RESUME
Alain L. Kornhauser
Professor, Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Director, Transportation Program
Princeton University
Home Address: Office Address:
42 Cleveland Lane 229 Sherrerd Hall
Princeton, NJ 08540 Princeton University
(609) 980 1427 Princeton, NJ 08544
alaink@ princeton.edu www.princeton.edu/~alaink/ (609) 258-4657
Current Princeton University Responsibilities
Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Director, Transportation Research Program
Faculty Chair: Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PAVE)
Member of Topical Program in Robotics & Intelligent Systems
In the process of forming: Princeton University Center for Automated Vehicle Research @ Fort Monmouth
Education
1971 Ph.D., 1969 MA, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University
1967 MS, 1965 BS, Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Experience
July 1980 to present Professor, Operations Research & Financial Engr. (Formerly CEOR)
July 1976-July 1980 Associate Professor, Civil Engineering & operations Research (CEOR)
June 1972-July 1976 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering;
Director, Transportation Program
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
April 1981 to Dec 2012 Founder, CEO ALK Technologies, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Jan. 1971-June 1972 Assistant Prof. of Aero. Engr. and Mech., U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Sept. 1978-Jan. 1979 Visiting Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Co-Founder and Board Chairman, ALK Technologies, Inc. 1979-Dec 2012
Co-Founder and Board Chairman, Soterea, Inc. Jan 2014 –
Registered Agent for Consortium for Automated Road Transportation Safety (CARTS), a NJ nonprofit corp., July 2015-
Courses Taught During Last three Years
Transportation Policy Analysis,
Transportation Systems Analysis,
Electronic Commerce
Princeton University Extra-curricular Activity:
Editor, SmartDrivingCars eMail Newsletter Jan 2013-
Faculty Lead: Princeton University Entry in 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and 2007 Urban Challenge.
Honors (2005)
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· Fellow, Institute of Transportation Engineers
· Invited member of Governor-elect Cozine’s Transportation Policy Committee, 2006
· Outstanding ITS Project of 2005: “Capital District ATIS” by ITS Society of NY, June 9, 2005
· Awards won by CoPilot|Live software:
· Numerous awards for CoPilot|Live Turn-by-turn Navigation Software 2006-2012
· Best Mobile Accessory from Total Mobile Magazine (2006)
· CES Innovation Award 2006
· Navigation System of Choice from Auto Express Magazine (2005)
· Laptop Magazine 2005 Editor’s Choice Award for CoPilot Live Laptop 8
· Microsoft 2005 Mobility Solutions Partner of the Year Award
· Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 2005 Best Software Award for CoPilot Live Smartphone
Honors (’95-’04)
· 1995 CJEC Engineer of the Year Award
· Awards won by produced software:
· 1993 Progressive Railroading Magazine’s Productivity Award: Union Pacific’s Real-Time Locomotive Management System
· 1997 Software Publisher’s Codie Excellence in Software Award (the “Academy Awards” of the software industry) for RoadTrips Door-to-Door.
· Winter Consumer Electronics Show's Innovations '98 Award for best new mobile electronics product for Door-to-Door CoPilot.
· PCComputing 1998 MVP Award in GPS Category , Comdex 1998
· PCComputing 1998 Industry Breakthrough MVP Award, Comdex 1998
· Consumer Electronics Show's Innovations '99 Award for Door-to-Door CoPilot
· Mobile Computing #1 Award, Jan ’99 for Door-to-Door CoPilot
· PC_Computing 1999 MVP Award in GPS Category , Comdex 1999
· Consumer Electronics Show's Innovations 2000 Award for CoPilot2000
· Consumer Electronics Show's Innovations 2001 Award for PocketCoPilot (Unprecedented 4th year in a row!)
