Invited Presentations



  1. Issues to consider in the use of large scale geo-location data for smart infrastructure solutions. VACCINE Annual Meeting, Purdue University, October 16, 2014

  2. A coupled hierarchical model integrating household level behavior with large scale city wide model for urban evacuations. Fullbright Catedra 2014 at Uninorte, Colombia, October 1, 2014

  3. Dynamic Network Equilibrium in Transportation Problems: Recent Advances and Open Questions. Semi-Plenary Talk at the International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPTI 2014), Kos Island, Greece, June 7, 2014

  4. Integrative, Interdisciplinary Research Issues in Evacuation Modeling. Keynote Talk at the Minisymposium on Evacuation Modeling, Kos Island, Greece, June 6, 2014

  5. Data Analytics for Urban Innovations: State of the Art. Invited talk at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, May 29, 2014

  6. Big Data for Transportation Systems Analysis: Applications to Urban Systems Modeling. DIMACS Workshop on Sustainable Human Environments, Rutgers, April 24, 2014

  7. Geo Location Data for Transportation Planning and Operations: Opportunities and Re- cent Results. ITS Happening! Seminar series at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, July 30, 2013

  8. The Use of Very Large Scale Geo Location Data for Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications. Bruce Podwal Distinguished Lecture at City College of New York, New York City, March 12, 2013

  9. Emerging Issues in Interdisciplinary Evacuation Modeling Research. Masterclass at Technical University, Delft, Netherlands, February 19, 2013

  10. Hurricane Evacuation Modeling from an Integrative Perspective. Department of Civil En- gineering Distinguished Seminar Series at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, November 30, 2012

  11. OR in Transportation and Transportation in OR : Interdisciplinary Problems in Trans- portation Research. INFORMS Purdue Chapter Guest Lecture at Purdue University, November 7, 2012

  12. Warning Information Diffusion in a Social Network for Emergency Evacuation. Invited talk at the Emergency Preparedness Conference, MIDAS Center for Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, October 22, 2012

  13. The Large Scale Analysis of NYC Taxi Cab Data for Link Travel Time Estimation. Invited talk at Australias Information and Communications Technology Research Center for Excellence (NICTA), Sydney, Australia, October 9, 2012

  14. The Use of Very Large Scale Geo Location Data for Activity Travel Analysis. Invited talk at the Department of Computer Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, October 4, 2012

  15. Integrative Sustainability Tools for Transportation Modeling. Invited talk at University of New South Wales Civil Engineering Department, Sydney, Australia, September 20, 2012

  16. The use of GPS data for transportation applications: Emerging Ideas from two recent projects. Invited talk at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, May 28, 2012

  17. The use of Very Large Scale Social Media Data for ITS Applications. Plenary Talk at the Beijing Jiatong ITS Workshop. Beijing, China, May 25, 2012

  18. Hurricane Evacuation Modeling from an Integrative Perspective: Current Approaches and Challenges. Invited seminar at University of South Florida, Tampa, May 3, 2012

  19. Modeling Hurricane Evacuation Integrated with Enriched Household Level Behavior: Ev- idence from Hurricane Ivan and Katrina. Invited Seminar at King Monkut University, Bangkok, Thailand, December 13, 2011

  20. Integrating Household level behavior in an Agent based modeling framework. Invited presentation at the Behavior in Networks (BiNs) workshop. University of Hong Kong, December 16, 2011

  21. Emerging Trends in Modeling Sustainability Issues in Transportation Systems. Plenary Talk at the Hong Kong Transportation Science Conference. Hong Kong, December 19, 2011

  22. Network Resilience in Disasters: An Interdisciplinary, International Perspective. Invited Seminar at Global Policy Research Institute, Purdue University, September 20, 2011

  23. Behavioral models for hurricane evacuation: A need for data collection in emerging countries. Invited Seminar at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, August 8, 2011

  24. Hurricane Evacuation Modeling from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Invited Seminar at Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, July 13, 2011

  25. On the Price of Anarchy in Dynamic Equilibrium Problems. Invited Seminar at University of Illinois, Chicago Computational Transportation Systems IGERT Program, April 15, 2011

