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Cristina Olaverri-Monreal

University Professor, Head of Dept. Intelligent Transport Sytems at JKU

Dept ITS, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Linz, Austria

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Professor & Head of ITS at JKU Linz; IEEE Division IX Director-Elect, former IEEE ITSS President ; expert in smart, safe, automated & connected mobility

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Dept ITS, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Dept ITS, Johannes Kepler University Linz

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Linz, Austria

The Department Intelligent Transport Systems at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, in Austria-(JKU-ITS) has an in-depth knowledge and practical experience in the core areas of intelligent technologies in vehicular environments (ICT, data analysis and smart mobility) and mobile sensors that support automated, cooperative and connected transport. The department is involved in thematic networks around transportation with many years of experience in the academic training and in the research of transport-relevant topics. It aims at providing transport solutions for a low environmental impact using sensor and communication technologies for data exchange between vehicles, infrastructure, and people. Particularly the focus lies on Human Factors and Interaction with Intelligent Vehicles, Automated Connected Transportation, Machine Learning Solutions for Automated Driving Behaviour, Simulation Platforms, Travel Behaviour and Driving Performance and Digital and Sustainable Transportation. The JKU-ITS department disposes of a research vehicle with sensors (lidars, cameras, IMU and GPS) relying on ROS and OPENPILOT.  In addition to this, JKU-ITS has an Intelligent Transportation Systems laboratory with a mobile robot equipped with a variety of sensors to acquire data and simulation platforms for studies on impact of new technologies and automated and connected applications, as well as traffic conditions and management, fuel and energy consumption and research on the functioning of vehicles.
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Cristina Olaverri-Monreal is a full professor and head of the Department Intelligent Transport Systems at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, in Austria. Prior to this position, she led diverse teams in the industry and in the academia in the US and in distinct countries in Europe. She served as the president of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (IEEE ITSS) for the years 2022 and 2023.

She is the IEEE Division IX Director-Elect and holds the position of chair for the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) on Human Factors in Intelligent Transportation Systems. She is also the founder and chair of the Austrian IEEE ITSS chapter.

She received her PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich in cooperation with BMW. Her research aims at studying solutions for an efficient and effective transportation focusing on minimizing the barrier between users and road systems. To this end, she relies on the automation, wireless communication and sensing technologies that pertain to the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

Prof. Olaverri is a senior/associate editor and editorial board member of several journals in the field, including the IEEE ITS Transactions and IEEE ITS Magazine.

Furthermore, she is an expert for the European Commission on ”Automated Road Transport” and consultant and project evaluator in the field of ICT and “Connected, Cooperative Autonomous Mobility Systems” for various EU and national agencies as well as organizations in Germany, Sweden, France, Ireland, etc. In 2017, she was the general chair of the “IEEE International Conference on Vehicles Electronics and Safety” (ICVES 2017). She was awarded the “IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education” for her dedicated contribution to continuing education in the field of ITS. She has also been recently awarded with the prestigious 2023 IEEE MGA Diversity & Inclusion Award.

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