The ITS Institutional Lead Award is given to those who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the research and applications of ITS-related technologies. This award was established to recognize, promote, stimulate, and publicize major contributions to institutional ITS leadership.
Description
For those who have made significant and outstanding contributions to the research and applications of ITS related technologies. This award is established to recognize, promote, stimulate and publicize major research contributions and outstanding achievement in ITS related fields. (Established in 2010)
Prize
$1,000 and certificate of award.
Eligibility
For group nominations, the lead member of the group should be an active member of IEEE as well as IEEE ITSS Society.
Basis for Judging
Significance, impact, innovation, and quality of ITS applications in practical systems. Each factor will be ranked on a scoring scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the best and 10 being the worst. The scores from each selection committee member are collected and the candidate receiving the lowest average score is the winner.
Presentation
ITSS annual ITS conference.
Past Awardees
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Long Chen and his team: Yunfeng Ai, Bin Tian, Jian Wang, Lingxi Li Waytous Inc., China For leading the development of autonomous driving technology and its applications in unmanned mining. |
| 2022 | No award given |
| 2021 | Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C²M²) - Clemson University Director: Mashrur “Ronnie” Chowdhury Citation: Contributions to cyber-physical transportation systems by addressing sensing, communication and computing aspects of computerized mobility |
| 2020 | The Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research & Technology (CE-CERT) - University of California, Riverside Director: Matthew Barth Citation: Contributions to Environmental Technologies to Improve Transportation, Air Quality, and Energy Efficiency |
| 2019 | Robesafe Lab, University of Alcalá Director: Luis Miguel Bergasa |
| 2018 | N/A |
| 2017 | TU Delft Automated Research Program Director: Bart van Arem Citation: For leading the development of connected and autonomous vehicles |
| 2016 | N/A |
| 2015 | LISA: Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles Director: Professor Mohan M. Trivedi |
| 2014 | Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Xi’an Jiaotong University |
| 2013 | Chris Urmson Google Self-Driving Car Team, Google, USA |
| 2012 | Institute of Automotive Engineering, TU Darmstadt Citation: For Institutional Leadership in Research and System Engineering for Advanced Driver Assistance and Safety. |
| 2011 | Dynamic Systems and Simulation Laboratory (DSSL) The Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece |
| 2010 | CAST (Complex Adaptive Systems for Transportation) Lab Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2009 | NavLab, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2008 | VisLab, Parma University, Italy |
| 2007 | PATH, University of California, Berkeley |
