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Opportunities and Challenges for Automated Vehicles in Rural Areas
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 20: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Grand A-D
Omar Ahmad
Deputy Director, National Advanced Driving Simulator, University of Iowa
@simulationhawk
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
This presentation describes the ADS for Rural America demonstration grant project. We are driving a transit van through 47 miles of rural roadways in Iowa and collecting data on the performance of the automation as well as rider trust and perception of automated vehicles before and after their experience. We expect to be able to produce one of the largest and most unique datasets that can be used to identify challenges and opportunities for the operation of AVs in rural areas.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Ahmad has been working in driving simulation, vehicle safety, and human performance since 1994 and has extensive experience in managing research projects utilizing driving simulators and on-road vehicles. As a part of the team that built and wrote software for the National Advanced Driving Simulator, he has written software related to autonomous vehicle behavior modeling, modeling vehicle systems/interfaces, scenario authoring, data reduction/analysis, and simulator fidelity.
Mr. Ahmad has served as the project manager for a series of on-road demonstration projects utilizing automated vehicles and HD maps, as well as several simulation-based research studies related to studying vehicle safety and human performance in the areas of active safety, impairment, driver distraction, and driver modeling. Mr. Ahmad currently serves in the role of deputy director of NADS and is project manager for the USDOT ADS Demonstration Grant project titled “ADS for Rural America.”
