UFTI Researchers Hosted Data Visualization Workshop with Leading Researchers Across the US

UFTI organized a half-day workshop on “Visualizing Transportation Big Data for Efficient Decision Making” on Friday, December 8. Despite the sudden bad weather, about 30 people attended the event in person, in addition to a handful of virtual participants who logged into a Zoom meeting to follow the presentations. April Blackburn, Chief of Transportation Technology, FDOT, spoke first; her topic was data governance and FDOT initiatives to date. Dr. Natalia Ruiz Juri, Director of the Network Modeling Center (NMC), UT Austin, shared recent and ongoing efforts in Austin, Texas, on private-public joint engagements in the analysis of emerging data streams. Dr. Catherine Lawson, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, was the third speaker; she provided several examples of visualization efforts undertaken at the Albany Visualization and Informatics Labs (AVAIL). Finally, Dr. Ilir Bejleri, Associate Professor, and Dr. Sanjay Ranka, Professor, both from the University of Florida, provided an overview of UF efforts on visualizing transportation data on maps by discussing traditional and emerging GIS tools.

Listed below are the speakers, their presentation topics and a link to their presentation.

Data Governance – The Foundation for Awesome Analytics [Link]

April Blackburn, PMP

Chief of Transportation Technology

Transportation Technology Office

Florida Department of Transportation

Sharing Novel Transportation Data to Promote Innovation through Collaboration: Case Studies from Austin, TX [Link]

Dr. Natalia Ruiz Juri

Director of the Network Modeling Center (NMC)

Center for Transportation Research

University of Texas at Austin

Moving Data Forward with Modern Processing [Link]

Dr. Catherine Lawson

Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning,

Director of the Lewis Mumford Center/Albany Visualization and Informatics Labs (AVAIL)

University at Albany

Visualizing Big Data on Maps: Emerging Tools and Techniques [Link]

Dr. Ilir Bejleri

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Assistant Director, GeoPlan Center

University of Florida

Dr. Sanjay Ranka

Professor, Computer and Information Science and Engineering

University of Florida