Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Sergio Filipe Assuncao Batista
Citation names
- S. F. A. Batista
- Sérgio Batista
- Sergio F. A. Batista
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3813-81FA-BF32
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5388-7253
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=liMrFQgAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Email addresses
- s.batista@imperial.ac.uk (Professional)
Addresses
- Skempton building, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2BU, London, London, United Kingdom (Professional)
Websites
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-7253 (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=liMrFQgAAAAJ&hl=en-EN (Scholar)
- https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/s.batista (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering
- Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| French | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2018/11/15
Concluded
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Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Transportation
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
"Dynamic traffic assignment for multi-regional transportation systems considering different kinds of users’ behavior" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
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2013/10/18
Concluded
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M.Sc. in Mathematical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Applied Mathematics
Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Optimization methods applied to Stellar Astrophysics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2012/12/06
Concluded
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M.Sc. in Astronomy (Mestrado)
Major in Physics - Astronomy
Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Mineralogy of V-type near Earth objects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2012/03/06 - 2012/03/28
Concluded
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Specialization course on Bayesian statistics to all sciences with R (Outros)
Major in Statistics
Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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n/a |
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2010/07/15
Concluded
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B.Sc. in Astronomy with minor in Applied Mathematics (Licenciatura)
Major in Physics and Applied Mathematics
Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2019/05/26 - 2023/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, United Arab Emirates |
| New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus Engineering Division, United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2018/10/01 - 2019/04/30 | Researcher (Research) | Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France |
| Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France | ||
| 2014/04/01 - 2015/03/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands |
| 2012/10/01 - 2013/09/30 | Research Assistant (Research) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/10/06 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | ||
| 2023/09/18 - 2025/09/30 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/10/01 - 2018/09/30 | Pre-doctoral researcher (Ph.D. student) | Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France |
| Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France | ||
| 2012/03/01 - 2012/10/31 | Internship (Investigação) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal | ||
| 2011/02/01 - 2011/07/31 | Internship (Investigação) | Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Portugal | ||
| 2009/11/02 - 2010/11/01 | Research fellowship for undergraduate students (Funding - FCT/BII) | Centro de Fisica Computacional da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2008/11/01 - 2009/10/31 | Research fellowship for undergraduate students (Funding - FCT/BII) | Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018/10 - 2019/04 | A Multiscale and Multimodal Modelling Approach for Green Urban Traffic Management
646592
Post-doc
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European Research Council |
| 2015/10 - 2018/09 | A Multiscale and Multimodal Modelling Approach for Green Urban Traffic Management
646592
PhD Student Fellow
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European Research Council
Concluded
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| 2017/02/01 - 2017/05/31 | Multi-scale modeling of urban mobility using aggregated traffic models
n/a
Mobility grant
Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France
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Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Concluded
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| 2012/10/01 - 2013/09/30 | Optimization methods applied to Stellar Astrophysics
CAUP-08/2012-BI
Research Fellow
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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European Research Council Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço Concluded
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| 2012/10 - 2013/09 | EXtra-solar planets and stellar astrophysics: towards the detection of Other Earths (Grant agreement ID: 239953)
239953
Master Student Fellow
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European Research Council
Concluded
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| 2009/11/02 - 2010/11/01 | On the search for the solar siblings
BII/FCTUC/C2008/CFC
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Fisica Computacional da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2008/11/01 - 2009/10/31 | Chemical composition of giant and dwarf stars
CAUP-09/2008-BII
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 | Invited seminar: Activity-based dynamic traffic assignment on regional networks and aggregated traffic models | Seminar
University of Michigan (USA) (Online, United States)
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| 2021/10 | Invited seminar: Aggregated network equilibrium based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram traffic models | Seminar
Danish Technical University (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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| 2021/10 | Invited seminar: A contemporary transport challenge, and the application of data to find a solution | Seminar
University College of Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
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| 2021/09 | Conference podium presentation: On the characterization of eco-friendly paths for regional networks | 24th Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting - EWGT 2021
University of Aveiro (Online)
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| 2021/06 | Conference podium presentation: On the partitioning of urban networks for MFD-based applications | The 7th International IEEE Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Technical University of Munich (Online)
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| 2021/06 | Conference podium presentation: Activity-based dynamic traffic assignment on regional networks and aggregated traffic models | The 8th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment
