Join ISERD for a dedicated webinar presenting the upcoming Horizon Europe 2027 calls in Clean & Smart Transportation, covering electric vehicles, zero-emission mobility, digital transportation technologies, green aviation, sustainable shipping and environmentally friendly transport solutions.
DATE & TIME
November 30, 2026 | 10:00
Smart Transportation in Transition is a webinar series by the Israel Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC) that presents emerging research, methods, and applications in smart mobility. The webinar series aims to create a forum for discussing how transportation systems are changing in response to emerging technologies, behavioral shifts, sustainability goals, policy needs, and evolving mobility patterns. The series seeks to connect academic research with real-world transportation challenges and to encourage dialogue across disciplines and sectors.
WEBINAR NO. 3:
Error Bounds for Stochastic User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment
DATE & TIME
Nov 16, 2026 | 15:30
TARGET AUDIENCE
Smart Transportation Researchers and Practitioners
SPEAKER
Prof. Stephen D. Boyles
Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
FACILITATOR
Dr. Rui Yao
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION
Traffic assignment models are used to predict travelers' route choices in a network; stochastic traffic assignment models assume this route choice is based on minimizing the cost, including randomly-distributed perception errors. These models are solved numerically, using iterative algorithms, raising the question of the level of precision needed for practical applications. Past work has developed empirical guidance on the precision levels at which the solution stabilizes, but no mathematical bound on distance to the solution has been known. We present error bounds that do exactly that: at an intermediate point in the computation, we provide upper bounds on how much the path flows, link flows, and other metrics differ from the exact solution. We connect these mathematical bounds to past empirical guidance, and show how the bounds can be used as a pruning rule in bilevel optimization (e.g., model calibration or network design), to focus computation time on the most promising solutions.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the ISTRC Call for Scholarships 2026-27!
This year, 28 outstanding students, including 17 PhD and 11 Master’s students from seven academic institutions across Israel, have received ISTRC scholarships in recognition of their research in Smart Transportation.
We are pleased to announce the prize recipients of the ISTRC Call for Prizes 2026!
A total of nine prizes were distributed among the following categories:
This year, ISTRC launched its new Call for Policy White Papers, aimed at supporting policy papers based on academic research that inform transportation policy and strategic decision-making in Israel.
Through this initiative, ISTRC seeks to bridge the gap between research and policymaking by promoting evidence-based, actionable, and interdisciplinary insights.
We warmly congratulate the winners of the Call!
Smart Transportation in Transition is a webinar series by the Israel Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC) that presents emerging research, methods, and applications in smart mobility. The webinar series aims to create a forum for discussing how transportation systems are changing in response to emerging technologies, behavioral shifts, sustainability goals, policy needs, and evolving mobility patterns. The series seeks to connect academic research with real-world transportation challenges and to encourage dialogue across disciplines and sectors.
WEBINAR NO. 1:
Behavioral, Structural and Policy Opportunities and Challenges in Getting Long-Distance Passenger Travel On-Track
DATE
July 14, 2026
TARGET AUDIENCE
Smart Transportation Researchers and Practitioners
SPEAKER
Prof. Oded Cats - Head of the Department of Transport and Planning, Co-leader of the Smart Public Transport Lab - Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
FACILITATOR
Dr. Rui Yao - Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION
Long-distance travel (>100km) in the European context accounts for about 2.5% of the trips but amounts to 55% of all travelled kilometers. Even though rail is considered to be a significant alternative to car and air in this travel category, its market share ranges between 6 and 12% for domestic and cross-border travel, respectively. In this talk we will discuss several related developments in relation to travel behavior, network and service design, and policy interventions - ranging from mobility credits to flight bans. Spoiler alert: we will see that current behavioral trends, network investments and policy measures fall short of achieving the intended goals.
The 6th Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC) Annual & Students Conference was hosted by the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology on January 28, 2026.
The annual ISTRC conference is an interdisciplinary research event covering all areas of transportation research.
This year, the Annual Conference and the Students’ Conference were merged into a unified event.
The conference program featured a keynote lecture, 22 research presentations across parallel sessions, a student poster exhibition showcasing more than 40 posters and two student awards, and extensive networking opportunities for researchers and students.
Visit the link below to view session recordings, photos, and the detailed program.
Professor Yuval Hadas ז”ל of the Department of Management at Bar-Ilan University was a member of the core team that conceived and established ISTRC. Yuval passed away, far too soon, in 2024.
His colleagues, Dr. Oren Nahum of Ashkelon Academic College and Professor Jacek Zak of Poznań University of Technology, are leading an initiative to edit an academic book in his memory.
Scholars who worked with Professor Hadas, were his professional colleagues, or conduct research in related fields are warmly invited to consider contributing to this commemorative publication.
Please kindly read Dr. Nahum's letter at the link below.
מזמינים אותכם להצטרף למחקר של אוניברסיטת בר-אילן שיקדם את בריאותכם.
אוניברסיטת בר-אילן חוקרת את ההשפעה של שילוב הליכה תוך כדי שימוש בתחבורה ציבורית.
לפרטים נוספים לחצו על התמונה למטה.
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