Smart Car Researcher Wants to Eliminate Stoplights

Filed by Dana Graviton

Christos Cassandras has spent more than 40 years studying how computers and machines make decisions. Lately, his work has focused on a problem nearly every driver knows well: sitting at a red light with no cross traffic in sight, wondering why it takes so long for the light to turn green.Cassandras, an IEEE Life Fellow, is a professor at Boston University, where he headed its systems engineering division, a graduate program he helped create.Christos CassandrasEmployer Boston UniversityTitle Prof