Spanning the San Francisco Bay Area Region, the new Smarter Traveler research initiative collects and analyzes traffic data generated from existing sensors in roads, toll booths, bridges and intersections.

ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool

"The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report offers a simple but meaningful explanation of the underlying forces that are driving the never-ending, global bandwidth explosion, " said Brad Smith, senior vice president and industry analyst with LightCounting.com, a market research firm that analyzes and forecasts high-speed interconnects.

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Each of the fifteen district banks has its own research department, which produces and analyzes tons of data.

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The researchers will leverage a first-of-its-kind learning and predictive analytics tool called the IBM Traffic Prediction Tool (TPT), developed by IBM Research, which continuously analyzes congestion data, commuter locations and expected travel start times throughout a metropolitan region that can affect commuters on highways, rail-lines and urban roads.

ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool

He is currently senior vice president of equity research at Rochdale Securities, where he analyzes banking and brokerage industries.

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