Increasing the Resilience of Transportation Systems under a Combination of Cybersecurity Attacks and Extreme Events
This project is focused on measuring the resilience of transportation systems with respect to cyberattacks and extreme events (hurricanes and power outages). This will require developing an Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) simulator for a given road network system to simulate potential cyberattacks and their impact on the traffic. The research team will propose combinatorial optimization algorithms for optimally attacking the ATMS and measure the impact of such attacks to assess the resilience of the system. The team will also evaluate the impact of concurrent extreme events on the transportation system, especially hurricanes and power outages. These extreme events are expected to become more likely in the upcoming years due to climate change and are particularly relevant to the city of Houston, Texas, where the PI’s institution is located. The proposed approaches will be evaluated on publicly available datasets in collaboration with other members of the center. Main findings will be summarized in at least one research paper and the final project report. Software, datasets, and metadata produced through the project will be made publicly available.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation, OST-R, University Transportation Center Program, the USDOT Tier 1 UTC Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced Research and Education (CYBER-CARE).
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $60,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348332
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced Research and Education (CYBER-CARE)
University of Houston
Houston, TX United States -
Project Managers:
Zhang, Yunpeng
Kline, Robin
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Performing Organizations:
Houston, Texas
United States
University of Houston, Texas
Houston, TX United States -
Principal Investigators:
Arlei, Silva
- Start Date: 20230701
- Expected Completion Date: 20260630
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Computer security; Disaster resilience; Electric power supply; Hurricanes; Network analysis (Planning); Service disruption; Traffic simulation
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01953920
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced Research and Education (CYBER-CARE)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348332
- Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Apr 29 2025 4:56PM