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Larry Head is a Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. He has over 30 years of academic and industry experience related to systems engineering, engineering management, adaptive traffic signal control and signal priority, and connected and automated vehicle systems. He has served as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, Interim Vice Provost for Online Learning, Director of the Transportation Research Institute, and Department Head of the Systems and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He currently serves on the Arizona Governor’s Task Force for Self -Driving Vehicles, is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Traffic Signal Systems Committee and the Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee, and a past member of the SAE DSRC Technical Committee. He is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research – Part C. He is a member of TRB, SAE, ASEE, INFORMS, IISE, and IEEE.
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Courses
- ISIEMLPIntroduction to SIE Methods: Linear Programming
- ISIEIntroduction to Systems & Industrial Engineering
- FMIFinancial Modeling for Innovation
- ISIEMSPIntroduction to SIE Methods: Stochastic Processes
- OOMDObject-Oriented Modeling and Design
- TSTransportation Systems
- DORDeterministic Operations Research
- ISEIntroduction to Systems Engineering
- AVSAutonomous Vehicle Systems
- ISIEMPSIntroduction to SIE Methods: Probability and Statistics
Grants
- Emerging Technologies Provision Zero: THEA CV Pilot - MMITSS Queue Management Enhancement
Principal Investigator (PI)
2023
$323.8K
Active - ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$195.5K
Active - Task: SMARTDrive Anthem Test Bed Operations and Connected Intersections Technical Support
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$50.0K
Active - ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$41.5K
Active - ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$10.0K
Active - ENGR498: FY2022 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$321.5K
Active - Smart RSU Algorithm Development and Evaluation Project
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$129.1K
Active - AV Perception Redundancy Assessment and Validation Project
Co-Investigator (COI)
2021
$91.5K
Active - ENGR498 2021-22: The Sous-vide Server
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$34.0K
Active - IAM: Development and Measurement of Metrics and Data Capture Techniques for ADS-Equipped Vehicle Performance
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$202.8K
Active
Technologies / Patents
News
- UA Engineers Bring 5G Whiz to Cell Networks
2019
- Students Showcase Impactful Tech at Design Day
2019
- $36,250 in Prizes Awarded at Engineering Design Day
2019
- How a UA Engineer Gets Cars to Talk
2018
- $1.5M Gift to UA to Help Shape Biomedical Engineers of Tomorrow
2018
- Rescue Drones, Rocket Science Highlight Design Day
2018
- Seniors Shine at Engineering Design Day
2018
- UA, ADOT to Focus on Women in Transportation Industry
2017
- GCC Reunion Discusses Diversification and Innovation
2016
- Connected-Vehicles Visionary Wins Grad Slam
2016
- UA Establishes Transportation Research Institute
2016
- Arizona Universities Team Up to Improve I-10 Stretch
2016
- UA Team Revs Up Transportation's Internet
2016
- UA Part of $15M Federal Grant, National Center Designation
2016
- Class of 2015: Golfer Is All About the Course Work
2015
- UA Engineering Students Work with GE, Continental in Mexico
2013
- UA Engineers Help Demonstrate Emergency Responder Traffic System in Anthem
2012
- Innovation Day Celebrates Entrepreneurship on Campus
2012
- Cutting-Edge Research Showcased at UA Innovation Day
2012
- UA Engineer to Research Traffic Patterns, Human Behavior
2012
- UA Innovation Day to Celebrate Tech Development
2012
- Industry Helps Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles
2011
- Squeezing Sustainable Energy From Thin Air
2011
- At UA, Industry Enables Education
2011
- UA Testing Smart Traffic System to Reduce First Responder Deaths
2011
- New Engineering School to Address Region's Sustainability Issues
2009
- Combining the Best of Industry and Academia in the Classroom and Lab
2006
- UA Engineers Building Smart Vehicle with Urban Challenge Team
2006
- Smart Traffic Controls Tested in Seattle and Tucson
2002
- Spotlight on Teach ing: ELITE Education Offers Students Ability to Create Their Own Vision
2000
Publications (76)
Recent
- Model-based Design of NEMA-Compliant Dual-ring-barrier Traffic Signal Controller
2022
- Priority-Based Traffic Signal Coordination System With Multi-Modal Priority and Vehicle Actuation in a Connected Vehicle Environment
2022
- Traffic Signal Priority Control Strategy for Connected Emergency Vehicles with Dilemma Zone Protection for Freight Vehicles
2021
- Infrastructure-based Sensor Data Capture Systems for Measurement of Operational Safety Assessment (OSA) Metrics
2021
- Safety Assessment of Vehicle Traffic at Signalized Intersections using Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Systems
2021
- Peer-to-peer priority signal control strategy in a connected vehicle environment
2018
- A Functional Data Analysis Based Approach for Freeway Volume Data Imputation
2018
- Vehicle reidentification in a connected vehicle environment using machine learning algorithms
2018
- Assistive System to Improve Pedestrians’ Safety and Mobility in a Connected Vehicle Technology Environment
2018
- Location Estimation of Smart Phone Equipped Pedestrians by Integrating Connected Vehicle Technologies and Map Matching
