Gabriel Gomes

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ASSISTANT RESEARCH ENGINEER

410-4 McLaughlin Hall, MC 1720
BerkeleyCA 94720
United States
Phone: 
510-910-6823
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Biography

Dr. Gabriel Gomes is a researcher and lecturer at California PATH with expertise in the areas of traffic modeling, simulation, and system control. Dr. Gomes received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Simón Bolívar University in Venezuela in 1996. In 2004 he earned his Ph.D. in systems and control theory from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley where his research focused on developing ramp metering strategies for congested freeways. Later, he joined the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) where he participated in several projects spanning a variety of traffic related topics.

Dr. Gomes joined PATH as an Assistant Research Engineer in 2008. At that time he worked mainly on projects in the area of intelligent transportation systems, network modeling, and traffic prediction. Recently his research has focused on the hybrid simulation of traffic networks in high-performance computing environments. He is the author of Open Traffic Models, a multi-scale traffic simulation tool. He is co-author of the Operations Planning Toolbox. OPT provides rapid evaluation capabilities for operations and planning practitioners at Caltrans.

In addition to his research activities at PATH, Dr. Gomes teaches several courses with the department of Mechanical Engineering at U.C. Berkeley, including courses in control theory, control of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), and data science. He also supervises capstone projects with the College of Engineering’s MEng program. These projects cover a wide range of topics including robotics, solar energy, digital health, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and smart exercise machines. He is the author of over 50 papers in various areas of engineering.

PUBLICATIONS

G. Gomes. A framework for hybrid simulation of transportation networks. Journal of Simulation. Published June 4th, 2020.

G. Gomes, J. Ugirumurera, X. Li. Distributed macroscopic traffic simulation with Open Traffic Models. 2020 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference.

J. Ugirumurera, G. Gomes, E. Porter, X. Li, A. Bayen. “A Unified Software Framework to Enable Solution of Traffic Assignment Problems at Extreme Scale”. Invited talk. 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems November 4-7, 2018, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

H. Zhan, Gabriel G., Xiaoye Li, K. Madduri, K. Wu. “Efficient Online Hyperparameter Learning for Traffic Flow Prediction”. 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems November 4-7, 2018, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

M. Wright, G. Gomes, R. Horowitz, A. Kurzhanskiy, “On node models for high-dimensional road networks”. Transportation Research Part B, Volume 105, November 2017, pg. 212-234.

N. Mehr, M. Sanselme, N. Orr, R. Horowitz, G. Gomes, “Offset Selection for Bandwidth Maximization on Multiple Routes”. 2018 American Control Conference.

G. Gomes, Q. Gan, A, Bayen, “A methodology for evaluating the performance of model-based traffic prediction systems”. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Volume 96, November 2018, Pages 160-169.

H. Zhan, G. Gomes, X. Li, K. Madduri, A. Sim, K. Wu. “Consensus Ensemble System for Traffic Flow Prediction”. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Volume 19, Issue 12, 2018.

F. Belletti, D. Haziza, G. Gomes, A. M. Bayen. “Expert Level control of Ramp Metering based on Multi-task Deep Reinforcement Learning”. Volume 19, Issue 4, pg. 1198 - 1207

Q. Gan, G. Gomes, A. Bayen, “Estimation of performance metrics at signalized intersections using loop detector data and probe travel times”. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Volume 18, Issue 11, 2017.

S. Coogan, E. Kim, G. Gomes, M. Arcak, P. Varaiya, “Offset optimization in signalized traffic networks via semidefinite relaxation”. Transportation Research Part B, Volume 100, June 2017, pg. 82-92.

G. De Nunzio, G. Gomes, C. Canudas de Wit, R. Horowitz, P. Moulin, “Speed Advisory and Signal Offsets Control for Arterial Bandwidth Maximization and Energy Consumption Reduction”. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

G. De Nunzio, G. Gomes, C. Canudas de Wit, R. Horowitz, P. Moulin “Arterial bandwidth maximization via signal offsets and variable speed limits control”, 2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.

G. Gomes. "Bandwidth maximization using vehicle arrival functions". IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Volume 16.