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I-STREET Living Lab and Autonomous Shuttles (Dr.Pruthvi Manjunatha)
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 20: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Royal AB
Pruthvi Manjunatha
Research Assistant Professor, University of Florida
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
This presentation introduces an emerging technology living lab in Gainesville, Florida called I-STREET.
Lessons learnt from two different autonomous shuttle demonstration projects in Florida are presented.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Pruthvi Manjunatha is the I-STREET “Living Lab” Manager and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. His experience has been in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) infrastructure, Human Factors and Driver Behavior, Traffic Simulation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operations and data management.
In his current role as I-STREET “Living Lab” Manager at the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) he co-ordinates with the City of Gainesville and Florida Department of Transportation in the planning and implementation of I-STREET projects. He works with project PIs and industry partners to coordinate software, hardware and application efforts and ensures consistency and interoperability of various components.