· PCMagazine Editor’s Choice Award 2002 PocketCoPilot v2.0 Jan. 2002
· Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Award 2003 in the Travel/GPS Software Category
· Pocket GPS World Award 2003 for CoPilot’s Bluetooth GPS Receiver
· E-GEAR Top 40 Editor’s Choice Award for CoPilot Live
· Inbound Logistics 2004 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider
· PDA Essentials Editor’s Choice Award 2004 for CoPilot Live
· Pocket PC Award 2004 – GPS with Voice Guidance for CoPilot Live
Active Research Areas
· Smart Driving Cars
· Image processing for scene recognition and collision avoidance
· Modelling and analysis of stochastic travel times and real-time optimal route choice
· Synthesis of
Outside Activities
Board Chair Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) 2010- Present
Vice-chair New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology 2006-2012
Chair, Strategic Planning Com, ITS-NJ
Member Governor-elect Transportation Policy Committee, 2005/6
Board and founding member of Committee for Smart New Jersey (NJ Chapter of ITS America), 1992 - present
Transportation Research Board Committee on Advanced Transportation Systems
Princeton faculty representative to the Region 2 University Transportation Research Consortium
Member of ITS America ATMS and AVCS Committees, Chair of Map Database subcommittee 1995,6
Member Princeton Regional Planning Board, 1989-1997 Vice Chairman 1996-7
Co-chairman of each of the first nine annual Global Logistics Symposia, 1986-1996
President, Princeton Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1992, 93
Recent Publications (since 1990)
“PRT Statewide Application: The Conceptual Design of a Transit System Capable of Serving Essentially All Daily Trips” in Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013, Edited by Steve L. Jones, Jr ASCE ISBN 978-0-7844-1259-6, pp357-368, 2013
(with C. K. Brownell) “Autonomous Taxi Networks: A Fleet Size And Cost Comparison Between Two Emerging Transportation Models And The Conventional Automobile In The State Of New Jersey” accepted for presentation and publication in Compendium of Papers, Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, January 15, 2014, Washington, D.C
(with J. Zachariah, J Gao, T Mufti) “Uncongested Mobility for All: A Proposal for an Area Wide Autonomous Taxi System in New Jersey” accepted for presentation and publication in Compendium of Papers, Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, January 15, 2014, Washington, D.C
(with J. M. Lutin, E. Lam) “The Revolutionary Development of Self-Driving Vehicles and Implications for the Transportation Engineering Profession,” ITE Journal, Vol. 83, Number 7, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington, D.C., July 2013, pp. 28-32.
(with J. M. Lutin )“Application of Autonomous Driving Technology to Transit - Functional Capabilities for Safety and Capacity,” accepted for presentation and publication in Compendium of Papers, Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, January 15, 2014, Washington, D.C
“GPS-Based Highway Performance Monitoring: Characterization of travel Speeds on any Roadway Segment” Proceedings of the 53rd Transportation Research Forum Annual Conference, Tampa FL March, 2012
(with S. Chacon) “Analysis, Characterization and Visualization of Freeway Traffic Data in Los Angeles” Proceedings of the 53rd Transportation Research Forum Annual Conference, Tampa FL March, 2012
(with S. Chacon) “The Effect of Augmented Driver Behavior on Freeway Traffic Flow” Proceedings of the 53rd Transportation Research Forum Annual Conference, Tampa FL March, 2012
(with K. Wan) “Link-data-based Approximation of Path Travel Time Distribution with Gaussian Copula Estimated Through Lasso” Compendium of papers presented at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January, 2010, Washington, D.C
(with K. Wan) “Turn-by-Turn routing decisions based on colupa travel time estimation with observable floating car data” Compendium of papers presented at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January, 2010, Washington, D.C
(with K. Wan) “Scenario-based path Travel Time Aggregation with Gaussian Copula Estimated Through Lasso” Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Network Analysis, Jerusalem, Israel, November, 2009
(with Demers, A., et. Al.) “Competing with the Ghost of Advance: Experimenting with Real-Time ATIS”, to appear in ASCE Journal
(with Collins, B., et. al.) “Prospect Eleven’s Autonomous Accomplishments while relying on Stereo Vision for Object and Physical Boundary Detection ” to appear in International Journal of Robotics, Dec. 2005
(with He, R., B. Ran,) "Dynamic O-D Estimation from Link Flows", to appear in Transpiration Research Part B., 2005
(with He, R.) "Essentially Best Routes in Dynamic and Stochastic Transportation Network", International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1/2 , p1-14, 2005
(with Knorring, J, and R. He) “An Analysis of Route Choice by Long-Haul Truckers” Transportation Research Board annual meeting 2005 Preprint CD
(with Bernard, M.L.) “Traffic Congestion: How Predictable” Princeton NJ TIDE Lab Paper 2005-4, May, 2005
(with Arroyo, S) “Modelling Travel Time Distributions on a Road Network” Princeton NJ TIDE Lab Paper 2004-5, July, 2004, Compendium of papers from 2005 TRB Annual Conference
(with Schrader, C., L. Friese) “Using Historical Information in Forecasting Travel Times” Transportation Research Board annual meeting 2004 Preprint CD
(with He, R., B. Ran, K. Choi) "Evaluation of Value Pricing using A Multi-class Dynamic Network Model", ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 129, Issue 6, p617 - 624, 2003.
