Category Archives: Past Event

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

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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

THE 1st ISTRC ANNUAL CONFERENCE – RECORDING

The 1st Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC) Annual Conference was hosted on June 21, 2021 by Tel Aviv University - the Shlomo Shmeltzer Institute for Smart Transportation and the Geosimulation and Spatial Analysis Lab.

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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

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:

Indy Autonomous Challenge 2021 Ariel Team – Prof. Zvi Shiller, Ariel University
Ben-Gurion Racing Formula Team – Dr. Igal Bilik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Technion Formula Student Autonomous Electric Race Car – Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky, Technion
“Designing and Developing Approaches to Smart Transportation Systems” Course – Dr. Natan Pinhas, Technion

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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

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.

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Moving Upward To The Future Of Transport: Urban Air Mobility – Special Webinar – RECORDING

DATE
March 24, 2021

CHAIR
Prof. Jack Haddad, Technion

DETAILS
The webinar’s goal was to introduce various upcoming challenges, opportunities and perspectives in Urban Air Mobility.

WEBINAR RECORDING

Full webinar or specific lectures via the links below

Opening Words
Daniella Gera Margaliot, Deputy Managing Director, Smart Mobility Initiative at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Urban Air Mobility
Prof. Dr. Constantinos (Costas) Antoniou, Technical University of Munich

Exploring Areas of Interest for Academic Contribution in UAS/UAM Domains – Present and Future
Roni Zehavi, CEO, Rontali

Designing Swarms of Autonomous Drones
Prof. Alfred M. Bruckstein, Technion and David Dovrat, Technion

Urban Aerial Mobility – Today (NA’AMA Initiative) and Tomorrow
Dror Ben-David, Subject Matter Expert for the NA’AMA Initiative, Matrix IT

How Far Two eVTOLs Should Be Subject to Communication Uncertainties
Prof. Quan Quan, Beihang University

Macroscopic Traffic Flow Control for Urban Air Mobility Systems
Prof. Jack Haddad, Technion

Round Tables – The Tel Aviv Metro Plan: Planning, Economic And Social Aspects – RECORDING

DATE
March 24, 2021

DETAILS

The event was hosted by the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy, the Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) and ISTRC, and was chaired by Prof. Omer Moav, Tiomkin School of Economics and Aaron Institute, IDC.

The objective of the round tables was to introduce to the Israeli audience the importance of the Metro plan as the core of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area Transportation Strategic Plan, its impact on mobility, economy, and quality of life.

RECORDINGS

February 28, 2021

March 03, 2021

March 09, 2021

Smart Transportation in Challenging Reality – 2020 WEBINAR SERIES – RECORDING

ISTRC initiated its first Webinar Series aiming to provide a glimpse into the activities of the center’s nine Professional Committees.

The webinar series consists of four webinars, each led by a Professional Committee chair, and includes several lectures delivered by experts in academy, industry or public sector.

RECORDINGS
All webinar sessions were recorded and are available through the below link.

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THE 1st Israeli Smart Transportation Students Conference – RECORDING

The 1st Israeli Smart Transportation Students Conference (ISTSC-1) was hosted by Bar-Ilan University on December, 3 2020.

The recordings of the various conference sessions and the names of the winners of the Best Student Conference Paper Award are published on our website.

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