Category Archives: Past Event

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

Big Data Webinar

Big Data & The National Travel Demand Model – Special Webinar – RECORDING

DATE
June 01, 2021

CHAIR
Dr. Ayelet Gal-Tzur, Big Data and Data Analytics Professional Committee Chair, ISTRC

DETAILS

The webinar’s goal is to present a Ministry of Transport project for the development of the Israel National Travel Demand Model, based on a Big Data-driven demand analytics system, in which cellular data was used to estimate the amount and distribution of trips in Israel.

RECORDING
Full webinar or specific lectures via the links below

Introduction
Dr. Ayelet Gal-Tzur

Greetings
Vladimir Simon, Director, Economic Planning and Research Department, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety

Demand analytics – the methodology, the product and future applications
Dr. Israel Feldman, Chief Scientist, Mobi – Mobility Insight

The National Travel Demand Model and its importance to plan development and implementation
Shuki Cohen, CEO, MATAT – Transportation Planning Center Ltd.

Big Data production – regulatory, business and preparatory challenges
▪ Lior Lapid, Head of Product Development Department, Pelephone
▪ Dov Ganor, CEO, Mobi – Mobility Insight

The potential and challenges in using Big Data for promoting the transportation system’s goals
▪ Dr. Sagi Dalyot, Technion, Civil and Environmental Engineering
▪ Limor Shmerling Magazanik, Israel Tech Policy Institute
▪ Dr. Natan Pinhas, Transportation Research Institute, Technion

Ecomotion Week 2021

Empowering & Developing Human Capital in Smart Mobility at ECOMOTION WEEK 2021

DATE
May 18-20, 2021

DETAILS
In the ISTRC virtual booth we hosted academy representatives who provided a glimpse into challenges and initiatives of student teams and offered the opportunity to collaborate with them:

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Meet The Consortia Webinar

Meet the Consortia – Special Webinar

DATE
May 04, 2021

CHAIR
Tchiya Allon, ISTRC

DETAILS
This webinar was designed to introduce to the Israeli Smart Transportation community two Consortia: AVATAR and ANDROMEDA: their goals, members, focus areas, activities and outcome.

Daniella Gera Margaliot, Smart Mobility Initiative at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office

Moshe Avrahami, Israel Innovation Authority

Erez Nur, Avatar Consortium

Dr. Rony Ohayon, Andromeda Consortium

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ISERD’s Introduction to Horizon Europe Calls for Proposals for Smart Transportation – Special Webinar – RECORDING

DATE
April 28, 2021

DETAILS

The Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD) together with ISTRC conducted an introduction to the Horizon Europe Programme’s Calls for Proposals in the Smart Transportation domain.

To get the most out of the webinar, please check the LIST OF TOPICS in advance.
The webinar was held in HEBREW.

RECORDING