BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241204T135431Z UID:806E24F4-5010-4DA3-B17A-87EB9769183E DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T130000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: [Ali Karimoddini](https://www.accesslab.net/people/ali -karimoddini)\, PhD\, Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering Depa rtment\, North Carolina A&T State University\n\nHost: Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, Florida Atlantic University\, Boca Rato n\, FL\nhttps://eecs.fau.edu\n\nThis talk will present cutting-edge AI tec hniques for the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs)\, with a focus on their deployment in rural and suburban areas. It will begin by discussing the novel autonomy architectures of microtransit AVs developed at North C arolina A&T State University\, highlighting innovative approaches tailored to these challenging environments. The speaker will then discuss his team team’s advancements in multi-modal sensing and perception\, which are c ritical for real-time decision-making\, control\, and testing of AVs in ru ral and suburban settings.\n\nThe presentation will cover both theoretical developments and experimental results\, particularly in areas such as lan e detection and tracking under difficult conditions (e.g.\, faded or missi ng lane boundaries)\, detection and response to vulnerable road users (e.g .\, pedestrians)\, and robust control on challenging terrains (e.g.\, stee p inclines or sharp turns). Additionally\, insights from recent deployment s of microtransit AVs at the rural AV test track at NCA&T\, as well as on public roads in underserved communities of Greensboro\, will be shared. Th ese efforts aim to enhance mobility and connect residents of disadvantaged areas to vital establishments in downtown Greensboro.\n\nFinally\, the ta lk will discuss the challenges that lie ahead and the future advancements needed to achieve higher levels of autonomy for AVs\, with a particular em phasis on deployment in rural communities.\n\nRegister here: https://short url.at/mFBtZ\n\n[]\n\nCo-sponsored by: Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, Florida Atlantic University\n\nSpeaker(s): Ali Karimodd ini\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444778 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444778 ORGANIZER:hkalva@fau.edu SEQUENCE:24 SUMMARY:Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Tools for Development and Deploy ment of Autonomous Vehicles in Rural and Suburban Environments URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/444778 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: cent er\;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Speaker:</span></strong><span style="font-siz e: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;"> </span><a href="http s://www.accesslab.net/people/ali-karimoddini"><span style="font-size: 12.0 pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;" >Ali Karimoddini</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: ' Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">\, PhD\, Professor \, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\ ,serif\; color: #333333\;">Electrical and Computer Engineering Department< span style="background: white\;">\, </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-f areast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: #333333\; background: white\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-lang uage: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">North Carolina A&amp\;T State Un iversity </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white\; vert ical-align: baseline\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: 'Ti mes New Roman'\,serif\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;"><stron g>Host: Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, Florida Atl antic University\, Boca Raton\, FL</strong><br><a href="https://eecs.fau.e du">https://eecs.fau.edu</a>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style ="background: white\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><span style="font-family : 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;">T his talk will present cutting-edge AI techniques for the development of au tonomous vehicles (AVs)\, with a focus on their deployment in rural and su burban areas. It will begin by discussing the novel autonomy architectures of microtransit AVs developed at North Carolina A&amp\;T State University \, highlighting innovative approaches tailored to these challenging enviro nments. The speaker will then discuss his team team&rsquo\;s advancements in multi-modal sensing and perception\, which are critical for real-time d ecision-making\, control\, and testing of AVs in rural and suburban settin gs.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white\; vertical-a lign: baseline\;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,ser if\;">&nbsp\;</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\, serif\; color: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;">The presentation will cover both theoretical developments and experimental results\, particularl y in areas such as lane detection and tracking under difficult conditions (e.g.\, faded or missing lane boundaries)\, detection and response to vuln erable road users (e.g.\, pedestrians)\, and robust control on challenging terrains (e.g.\, steep inclines or sharp turns). Additionally\, insights from recent deployments of microtransit AVs at the rural AV test track at NCA&amp\;T\, as well as on public roads in underserved communities of Gree nsboro\, will be shared. These efforts aim to enhance mobility and connect residents of disadvantaged areas to vital establishments in downtown Gree nsboro.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white\; vertic al-align: baseline\;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\ ,serif\;">&nbsp\;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; line-hei ght: 115%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-famil y: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-U S\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Finally\, th e talk will discuss the challenges that lie ahead and the future advanceme nts needed to achieve higher levels of autonomy for AVs\, with a particula r emphasis on deployment in rural communities.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNo rmal" style="background: white\; vertical-align: baseline\; text-align: ce nter\;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast- theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Register here: <span style="font-size : 11.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-as cii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-farea st-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi- font-family: Arial\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;"><a href= "https://shorturl.at/mFBtZ"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line- height: 115%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">https://shorturl.a t/mFBtZ</span></strong></a></span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><span style="font-size: 1 1.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fa reast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ans i-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA \;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Cal ibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-fareast-font-f amily: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-fon t: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor- bidi\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-l anguage: AR-SA\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 11 5%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;"><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee .org/vtools_ui/media/display/4cf26f6c-4503-448a-837f-e072f9de0130" alt="" width="274" height="175"></span></strong></span></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR