Grant: CCI Applied Research and Development Grants

Truck transportation industry in Canada comprises of 128,289 companies that are primarily engaged in the transportation of goods. This sector is facing multiple challenges including accidents, labour shortage, high oil prices, accelerated consumer demand, and sustainability challenges. However, the research shows that the transportation and logistics (T&L) companies that invested in up-to-date technology and ensured their staff were using an?integrated mobility and Internet of Things management platform, saw powerful customer retention and growth in business. The Sheridan College’s Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI) is an internationally recognized research centre that focuses on building software solutions in collaboration with industry and community partners by using leading-edge technologies. SOTI Inc. , one of CMI partners, is an Ontario based company with 16 offices worldwide. SOTI develops technology that solves the unique challenges involved in managing, securing, and tracking remote mobile and desktop computing devices. While the T&L industry is becoming one of SOTI’s major clients and users of its flagship product “ONE Platform”; detecting aggressive truck driving patterns to improve fleet management has emerged as one of the required enhancements to their services. In this proposed applied research project, CMI and SOTI will collaborate to develop a ready to market prototype that detects aggressive driving patterns through smartphones. The research will use Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning algorithms to analyze sensor data and create models to determine potentially dangerous driving patterns. Furthermore, the prototype will integrate driver training, performance, and behaviour analysis in SOTI ONE Platform. This transformative product will not only benefit SOTI and its clients, but it will have societal benefit due to improved traffic safety. Sheridan is a leader in delivering mobile technology curricula and offers bachelor’s degrees specializing in mobile computing, computer science, cloud computing, data analytics, modelling, and simulation. Sheridan students will enhance their academic and work readiness skills through their involvement in this project and their interactions with SOTI team. The learning that will occur directly and indirectly will also significantly enrich the learning experience of SOTI employees and faculty at Sheridan.