Transportation Cyber-Physical-Social Systems: Next Frontiers 

MASHRUR "Ronnie" CHOWDHURY, Ph.D., P.E.  

 Professor, Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Automotive Engineering, 

and School of Computing 

Clemson University 

Thursday, March 28, 2024

ABSTRACT

Professor Ronnie Chowdhury will delve into the realm of cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS) and their multifaceted aspects for future infrastructures and multimodal mobility. Through CPSS, we seamlessly integrate sensing, communication, computation, and users across various cyber, physical, and social systems. Within a CPSS environment, these components communicate with one another to achieve specific objectives. Today, CPSS are omnipresent, spanning from smart home devices to complex grid systems, connected and automated transportation systems, logistics, and even extending to extraterrestrial outposts such as space stations. The interconnected nature of CPSS, however, introduces a myriad of vulnerabilities, unraveling potential attack surfaces by malicious actors. These threats can rapidly propagate across different interconnected CPSS, leading to widespread disruptions at local, state, or national levels. This talk will reflect upon diverse CPSS applications and their effectiveness for multimodal connected and autonomous mobility, drawing from the ongoing research projects conducted by Ronnie and his team. Additionally, he will spotlight his group’s endeavors in CPSS security, focusing on innovative approaches to detect and mitigate cyberattacks on software and hardware, and resiliency against such attacks. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER 

Dr. Mashrur “Ronnie” Chowdhury is a professor in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Automotive Engineering, Associated Faculty of the School of Computing, and serves as the Eugene Douglas Mays Chair of Transportation at Clemson University. He is the founding director of the USDOT UTC National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TraCR), and the USDOT Tier 1 UTC, the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) headquartered at Clemson University. He is also the co-director of the Complex Systems, Analytics, and Visualization Institute (CSAVI) at Clemson University. He is an Associate Director of CR2C2. He previously served as an elected member of the IEEE ITS Society Board of Governors and is currently a senior member of the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and an alumnus of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering program. Dr. Chowdhury is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is also a registered professional engineer in Ohio.