The Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) is the focal point for research in vehicle control and dynamics, autonomous vehicles, safety and impact on traffic at the University of Southern California.The Center was established in 1991 as a University organized Research Unit and is directed by Petros Ioannou, Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Systems and Director of the Center.
CATT’s mission is to perform high-impact research on urgent transportation issues in cooperation with industry and government. Its main focus is on the use of advanced technologies for making vehicles safer, user friendly which improving mobility and driver and passenger comfort. It merges policy and technical analyses and targets the problems associated with surface, air and marine transportation. CATT is a core member of METRANS a University Center at USC which involves several centers and partnerships including the Pacific Southwest Regional Center and NCST at UC Davis.