About the lab
The Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab (ITS Lab) is a research group at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu. We study how vehicles and people move through cities, and we build the methods that make that movement safer and more efficient: perception and driver assistance for automated and connected vehicles, and machine-learning models of traffic and mobility.
Mobility problems follow from the concentration of people and markets, and they involve many factors and actors: vehicle safety, sustainability, congestion, incidents and human behaviour. The lab works in five fields that address them: mobility modelling, traffic simulation, advanced traveller information systems, advanced driver assistance systems and vehicular networking.
Lab history
- 2012
ITS Lab founded at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu.
- 2015
Students supervised in the lab show that Wi-Fi drones can be hijacked; ERR News reports.news.err.ee
- 2016
Lab joins EXCITE, the Estonian Centre of Excellence in IT (2016–2023).www.etis.ee
- 2016
Smart specialisation grant with Mooncascade: predicting population mobility from mobile data.cs.ut.ee
- 2017
Master's student Joonas Lõmps wins best paper at MSIVISM for handwritten Japanese character recognition.tartu.postimees.ee
- 2018
Research collaboration with Taxify (now Bolt) on urban mobility and traffic analysis.ut.ee
- 2018
Universitas Tartuensis features the lab's smart city and mobility data research.dea.digar.ee
- 2020
Lab becomes a partner in EIT Urban Mobility: Doctoral Training Network and Master School (2020–2025).www.eiturbanmobility.eu
- 2020
Journal of Urban Mobility launched; Amnir Hadachi joins as associate editor.www.eit.europa.eu
- 2021
ModSplit: real-time modal split platform built for the City of Tartu, extended in 2024 and 2025.its.cs.ut.ee
- 2023
Alireza Akhavi Zadegan's PhD scooter that maps its surroundings shown on ERR's Ringvaade.eeter.err.ee
- 2024
Lab joins the Estonian centre of excellence AI for Smart Automation (2024–2028).www.etis.ee
- 2024
Toivo Vajakas defends the lab's first PhD thesis.
- 2025
Geenius DigiPRO covers the lab's AI research for smarter cities and healthcare.digipro.geenius.ee
- 2026
Lab co-organises the 7th EIT Urban Mobility DTN Annual Forum in Tartu, 11–13 June.annualforum.ut.ee
Contact
- Address
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab
Institute of Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Tartu
Narva mnt 18, 51009
Tartu, Estonia - Institute
- Institute of Computer Science
32 collaborators · 16 countries
Collaborators
- Estonia
- Australia
- Finland
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- United Kingdom
- United States