Please join us at the “Big Data for Transportation and Mobility” symposium on June 22 and 23.
Sponsored by the NSF-supported Midwest Big Data Hub (MBDH), the symposium will feature a keynote address from the Smart Cities team from Columbus, Ohio; presentations from research groups at MBDH partner institutions; a panel with representatives of Midwest transportation industries; tutorials; focused breakout-sessions; and a poster session.

Speakers at the symposium include:
* Sam Orth, CIO, City of Columbus, and Christopher Stewart, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Ohio State University, who are working together on the Smart Columbus initiative
* Fen Zhao, NSF Program Lead for the Big Data Hubs and Spokes Program
* Shauna Hallmark, Director, Iowa State University Institute for Transportation
* Huei Peng, Director, Mcity, University of Michigan
* Brian Athey, Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science
* Anuj Sharma, Research Scientist, Iowa State University Institute for Transportation
* Pascal Van Hentenryck, Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
* Carol Flannagan, Research Associate Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Erman Gungor, Ph.D Candidate, Illinois Transportation Center

General topics for breakout sessions include:
* New sources of transportation data from mobile devices and other resources
* New analytic tools for designing and managing transportation systems
* Data for improving transportation safety
* New mobility options for small and midsize cities in the Midwest
* Automated and connected vehicles