[AI Seminar Series] REMINDER: Seminar by Prof. Weizi Li, tomorrow Friday October 2nd, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room

[Vassilis Tsotras]

Reminder for the AI seminar tomorrow Friday at noon in the MRB Seminar
room. Please register using the link below if you plan to attend.

Sincerely,
V. Tsotras

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM Vassilis Tsotras <vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> The next AI Seminar (first for this quarter) will be on Friday October
> 2nd, 12-1pm, in the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor).
>
> *** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****
>
> To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-seminar-series-tickets-2002568959666
>
> The talk will be given by *Prof. Weizi Li*, Department of Mathematics, UCR
>
> TITLE: Fluidic City: From Mixed Traffic Flow to Smart City
>
> ABSTRACT:
> By 2050, two-thirds of the global population will live in cities,
> intensifying challenges like traffic congestion, pollution, and inequality.
> In this talk, I’ll present our innovations that carry the potential to
> advance the efficiency and adaptability of future cities. First, I'll
> introduce our recent progress in mixed-autonomy traffic control. Next, I'll
> showcase how we reconstruct citywide traffic dynamics using sparse mobile
> data, laying the groundwork for large-scale mixed traffic management.
> Finally, I'll explore future research directions at the intersection of
> intelligent transportation systems and urban innovations.
>
> Bio
>
> Weizi Li is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of
> Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California,
> Riverside. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at
> the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT.
> He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of North
> Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include intelligent
> transportation systems, robotics, reinforcement learning, and multi-agent
> simulation.
>
> ------------------------------------
> Sponsored by the RAISE at UCR Institute, the AI Seminar Series presents
> speakers working on cutting edge Foundational AI or applying AI in their
> research. The goal of these seminars is to inform the UCR community about
> current trends in AI research and promote collaborations between faculty
> in this emerging field. These seminars are open to interested faculty and
> graduate/undergraduate students. Please forward this email to other
> colleagues or students in your lab that may be interested. After the
> seminar a discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for
> possible collaborations etc.
>
> Sincerely,
> Vassilis Tsotras
> Professor, CSE Department
> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute
>
> Amit Roy-Chowdhury
> Professor, ECE Department
> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute
>
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