The IEEE ITS Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation in any ITS area that is innovative and relevant to practice.
Description
The IEEE ITSS Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation in any ITS area that is innovative and relevant to practice. This award is established to encourage doctoral research that combines theory and practice, makes in-depth technical contributions, or is interdisciplinary in nature, having the potential to contribute to the ITSS and broaden the ITS topic areas from either the methodological or application perspectives. (Established in 2017)
Prize
Three awards to be given annually for first, second and third place – Each recipient receives the full prize based on ranking. First Place receives $2000, Second Place $1000, and Third Place $500. In case of a two- or three-way tie, the prize awards for the two or three prizes at issue will be summed and divided equally among the winning candidates. No travel allowances are made for the award.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must have written a doctoral dissertation and received a Ph.D. no more than 18 months prior to the submission. Students of sitting selection committee members are should be excluded from eligibility.
Basis for Judging
Submissions are evaluated based on the dissertation’s 1) technical contributions, 2) significance, 3) the quality of publication record, and 4) the quality of recommendation letters. Each category is scored on a 1-10 scale and summed for a total score averaged among committee members during the first round. The second round of scoring ranks the top submissions for final award after committee discussion.
Presentation
The award is presented during the banquet during the society’s flagship meeting, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference.
Past Awardees
Year |
Awardee |
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2021 | First Prize: Zhiyong Cui, University of Washington Title: Deep Learning for Short-term Network-wide Road Traffic Forecasting Second Prize: Alina Roitberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Third Prize: Akshay Rangesh, University of California San Diego |
2020 | First Prize: Negar Mehr, University of California, Berkeley Title: EffiSmart Traffic Operation: from Human-Driven Cars to Mixed Vehicle Autonomy Second Prize: Shuo Feng, Tsinghua University Third Prize: Holger Banzhaf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
2019 | First Prize: Cathy Wu, University of California, Berkeley Title: Learning and Optimization for Mixed Autonomy Systems – A Mobility Context Second Prize: Woongsun Jeon, University of Minnesota Third Prize: Yihang Zhang, University of Southern California |
2018 | First Prize: Anahita Jamshidnejad, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology Title: Efficient Predictive Model-Based and Fuzzy Control for Green Urban Mobility Second Prize: Maria Kontorinaki Third Prize: Nikola Bešinović |
2017 | First Prize: Eshed Ohn-Bar, University of California, San Diego Title: Contextual Visual Object Recognition and Behavior Modeling for Human-Robot Interactivity Second Prize: Kun Xie, New York University Third Prize: S. AliReza Fayazi, Clemson University |
2016 |
First Prize: José Ramón D. Frejo, University of Seville Second Prize: Matthias Schreier, Technical University of Darmstadt Third Prize: Mohammad Shokrolah Shirazi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
2015 | First Prize: Mohsen Ramezani Ghalenoei, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Title: Traffic Modeling Estimation and Control for Large-Scale Congested Urban Networks Second Prize: Meng Wang, Delft University of Technology Third Prize: Nanxiang Li, University of Texas, Dallas |
2014 | First Prize: Rahul Kala, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India Title: Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles Second Prize: Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Third Prize: Prashanth L.A., SEQUEL project, INRIA Lille – Nord Europe, France |
2013 | First Prize: Samah El-Tantawy, University of Toronto, Canada Title: Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Integrated Network of Adaptive Traffic Signal Controllers Second Prize: Xiqun Chen, Tsinghua University, China Third Prize: Manuel Fogue, University of Zaragoza, Spain |
2012 | First Prize: Markus Enzweiler, University of of Heidelberg Title: Compound Models for Vision-Based Pedestrian Recognition Second Prize: Anna Petrovskaya, Stanford University, USA Third Prize: Anastasios Kouvelas, Technical University of Crete, Greece |
2011 | First Prize: Daniel B. Work, University of California, Berkeley, USA Title: Real-time estimation of distributed parameters systems: Application to traffic monitoring Second Prize: Vicente Milanés, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain |
2010 | First Prize: Brendan Morris, University of California, San Diego
Second Prize: Thomas Paul Michalke, Institut für Regelungstheorie und Robotik, TU Darmstadt |
2009 | First Prize: Arne Kesting, TU Dresden Title: Microscopic Modeling of Human and Automated Driving: Towards Traffic-Adaptive Cruise Control Second Prize: Verena Schmid, Vienna University Second Prize: Andrea D’Ariano, TU Delft |
2008 | First Prize: Shinko Y. Cheng, University of California, San Diego Title: A Multilevel Framework for Human Body Structure and Pose Estimation and Human Gesture Analysis Using Volumetric Scene Reconstructions with Applications in Driver Assistance Systems Second Prize: Caspar Chorus, TU Delft |
2007 | First Prize: Thao Dang, Karlsruhe University Title: Continuous Self-Calibration of Stereo Cameras Second Prize: Yiting Liu, Ohio State University |
2006 | First Prize: Shuming Tang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Title: A Preliminary Study for Basic Approaches in Artificial Transportation Systems Second Prize: Jianlong Zhang, University of Southern California |