With the emergence of various transportation technologies, comes an intricate web of challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of effective, efficient, and sustainable transportation solutions. This talk explores challenges of creating a new transportation environment — one that balances contrasting needs of its agents (humans, vehicles, infrastructure, and automation). The discussion will focus on themes of (i) human-machine interactions, (ii) transportation data-driven learning under heterogeneity, (iii) environmental rebound effect of emerging mobility, and (iv) transportation management strategies.

Mr. Wissam Kontar is an incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a current postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research lies in various aspects of learning, analysis, and control of emerging transportation technologies, particularly addressing the challenges of complex behavior within a shared transportation ecosystem.