Srinivas Peeta, Ph.D.

Autonomous and Connected Transportation Lab

Service

Service and Outreach

Dr. Peeta’s contributions to service and outreach have been in terms of serving or leading committees at Purdue University and in Government and Professional Organizations. Outreach efforts also include chairing conferences and presentations to professional and governmental organizations.

  • From 2016 to 2018, Dr. Peeta served as a leader for Purdue’s efforts and inititatives related to Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, and has led several efforts and outreach activities at the university-level in this context.
  • From 2007 to 2013, he served as the Chair of the Transportation Network Modeling Committee (ADB30) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. This committee typically reviews the largest numbers of papers for the TRB annual meetings. Papers accepted for publication by this committee (at the rate of 15-19%) have an impact factor of over 2.0. Based on initiatives launched by Dr. Peeta as the committee chair (for example, creating a sub-committee on practice of network modeling, and initiating an effort that led to the creation of a Primer for Dynamic Traffic Assignment), the ADB30 Committee received the 2013 Blue Ribbon Committee Award for “contributing to TRB and the Transportation community.”
  • From 2006 to 2018, Dr. Peeta served as the Director of the NEXTRANS Center at Purdue University. In this role, he has structured and initiated several programs for the new Center related to research, education, and outreach. They include an undergraduate summer internship program, research experiences for high school students, Center annual reports, Center newsletters, and research collaborations with minority institutions.
  • He served as the chair of the Purdue College of Engineering’s interdisciplinary System of Systems (SoS) Cluster from 2006 to 2009.
  • He served as the chair of the Purdue School of Civil Engineering’s Strategic Hiring Plan Committee from 2007 to 2012.
  • In 2006-2007, he led a detailed 8-month effort involving input from Purdue Civil Engineering faculty, Civil Engineering heads from other peer universities, other Purdue faculty, industry, and vision documents from national organizations, to develop a 5-year plan for interdisciplinary/core faculty hires in Civil Engineering.
  • He chaired two conferences organized at Purdue University related to “Integrated Transportation Solutions” and “Transportation Aspects of U.S.-Canada Border Trade” involving participants from universities, government agencies, industry, and professional organizations.
Service at Georgia Institute of Technology

Major Committee Assignments at Georgia Institute of Technology

  • CEE Endowed Chairs and Professors Committee: 2019-present
Service at Purdue University

Major Committee Assignments at Purdue University

  • CE Systems Committee: 1993-1994
  • CE Internal Awards Committee: 1994-1995
  • CE Computer Committee: 1995-1997
  • CE Graduate Committee: 1995-1999
  • CE Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Steering Committee: 1996-2003
  • CE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Coordinator, TIS Group: 1996-2008
  • CE Faculty Retreat Organizing Committee: 1997
  • College of Engineering Committee on Andrews Fellowship Evaluations: 1997
  • CE Faculty Search Committee: 1998-1999
  • CE Chair, Internal Awards Committee: 1999-2001
  • CE Seminar Committee: 1999-2001
  • Packard University Research Fellowship Evaluation Committee: 2001
  • CE Internal Awards Committee: 2001-2007
  • CE Committee to Review Capstone Design Course, CE 498: 2002-2003
  • System of Systems Cluster, Faculty Search Committee: 2003-2007
  • Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Cluster, Intelligent Transportation Systems Faculty Search Sub-committee: 2003-2007
  • CE Civil Engineering Executive Committee: 2005-2006
  • CE Faculty Strategic Hiring Plan Committee, Chair: 2006-2012
  • Purdue System of Systems Cluster, Chair: 2006-2009
  • CE Standing Search Committee, Chair: 2006-2012
  • College of Engineering Strategic Plan, Co-Captain for Global Challenges and System of Systems Institute, 2009
  • CE PRF Proposals Evaluator: 2012-2013
  • Purdue System-wide Plan, Knowledge Creation and Dissemination Group, 2013
  • Purdue Building Sustainable Communities Cluster Faculty Search Committee for Coupled Natural and Human Systems Dynamics, 2014-2015
  • CE Named Professors Committee, 2016-2018
  • Chair, CE Ad-Hoc Committee for Tenure and Promotions, 2018

 

