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Data Science & Smart Cities

Research Topics
Data mining & machine learning in infrastructure and emerging mobility systems • deployment, control & management of autonomous & connected vehicles • new business & service models for mobility-as-a-service • forecasting network traffic flow dynamics • predictive analytics for freight supply chains • urban environmental sensing • human movement trace analytics • machine learning algorithms to interpret sensor data • sensing, data integration, and simulation for urban climate vulnerability and resilience • innovative devices for human-building interactions • statistical analysis • human-centric data collection and evaluation
Faculty
- Ying Chen
- Giorgia Chinazzo
- Pablo Durango-Cohen
- Kimberly Gray
- Yu (Marco) Nie
- Hani Mahmassani
- Aaron Packman
- Joseph Schofer
- Amanda Stathopoulos
- George Wells
Modeling & Network Analysis

Research Topics
Multi-domain modeling for occupant health, well-being, and productivity • social networks & behavior • designing, deploying and operating networks to support mobility • disruption & evacuation modeling and optimization • congestion and reliability • multimodal network assignment • spatial network modeling • disequilibrium modeling of networks • water systems modeling & design • supply chain & logistics systems modeling & design • transportation networks modeling • network resilience
Faculty
- Ying Chen
- Giorgia Chinazzo
- Pablo Durgano-Cohen
- Hani Mahmassani
- Yu (Marco) Nie
- Aaron Packman
- Amanda Stathopoulos
Public Health

Research Topics
Global health & sanitation • indoor air quality • antibiotic resistance • Hg & Pb poisoning • disinfectant overuse • pandemic propagation models • network traffic flow science • theory & modeling of urban flooding • wastewater-based surveillance modeling • climate change impacts • indoor environment impact on physical and mental health • mixed methods • transport & health system interactions • nanotoxicity • global health and climate • climate change impacts • healthcare access • transportation equity • waterborne disease transmission • pandemic and epidemic tracking, prediction, and response • antimicrobial resistance • infection prevention • metal toxicity
Faculty
- Giorgia Chinazzo
- Jean-François Gaillard
- Kimberly Gray
- Erica Hartmann
- Hani Mahmassani
- Marco Nie
- Aaron Packman
- Amanda Stathopoulos
- George Wells
Urban Planning & Design

Research Topics
Sustainable development • adaptive & resilient urban design • urban travel forecasting • crowd behavior modeling & management • large event planning & operation • evacuation modeling & optimization • location choices of people & firms • urban water systems • Evacuation behavior & modeling, circular economies • adaptive and resilient urban design • nature-based systems (green infrastructure) • closed & coupled loops of energy-water-food-waste
Faculty
Policy

Research Topics
Travel demand management • telemobility engagement • traffic safety & micromobility • supply chains & logistics • real time data to support policy making • decision making models • uncertainty & robust decision aid • urban water systems • water security • pandemic response • wastewater surveillance • equitable building design, renovation, and operation