Distributed Testing and the Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety (VOICES)
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Indigo D
Danielle Chou
Enabling Technologies Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration
Presentation Description
USDOT has been researching ways to advance understanding of automated and connected surface transportation applications by identifying conflicts between road users and resolving them earlier in the development process. This presentation describes FHWA efforts to establish distributed testing capabilities on the VOICES portal. Distributed testing across multiple organizations uses co-simulation with a mix of physical and simulated test assets to improve operational and test safety while reducing costs through earlier issue resolution and through model re-use.
Speaker Biography
Danielle Chou is a program manager for enabling technologies at the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Safety and Operations R&D. She is also the chair of the Steering Committee for the Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles ("Mobility COE") that conducts research on the broader system impacts of emerging transportation technologies, including on land use, health equity, and municipal budgets. She earned her degrees in mechanical engineering at MIT and spent 14 years at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) working on missile defense control systems before serving as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office. Her focus at DOT has been on studying how automation, connectivity, electrification, sharing, and other trends can make the transportation system safer, more sustainable, and more equitable.
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