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Brian L. Smith

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

	Brian L. Smith University of Virginia Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Thornton Hall 351 McCormick Road PO Box 400742 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4742 Phone: (434) 243-8585 FAX: 434-982-2951 Email: briansmith@virginia.edu

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Biographical Information

Brian Smith is an Associate Professor specializing in transportation systems engineering. Dr. Smith is also the university director of the Smart Travel Laboratory. His research focuses on intelligent transportation systems (ITS), particularly in advanced transportation management & information technology application. Dr. Smith is a recipient of the ASCE Huber Research Prize, the CUTC-ARTBA New Faculty Member Award, the NSF CAREER award, an Eno Transportation Leadership Fellow, and a 2001-2002 University of Virginia Teaching Fellow. He is the author of a chapter on Transportation Management in the text "Intelligent Transportation Primer."

Dr. Smith serves on numerous national committees and task forces. He is Chair of ASCE's Transportation & Development Institute's Committee on Advanced Technologies, and is a member of the Freeway Operations and Information Systems and Technology committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Dr. Smith is an associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, and sits on the editorial board of Transportation Research, Part C. Finally, Dr. Smith is a founding member of the ITS Virginia, having served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors.

Awards

• ASCE Walter L. Huber Research Award 2006
• VEF Faculty Fellow in Civil Engineering 2004
• Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) New Faculty Member Award, 2004
• Civil Engineering Teaching Award 2003
• University of Virginia Teaching Fellows Program 2001-2002
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2000-2004
• Selected participant - National Academy of Engineering's Sixth Annual 2000 Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (100 engineers selected competitively)
• Fellow - Eno Center for Transportation Leadership 1993

Research Interests

• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), particularly in advanced transportation management.
• Statistical modeling, traffic flow theory, software engineering, simulation, data mining, geographic information systems (GIS), and artificial intelligence.

Recent Publications

Qi, Y., Smith, B. L., and Guo, J. “Freeway Accident Likelihood Prediction Using a Panel Data Analysis Approach.” ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. Vol. 133, No. 3. 2007. Pp. 149-156.

Fontaine, M. D., and Smith, B. L. “Investigation of the Performance of Wireless Location Technology-Based Traffic Monitoring Systems.” ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. Vol. 133, No. 3. 2007. Pp. 157-165.

Smith, B. L., “Purchasing Travel Time Data: An Investigation of Travel Time Data Service Requirements.” Transportation Research Record 1978. 2006. Pp. 178-183.

Smith, B. L., and Venkatanarayayana, R. “Realizing the Promise of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Data Archives.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Vol. 9, Issue 4. 2005. Pp. 175-185.