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The AAMAS 2026 Non-Stationarity Challenge invites researchers to develop and evaluate decision-making agents that can effectively adapt to non-stationary environments using the NS-Gym framework. Results presented at AAMAS 2026 in Paphos, Cyprus.

Ayan Mukhopadhyay and Nathaniel Keplinger will present a hands-on tutorial on decision-making under non-stationarity at CPS-IoT Week 2026 in Saint-Malo, France, featuring the NS-Gym framework for non-stationary MDPs.

Profile of Abhishek Dubey's journey bridging academic research and entrepreneurial impact, from the SCOPE Lab's foundational AI research to real-world technology transfer and commercialization.

Feature on Ayan Mukhopadhyay, former SCOPE Lab Senior Research Scientist, now Assistant Professor at William & Mary, discussing his RAIL Lab and continued work on AI for large cyber-physical systems.

Seven SCOPE Lab papers accepted at the 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2026) in Saint-Malo, France (acceptance rate 28%), spanning transit optimization (SchoolRide, Dynamic Routing with Prompt Confirmation), energy systems (Persistent Vehicle-to-Building via Neuro-Symbolic Control), explainable AI (LogiEx), anomaly detection (WENFlow), emergency response simulation (RESPOND), and transportation data synthesis (MoveOD).

David Rogers, Senior Research Engineer at SCOPE Lab and Senior Software Engineer at Mobius AI, awarded Software Engineer of the Year by the Greater Nashville Technology Council for delivering deep tech solutions to private, local, state, and federal agencies.

Invited seminar at UT Knoxville's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering on the challenges of decision making under uncertainty for societal-scale cyber-physical systems including transit, emergency response, and power grids.

Ayan Mukhopadhyay receives $697,211 NSF CIVIC Innovation Challenge Phase 2 grant for SENTRY, using AI and machine learning to detect unauthorized road closures in Nashville by analyzing traffic speed data.

SCOPE Lab researchers recognized at ICCPS for outstanding contributions to AI-driven decision making in cyber-physical systems.

Fangqi Liu's paper on reinforcement learning-based vehicle-to-building charging with heterogeneous agents nominated as best paper finalist at the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Detroit.

Proactive data-driven emergency response project connecting Vanderbilt's Abhishek Dubey with the Nashville Fire Department to analyze staffing and resource allocation.

Multi-university collaboration including SCOPE Lab deploying AI-powered transit optimization with Chattanooga's transit authority.

A $1.9 million SMART grant supports WeGo Public Transit in optimizing high-frequency bus service on Murfreesboro Pike using AI developed by Dubey's research group.

Mobius AI, co-founded by Abhishek Dubey with Michael Wilbur as CEO, featured in Nashville's venture ecosystem coverage. The SCOPE Lab spinout commercializes AI for autonomous fleet management and energy-aware routing optimization.

Federal grant funds AI-powered optimization of high-frequency bus service on Nashville's Murfreesboro Pike corridor, the city's busiest transit route.

U.S. DOT ATTAIN program funds the PATH-TN project — a partnership spanning CARTA, KAT, MATA, WeGo, and five universities to accelerate AI-driven multimodal transit across Tennessee.

Jose Paolo Talusan wins Best Paper at the 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) in Hong Kong for his paper on online approaches to solving public transit stationing and dispatch problems.

Ph.D. student Sophie Pavia wins best paper at INFORMS for "Foundations of Equitable Transit Network," proposing algorithmic approaches for equity-aware transit design informed by a community survey of 673 residents in Chattanooga.

State of Tennessee grants fund Vanderbilt's mobility and automotive research initiatives including SCOPE Lab transportation work.

Industry press coverage of the SmartTransit.AI initiative in partnership with CARTA, developing AI systems to improve paratransit services for individuals with special needs in Chattanooga.

SCOPE Lab's AI system deployed in Chattanooga to improve public transit accessibility, demonstrating real-world impact of the lab's optimization research.

Abhishek Dubey named a 2024 Chancellor Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt, receiving $40,000 per year to support his scholarship in cyber-physical systems, transportation optimization, and emergency response research.

Dubey led the NSF-sponsored Urban Tech Academy day at Cornell Tech, focusing on clean electrified multimodal transportation systems research.

SCOPE Lab's transportation and resilience research highlighted at a National Academies board meeting in Washington, D.C.

Graduate student Baiting Luo received the C.F. Chen Best Paper Runner-Up Award, recognizing top journal and conference articles where a graduate student is first author, for his work on reinforcement learning and neuro-symbolic decision procedures.

Abhishek Dubey receives the prestigious $500K NSF CAREER Award to design online decision procedures for societal-scale cyber-physical systems including traffic networks, emergency response, and power grids.

NSF and DOE-funded collaboration bringing SCOPE Lab's transit optimization research to improve transportation systems in India.

ADVISER tool wins AI for Good Best Paper at IJCAI 2022 in Vienna. Developed with Google Research and HelpMum Nigeria, the tool optimizes childhood vaccination allocation where only 23% of children are fully vaccinated.

In-depth feature on Dubey's research in smart cyber-physical systems, including resilience decision support for Nashville's transit authority and fire department incident prediction.

CARTA receives Tennessee sustainable transportation award from TDEC, recognizing the transit agency's partnership with Vanderbilt on AI-powered transit optimization.

National industry coverage of DOE/USDOT grants including funding for SCOPE Lab's transit technology research in Chattanooga.

$2.1M from NSF and $1.8M from DOE fund the Smart Transit initiative to redesign Chattanooga's regional transit system using AI and community engagement.

During COVID-19, SCOPE Lab develops AI tools to analyze bus occupancy data and optimize transit operations for safer public transportation.

Nashville TV coverage of SCOPE Lab's real-time bus occupancy tracking system helping riders find safe seats during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chattanooga invited as one of two UN cities to pioneer a smart technology policy roadmap as part of the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, with Vanderbilt as a key technology partner.

Nashville Metro Government highlights Vanderbilt's role hosting a national meeting on smart technology applications for community enhancement.

Local TV coverage of CARTA's collaboration with Vanderbilt on electric vehicle and energy-efficient transit research.

DOE-funded project to extend electric bus range using wireless charging technology in Chattanooga, a collaboration between CARTA and Vanderbilt researchers.