The University of Macau (UM) today (16 July) held a lecture titled ‘Autonomous Driving and Future Transport – The Reforms and Challenges’, as part of the University Lecture Series in celebration of the 40th anniversary. Wu Jianping, a professor in Tsinghua University’s School of Civil Engineering and director of Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT ‘Future Transport’ Research Center’, was the keynote speaker. The talked attracted a large audience, including UM faculty and students, as well as members of the general public.
UM Vice Rector Michael Hui described Wu’s lecture at UM as ‘timely’ because the Macao SAR government has been actively promoting smart city development in recent years, adding that smart transport and future transport are of great concern to the general public. Wu’s research interests include smart city development and smart transport, traffic modelling and simulation, as well as sustainable transport system.
During the talk, Wu discussed autonomous driving and smart transport from three angles, namely current trends, major reforms, as well as challenges and opportunities. According to Wu, researchers all over the world are studying autonomous vehicles, whose advantage is that they have strong system safety and stability. In the future, with advances in 5G and car networking technology, these vehicles will be able to achieve maximum efficiency and safety. Wu added that there would be a long period of mixed traffic, with both manned and autonomous vehicles co-existing, and this would pose some challenges to future transport systems and decision makers.
| Source: Rector’s Office | |
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