  26. Simulation of the Urban Off-Peak Delivery Strategies: Results from a recent pilot test in New York City. Invited Presentation at TPMDC conference at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, December 6, 2010

  27. Emergency Logistics Issues in Hurricane Evacuation. Invited Workshop talk at The Disasters Roundtable at Tata Institute of Social Science, Bombay, India, December 14, 2010

  28. Complementarity Formulations for the Dynamic Traffic Equilibrium Problem. Invited talk at NSF workshop on Route Guidance and Coordinated Traffic Control, Rutgers University, June 8, 2010

  29. Transportation Networks, Communication and Computation: An Integrative Perspective. Invited talk at the Midwest University-Industry Summit, Purdue University, March 31, 2010

  30. Understanding the Logistics Issues in Humanitarian Supply Chains. Invited Seminar at Business School at Purdue University, Calumet, October 11, 2009

  31. Issues related to transportation modeling in Hurricane Evacuation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Invited Seminar at Purdue University, May 8, 2009

  32. Modeling Uncertainty in Network Evacuation Problems. Invited Seminar at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, January 3, 2009

  33. Contending with Emergency Logistics Issues in Hurricane Katrina: An integrated Engineering-Social Science Perpective. Invited Public Seminar at Public Seminar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India, August 22, 2008

  34. Issues related to transportation modeling in Emergency Logistics. A 3 hour workshop speaker for the M.S. students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India as part of the Logistics Management in Disaster Situations course, August 21, 2008

  35. An emerging three-tier architecture for prescriptive traveler systems. Invited Seminar at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, August 13, 2008

  36. Connectivity Issues in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Analytical Characterization. Invited Seminar at Laboratory of Transportation Economics, Lyon, France, June 16, 2008

  37. Convergence of Real Time Information, Systems Management and Traffic Operations. Invited Seminar at CIRCA 08 NanoTech Center, SUNY Albany, May 20, 2008

  38. Modeling Vulnerability in Critical Infrastructure Protection. Invited Talk in Tutorial Session on Critical Infrastructure Protection, Transportation Research Board Conference, National Research Council, Washington D.C., January 15, 2008

  39. Supply Chain Issues in the Hurricane Katrina Debacle: Insights and Lessons Learned. Invited talk at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India, December 22, 2007

  40. Connectivity of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Analytical Characteriazation. Invited Talk at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, December 17, 2007

  41. Dynamic Traffic Assignment: Overview, Functionalities, Model and Algorithms for Transportation Planning. A 3 hour talk at NY Best Practice Model (BPM) Users Meeting, New York City, August 27, 2007

  42. Modeling the Critical Goods Supply Chain in Hurricane Katrina: An integrated Engineering-Social Science Perspective. Invited talk at Workshop in National Science Foundation (NSF) Natural and Man-made Hazards Conference in Kampala, Uganda, July 21, 2007

  43. Intelligent Transportation Systems for Transportation Demand Management. Invited seminar at New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), New York City, April 3, 2007

  44. Stochastic and Dynamic Transportation Networks: Overview and Current Research Challenges. Invited seminar at Transportation Seminar Series, University of Vermont National Transportation Center, Burlington, VT, February 23, 2007

  45. Non-equilibrium in dynamic traffic networks: New Results from an experimental network game. Invited seminar at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, January 15, 2007

  46. Opportunities in Transportation Engineering Research. Invited seminar at University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in both the Civil engineering and the Industrial Engineering departments, May 5, 6, 2006

  47. Online Transportation Network Management: Algorithms and Solution Techniques, Invited Decision Science and Engineering Systems seminar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, October 18, 2005

  48. Accounting for Uncertainty, Robustness and Online Information in Transportation Networks. Invited seminar at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, April 6, 2005

  49. Accounting for Uncertainty, Robustness and Online Information in Transportation Networks. Invited seminar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, March 30, 2005

  50. Robust Transportation Network Analysis: Formulations, solution methodologies and implementations. Invited seminar at 84th Transportation Research Board Conference Doctoral Seminar, January, 2005

  51. Stochastic Dynamic Transportation Network Modeling: Key Challenges and Research Opportunities, Invited seminar at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, March 4, 2004