monograph - Applications of Automatic Control Concepts to Traffic Flow Modeling and Control: https://tinyurl.com/5czax788

Review of road traffic control strategies: https://tinyurl.com/48u235pw

ALINEA: https://tinyurl.com/bdtvny87

METANET: https://tinyurl.com/3h9xv48t

AIMSUM:https://tinyurl.com/mr2xkryj

AMOC: https://tinyurl.com/3v2xysr2

HERO: https://tinyurl.com/yzn6vkwh

Real-time freeway traffic state estimation based on extended Kalman filter: a general approach: https://tinyurl.com/2ubsh7cy

TRAMAN: https://tinyurl.com/ypr65cfa

Coordinated and integrated control of motorway networks via non-linear optimal control: https://tinyurl.com/3v2xysr2

Motorway traffic flow modelling, estimation and control with vehicle automation and communication systems: https://tinyurl.com/49679hy8

From road congestion to vehicle-control enabled artificial traffic fluids: https://tinyurl.com/pk4j8htp

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Acknowledgments and sponsors
This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.