Reimagining Sensor Deployment (Task 3942)
– Anthony Patire, Principal Investigator
About this Project
This project reimagines sensor deployment in the context of a near-term possibility where third-party data is procured to obtain travel times and speed data across the state. In this potential future the role of dedicated roadside detection stations would change. It would no longer be necessary to target the deployment of detection stations at every half-mile. Therefore, a new paradigm is required to guide the decisions on where detection stations should be placed to provide the most informational value.that could not be possessed by a current, or prospective, Caltrans employee in the Transportation Engineer, Research Data Specialist, or Research Scientist Engineering classifications. Specifically, this task order scope of work cannot be accomplished within the State civil service system due to the specialized nature of this research regarding: (1) alternative data fusion models utilizing new algorithms; (2) information theoretic approaches to data mining; and, (3) the creation of new standards or guidelines based on the likely performance of innovative algorithms and approaches that are beyond the scope of current practice.
