Research Areas

Workshops

1st International Workshop on Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems (ACS-2012) Held in Conjunction With SIAM Data Mining (SDM-2012),
April 26-28, 2012
AGU Fall Meeting 2011, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA

Geocomputation for Transportation

Modeling and Simulation

The development of algorithms and implementation of projects requirements for multimodal route optimization, intelligent evacuation planning and data driven scalable simulations are the major focus of this research area. Tools developed include the Transportation Routing Analysis Geographic Information System (TRAGIS), the Intermodal Transport Network, and the Railroad Routing and Visualization Application (RRVA).

Projects

AirTraffic Analysis
Defense Logistics Agency RFID Pilots
PortSim

Publications

Social Media

Highlights

New ORNL Technology to help KUB Customers Understand Their Bill
January 27, 2012, WATE.COM – If you think there's a problem with your utility charges or how your meter's being read, all you may be able to do is call your utility company.

Grid Visualization Efforts Helped Heal After Hurricane
September 26, 2011 – By many counts, Irene was the worst hurricane the U.S. East Coast has had to contend with since 2003. For those inland areas hit hardest by flooding, restoration will likely continue for years.

Joplin, Missouri Tornado: Do People Fail to Respond to Tornado Warnings?
Jenniffer Santos-Hernandez at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped conduct a phone survey of more than 600 people in Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.