Invited

Invited Talks & Presentations

Plenary Speaker, "Model and a Solution Algorithm for the Dynamic Resource Allocation Problem for Large-Scale Transportation Network Evacuation," 21st International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Kobe, Japan, August 2015.
Invited Speaker, "Design of Interactive Driving Simulator Experiments for Real-time Route Guidance that Capture Human Factors Considerations," AHFE 2015 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation (Road, Rail, Aviation and Maritime), Las Vegas, NV, July 2015.
Invited Speaker, "Demand and Supply Considerations for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles" Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China, June 2015.
Invited Speaker, "Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and the Role of Interactive Driving Simulator Experiments," Southwest Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, June 2015.
Invited Speaker, "Dynamic Resource Allocation for Large-Scale Transportation Network Evacuation," Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013+ Workshop on Natural Disasters, NSF Science and Technology Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Atlanta, GA, May 2015.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Dynamic Resource Allocation for Large-Scale Transportation Network Evacuation," Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 2015.
Keynote Speaker (Opening Session), "Integrating Planning and Operations: Insights from Disaster Response Modeling," 2014 International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2014.
ITS Happening! Seminar Series Speaker, "Dynamic Resource Allocation for Evacuation in a Large-Scale Transportation Network," Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai, India, December 2014.
Invited Special Session Speaker, "An Analytical Model to Characterize the Spatiotemporal Propagation of Information under Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications," The 17th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Qingdao, China, October 2014.
Keynote Speaker, "Dynamic Resource Allocation Problem for Large-Scale Transportation Network Evacuation," The International Symposium on the Recent Advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Flow Theory: The Frontier and Challenges, Zhejiang University, China, October 2014.
Invited Speaker, "Emerging Frontiers in Transportation: Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles," Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, October 2014.
Invited Speaker, "Emerging Frontiers in Transportation: Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles," Tongji University, Shanghai, China, October 2014.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Entropy Weighted Average Method for the Determination of Single Representative Path Flow Solution for the Static User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment Problem," Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, July 2014.
Invited Speaker, "Transportation Supply Side Modeling in the Context of Autonomous Vehicles," Automated Vehicle Symposium, San Francisco, CA, July 2014.
Invited Speaker, "Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications: Information Propagation Modeling," Guindy Engineering College, Anna University, Chennai, India, July 2014.
Invited Workshop Speaker, "Integrating Planning and Operations: Insights from Disaster Response Modeling," 5th Transportation Research Board Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling, Baltimore, MD, April 2014.
Plenary Speaker (Opening Session), "Exploring the Obstacles to Moving Research/Innovations into Practice: Academic/Innovator Perspective," 5th Transportation Research Board Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling, Baltimore, MD, April 2014.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Graph-based Modeling of Information Flow Propagation under Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications," University of Buffalo: State University of New York, NY, March 2014.
Keynote Speaker, "Disaster Planning and Management: Transportation Aspects," Second Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Agra, India, December 2013.
Invited Tutorial Speaker, "Dynamic Traffic Assignment," Second Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Agra, India, December 2013.
Invited Panelist, "How to Make Professional Presentations," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.
Invited Speaker, "Travel Behavior Modeling for Multimodal Transportation Systems," Symposium on Travel Behavior and Multimodal Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, August 2013.
Invited Speaker, "Information Fusion Models to Predict Short-Term Link Travel Time Distribution in Dynamic Traffic Networks," Workshop on Traffic Information Collection and Applications, Shanghai, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, August 2013.
Plenary Speaker, "A Generalized Framework for Mass Evacuation Operations Integrating Demand, Supply and Disaster Characteristics," 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Shenzhen, China, August 2013.
Invited Speaker and Panel Member, "Understanding the Psychological Effects of Real-Time Information for the Travel Experience and Related Performance Measures," TRB Workshop on Impact of Information on Decisions, Choices, and Behaviors of Travelers; User Information Systems Committee, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
Opening Ceremony Keynote Speaker, "Integrated Demand-Supply Framework for No-Notice Mass Evacuation under Disasters," 2012 International Conference of the Chinese Institute of Transportation, Tainan, Taiwan, December 2012.
Plenary Speaker, "Incorporating Behavioral Considerations to Model Network Traffic Flow Dynamics," 2012 International Workshop on Traffic Assignment and Network Modeling, Tainan, Taiwan, December 2012.
Invited Panel Member, "Mobility Management Strategies of Tainan," 2012 International Transportation Forum, Tainan, Taiwan, December 2012.
Invited Opening Ceremony Speaker, "Convenient, Safe, Cost-Effective and Efficient Multimodal Transportation," 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Beijing, China, August 2012.
Plenary Speaker, "Incorporating Behavioral Considerations to Model Network Traffic Flow Dynamics under Real-Time Information," 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Beijing, China, August 2012.
Invited Speaker, "Strategic Transportation Perspectives: The Need for Integrated and Sustainable Solutions," China-U.S. Bilateral Forum on Strategic Development of Transportation, Shanghai, China, August 2012.
Invited Panel Moderator, NSF Workshop on Complexity Science Applied to Coupled Infrastructure Systems (InfraPlex), Martha’s Vineyard, MA, June 2012.
Keynote Speaker, "Transportation Planning in the U.S.," Workshop on Lessons from Multimodal Transportation Planning, Guindy Engineering College, Anna University, Chennai, India, January 2012.
