NGSIM Stakeholders – Modelers Group Chair Overview Presented by Dr. Dolf May Goals and Challenges Membership • Representatives with demonstrated expertise in the area of traffic modeling Goals • Focus on the selection, development, and validation of core algorithms and data sets • Identify what needs to be advanced in the state of the art Challenge • Maintaining close coordination with model users and model developers Benefits to traffic modelers • Help identify needs; identify critical gaps; exchange experiences with other modelers Modelers Group - Membership Bottom Jon Charles Rivers Associates Brackstone Mark University of Southampton Brilon Werner Ruhr Universitat Bochum Chang Edmond Oak Ridge National Lab Courage Kenneth University of Florida Elefteriadou Lily Penn State University Gartner Nathan UMass at Lowell Hoogendoorn Serge Delft University of Technology Jayakrishnan R. (Jay) UC Irvine Kyte Michael University of Idaho Leonard John Georgia Tolls Nelson Paul Texas A&M Sack Jerome National Institute of Statistical Sciences Schoen Jim Catalina Engineering Troutbeck Rod Queensland University of Technology Ziliaskoupoulos Athanasios Northwestern University