Technology is altering the performance of different systems and allowing scientists and engineers to observe the corresponding individual particle dynamics. With advanced detection instrumentation, the movement of “particles” (molecules, nano-particles, pedestrians, drivers/travelers, …etc.) is accurately characterized and monitored. Moreover, the connections between these particles are altered in order to produce more desired behavior. As an example, materials are being studied (at the molecular and/or nano levels) and altered for energy harvesting applications. Moreover, different generations of connected and automated vehicles are being researched and introduced to the market in order to reach a more efficient and safer transportation system.
Given the above technology-oriented theme, the conference topics cover, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Connected (i.e. Vehicle to Vehicle – V2V and Vehicle to Infrastructure – V2I communication) and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
- Intermodal urban traffic
- Granular flow and dynamics of granular materials (jamming, force networks, dense and intermittent flows, friction …etc.)
- Pedestrian detection and modeling
- Evacuation dynamics
- Collective motion in biological systems (swarm dynamics, molecular motors, social insects …etc.)
- Nano-particles and molecular dynamics: emerging properties of materials.
- Complex networks and their dynamics (transportation networks, Internet, epidemics, social networks …etc.)
- Intelligent traffic systems (ITS)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
Please note the official language of TGF 2017 is English.