Hello, A new project on the LCRC cluster has been requested. Please forward the information on to the LCRC Allocation sub-committee. Applicant's name: Jeff Larson Applicant's institution: ANL Applicant's division: MCS Project Name: ControlAlgs4CAV Project title: Advanced Control Algorithms for Improving Energy Consumption of Connected and Automated Vehicles Associated funding: LDRD Other Systems: MCS compute nodes Science: This project will develop computational techniques that incorporate real-time sensor data into control algorithms for calculating where and when platoons should be formed or dissolved. Given that the United State spent $327 billion on net oil imports in 2011 [19], increasing fuel efficiency will significantly contribute to the DOE’s goal of energy independence. While most platooning research has been devoted to small scale studies of single roads, we will study control algorithms for maximizing traffic flow and fuel savings from CAVs throughout a large metropolitan area. Incorporating the new algorithms in a traffic control system will result in a safer and more efficient road network. Project description: Computational Methods: Initial research will involve using existing numerical routines such as CPLEX or Gurobi to solve integer programs and MINLPs the represent vehicles traveling through different road networks. Initial studies on MCS compute nodes indicate that even simple models require considerable computational effort. A small road network with 20 vehicles took 16 hours to rule optimal using all 64 cores on the compute001 node. We will start by seeing if Gurobi can utilize additional resources. CPLEX does not support clusters: goo.gl/nDPBuQ Gurobi claims to: goo.gl/2UknLF There are possibly 4 other people who would use the project resources: Todd Munson and Stefan Wild (MCS) Vadim Sokolov and Dominik Karbowski (ES) I will be the only person using the resources initially. Industry partnership: Project URL: Requested allocation: 36000 Q1: 0 Q2: 12000 Q3: 12000 Q4: 12000 Justification: Storage requirements: The requester has used undetermined amount hours of their initial startup project. In addition to approving an initial amount, please specify a Category and Subcategory for this project. For a list of the current selection of approved categories, please see: https://wiki.lcrc.anl.gov/wiki/Processes/Categories Once the Allocation committee has approved the project, please go to the Project Management page to create it: https://accounts.lcrc.anl.gov/projects.php Thank You, The LCRC Accounts System