2017
- Systematic analysis of traffic signal coordination using connected-vehicle technology
2017
- Adaptive Coordination Based on Connected Vehicle Technology
2017
- Quantitative Analysis of Smooth Progression in Traffic Signal Systems
2017
- Connected Vehicle--Based Adaptive Signal Control and Applications
2016
- Improving the operational performance of two-quadrant parclo interchanges with median U-turn concept
2016
- Efficient priority control model for multimodal traffic signals
2016
- Connected vehicle–based adaptive signal control and applications
2016
- Multimodal Data Analytics Comparative Visualization Tool: Case Study of Pedestrian Crossing Design
2016
- A real-time adaptive signal control in a connected vehicle environment
2015
- Resonant cycles under various intersection spacing, speeds, and traffic signal operational treatments
2015
- Travel time observation in privacy ensured connected vehicle environment using partial vehicle trajectories and extended tardity
2015
- Optimal operation of displaced left-turn intersections: A lane-based approach
2015
- Dynamic Turning Restriction Management for Signalized Road Network
2015
- Unified route choice framework and empirical study in urban traffic control environment
2014
- Optimal intersection operation with median U-turn: lane-based approach
2014
- Unified Route Choice Framework: Specification and Application to Urban Traffic Control
2014
- Optimization of pedestrian phase patterns at signalized intersections: a multi‐objective approach
2014
- Integrated optimization of transit priority operation at isolated intersections: A person-capacity-based approach
2014
- Multi-Modal Intelligent Traffic Signal System-Safer and More Efficient Intersections Through a Connected Vehicle Environment
2014
- Estimating vehicles in the dilemma zone and application to fixed-time coordinated signal optimization
2014
- Multi-modal traffic signal control with priority, signal actuation and coordination
2014
- Optimization of pedestrian phase patterns at signalized intersections: A multi-objective approach
2013
- Integrated optimization of lane markings and timings for signalized roundabouts
2013
- Effective coordinated optimization model for transit priority control under arterial progression
2013
- Coordinated optimization of signal timings for intersection approach with presignals
2013
- A Priority System for Multi Modal Traffic Signal Control
2013
- Heuristic Algorithms for Online Traffic Signal Control with Cell Transmission Models
2012
- Use of an automatic under-vehicle inspection system as a tool to streamline vehicle screening at ports of entry and security checkpoints
2012
- Hybrid simulation and optimization-based design and operation of integrated photovoltaic generation, storage units, and grid
2011
- PAMSCOD: Platoon-based arterial multi-modal signal control with online data
2011
- Heuristic algorithm for priority traffic signal control
2011
- Simulation-based optimization of maximum green setting under retrospective approximation framework
2010
- Heuristic algorithms to solve 0–1 mixed integer LP formulations for traffic signal control problems
2010
- Pseudo-lane-level, low-cost GPS positioning with vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and driving event detection
2010
- Sustainability provisions in the bus-scheduling problem
2009
- Long green times and cycles at congested traffic signals
2009
- Data-driven algorithms for real-time adaptive tuning of offsets in coordinated traffic signal systems
2007
- Modeling traffic signal operations with precedence graphs
2007
- Performance analysis of coordinated traffic signals during transition
2007
- Overview of the ACS-lite adaptive control system
2006
- Decision model for priority control of traffic signals
2006
- Traffic signal state transition logic using enhanced sensor information
2003
- Surrogate safety measures from traffic simulation models
2003
- ACS-Lite Algorithmic Architecture: Applying Adaptive Control System Technology to Closed-Loop Traffic Signal Control Systems
2003
- Adaptive control software for distributed systems
2002
- Life in the Fast Lane: Yates’s Alogrithm, Fast Fourier and Walsh Transforms
2002
- A real-time traffic signal control system: architecture, algorithms, and analysis
2001
- Real-time offset transitioning algorithm for coordinating traffic signals
2001
- An approach towards the integration of bus priority and traffic adaptive signal control
2001
- Model-based transportation policy analysis
2000
- Testing Real-Time Control Strategies Using Client/Server Architecture via the Internet
2000
- Remote simulation to evaluate real-time traffic control strategies
2000
- Improved traffic signal priority for transit
1998
- The RHODES prototype: a description and some results
1998
- RHODES-ITMS: Real-Time Traffic Signal Control at a Diamond Interchange
1998
- Controlled optimization of phases at an intersection
1997
- ELITE - Engineering with Liberal and Technical Education project status report - evaluation, seminars, and advising
1997
- RHODES-ITMS [INTEGRATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM] PROJECT
1997
- Simulation-Based Methodology for Evaluation of High-Occupancy-Vehicle Facilities
1996
- Event-based short-term traffic flow prediction model
1995
- RHODES PROJECT, PHASE II (A)
1994
- Hierarchical Control Architecture for Real-time Traffic Management
1993
- Hierarchical framework for real-time traffic control
1992
- Systems and Industrial Engineering Department
1991
- A Mathematical Systems Model of Nitrate Contamination
1991
- Modeling and identification of nonlinear oscillations
1989