Architecture for an Interactive Motion-based Traffic Simulation Environment 1 2 Alexander Paz, Ph.D., P.E. (Corresponding Author) 3 Assistant Professor 4 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 5 E-mail: apaz@unlv.edu 6 Ph: (702) 895-0571 7 8 Romesh Khaddar 9 Graduate Research Assistant 10 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 11 E-mail: khaddarr@unlv.nevada.edu 12 Ph: (702) 895-1393 13 14 Naveen Veeramisti, M.S., E.I. 15 Graduate Research Assistant 16 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 17 E-mail: veeramis@unlv.nevada.edu 18 Ph: (702) 895-1393 19 20 Pushkin Kachroo, Ph.D., P.E. 21 Director, Transportation Research Center 22 Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 23 E-mail: pushkin@unlv.edu 24 Ph: (702) 895-4926 25 26 Transportation Research Center 27 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 28 4505 S Maryland Parkway, PO Box 454015 29 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015 30 31 and 32 33 Nicolas Renous 34 Graduate Student 35 Department of Computer Science 36 Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Caen, France 37 E-mail: nicolas.renous@gmail.com 38 39 Submitted: August 1, 2011 40 Word Count: 5384+ (4 figures)*250 = 6384 41 42 Submitted for presentation at the 43 91 st Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting 44 January 22-26, 2012 45 46