The LTPP database contains the data of more than 2,500 road sections across the US and Canada.[4] The FHWA and ASCE launched a joint effort to encourage researchers around the world to use the LTPP data. The contest was first introduced in 1998 by the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the LTPP of FHWA.[1][5] The goal of the contest is to encourage consultants, academics and data scientists around the world to use the LTPP database for generating knowledge about the behaviour of pavements and roads.
Categories
The LTPP data analysis contest has four different categories:[1]
Undergraduate Student Category
Graduate Category
Partnership Category
Challenge Category (Aramis Lopez Challenge)
The first two categories are limited to students. The participants of all categories are required to summarize their work within an article.