University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and Penn State University (Online)
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| 2020/12 | Seminar: Traffic Assignment: from static to dynamic applications | Seminar series, NYUAD
New York University Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
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| 2020/12 | Invited seminar: Dynamic Traffic Assignment for multi-regional applications of aggregated traffic models | Traffic Flow Theory Committee (TFTC) Webinar series
TFTC (Online)
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| 2020/09 | Invited talk: Os novos desafios na modelação da mobilidade do futuro | Pint of Science 2020 event
Pint of Science (Portugal)
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| 2020/08 | Invited seminar: Dynamic Traffic Assignment on regional networks | GRETTIA seminar
Université Gustave Eiffel (Paris (Online), France)
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| 2020/06 | Conference podium presentation: The calculation of the virtual set of trips for the calibration of aggregated traffic models | The 3rd Symposium on Management of Future Motorway and Urban Traffic Systems
University of Luxembourg (Online)
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| 2020/02 | Conference podium presentation: The ecologically friendly paths on regional networks | 17th Annual Meeting of Grupo de Estudos em Transporte
Grupo de Estudos em Transporte (Unhais da Serra, Portugal)
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| 2020/01 | Conference podium presentation: The trip lengths role in Perimeter Control strategies | 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Board (Washington DC, United States)
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| 2019/09 | Conference podium presentation: Regional dynamic traffic assignment traffic assignment for Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram traffic models and bounded rational users | 22nd Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting - EWGT 2019
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC (Barcelona, Spain)
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| 2019/09 | Conference podium presentation: Regional Dynamic Traffic Assignment framework with time-dependent trip lengths | 8th symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Budapest, Hungary)
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| 2019/09 | Conference podium presentation: The trip lengths role in Perimeter Control strategies | International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport
Technical University of Munich (Munich, Germany)
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| 2019/07 | Seminar: Trip-length estimation with dynamic updates | ERC MAGnUM meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2019/01 | Conference podium presentation: Regional dynamic traffic assignment framework for multi-reservoir MFD models | 16th Annual Meeting of Grupo de Estudos em Transporte
Grupo de Estudos em Transporte (Penela, Portugal)
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| 2018/10 | Seminar: User preferences, route choices at different network scale | ERC MAGnUM Annual meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2018/10 | Seminar: Dynamic traffic assignment framework for multi-regional systems MFD models | ERC MAGnUM Annual meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2018/09 | Conference podium presentation: Regional dynamic traffic assignment framework for multi-reservoir MFD models | 7th symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART)
National Technical University of Athens (Athens, Greece)
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| 2018/06 | Seminar: Regional dynamic traffic assignment framework for multi-regions: MFD-based models | Scientific seminar of LICIT
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2018/06 | Conference podium presentation: Users' behavior and dynamic network loading | The 7th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment
The University of Hong Kong; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (Hong Kong, China)
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| 2018/05 | Conference podium presentation: Introduction of multi-regional MFD-based models with route choices: the definition of regional paths | PLURIS 2018 - 8th Luso Brazilian Congress for Urban, Regional, Integrated and Sustainable Planning
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2018/02 | Conference podium presentation: Macroscopic trip lengths: an essential ingredient for the MFD-based simulation | 15th Annual Meeting of Grupo de Estudos em Transporte
Grupo de Estudos em Transporte (Fátima, Portugal)
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| 2017/11 | Seminar: A dynamic traffic assignment model based on the Prospect User Equilibrium | ERC MAGnUM meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2017/11 | Conference podium presentation: A dynamic traffic assignment model based on the Prospect User Equilibrium | ICEUBI2017 - International Congress on Engineering: A Vision for the Future
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2017/10 | Seminar: User preferences, route choices at different network scale | ERC MAGnUM Annual meeting
ENTPE (France, France)
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| 2017/09 | Conference podium presentation: Trip lengths and the macroscopic traffic simulation: an interface between the microscopic and macroscopic networks | 6th symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART)
Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
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| 2017/07 | Seminar: A review of choice models and traffic simulation | ERC MAGnUM meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2017/06 | Invited seminar: MFD-based Traffic models and Dynamic Traffic Assignment | Seminar
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2017/02 | Conference podium presentation: Macroscopic Dynamic Traffic Assignment | 14th Annual Meeting of Grupo de Estudos em Transporte
Grupo de Estudos em Transporte (Fátima, Portugal)
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| 2017/01 | Invited talk: Macroscopic Traffic Simulation | Welcome meeting for international researchers
Espace Ulys - University of Lyon (France) (Lyon, France)
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| 2016/10 | Seminar: Choice models: Random Utility and Bounded Rationality | ERC MAGnUM Annual meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2016/09 | Conference podium presentation: The physics of traffic in large urban areas at a macroscopic scale | 20.ª Conferência Nacional de Física (FÍSICA 2016)
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2016/06 | Seminar: A multimodal route choice model based on individual user utilities | Scientific seminar of LICIT
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2016/06 | Conference podium presentation: Choix des usagers et modélisation dynamique et agrégée des réseaux multimodaux | Journée Mobilcités
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2016/04 | Seminar: Embedded route and mode choice modelling approach | ERC MAGnUM meeting
