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Aruna SivakumarSenior Lecturer in Travel Behaviour and Demand, PhDTravel behaviour and demand modelling; Econometrics and discrete choice; Urban energy systems and modelling end user demand; Integrated urban models; Modelling urban freight. |
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USL Research Fellows A-Z
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Nicolò DainaResearch Fellow, PhDElectric vehicle use modelling; Travel demand modelling. Email Nicolò |
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Fangce GuoResearch Fellow, PhDShort-term traffic prediction. Email Fangce |
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Jacek PawlakResearch Fellow, PhDTransport demand and travel behaviour modelling; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and travel behaviour; digital time use and connectivity; travel time use; productivity; valuation of travel time savings; big data enrichment methods and applications. Email Jacek |
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USL Research Associates A-Z
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Jianlin LuanResearch Associate, PhD |
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Sebastian MaierResearch Associate, PhDImproved appraisal and decision making approaches and their application in a range of different organisational and investment contexts. Email Sebastian |
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Konstantinos ZavitsasResearch Associate, PhDTransport Networks Asset Management; The technical, operational and managerial improvement of the efficiency, sustainability and safety of transport networks and supply chains. Email Konstantinos |
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USL Research Students A-Z
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Abdulfatah AbuStarted Oct 2018Forecasting future car ownership preference taking into account changes in the structure of private transport. Supervised by: Sivakumar, A. Email Abdulfatah |
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Alessandra AbeilleStarted Oct 2017An interdisciplinary framework for disaggregate assessment of productivity and well-being impacts of digital technologies on knowledge workers in nontraditional settings (ITINERANT). Supervised by: Polak, J.; Pawlak, J. Email Alessandra |
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Heather HouStarted Oct 2018A novel approach to optimising HVAC operations based on human indoor behaviour prediction. Supervised by: Polak, J.; Sivakumar, A.; Pawlak, J. Email Heather |
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In-chan KimStarted Mar 2017Integration of Big-Data analytics with traffic controls and management. As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Polak, J. Email In-Chan |
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Tang LiStarted Oct 2017Traffic signal control strategy for mixed traffic flow with autonomous vehicles and traditional vehicles. Supervised by: Polak, J.; Sivakumar, A.; Guo, F.; Rajesh, K. Email Tang |
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Francesco MancaStarted: Oct 2015Travel behaviour and transport demand. Supervised by: Sivakumar, A., Polak, J. Email Francesco |
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Han WangStarted Oct 2019Transferability in transportation and buildings/ real time OD estimation and prediction. Supervised by: Sivakumar, A.; Guo, F.; Krishnan, R. Email Han |
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Chenyang WuStarted Oct 2015Modelling of shared vehicles demand. Supervised by: Polak, J., Le Vine, Scott Email Chenyang |
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Yuanying ZhaoStarted Oct 2016Inverse discrete choice modelling. Supervised by: Polak, J. Email Yuanying |
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Lin ZhuStarted Oct 2015Data fusion for travel time estimation. Supervised by: Polak, J. Email Lin |
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USL Visiting and Honorary Staffs A-Z
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Yanjie DongHonorary Research AssociateA data scientist, researcher and transport modeller by background with more than 10 years' experience across private sector, public sector and academia. Multidisciplinary experience with domain knowledge in the areas of smart cities, transport modelling, intelligent mobility and urban energy system. Enthusiastic about data analytics, predictive modelling, machine learning and deep learning. Passionate in using data, modelling, simulation and AI to help understand problems old and new, and to improve the quality of life in our society. |
Bianca HowardHonorary Research AssociateResearch Interests: Buildings and their interaction with energy and transport systems. Methods: Dynamic Thermal Modelling; Model Predictive Control; Mixed Integer Linear Programming; Simulation of Stochastic Processes. |
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Neil HooseSenior Research Investigator, Visiting ProfessorIn 1999 Neil formed the Bittern Partnership, which subsequently became Bittern Consulting Limited in 2003, an independent consultancy specialising in intelligent transport systems, with particular experience in traffic monitoring technologies and traffic data systems. |
Rajesh KrishnanHonorary Research FellowDr Rajesh Krishnan is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Transport Studies. His research areas include Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), traffic sensors, real-time and offline analysis and use of transport data, traffic control and management and public transport. He has been involved with a number of cutting edge ITS projects, working closely with academia and local government agencies in the UK. |
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Charilaos LatinopoulosHonorary Research AssociatesResearch Interests: Electric vehicles and the effects of charging demand on the power grid; Shared mobility systems; Revenue management; Dynamic pricing; Choice modelling; Stated preferences. |
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Scott Le VineHonorary Research FellowLe Vine is an Assistant Professor at SUNY New Paltz, an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College, He frequently delivers invited talks to audiences in academia practicing urban planners, and the automotive industry. He is lead-inventor of patent-pending congestion pricing technology for Self-Driving (Automated) Cars, and has provided expert testimony to various levels of government in both the UK and US. His research interests are: Mobility Services; Accessibility Theory; Traffic Control Strategies; Pricing and Market Governance. |
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Esra SuelHonorary Research AssociateResearch interests: application of learning methods to large scale data (e.g. street imagery and high resolution satellite data), for characterizing urban environmental features and exposures that are relevant for health, measurement of urban inequalities and how they change in social economic status, housing, and transport. |
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Alireza ZolfaghariHonorary Research AssociateHe is a data scientist by background specialising in the areas of machine learning and econometrics. He has served as an advisor to deputy minister of housing on a wide range of technology and policy issues and was an Assistant Professor at Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Centre. Alireza holds a PhD from Imperial College London in urban systems modelling with over 5 years of experience of interdisciplinary research in economics and computer science with applications to smart cities. |
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