The challenge, a national, multi-stage competition with a total prize of $350,000, was announced last year, seeking innovative analytical visualization tools that can improve safety on the nation’s road and rail systems.
The two finalists submitted these tools:
U.S. DOT has invited each finalist to advance to Stage III of the competition, which challenges contestants to develop their proofs of concept into full working analytical visualization tools. After demonstrating their tool, the two finalists will be awarded part of the final prize.
The challenge was created to advance the use of safety data visualizations for answering analytical questions related to surface transportation system safety. Analytical visualization tools can cast new light on data to reveal insights into safety and prevention of serious crashes not seen through traditional analysis. The two finalists were selected from five semifinalists who were selected from a pool of 54 submissions and evaluated by U.S. DOT technical experts.
Stage I was a six-week stage in which applicants provided their ideas for the analytical visualization tool. Stage II was a four-week concept development stage in which five semifinalists presented a more detailed concept and prototype of their tool. Two finalists are entering the third stage in which they will develop full working tools and compete for a portion of the final prize.
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