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MEET THE CANDIDATES

SSIT Board of Governors
Election - 2016-2018 Term
very year SSIT elects
three new members
of the Board of Governors for three-year
terms. The following
candidates are running for seats
this year. All members are asked to
vote in the upcoming election. An
email ballot will be sent to members beginning on August 19, 2015,
and voting closes on September 30,
2015. All members will have the
opportunity to vote for up to three
candidates, and the top three vote
getting candidates will serve the
three year terms on SSIT's Board.
Laura Jacob
Past President, IEEE-SSIT

neering/Computer Science from
the University of Colorado in 1984,
and M.S. (1985) and Ph.D. (1990)
degrees in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Barth
joined the University of California-Riverside in 1991, conducting
research in Intelligent Systems.
Dr. Barth's research focuses on
applying engineering system concepts and automation technology
to Transportation Systems, and in
particular how it relates to energy
and air quality issues. His current
research interests include ITS and
the Environment, Transportation/
Emissions Modeling, Vehicle Activity Analysis, Advanced Navigation
Techniques, Electric Vehicle Technology, and Advanced Sensing and
Control. Dr. Barth is active with the
U.S. Transportation Research Board
serving in a variety of roles in several committees, including the Committee on ITS and the Committee
on Transportation Air Quality. He
was awarded the TRB Pyke Johnson
Award for TRB outstanding paper
in 2007. In 2011, he was one of the
winners of the Connected Vehicle
Technology Challenge sponsored
by U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA).
He has also served on a number of National Research Council
(NRC) Committees. Dr. Barth has

Matthew Barth
Matthew Barth (Member 1990,
Senior Member 2000, Fellow 2014)
is the Yeager Families Professor at
the College of Engineering, University of California-Riverside. He is
part of the intelligent systems faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is also serving as the
Director for the Center for Environmental Research and Technology
(CE-CERT), UCR's largest multi-disciplinary research center. He received
his B.S. degree in Electrical Engi-

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also been active in IEEE Intelligent
Transportation System Society for
many years, participating in conferences as a presenter, invited session organizer, session moderator,
reviewer, associate editor of the
Transactions of ITS, and member
of the IEEE ITSS Board of Governors. He was the IEEE ITSS Vice
President for Conferences from
2011-2012, President-Elect for 2013,
and is currently serving as the IEEE
ITSS President for 2014-2015.

Paul Cunningham
Paul Cunningham (President &
CEO, IIMC; Founder and Coordinator IST-Africa) has 20 years' experience in Innovation, Science and
Technology policy and research.
IIMC is a technology and strategic
consulting company focused on
policy, research and implementation. Founded in 2002 and supported by the European Commission
and African Union Commission,
IST-Africa is a strategic partnership
with Ministries and National Councils responsible for Innovation,
Science and Technology adoption, implementation, policy and
research in 18 African Countries.
Paul participates in European
funded research (FP4 - Horizon 2020)
and works as a technology, strategy and policy expert for European
Commission, World Bank, national

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