UK Thai Workshop on AI for Traffic Safety Analysis

By natchapon.jongwiriyanurak.20, on 14 March 2024

On 22nd June 2023, UCL SpaceTimeLab and Chulalongkorn University held the UK Thai Workshop on AI for Traffic Safety Analysis in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, supported by UCL’s Global Engagement Fund, brought together road safety researchers and practitioners to discuss current issues in road safety in Thailand, including the potential of data driven methods and AI to support road safety improvments. The agenda and recording of the event are below.

Speaker List:

• Introduction: Dr Garavig Tanaksaranond, Assistant Professor, Department of Survey Engineering, Chulalongkorn University 0:20
• Prof Kasem Choocharukul, Director of ThaiRAP, Department of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University 7:20
• Dr Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Head of Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology 47:30
• Prof Nicola Christie, UCL Centre for Transport Studies 1:32:23
• Prof Bani Anvari, Intelligent Mobility @ UCL, UCL Centre for Transport Studies 1:58:36
• Dr James Haworth, UCL SpaceTimeLab 2:34:51

SpaceTimeLab 10th Anniversary Event

By natchapon.jongwiriyanurak.20, on 14 March 2024

SpaceTimeLab celebrated its 10th anniversary with a grand workshop on 21st July 2023. Esteemed researchers, academics, industry experts, and policymakers gathered at UCL to commemorate a decade of groundbreaking research, unlocking space and time for future AI and smart cities.  

Prof Tao Cheng’s opening presentation, “Unlocking Space and Time: SpaceTimeLab’s 10th Anniversary Celebration,” highlighted the lab’s journey and its vision of leveraging space-time data for societal benefits. The event also included an engaging ‘SpaceTimeLab Research Showcase’ session, where the lab’s current team presented the cutting-edge research driving spatial temporal analytics. A thought-provoking panel discussion on ‘Future AI and Smart Cities’ followed, exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and urban development, and revealing potential innovations for urban living. The celebration continued with presentations from outstanding alumni, who had received prestigious awards from Esri for their work at SpaceTimeLab, including the Roger Tomlinson Prize and the Esri Development Award. Alumnus Professor Ed Manley, from University of Leeds, delivered the event’s keynote address, contributing valuable insights and inspiring the audience about the future of spatial-temporal analytics. 

A recording of the event can be seen below.

Programme

• Unlocking Space and Time: SpaceTimeLab’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, Prof Tao Cheng, SpaceTimeLab Director 00:16:14
• SpaceTimeLab Research Showcase, Dr James Haworth and SpaceTimeLab Researchers 00:39:05
• Panel Discussion: Future AI and Smart Cities, chaired by Dr Sarah Wise 1:19:37
• ESRI Roger Tomlinson Prize & Student Award Session, chaired by Prof Paul Longley 2:24:05
• Keynote Address: Prof Ed Manley, Human Mobility Science and Simulation, chaired by Prof Chris Brunsdon 3:04:58

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By meihui.wang.20, on 23 February 2024

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