Administrative Duties

  • Associate Director, CCAT Center: 2016-2018
  • Member, CCAT Steering Committee: 2016-2018
  • Member, CCAT Advisory Board: 2016-2018
  • Director, NEXTRANS Center: 2006-2018
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Systems Group Coordinator: 2004-2006
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Systems Ph.D. Qualifying Exams Coordinator: 1996-2008
Editorial Boards of Journals
  • Associate Editor, Transportation Research, Part B (2018 – present)
  • Frontiers in Built Environment: Transportation and Transit Systems (2015 – present)
  • Transportation in Developing Economies (2014 – present)
  • Advisory Board, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2014 – present)
  • Area Editor (Transportation Dynamics), Networks and Spatial Economics (2014 – present)
  • Associate Editor, Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics (2012 – present)
  • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2011 – 2014)
  • Transportation Research, Part B (2004 – 2018)
  • Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (2002 – present)
  • Associate Editor, Networks and Spatial Economics (1999 – 2014)
Journal Guest Editorship
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, special issue (2018); on “Special Issue on Signal and Information Processing for Critical Infrastructures,” Vol. 12, No. 4.
  • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, special issue (2011); on “Advanced Traffic Computational Modelling and Data Management,” Vol. 26, No. 4.
  • ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, special issue (2009); on “Infrastructure Planning, Design and Management for Big Events,” Vol. 15, No. 1.
  • Networks and Spatial Economics, special double issue (2001); on the “Foundations of Dynamic Traffic Assignment,” Vol. 1, No. 3/4. The first archival reference in DTA.
Membership in Professional and Scholarly Societies
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
  • International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR)
  • International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • ASCE Transportation and Development Institute
  • INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Section
  • Omega Rho, International Honor Society for Operations Research
  • Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Professional and Government Technical Committees
  • Founding Member, Traffic Theory and Modeling SIG, World Conference on Transportation Research (2014 – present).
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (2010 – present).
  • Chair, TRB Committee on Transportation Network Modeling (ADB30) (2007 – 2013).
  • Member, TRB Travel Analysis Methods Section Executive Board (2007 – 2013).
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment (2006 – present).
  • Member, TRB Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10) (2002 – 2008).
  • Member, IFAC Technical Committee on Control in Transportation Systems (2000 – present).
  • Chair, TRB Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior Sub-committee (ADB10(2)) (2000 – 2007).
  • Member, TRB Committee on Transportation Network Modeling (ADB30) (1994 – 2007).
Conference Organizing Committees
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Sixth Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (6th CTRG), Trichy, India, December 2021.
  • Member and Associate Editor, International Program Committee, 2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems (Forum ISTS 2020), IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS), Delft, Netherlands, June 2020.
  • Member, International Scientific Committee, 2020 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modelling, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2020.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 8th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Seattle, June 2020.
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Fifth Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (5th CTRG), Bhopal, India, December 2019.
  • Member, International Academic Advisory Committee, ISETT2019: 2nd COTA International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Transportation, Rome, Italy, October 2019.
  • Member, Academic Committee on Smart and Automated Transportation Systems, 1st World Transport Convention, Beijing, China, June 2019.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 7th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Hong Kong, June 2018.
  • Member, Scientific Committee and Local Organizing Committee, 22nd International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT), Evanston, IL, July 2017.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 6th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Sydney, Australia, June 2016.
  • Member, International Program Committee, CTS 2016, 14th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2016.
  • Member, Program Committee, VEHITS 2016, 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems, Rome, Italy, April 2016.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 2015 International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2015.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, 11th Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2014.
  • Member, Special Session and Special Issue Committee, 17th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Qingdao, China, October 2014.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 5th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Salerno, Italy, June 2014.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, 10th Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2012.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 13th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2012.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Beijing, China, August 2012.
  • Co-convener of Organizing Committee, and Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 4th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, USA, June 2012.
  • Member, Scientific Advisory and Program Board, 3rd International Conference on Digital Human Modeling (ICDHM 2011), Orlando, Florida, July 2011.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Gifu, Japan, June 2010.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Transport Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, August 2008.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 2nd International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leuven, Belgium, June 2008.
  • Chair, NEXTRANS Center Inaugural Summit, Purdue University, May 2008.
  • Member, Program Committee, IEEE Conference on System of Systems Engineering, San Antonio, April 2007.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, Netherlands, August 2006.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 1st International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leeds, UK, June 2006.
  • Member, Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Taiwan, March 2004.
  • Member, Program Committee, The Eleventh ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, IEEE 6th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shanghai, China, October 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 10th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Tokyo, Japan, August 2003.
  • Member, Program Committee, The Tenth ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Washington, D.C., November 2002.
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Singapore, September 2002.

 

