Fresno State Transportation Institute's (FSTI) PATH - Practical Gen-AI for Transportation Hub

🚗✨ VRPA Technologies, Inc.’sMichiel Gallanosa,Clara Corl, and Carolina Ilic, MCP, AICP learned quite a bit last week by attending the Fresno State Transportation Institute's (FSTI) PATH - Practical Gen-AI for Transportation Hub!

The workshop offered hands‑on, practical experience with leading GenAI tools, showing how they can be applied directly to real‑world transportation challenges. It was an engaging and productive day of learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Workshop highlights included:
-Basic Applications - Intro to GenAI with interactive demos
-Advanced Implementations - Real-world GenAI infrastructure & project showcase
-Chatbot Creation - Hands‑on chatbot workshop
-Elements of Consideration - Key considerations and open discussions

Some of our favorite tools included Notebook LM, Perpexity, and Elicit AI. We also appreciated the discussion on privacy settings, management, and retention. Amazing hands-on experience.

Congrats to Dr. Aly Tawfik and his team Fresno State Transportation Institute (FSTI) for their leadership in teaching us about the various uses of Gen-AI in transportation!