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International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems – June 22-23 – Rome, Italy

April 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm

Sapienza University of Roma

Faculty of Engineering

The International Conference on Models and Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems aims at providing an opportunity for scholars engaged in basic or industrial research to meet and to discuss requirements for ITS applications, unsolved problems and future developments.

 Important dates

Abstract submission: March 15, 2009

Acceptance notification: April 15, 2009

Early Registration: April 30, 2009

Topics

·       Dynamic models for ITS applications

·       Traveler Information Systems

·       Traffic Management Systems

·       Dynamic Railway Operations

·       Advanced Public Transport Systems

·       Advanced Vehicle Control Systems

·       Commercial Vehicle Operations and Dynamic Fleet Management

·       Human Behavior

·       Diagnostic Systems

·       Devices and Sensors for ITS

·       Safety Systems

·       Security in Transportation Systems

·       Standards and Architectures for ITS

·       Financial and Economical Issues for ITS Deployment

Send an extended abstract

*       E-mail to: its2009@uniroma1.it

A selection of the highest-quality papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.

Propose a special session

*       E-mail to: gaetano.fusco@uniroma1.it

The organization of special sessions of 4-5 papers on specific topics is encouraged.

Scientific Committe and invited speakers

·       Prof. Alberto Broggi (Università di Parma, Italy)

·       Prof. Giulio Erberto Cantarella (Università di Salerno, Italy)

·       Prof. Michael Florian (Université de Montréal, Canada)

·       Prof. Hani Mahmassani (Northwestern University, USA)

·       Prof. Markos Papageorgiou (Technical University of Crete, Greece).

Conference location

The Conference will be held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University Sapienza of Roma, which is located in the historic Center of Rome, 200 meters from the Colosseum. 

For more information, visit the conference website: http://w3.uniroma1.it/its2009/

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Attention All Men: Study Says Women More Attracted To Men In Expensive Cars

March 27, 2009 at 1:14 pm

(Source: Jalopnik)

A UK university’s released a study proving what any car salesman’s ever told us, women judge men primarily by wealth and status, digging guys in expensive cars more than those driving an econobox.

The survey, run by researchers at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, claims it shows women rate a man higher if he is behind the wheels of a “fancy motor rather than in an old banger.” The University team showed women pictures of the same man sitting in two cars — a $100,000 silver Bentley Continental and a battered Ford Fiesta.  The women, aged between 21 to 40, picked the man sitting in the Bentley ahead of the same man in the Ford.

 

The source article on Telegraph UK quotes the study’s author, Dr Dunn, that he believes this basic human trait will not change in the future – even as women become more independent and wealthy in their own rights.  He said: “It appears that the stereotype of women being positively influenced by a man’s status is true and, evolutionarily speaking, this makes sense.  “However, even with the growing number of women in high-paid careers and the fact that they can be highly successful has no effect on how attractive they are to men.  “What you find is that these new, wealthy women still show a preferment for high-status males.”

Now his researchers plan to carry out further studies – to guide men buying expensive cars in their mid-life crisis.  Dr Dunn, who admits to driving an old Ford Ka, will examine if high-status items like expensive cars can help make up for “the attractiveness-diminishing effects of age.”

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TRB Newsletter – Feb 24, 2009

February 24, 2009 at 11:35 am

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