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John Hourdos
Associate Program Director, Minnesota Traffic Observatory
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Research Interests
John Hourdos' expertise is in the area of intelligent transportation systems for traffic control and safety with special emphasis on problems involving traffic modeling and simulation. He is currently involved in several projects undertaken by department faculty. Most notable, along with Dr. Panos Michalopoulos he was involved in the recent evaluation of the Minnesota Zone Ramp Control algorithm, as well as the current Stratified Ramp Control, research that received international attention. Recently, in collaboration with the ITS Lab of the University of Minnesota he designed, assembled, and deployed an array of advanced Traffic Detection and Surveillance Stations in the highest accident area in the Twin Cities.
Selected Publications
Hourdos, J., Garg, V., Michalopoulos, P., and Davis, G. Real-time detection of crash prone conditions in freeway high crash locations. Transportation Research Record, in press.
Xin, W., Hourdos, J., and Michalopoulos, P. Comprehensive evaluation of a new integrated freeway ramp control strategy. Transportation Research Record, in press.
Feng, B., Hourdos, J., and Michalopoulos, P. Improving Minnesota's stratified ramp control strategy. Transportation Research Record, in press.
Xin, W., Hourdakis, J., Michalopoulos, P. Real-time freeway ramp control taking into account ramp demand and ramp queue size information. Traffic Engineering and Control, 46(9): 340.
Beegala, A., Hourdakis, J., and Michalopoulos, P. Methodology for performance optimization of ramp control strategies through microsimulation. Transportation Research Record, in press.
Hourdakis, J., Michalopoulos, P., Morris, T. 2004. Deployment of wireless, mobile detection and surveillance for data intensive applications. Transportation Research Record, 1900: 140-148.
Xin, W., Michalopoulos, P., Hourdakis, J., Lau, D. 2004. Minnesota's new ramp control strategy: Design overview and preliminary assessment. Transportation Research Record, 1867: 69-79.
Hourdakis, J. Michalopoulos, P., Kottommannil J. 2003. Practical procedure for calibrating microscopic traffic simulation models. Transportation Research Record,1852: 130-139.
Hourdakis, J. Michalopoulos, P. 2002. Evaluation of ramp control effectiveness in two Twin Cities freeways. Transportation Research Record,1811: 21-29.
Education:
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2005
- M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1996
- B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 1993
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