(With Arroyo, S, Friese, L) “Travel Time Distributions Using CoPilot GPS Tracks” NJ TIDE Paper 2003-1, January, 2003
(with Fehlig, M.) "Value Pricing Analysis for the Route 1 Corridor ", Transportation Research Board annual meeting 2003 Preprint CD
(with He, R.) "Map Alignment Using Probe Vehicle Data ", Transportation Research Board annual meeting 2003 Preprint CD
(with He, R.,) "Comparison of Different Route Guidance Strategies ", Presented at TRB 82nd Annual Meeting , Jan 2003
(with He, R., B. Ran, H Liu) " Temporal and Spatial Variability of Travel Time ", Presented at TRB 82nd Annual Meeting , Jan 2003
(with A.G. Morris, C.Y. Winship) “ Solving Street Congestion in the “First and Last Mile” Decreasing Turnaround Time in Deliveries to Commercial Buildings” Presented at TRB 82nd Annual Meeting, Session #720, Jan 2003.
(with He, R., B. Ran,) "Routing in Stochastic Dynamic Transportation Network", Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2002.
(with He, R., B. Ran, H. Liu) " Study Travel Time Variability from Probe Vehicle Data", Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation, p16-23, Cambridge, MA., 2002.
(with He, R., B. Ran, K. Choi) " Estimation of Dynamic O-D Demand and Route Choice Parameters from Link Flows", Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2002.
(with He, R., B. Ran, K. Choi) " Evaluation of Value Pricing using a Multi-class Dynamic Network Model ", accepted for publication by ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2002.
(with White, C.E., Bernstein, D)"Some Map-Matching Algorithms for Personal Navigation Assistants", Transportation Research C, Vol. 8, pp. 91-108, 2000.
(with Lin, I.) "Estimating Nationwide link Speed Distributions Using Probe Position Data" Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2000 also submitted to Journal of Transportation Statistics.
(with Merle, M.) "Truck in the Big Apple: Preliminary Analysis of motor Freight Movements in Manhattan" to Appear in transportation Research Record
(with Burner, T.) " Exploring the Effect of Anticipated Congestion on Truck Driver Route Choice Behavior Using Remotely Sensed Position Data" to appear in Transportation Research Record
(with Morris, A.) "The Relationship Between Freight Facilities in CBD Office buildings and Truck Traffic" to appear in Transportation Research Record
"High-Level In-Vehicle Decision Support" Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No. 1999-0103752, in Electronics for Trucks and Busses, 1999, SP-1489, SAE International, Warrendale, PA
(with A. Morris) “Getting Goods Delivered in Dense Urban Areas: A Snapshot of the Last Link of the Supply Chain” Transportation Research Record No. 1653, pp 34-41, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1999
(with A. Morris) “Freight Mobility for the NY City CBD” Transportation Research Record 113, TRB, pp 27-32,National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1998
(with D.T. Hunt) "Assigning Traffic Over Essentially-Least-Cost Paths", Transportation Research Record 1556, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1996, pages 1-7.
