Carl K. Andersen is the Technical Director, Operations, in the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development. The Office conducts research on emerging and advanced technologies that support innovative ways of moving people and goods, and the development of applications that use those technologies. Focus areas are the Next Generation of Traffic Management Systems, conducting research on improved safety and efficiency of the road network through Cooperative Driving Automation, and incorporating the performance of automated vehicles into Analysis, Modeling and Simulation tools for traffic simulation.