IEEE Systems Council

Intelligent Transportation Design Technical Committee

Stand-up Meeting – 4/25/14, 4p, Eastern

Mr. Roger Oliva convened the meeting.

Introductions were accomplished: Tom Kurihara, Chris Nemeth, Jianbo Lu, Ophir Kendler

Intelligent Transportation Design will capture the essence of machine-enabled human and cargo transportation through all modes of travel. Issues associated with the safe implementation of electromechanical systems supporting autonomous and semi-autonomous transport will be identified, predicted, and their mitigation strategies will be recommended. Particular attention will be paid to the power processes, internal and external electronics, and the material integrity of electromechanical systems.

- Current and Projected Transportation Investments were discussed to include:

Access to Space - $200/pound; UAV’s; Mass Transit; Ground Transportation, and Sea/Air

Transportation

- State of the Art Discussed: High speed rail programs already exist but are not embraced in

every nation; Cheap access to Space is a current serious endeavor and commercialization is

underway; UAV’s are function-oriented and have acquired significant funding; Mass Transit –

not specifically addressed except for the sake of the impact of non-secured systems and/or

unnecessarily complex systems risks; Ground Transportation is well underway in

characterization and standardization is projected; Sea transportation was not addressed; and Air

Transportation is experiencing upgrades and the introduction of Electric Aircraft.

Members have demonstrated knowledge in systems, automation, product design; aerospace;

rail; standards development; aeronautics; wireless communications; transportation vehicle

technologies; quality control;

- Near term (5 years) impact – not discussed, table for future discussion.

- Far term (10 years) impact – not discussed, table for future discussion.

- Fiction vs. Reality, discussed. Refinement of working groups and how/what IEEE can do to

Help is being developed.

- Focus - geography specific – not discussed, table for future discussion.

- Proposed Working Groups – being refined.

- Objectives – members seem to concur that Use Cases should be defined and an Architecture

proposed.

- Roadmap and Timelines – being refined.

Action Items: Contact Ford for the right support personnel. (Chris)

Develop membership and refine considerations. (All)

Background considerations: Access to Space - $200/pound; UAV’s; Mass Transit; and Sea/Air Transportation;

Roger Oliva

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