ITRC focuses on the key Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies, including an integrated network of transportation information, automatic crash & incident detection, notification and response, advanced crash avoidance technology, advanced transportation monitoring and management, etc., in order to improve the safety, security, efficiency, mobile access, and environment. The research in the Intelligent Transportation Research Center (ITRC) is recognized at both the national and international levels for its excellence. MIT ITRC has published ???? papers, held ??? Patents. Research members have been invited to give many information talks in various circumstances. 

The emphasis for the center is the integration of component technology research and system design research. ITRC conducts research on different scale systems, ranging from small-scale systems, like novel integrated circuit chips for vehicles, to medium-scale systems, such as three dimensional machine vision systems, to large-scale systems such as roadside monitoring networks. Each component research indicates what options are available in each time frame for the total transportation system architecture. ITRC is interested in the integration of different infrastructures. The deployment of the intelligent transportation systems will become more practical and economical, for example, if both communicational and transportation advancements share a common infrastructure. It is essential to minimize the investment to the infrastructure dedicated to transportation in order to increase the benefit/cost ratio in each investment period.

The integration of technical possibilities and social needs is another focus of the center. ITRC proposes the incremental conversion and development process from current to near and far future systems and develops enabling key components in collaboration with the government, industries, and other institutions. Other necessary steps are the integration of technical, social, economical, and political aspects. The integration of the Intelligent Transportation Systems in different countries is also essential. The integration of vehicles, roads, and other modes of transportation, such as railways and public buses, are all imperative.

Research Strategy 

Project Descriptions

We propose the incremental conversion and development process from current to near and far future systems enabling key components in collaboration with the government, industries, and other institutions. MIT ITRC has developed the following important subsystems or component technologies that receive strong positive feedback, as followed: 

• ITS Device    Paper Link (5)

• Hardware Design for Vision & Image Process    Paper Link (8)