Professors Victor Leung and Panos Nasiopoulos, from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with Sauder’s Garland Chow are members of a research network that has been awarded a $5-million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and an additional $3-million from industry partners towards a large-scale research program that will transform the way Canadians drive.
The collaborative research project called Developing Next Generation Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications (DIVA) will be supported by several government organizations, private businesses, and university researchers from UBC, University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Ontario Institute of Technology, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Queen’s University, University of Alberta and University of Waterloo.
The goal of the project is to design wireless networks and applications for Canada’s vehicles and roads that support high-speed communications among vehicles and between vehicles and ground-based infrastructure. The Canadian research team will work with and develop leading-edge communications technologies and systems that will significantly improve efficiency, safety, productivity and mobility on the road, while reducing threats to travel safety and security, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
The researchers envision a wireless communications network that will allow real-time information about the transportation environment to be delivered directly to drivers, from alerts about accidents and poor road conditions that can cause drivers to idle in traffic to information about what retail options are available.
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