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Engage With Us

HASS COE partners throughout USDOT, academia, and industry:

  • USDOT Operating Administrations: We are dedicated to serving the various Operating Administrations within the USDOT. If you are part of an Operating Administration or a specific mode of transportation within USDOT, we can enhance your resources, inform your planning, and expedite your initiatives toward the safe integration of automation in transportation.
  • Academic and Industry Partners: We value collaboration with academic institutions and industry stakeholders. We invite you to share insights from your research and development efforts. This enables us to understand how your work may align with and advance federal interests and initiatives in transportation automation..

Extending your insight into what's ahead. Usual perspective: 1-5 years. HASS COE fills in the long view: 3-10 years.

"The HASS COE is USDOT’s go-to resource for automation safety expertise: your agency-wide partner in managing technology, industry developments, and implications for all modes of transportation.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Chief Science Officer, USDOT

“Thank you for thinking of this. I thought [HASS Connects] went very well. The UI team is very good. The audience asked some very good questions. And the moderator (you) was terrific!”​

Federal Transit Administration Automation Lead

“I have to give credit to you. My leadership found it helpful to use your notes as a follow up with CBP this week.”

International Trade Specialist, Maritime Administration's (MARAD), Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS)

“Hearing about your work at OST-R made me optimistic for exploring/investigating LLMs in an appropriate manner at DOT.”​

Program Analyst, Operations Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

Collaborate with HASS COE within USDOT

Advance your Operating Administration’s or office’s mission and your capacity in transportation automation safety. Some of the ways to partner include:

  • HASS Roundtables: Leadership conversations to explore the role of automated systems in your work and identify where our resources and collaboration may further your mission.
  • HASS Insight: Technology-maturity updates and industry landscape analyses packaged in regular reports on sought-after subjects to accelerate your knowledge across USDOT and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies planning.
  • ConnectX: A growing community of researchers that exchange technical knowledge, resources, and methodologies on innovative and interconnected approaches to research across transportation modes.

Connect with HASS COE from Academia or Industry

If you are from academia or industry and have inquiries or innovative ideas, we encourage you to reach out to us. Your contributions and collaboration are crucial as we advance the integration of automated systems in transportation. Please contact us to discuss potential collaborations, share your research, or explore how we can support your initiatives.

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Contact Denise Bakar at denise.bakar@dot.gov or hass-coe@dot.gov.

 

 

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Denise Bakar
Communications Manager
denise.bakar@dot.gov

General Inquiries
hass-coe@dot.gov

 

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