Webinar: Harnessing AI's Power at Transportation Agencies
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is at the forefront of using artificial intelligence to transform transportation. While embracing AI innovation, the agency is also identifying and managing its risks.
TxDOT recently developed an AI strategic plan outlining 230 potential AI-use cases that will guide the department over the next three years. AI is revolutionizing how the department monitors and manages traffic, detects incidents in real time, and streamlines its work. AI is also enhancing decision-making regarding operations and maintenance.
This webinar will feature TxDOT’s Chief Information Officer and its Director of Strategy and Innovation. They will discuss the opportunities that AI unlocks and the critical issues they are addressing, such as technology infrastructure, data quality, security, and data privacy.
Moderator:
Philip Plotch, Principal Researcher and Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation
Panelists:
Darran Anderson, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Texas Department of Transportation
Darran Anderson is the Director of Strategy and Innovation for TxDOT. He is responsible for TxDOT’s strategic innovation, emerging technology, and research initiatives; and performance analytics and enterprise initiatives; with the objective of providing a forward-thinking efficient approach for an enhanced future of mobility throughout the state. He oversees the Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, and Research and Technology Implementation divisions. He also serves on numerous committees, advisory groups and communities of practice in national organizations covering intelligent transportation systems, cooperative and automated transportation, and other emerging technologies.
Anh Selissen, Chief Information Officer and Director of the Information Technology Division, Texas Department of Transportation
Anh Selissen serves as chief information officer (CIO) and the director of the Information Technology Division, overseeing customer relationship management, information security, operations and financial management, applications support, data governance, service integration and governance, transportation program support, traffic technology operations, IT business operations, strategic direction, and the personnel and vendor activities of the Information Technology Division.
Selissen has led enterprise IT systems and staff in both the public and private sectors, having previously held positions as CIO at NuStats Inc. and director of enterprise systems at the University of Texas at Austin. Most recently, Selissen served as deputy CIO at the Texas Comptroller’s Office. Among several professional affiliations, Selissen is on the AASHTO Transportation Technology Committee. She served two years as president of the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications and IT chair of the State Agency Coordinating Council.
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is at the forefront of using artificial intelligence to transform transportation. While embracing AI innovation, the agency is also identifying and managing its risks.
TxDOT recently developed an AI strategic plan outlining 230 potential AI-use cases that will guide the department over the next three years. AI is revolutionizing how the department monitors and manages traffic, detects incidents in real time, and streamlines its work. AI is also enhancing decision-making regarding operations and maintenance.
This webinar will feature TxDOT’s Chief Information Officer and its Director of Strategy and Innovation. They will discuss the opportunities that AI unlocks and the critical issues they are addressing, such as technology infrastructure, data quality, security, and data privacy.
Moderator:
Philip Plotch, Principal Researcher and Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation
Panelists:
Darran Anderson, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Texas Department of Transportation
Darran Anderson is the Director of Strategy and Innovation for TxDOT. He is responsible for TxDOT’s strategic innovation, emerging technology, and research initiatives; and performance analytics and enterprise initiatives; with the objective of providing a forward-thinking efficient approach for an enhanced future of mobility throughout the state. He oversees the Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, and Research and Technology Implementation divisions. He also serves on numerous committees, advisory groups and communities of practice in national organizations covering intelligent transportation systems, cooperative and automated transportation, and other emerging technologies.
Anh Selissen, Chief Information Officer and Director of the Information Technology Division, Texas Department of Transportation
Anh Selissen serves as chief information officer (CIO) and the director of the Information Technology Division, overseeing customer relationship management, information security, operations and financial management, applications support, data governance, service integration and governance, transportation program support, traffic technology operations, IT business operations, strategic direction, and the personnel and vendor activities of the Information Technology Division.
Selissen has led enterprise IT systems and staff in both the public and private sectors, having previously held positions as CIO at NuStats Inc. and director of enterprise systems at the University of Texas at Austin. Most recently, Selissen served as deputy CIO at the Texas Comptroller’s Office. Among several professional affiliations, Selissen is on the AASHTO Transportation Technology Committee. She served two years as president of the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications and IT chair of the State Agency Coordinating Council.