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2015/12 | Seminar: State of the Art on Macroscopic Traffic Modeling | Scientific seminar of LICIT
ENTPE (Lyon, France)
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| 2014/09 | Conference podium presentation: Polarimetry of a Venus-type exoplanet | 19.ª Conferência Nacional de Física (FÍSICA 2014)
Technical University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2014/09 | Conference podium presentation: Polarized signals of a Venus-like exoplanet | European Planetary Science Congress 2014
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2014/05 | Conference podium presentation: Polarimetry of Venus | 69th Dutch Astronomy Conference
Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
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| 2013/07 | Conference podium presentation: Optimization methods for deriving stellar parameters | XXIII Portuguese National Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2013/05 | Conference podium presentation: Optimization methods for deriving stellar parameters | 1st Portuguese Meeting on Mathematics for Industry
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2013/02 | Conference podium presentation: Mineralogy of V-type near-Earth objects: constraints in the early Solar System | Junior Research meeting in the University of Porto 2013 (IJUP2013)
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2013/01 | Seminar: A mineralogia de asteróides como ferramenta fundamental para compreender alguns fenómenos dos primórdios do Sistema Solar | Seminar
Centro Geofisico da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2012/09 | Conference podium presentation: Mineralogy of V-type Near-Earth Asteroids | 18.ª Conferência Nacional de Física (FÍSICA 2012)
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/11/01 - Current | On the environmental footprint of transit systems: a change to electric mobility
Co-supervisor
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Ph.D in Transportation planning and management (Visiting Scholar) (PhD)
New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, United Arab Emirates
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| 2021/11/01 - Current | Avaliação de mobilidade sustentável através de modelos agregados de tráfego
Supervisor
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M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2021/11/01 - Current | Sistema de bikesharing – Impacte nas emissões de poluentes
Supervisor
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M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2021/05/01 - 2021/12/02 | Demand estimation with active learning: a data-driven approach
Supervisor
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Civil Engineering (Master)
TUM Universitätsstiftung, Germany
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2021 | The 7th International IEEE Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (2021 - 2021)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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| 2020 - 2020 | 17th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Study Group in Transportation (2020 - 2020)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2020 - 2020 | 17th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Study Group in Transportation (2020 - 2020)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/12/02 | Demand estimation with active learning: a data-driven approach
Supervisor
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Zhan Shen (Master) |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2022 | 101th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board | Washington DC, USA |
| 2022 - 2022 | 9th Transport Research Arena TRA | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2022 | 11th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis conference (TRISTAN XI) | Port Louis, Mauritius Islands |
| 2021 - 2021 | 7th International IEEE Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems | Heraklion, Greece (Online) |
| 2021 - 2021 | 24nd Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting - EWGT 2021 | Aveiro, Portugal (Online) |
| 2021 - 2021 | 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board | Washington DC, USA (Online) |
| 2020 - 2021 | The 8th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment | Seattle, USA (Online) |
| 2020 - 2020 | hEART (European Association for Research in Transportation) 2020 | Lyon, France (Online) |
| 2020 - 2020 | 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board | Washington DC, USA |
| 2019 - 2019 | hEART (European Association for Research in Transportation) 2019 | Budapest, Hungary |
| 2019 - 2019 | 22nd Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting - EWGT 2019 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 2019 - 2019 | 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board | Washington DC, USA |
| 2018 - 2018 | hEART (European Association for Research in Transportation) 2018 | Athens, Greece |
| 2018 - 2018 | The 7th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment | Hong Kong, China |
| 2018 - 2018 | 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board | Washington DC, USA |
| 2017 - 2017 | hEART (European Association for Research in Transportation) 2017 | Haifa, Israel |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/03 - 2019/04 | Introduction to Traffic | (Bachelor) | Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France |
| 2018/11 - 2018/11 | Traffic Flow Theory | (Master) | Ecole Nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat, France |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Entrevista | Jornal Universitario do Porto |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/05 - 2013/05 | Cosmic Front - Search for the siblings of the Sun | Physics - Astrophysics |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2021 - Current | International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology | Elsevier |
| 2021 - Current | IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems | IEEE |
| 2020 - Current | Transportation Research Part A | Elsevier |
| 2020 - Current | Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems | Taylor & Francis |
| 2020 - Current | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Elsevier |
| 2020 - Current | Transportation Research Record | SAGE |
| 2020 - Current | PLoS ONE | PLoS |
| 2020 - Current | Transportation Letters | Taylor & Francis |
| 2018 - Current | Transportation Research Part B | Elsevier |
| 2018 - Current | Transportation Research Part C | Elsevier |
| 2018 - Current | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Hindawi |
Distinctions
Award
| 2019 | ITS Bavaria Award for the best paper presented at the International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport
ITS Bavaria, Germany
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| 2019 | Best PhD thesis defended on 2018 from GET (Grupo de Estudos em Transportes) |
Other distinction
| 2018 | Honorific distinction for one of the 12 best papers presented at the PLURIS2018 conference
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
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