Service to Government or Professional Organizations

Committees 

  • American Transportation Expert (2016); selected by the U.S. Department of State to support smart city solutions in India. Dr. Peeta met with state and city government officials, stakeholders, and Indian urban development experts to learn and share work on the sustainability of transportation systems in India’s cities. Discussions focused on sustainability, traffic management, livability, and systems perspectives, including reducing transportation congestion, enhancing access and connectivity, and planning transportation in harmony with cultural heritage.
  • Chair, Transportation Network Modeling Committee (2007-2013); administered the annual paper review process for 6 years, and workshops and other outreach activities of the committee.
  • Member, TRB Travel Analysis Methods Section Executive Board (2007- 2013); member of the leadership team of this section that discusses Section activities and sets policies consistent with TRB guidelines.
  • Member, Traveler Behavior Values Committee (2002-2008); reviewed papers for the committee every year, participated in other committee activities.
  • Member, IFAC Technical Committee on Control in Transportation Systems (2000-present); member of the leadership team that sets policies, and reviewer for the associated conferences.
  • Chair, TRB Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior Sub-committee (2000-2007); led sub-committee research and outreach activities.
  • Member, Transportation Network Modeling Committee (1994-2007); reviewed an average of 15 papers for the committee every year, participated in other committee activities.
  • Member or chair of over 25 international conference program or advisory committees organized by organizations such as TRB, ASCE, IFAC, IEEE, and ACM (details provided in General Information section).
Panels and Reviews
  • Panel Reviewer, Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI)/ Knowledge Networking (KN) Proposals, NSF, 1998
  • Judge, INFORMS Transportation Science Dissertation Award Committee, 1998-1999.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 2001.
  • External Reviewer, University Grants Committee, National Natural Science Foundation of China and Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2001; review of research proposals.
  • Reviewer, NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Proposals, 2001.
  • Reviewer, NSF Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR) Proposals, 2002.
  • Panel Reviewer, Transportation and Infrastructure Review Panel, NSF, 2002.
  • Judge, INFORMS Transportation Science Dissertation Award Committee, 2002-2003.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, 2004.
  • External Reviewer, Research Commission, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, 2005; review of research proposals.
  • Panel Reviewer, CAREER Review Panel, Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, NSF, 2005.
  • External Committee Member, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2005.
  • Member, Board of Examiners, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2005-2006.
  • External Reviewer, Project Report, University of Rhode Island Transportation Center, 2005.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 2006.
  • External Reviewer, Proposals, University of Maryland Transportation Center, 2008-2010.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, 2010.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, 2010.
  • External Reviewer, Canada NSERC Discovery Grants Program, 2011.
  • External Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund; National Priorities Research Program, 2011.
  • Panel Reviewer, Unsolicited Transportation Proposals, NSF, 2011.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, 2013-14.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, 2013-14.
  • External Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund; National Priorities Research Program, 2014.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, 2014.
  • External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2014.
  • Invited panelist on “governance and infrastructure” moderated by Indiana Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, special Indiana Bicentennial Legacy Project to develop a long-term vision for the future of Indiana, by The Indiana Bicentennial Commission (chaired by former Lt. Governor Becky Skillman and former Congressman Lee Hamilton) to identify goals to which the state should aspire over the next 50 years, 2015.
  • Panel Member, Future of Mobility: Connected and Autonomous Transportation, Purdue University, 2017.
  • Panel Reviewer, CMMI Unsolicited Transportation Proposals, NSF, 2017.
  • 2017 Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award Committee, ADB30 Committee, TRB, 2017.
  • 2019 Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award Committee, ADB30 Committee, TRB, 2019.
  • 2019 Martin Beckmann Transformative Research in Transportation Systems Award Committee, ADB30 Committee, TRB, 2019
  • Invited Expert Reviewer, Research Program Plan, Office of the Vice-President for Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019.
  • Panelist and Reviewer, NSF CAREER Proposals, NSF, 2019.
  • Peeta has reviewed several hundred papers for several archival journals and conferences from 1990 to date.

 

Presentations and Short Courses
  • Presented a tutorial on engineering optimization at Purdue University’s Annual Road School in March 1997. The Road School is conducted annually at Purdue University.
  • Presented a summary of Congestion Management Systems for Indiana at a continuing education workshop on Congestion Management Systems in Indianapolis organized by the Indiana Department of Transportation, October 1998.
  • Made a presentation to Lockheed Martin on systems capabilities and courses at Purdue University, February 2005.
  • Made a presentation to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board in Washington, DC on Purdue capabilities in system of systems, May 2005.
  • Made a presentation to Delphi Corporation on Purdue capabilities in integrated safety systems, May 2005.
  • Made a presentation to Worldwide Shipping Group on Purdue capabilities in transportation and logistics, September 2005.
  • Made a presentation to Navteq, Inc. on Purdue capabilities in traffic route guidance, November 2005.
  • Conducted a two-day workshop on “Travel Demand Management” to INDOT and MPO personnel as well as private sector personnel. It also provided continuing education credits for the attendees, Summer 2009.
  • Conducted a three-day workshop on “Travel Demand Modeling Theory” to INDOT and MPO personnel as well as private sector personnel. It also provided continuing education credits for the attendees, Summer 2013.
  • Attended a Mentoring New Faculty Members Workshop conducted at Purdue University; nominated by Civil Engineering Head, February 2015.
  • Made a seminar presentation at the Purdue Institute of Transportation Engineers Seminar Series on “Transportation Supply Side Modeling in the Context of Autonomous Vehicles,” February 2015.
  • Attended a Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty Workshop conducted at Purdue University; nominated by Civil Engineering Head, March 2015.

 

Consulting
  • Morgan State University and Maryland State Highway Administration (2015-2016); driving simulator-based study to analyze reliability of real-time travel information.