A joint proposal of the two universities was won following a call by the OT * The chairman of the OT, Prof. Yaffe Zilbarschat: "Establishing a national center to promote research in the field of smart transportation will allow researchers from the various institutions to leverage the knowledge and reputation of the academy in Israel, to connect the academy for industry, and continue to lead global technology in a wide variety of relevant fields
The OT announced the winners of the call for the establishment of the National Research Center: a joint proposal of the Technion and Bar Ilan University. The establishment of the National Research Center will encourage research and development, entrepreneurship and industry in the field of smart transportation in Israel, along with streamlining the transportation system through the integration of advanced technologies in the transportation field.
Further to government decision 2316 regarding the establishment of a national program for smart transportation, the VT announced this week that the Technion and Bar Ilan University (a joint proposal) won the establishment of the "National Center for the Advancement of Research in the Field of Smart Transportation", for a total of about NIS 25 million.
In the reader's voice that was distributed a few months ago to the research universities in Israel, it was emphasized that one of the main functions of the center that will be established is to consolidate the community of researchers in Israel for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the research and development of the subject of smart transportation.
The center will work to encourage cooperation between all stakeholders, including researchers from academia and R&D centers, from Israel and the world, in the fields relevant to smart transportation. Also, the center will work to encourage and promote cooperation between the scientific community in Israel and between entrepreneurs and industry from Israel and the world in the field of transportation.
It should be noted that the establishment of the center is a significant step in the implementation of the government's decision in the national plan for smart transportation, which is promoted jointly by the Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety and the Prime Minister's Office. The program has two main goals: the first is to encourage research and development, entrepreneurship and industry in the field of smart transportation in Israel. And the second is to optimize the transport system through the integration of advanced technologies in the field of transport.
Smart transportation includes a broad concept resulting from the social and technological changes that are expected to fundamentally change the field of transportation as we know it today. These changes include the installation of technological measures in the area of vehicle safety and driving control, the computerization of vehicles, the common use of smart phones and the use of databases that are said to together lead to connected transportation that is autonomous, cooperative and electric.
Research in the field of smart transportation is interdisciplinary in nature, and collaboration between researchers in different institutions and between academia and industry is extremely important. Therefore, in order to achieve progress in the field, a wide-ranging research collaboration of fields is required, for example: mathematics, business administration, computers, engineering, architecture and geography, and sub-fields such as: intelligent transportation systems, big data, planning and optimization, robotics and artificial intelligence, behavior human, image processing, network optimization, cyber security and more.
The goals of the National Center for Smart Transportation Research:
* To act for the strengthening of the field of smart transportation in academia in Israel, including through the formation of an active academic community in this field.
* To be a center of knowledge for research and development in the field of smart transportation, both in academia, and at the academia-industry interface, in Israel and with similar entities in the world POC - (Point Of Contact)
* To encourage collaborations in the field of smart transportation both at the academia-industry interface, in the Israeli academy and with these parties in the world.
* To act to promote and encourage research in the field of smart transportation at the national level, by initiating programs based on the results of the center, analyzing and identifying needs and getting to know the academia-industry interface.
The chairman of VT, Prof. Yaffe Zilbarschat: "Establishing a national center for the advancement of research in the field of smart transportation will allow researchers from the various institutions to leverage the knowledge and reputation of academia in Israel, to connect academia with industry, and to continue to lead global technology in a wide variety of relevant fields. I congratulate the Technion and Bar Ilan University for their joint winning of the popular vote, the center they will establish will consolidate the scientific community around this field and together they will lead Israel to impressive achievements in the field."
Dr. Anat Bonstein, head of the Directorate of Fuel Substitutes and Smart Transportation in the Prime Minister's Office: "I congratulate the Technion and Bar Ilan University. The government's vision is to continue to strengthen Israel as a research and industrial knowledge center in the field of fuel substitutes and smart transportation. One of the most significant factors in Israel's achievements is the talented workforce that comes out of the Israeli academy. With the help of the new center, we can continue to make sure that the State of Israel will be a significant force in promoting the smart transportation revolution in Israel and around the world."
The head of the new center Prof. Yoram Shiptan from the Transportation Research Institute at the Technion: "The transportation system in Israel and in the world is currently at the threshold of a major and fundamental change - the smart transportation revolution - resulting from technological and social changes and the constant increase in traffic congestion. This revolution poses significant challenges to academia, industry and decision makers. I see the future center as an opportunity to consolidate the relevant community - researchers, industrialists, entrepreneurs, authorities, R&D centers and stakeholders from Israel and the world - to promote multidisciplinary and inter-institutional research that will contribute to smart, safe, efficient and green transportation and position Israel as an international leader in the field .
Prof. Doron Orbach from Bar-Ilan University, member of the Center for Smart Transportation: "In Israel today, all the knowledge exists to manage autonomous transportation based on systems of artificial intelligence and sensors. The universities in Israel are at the forefront of research in the field and we intend to bring this knowledge together with our partners at the Technion, with the aim of developing an infrastructure of knowledge that will also lead to results that will provide applicable solutions in the field."
One response
It's like throwing an arrow and marking a target around it. No, it's like going with the arrow, sticking it on the side and moving the target to it. "Vision" is a worthless concept in the field of evolution. It's better if you define yourself as a "government R&D arm in the first stages of privatization"