Computational Transportation Science (CTS) is an emerging discipline that combines

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

and engineering with the modeling, planning, and economic aspects of

transport Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...

. The discipline studies how to improve the safety, mobility, and sustainability of the transport system by taking advantage of

information technologies Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

and

ubiquitous computing Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering, hardware engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing can occur using a ...

. A list of subjects encompassed by CTS can be found at include. Computational Transportation Science is an emerging discipline going beyond vehicular technology, addressing pedestrian systems on hand-held devices but also issues such as transport data mining (or movement analysis), as well as data management aspects. CTS allows for an increasing flexibility of the system as local and autonomous negotiations between transport peers, partners and supporting infrastructure are allowed. Thus, CTS provides means to study localized computing, self-organization, cooperation and simulation of transport systems. Several academic conferences on CTS have been held up to date: * The Fourth ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science * The Third ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science * Dagstuhl Seminar 10121 on Computational Transportation Science * The Second International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science * The First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science There is also an IGERT PHD program on Computational Transportation Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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