The Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland supports national, state, and local efforts to solve important transportation, safety, and security problems. We accomplish our mission by deploying innovative technology and user-centered software and visualization systems.\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> Information visualization <\/a><\/a><\/h1><\/div>We develop tools that help our users discover insights using innovative data visualization platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Data fusion<\/p><\/a><\/h1><\/div>We develop real-time systems that fuse hundreds of gigabytes of data per day from thousands of sensors across the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> User interface design <\/a><\/a><\/h1><\/div>We have extensive experience developing user interfaces for large-scale systems that enable users to easily understand information and make better decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> Performance measurement & analysis <\/a><\/a><\/h1><\/div>We work closely with local, state, and federal agencies to make sense of large data sets that \u201ctell a story\u201d about important issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Information visualization<\/h2><\/h1><\/div>The CATT Lab develops visual analytics and information visualization tools that lead users to insights that would be difficult, if not impossible, to discover through traditional data analysis techniques. The old adage that \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words\u201d rings true.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Making sense of big data<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The CATT Lab pioneers new ways of looking at data for the benefit of transportation practitioners and the public at large. For over a decade, our platforms have been converting billions of daily data points from across the nation into actionable information available at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<\/div>Watch this video overview of real-time operations tools in RITIS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Improving decision-making<\/a><\/h1><\/div>Our visualization tools, such as RITIS and the Probe Data Analytics Suite, are utilized by thousands of transportation professionals nationwide to enhance traffic operations and transportation planning.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read how agencies use RITIS to respond to crashes and events<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Transportation and beyond<\/a><\/a><\/h1><\/div>We continue to explore visualization opportunities outside the transportation industry. For example, the CATT Lab partnered with the Maryland Transportation Institute to develop our COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform<\/a>, which visualizes health, demographic, and economic impact data, as well as mobility data.<\/p>\n<\/div>Visit the COVID-19 Impact Analytics Platform<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Data fusion<\/h1><\/div>The CATT Lab develops systems that fuse and integrate hundreds of gigabytes of data per day in real time from emergency operations centers, transportation management centers, thousands of sensors, CCTV cameras, and sub-systems throughout the country.<\/p>\nCATT Lab employees are experts in database management systems, database tuning, standards, geospatial data management, and data processing optimization. Their real-time data fusion systems are relied upon by thousands of users across the nation on a daily basis. The CATT Lab\u2019s data fusion, dissemination, and analytical systems and are considered the gold standard by planners, law enforcement, operations, defense, and private sector freight companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Visualizing incident response<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The RITIS Incident Timeline fuses essential information on traffic incidents into one simple display.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Seeing the big picture<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The RITIS Map presents over a dozen real-time geospatial data feeds on a single map to show real-time transportation conditions over an entire region.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>User interface design<\/h1><\/div>Understanding the big picture and working effectively in data rich\nenvironments can be hard. The CATT Lab has years of expertise in developing user interfaces for large-scale, complex systems that enable users to quickly and easily comprehend the results of decisions and to help them to navigate through sophisticated software with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. Proper user interface design is both a learned skill and a trained art.<\/p>\nThe CATT Lab\u2019s design team and human computer interaction experts design software that significantly enhances user experiences–leading to greater acceptance and increased workflow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Performance measurement & analysis<\/h1>\nData is everywhere. Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information effectively is an essential activity in today’s knowledge-based economy. At the CATT Lab, we fully believe that data should be analyzed and displayed in ways that make it understandable and accessible. The CATT Lab works closely with local, state, and federal agencies in support of analyzing large datasets from sensors, probes, police accident records, or other databases. Our goal is to make this information easily understandable by diverse user groups from engineers to managers, public officials, and the general public. Data can \u201ctell a story\u201d about important issues that conveys meaning and importance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Holiday Travel Forecasts<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The Maryland Transportation Authority turns to RITIS and new report templates to provide a Labor Day travel forecast to the traveling public.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Optimizing traffic signals on corridors<\/a><\/h1><\/div>Ohio DOT optimizes signalized corridors throughout the state using the Travel Time Delta Ranking tool in Probe Data Analytics.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":160,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888997,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2888997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We develop tools that help our users discover insights using innovative data visualization platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Data fusion<\/p><\/a><\/h1><\/div>
We develop real-time systems that fuse hundreds of gigabytes of data per day from thousands of sensors across the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>
We have extensive experience developing user interfaces for large-scale systems that enable users to easily understand information and make better decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>
