Go to ITS MIdwest Home Page ITS Midwest - Intelligent Transportation Society of the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio)

 

News

Transcripts from August T3 Webinars Available

The transcripts for the following Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinars are available online:

A Webinar replay is also available as well as the Powerpoint presentation used during the seminars. The pages listed above provide also information about the system requirements needed to view this and/or other recordings.

The "Approaches for Integrating Systems Engineering into Your Agency's Business Practices"  webinar purpose was to address one of the more challenging aspects of systems engineering (SE)-understanding and articulating where and how systems engineering applies in an organization's day-to-day business processes and practices. To illustrate these concepts, separate case studies were presented by two State agencies-the Virginia DOT and the Mississippi DOT-on the approach these agencies have used to incorporate systems engineering into their project delivery process. The webinar explored how needed institutional changes occurred and what products had to be developed in support of the systems engineering application.

"A Primer on Wireless Data Transport Systems: Wireless Trends, Tools and Tips"  provided background information concerning the use wireless data transport systems. The availability of unlicensed radio spectrum has fostered tremendous growth in wireless data networking and the use of wireless technologies in support of transportation networks. That growth in the use of unlicensed radio devices presents us with challenges. This session explored the reasons for the growth and introduce information concerning unlicensed spectrum, architectures and wireless data transport standards. This session was the first in a series of T3s that will focus on Wireless Data Transport for Traffic and ITS.

"National ITS Architecture Update: New Features of the Latest Version of the National ITS Architecture (Version 6.0)"  focused on new features found in Version 6.0 of the National ITS Architecture and the new Version 4.0 of the Turbo Architecture Software. This T3 Webinar is not an overview of the National ITS Architecture but addresses some history and background.

Related links:

[News Index]