The City Logistics for the Urban Economy (CLUE) held its Fourth Annual Symposium and Poster Competition at U of T.
The June 18 event, hosted by CLUE’s Principal Investigator, CivMin Professor Matthew Roorda. The gathering, in partnership with the Smart Freight Centre, brought together nearly 100 attendees, including 34 researchers from five universities, to share research and foster collaboration across academia, government and industry.
The Smart Freight Centre is a collaborative initiative involving McMaster University, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, York University and key public and private sector stakeholders across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The event featured poster presentations, discussions and networking focused on sustainable and efficient urban logistics.
University of Toronto researchers received three of the four awards recognizing outstanding research presentations:
• The Purolator Best Poster Award in Optimizing Last-Mile Deliveries was awarded to Azin Golrizkhatami (CivMin PhD student) for “Learning to Deliver: Deep RL-Based Policy Optimization in a Simulated Food Delivery Environment.”
• The Mobility Network Best Poster Award in Data, Modelling and Forecasting went to Jacob Klimczak (Year 3 CompSci) for “Gridlock in the Dugout: Quantifying the Effects of Induced Demand by the Toronto Blue Jays.”
• The Smart Freight Centre Best Poster Award in Energy, Electrification and Forecasting was given to Sara Torbatian (CivMin PhD student) for “Implications of Off-Peak Commercial Deliveries for Air Quality and Environmental Justice.”
By the numbers:
- 80 attendees
- 39 posters displayed
- Five universities attending
- Three prizes for U of T researchers
- Five – the floor level of the Myhal Atrium