We work closely with local, state, and federal agencies to make sense of large data sets that \u201ctell a story\u201d about important issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The CATT Lab develops visual analytics and information visualization tools that lead users to insights that would be difficult, if not impossible, to discover through traditional data analysis techniques. The old adage that \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words\u201d rings true.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The CATT Lab pioneers new ways of looking at data for the benefit of transportation practitioners and the public at large. For over a decade, our platforms have been converting billions of daily data points from across the nation into actionable information available at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Our visualization tools, such as RITIS and the Probe Data Analytics Suite, are utilized by thousands of transportation professionals nationwide to enhance traffic operations and transportation planning.<\/p>\n<\/div>
We continue to explore visualization opportunities outside the transportation industry. For example, the CATT Lab partnered with the Maryland Transportation Institute to develop our COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform<\/a>, which visualizes health, demographic, and economic impact data, as well as mobility data.<\/p>\n<\/div>Visit the COVID-19 Impact Analytics Platform<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Data fusion<\/h1><\/div>The CATT Lab develops systems that fuse and integrate hundreds of gigabytes of data per day in real time from emergency operations centers, transportation management centers, thousands of sensors, CCTV cameras, and sub-systems throughout the country.<\/p>\nCATT Lab employees are experts in database management systems, database tuning, standards, geospatial data management, and data processing optimization. Their real-time data fusion systems are relied upon by thousands of users across the nation on a daily basis. The CATT Lab\u2019s data fusion, dissemination, and analytical systems and are considered the gold standard by planners, law enforcement, operations, defense, and private sector freight companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Visualizing incident response<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The RITIS Incident Timeline fuses essential information on traffic incidents into one simple display.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Seeing the big picture<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The RITIS Map presents over a dozen real-time geospatial data feeds on a single map to show real-time transportation conditions over an entire region.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>User interface design<\/h1><\/div>Understanding the big picture and working effectively in data rich\nenvironments can be hard. The CATT Lab has years of expertise in developing user interfaces for large-scale, complex systems that enable users to quickly and easily comprehend the results of decisions and to help them to navigate through sophisticated software with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. Proper user interface design is both a learned skill and a trained art.<\/p>\nThe CATT Lab\u2019s design team and human computer interaction experts design software that significantly enhances user experiences–leading to greater acceptance and increased workflow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Performance measurement & analysis<\/h1>\nData is everywhere. Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information effectively is an essential activity in today’s knowledge-based economy. At the CATT Lab, we fully believe that data should be analyzed and displayed in ways that make it understandable and accessible. The CATT Lab works closely with local, state, and federal agencies in support of analyzing large datasets from sensors, probes, police accident records, or other databases. Our goal is to make this information easily understandable by diverse user groups from engineers to managers, public officials, and the general public. Data can \u201ctell a story\u201d about important issues that conveys meaning and importance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Holiday Travel Forecasts<\/a><\/h1><\/div>The Maryland Transportation Authority turns to RITIS and new report templates to provide a Labor Day travel forecast to the traveling public.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Optimizing traffic signals on corridors<\/a><\/h1><\/div>Ohio DOT optimizes signalized corridors throughout the state using the Travel Time Delta Ranking tool in Probe Data Analytics.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":160,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888997,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2888997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattlab.umd.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The CATT Lab develops systems that fuse and integrate hundreds of gigabytes of data per day in real time from emergency operations centers, transportation management centers, thousands of sensors, CCTV cameras, and sub-systems throughout the country.<\/p>\n
CATT Lab employees are experts in database management systems, database tuning, standards, geospatial data management, and data processing optimization. Their real-time data fusion systems are relied upon by thousands of users across the nation on a daily basis. The CATT Lab\u2019s data fusion, dissemination, and analytical systems and are considered the gold standard by planners, law enforcement, operations, defense, and private sector freight companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The RITIS Incident Timeline fuses essential information on traffic incidents into one simple display.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The RITIS Map presents over a dozen real-time geospatial data feeds on a single map to show real-time transportation conditions over an entire region.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Understanding the big picture and working effectively in data rich\nenvironments can be hard. The CATT Lab has years of expertise in developing user interfaces for large-scale, complex systems that enable users to quickly and easily comprehend the results of decisions and to help them to navigate through sophisticated software with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. Proper user interface design is both a learned skill and a trained art.<\/p>\n
The CATT Lab\u2019s design team and human computer interaction experts design software that significantly enhances user experiences–leading to greater acceptance and increased workflow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Data is everywhere. Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information effectively is an essential activity in today’s knowledge-based economy. At the CATT Lab, we fully believe that data should be analyzed and displayed in ways that make it understandable and accessible. The CATT Lab works closely with local, state, and federal agencies in support of analyzing large datasets from sensors, probes, police accident records, or other databases. Our goal is to make this information easily understandable by diverse user groups from engineers to managers, public officials, and the general public. Data can \u201ctell a story\u201d about important issues that conveys meaning and importance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Maryland Transportation Authority turns to RITIS and new report templates to provide a Labor Day travel forecast to the traveling public.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Ohio DOT optimizes signalized corridors throughout the state using the Travel Time Delta Ranking tool in Probe Data Analytics.<\/p>\n<\/div>