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Professional Committees Workshop 2023

ISTRC Professional Committee Members Workshop 2023 – Roundtable Event – RECORDING

DATE
February 05, 2023

LOCATION
Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv

GOAL
The ISTRC Professional Committee Members Workshop 2023 - Roundtable Event was held in collaboration with ISERD (Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate).
The workshop was designed to unite groups of researchers towards Horizon Europe 2023-24 Calls in the Smart Transportation domain:

  • Get familiar with relevant Horizon Europe 2023-24 Calls
  • Get familiar and network with potential partners from all sectors

10 selected Calls were chosen by the ISTRC Professional Committees' chairs to be presented at the workshop, while the following 3 Calls were discussed in the "Round Tables" facilitated by ISERD and ISTRC:

  1. HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08: Improved transport infrastructure performance – Innovative digital tools and solutions to monitor and improve the management and operation of transport infrastructure
  2. HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06: Optimising multimodal network and traffic management, harnessing data from infrastructures, mobility of passengers and freight transport
  3. HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09: Policies and governance shaping the future transport and mobility systems

A summary of the 10 selected Calls (in Hebrew) is available HERE. 

EVENT RECORDINGS

Event’s Goals and Program
Tchiya Allon, General Manager, ISTRC
Prof. Erel Avineri, Afeka Academic College of Engineering

Information about the ISTRC 2023 Annual and Student Conference
Dr. Ayelet Gal-Tzur, Ruppin Academic Center

Greetings
Daniella Gera Margaliot, Deputy Managing Director, Smart Mobility Initiative

Success story - The Municipality of Eilat
Assaf Admon, Head of Eilat-Eilot Environmental Unit

Selected Horizon Calls – Overview and Tips
Hagit Schwimmer, Senior Director, ISERD
Asaf Aharon, Head of Sector, ISERD

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 
Prof. Erel Avineri (Afeka Academic College of Engineering), Prof. Eyal Yaniv (Bar-Ilan University), Tchiya Allon (ISTRC)

Meet the Industry - Public Sector Webinar 2022

“Meet the Industry and the Public Sector” Webinar – RECORDING

DATE
December 27, 2022

TARGET AUDIENCE
All researchers in the Israeli academy

GOAL
Provide a glimpse into industry and public sector challenges & opportunities in order to promote collaborative research.

OBJECTIVES

  • Promote academy-industry / public sector research collaboration, aligned with the center’s Smart Transportation Zero Externalities Vision.
  • Get familiar with:
    1. Initiatives in the Smart Transportation field in Israel
    2. Their research interest
    3. Contact person to collaborate with

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Introduction
Tchiya Allon, General Manager, ISTRC

The National Initiative For Autonomous Public Transportation - an Israeli Innovation Authorities Project/Experiment
Dror Ben David, Initiative Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Waze for Cities
Noam Reshef, Partnerships Community Manager, Waze

The Municipality of Eilat
Assaf Admon, Head of Eilat-Eilot Environmental Unit

Andromeda TeleOperation Consortium’s Technology and Beyond
Eli Shapira, System Architect, Andromeda

ISTRC Booth at Ecomotion Week 2022

ISTRC Booth at the EcoMotion Week 2022 Main Event

DATE
May 11, 2022

The ISTRC booth at the EcoMotion Week 2022 Main Event provided a glimpse into the Israeli academy and hosted students teams competing in international car racing competitions.

People who visited us learned about opportunities for academy-industry collaboration and research funding in the Smart Transportation domain.

Israel Innovation Authority Webinar

Israel Innovation Authority & ISTRC Webinar on Smart Transportation – Research Opportunities – RECORDING

DATE
February 06, 2022

TARGET AUDIENCE
All Researchers in the Smart Transportation domain (from academy, industry R&D, etc.)

DETAILS

The Israel Innovation Authority together with the Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC) conducted a dedicated webinar on Smart Transportation, aiming to promote collaboration between the academy and the industry researchers.

During the webinar, the Israel Innovation Authority presented their funding programs, following ISTRC’s presentation of the Center’s open Call for Research. The two opportunities are complementary to each other.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

On the Israel Innovation Authority’s YouTube Channel

More detailed information about the webinar can be found HERE.

ISTRC Professional Committees Workshop 2021

ISTRC Professional Committees Workshop – RECORDING

DATE
November 02, 2021

LOCATION
Bar-Ilan Center for Smart Cities, Bar-Ilan University

TARGET AUDIENCE
Smart Transportation researchers (academy, industry and public sector)

DETAILS

The ISTRC Professional Committees Workshop aims to facilitate networking and recommend topics for the ISTRC Annual Call for Research.
Information about the nine ISTRC Professional Committees can be found HERE.

WORKSHOP RECORDINGS

On Bar-Ilan Centre for Smart Cities' Facebook

Detailed program of the workshop can be found HERE.

Corona Research Webinar

ISTRC “CoroNa” Research Reports- Special Webinar – RECORDING

DATE
July 21, 2021

CHAIR
Prof. Yoram Shiftan, ISTRC

DETAILS

Upon the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center initiated a Call for Research named “CoroNa” for research proposals targeting transportation and coronavirus.

A total of 38 proposals were submitted from 13 academic institutions, of which 6 proposals won a total of ILS 550,000, involving 14 researchers from 5 academic institutions in Israel.

Click HERE to see the research topics, the names of the researchers and the academic institutions that won the “CoroNa” Call for Research.

This webinar presents the research that was carried out by the six winners of the “CoroNa” Call for Research.

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

FULL WEBINAR or specific lectures via the links below

Opening Words
Prof. Yoram Shiftan, ISTRC

Transportation preferences during COVID19 epidemic
Prof. Gil Luria and Dr. Hadas Marciano, University of Haifa

Passenger behavior in a Level 3 autonomous vehicle used to transport Corona patients
Prof. Eyal Yaniv, Bar-Ilan University

Examining travel behavior changes among users of car-sharing services in times of COVID-19 outbreak
Prof. Tomer Toledo, Technion

Pedestrian walking patterns and traffic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, during COVID-19 quarantine and exit-quarantine policies, using BT sensor technology
Prof. Pnina Plaut and Dr. Sagi Dalyot, Technion

Spatially-explicit modeling of SARS-CoV-2 spread by public transport
Dr. Ido Klein, Dr. Aleksey Ogulenko and Prof. Itzhak Benenson, Tel Aviv University

Autonomous charging system
Prof. Amir Shapiro, Shmulik Edelman and Yotam Regev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Closing words
Prof. Yoram Shiftan, ISTRC