(with D.T. Hunt) "Dynamic Techniques For Visualizing Transportation Flow Data", Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Graphics, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA, 1995, pages 42-47.
(with D. J. Pasternak and Sontag, M. A.) "Comparing Risks of Transporting Chemicals by Highway and Rail: A case Study" Transportation Research Record #1430, Freight Transportation Research, National Research Council, 1994 pp 36-40.
(with E.C. Huber) "Lateral Control of Highway Vehicles Using Image Processing and Neural Networks" Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Regional Conference on Control Systems, NJIT, Aug 13-14, 1993, pp219-225
(with E. Adamidou) "A Game Theoretic Network Equilibrium Solution Approach to the Railroad Freight Car Management Problem" Transportation Research, Part B, Vol. 27B, No 3 , June 1993, pp237 - 252.
(with J.M. Lubin, E.C. Huber, S. Gilbert) "Analysis of a Neural Network Lateral Controller for an Autonomous Road Vehicle" SAE Paper No. 921561, in IVHS Issues and Technology, SP 928, SAE publication, pp23 - 44, Aug. 1992.
(with J.M. Lubin, E.C. Huber, S. Gilbert) "Lateral Control of an Autonomous Road Vehicle in a Simulated Highway Environment Using Adaptive Resonance Neural Networks" Proceedings of the IEEE/SAE Intelligent Vehicles '92 Conference . Detroit, July ,1992.
(with A Erera, R. Grandinetti) "Interactive Design and Real-Time 3-Dimensional Simulation of Personal Rapid Transit Networks" Proceedings of National Conference on Advanced Technologies for Urban Transit, San Francisco, Ca., August, 1992
"Real-Time Locomotive Management Systems at the Union Pacific, Burlington Northern and Canadian National Railroads" Proceedings of Optimizacion de Vehiculos Y Tripulaciones en Empresas de Transporte Conference, Madrid, Spain, December, 1991.
"Intermodal Equipment Distribution Model " Proceedings of Optimizacion de Vehiculos Y Tripulaciones en Empresas de Transporte Conference, Madrid, Spain, December, 1991.
"Neural Network Approaches for Lateral Control of Autonomous Highway Vehicles", SAE Paper No. 912871, in Vehicle Navigation & Information Systems Conference Proceedings, Dearborne Mi. 1991, pp. 1143 - 1151
(with K. Chih, M. Hornung) "Implementation of a Real-Time Locomotive Distribution System" Computer Applications in Railway Planning and Management, T.K.S. Murthy, Ed. 1990, pp 9 - 50
(with J. Lubin, K. Jones and R. Cheung) "Philosophical Approaches and Theoretical Underpinnings for the Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Road Vehicle Based on Neural Network Architectures," Transportation Research Transportation Program, Princeton University, Nov. 1988, Proceedings of the SAE Conference on Automated Highways, Vancouver BC., Aug. 1989.
Other Papers and Reports
(with Lutin, J. and Sanders, L.) “Application of Automated Collision Avoidance Technology to Bus transit-Functional Capabilities for Safety and Cost Reduction ” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PAVE) Note 13-1, November, 2013
(with Orf467F12Class) “Uncongested Mobility for All: New Jersey’s Area-wide aTaxi System” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2013-1, August, 2013
(with Orf467F11Class) “Synthesizing Individual Travel Demand in New Jersey” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2012-1, January, 2012
(with Orf467F10Class) “Personal Rapid Transit: A Transportation Plan for New Jersey” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2011-1, January, 2011
(with Orf467F09Class) “Personal Rapid Transit Network Design for the State of New Jersey” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2010-1, October, 2010
(with Orf467F08Class) “New Jersey State-wide Personal Rapid Transit Network Design” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2009-1, April, 2009
(with Orf467F07Class) “A Concept for a Personal Rapid Transit System in the State of New Jersey” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2008-1, February, 2008
(with Orf467F04Class) “Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) for New Jersey” Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Report 2005-1, January, 2005