Keynote Speaker, "Networks, ITS, and the Indian Context," First Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Bangalore, India, December 2011.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Adaptive Information Fusion Model to Predict the Short-Term Link Travel Time Distributions in Dynamic Traffic Networks," Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, December 2011.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Modeling Interdependencies Among Infrastructure Systems," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, November 2011.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Adaptive Information Fusion Model to Predict the Short-Term Link Travel Time Distributions in Dynamic Traffic Networks," Arizona State University, AZ, November 2011.
Invited Panel Moderator, "Natural Gas and the Logistics of Changing Infrastructures," Shell Energy Day; Symposium on the New Frontiers in Oil and Natural Gas Exploration, Purdue University, September 2011.
Invited Speaker, "Bi-Level Optimization Framework to Identify Policy Options to Reduce Energy Consumption in Interurban Multimodal Transportation Systems," INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, June 2011.
Invited Speaker, "An Integrated Framework to Analyze Interactions between Air and Road Modes in a Regional Transportation System," INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, June 2011.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Modeling Interdependencies Among Infrastructure Systems," University of Maryland, College Park, MD, May 2011.
Invited Panel Member, "Roundtable on Transportation, Distribution, and Energy Networks," Network Resilience Conference, West Lafayette, IN, April 2011.
Invited Presenter, "Enriching the Quality of Travel Experience: Innovative Partnerships," U.S. Department of Transportation Sponsored Research Demonstration/Exhibition, Washington, D.C., April 2011.
Invited Panel Member, U.S. Department of Transportation Sponsored Research Demonstration/Exhibition, Washington, D.C., April 2011.
Invited Workshop Speaker and Panel Member, "Holistic System-Based Modeling for Disaster Planning and Management," TRB Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Committee, 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2011.
Invited Speaker and Panelist, "Traveler Behavior Data Needs for Transportation Network Modeling," Information Exchange on Traveler Behavior Survey Data, Transportation Research Board and Volpe Center, Keck Center of the National Academies, December 2010.
Invited UniSA Distinguished Researcher Seminar Speaker, "A Strategic Framework to Enhance Infrastructure Network Survivability and Functionality under Disasters," University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, Australia, April 2010.
Invited Research Seminar Speaker, "Real-Time Traveller Information: Research Needs to Determine Network Impacts," Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, April 2010.
Invited Research Seminar Speaker, "Behavior-Consistent Real-Time Vehicular Traffic Routing under Deployable Information Systems," Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, April 2010.
Invited Speaker, "Advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems," Indo-US Workshop on Emerging Trends in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, India, February 2010.
Invited Speaker, Resource Paper, "Advances in Modeling Network Traffic Flow Dynamics Incorporating Behavioral Considerations," The 12th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, International Association for Travel Behavior Research, December 2009.
Plenary Speaker, "A Common Modeling Framework for Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Supply Chain Management Systems with Congestion Phenomena," The 18th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Hong Kong, July 2009.
Invited Speaker, "Integration by Design," Council of University Transportation Centers Summer Meeting, Amherst, MA, June 2009.
Invited Lead Panel Speaker, "Research Needs to Determine Network Impacts of Real-Time Traveler Information," TRB Workshop on Identifying Traveler Information Research Needs, Irvine, CA, April 2009.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Behavior-Consistent Real-Time Vehicular Traffic Routing under Deployable Information Systems," Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, March 2009.
Invited Lecture Speaker, "Modeling of Dynamic Traffic Networks – Part I," Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, March 2009.
Invited Lecture Speaker, "Modeling of Dynamic Traffic Networks – Part II," Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, March 2009.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Intelligent Transport Systems and Use of Electronic Sensors and Communication Terminals," SAMEER (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research), Department of Information Technology, Government of India, Chennai, India, March 2009.
Invited Visiting Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker, "Integrating Planning and Operational Aspects to Identify Network Investments for Disaster Response," National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2009.
Invited Visiting Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker, "Research Needs to Determine Network Impacts of Real-Time Traveler Information," National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2009.
Invited Visiting Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker, "Collaborative Logistics: The Single Freight Carrier Collaboration Problem" National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, March 2009.
Invited Visiting Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker, "Research Needs to Determine Network Impacts of Real-Time Traveler Information," National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 2009.
Invited Workshop Speaker and Panel Member, "Overview of Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model Guidelines," Network Models in Practice Sub-Committee, 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2009.
Invited Speaker and Panel Member, "All Modes, All Roads, All the Time: Identifying Traveler Information Research Needs," Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee, 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2009.
Invited Panel Member, "Workforce Roundtable: Are University Programs Meeting Industry Needs?" 6th Annual Indiana Logistics Summit, Indianapolis, IN, November 2008.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Integrated Framework for Disaster Management," Koc University, Turkey, June, 2008.
Invited Speaker, "Megacities and System of Systems Modeling," 2008 Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering Irvine, CA, February 2008.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, " Behavior-consistent Deployable Real-time Traffic Routing under Information Provision," Institute of Transportation Studies Seminar, University of California, Irvine, February 2008.
Invited Workshop Speaker and Panel Member, "Issues and Modeling Related to Incorporating Qualitative Variables for Individual Choice Decisions," Artificial Intelligence Committee, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2008.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Modeling Infrastructure Interdependencies using Multilayer Networks," ITS Institute Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, December 2007.
Invited Plenary Speaker, "NEXTRANS Center: Objectives and Mechanisms for Collaboration in Logistics," 5th Annual Indiana Logistics Summit, Indianapolis, IN, September 2007.
Invited Seminar Series Speaker, "Behavior-Consistent Information-Based Route Guidance: Integrating Network Interactions and Traveler Response," Transportation Center Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, April 2007.
Invited Workshop Speaker, "Integrating Demand and Supply Travel Models," 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
Invited Workshop Speaker, "Critical Issues in Transportation: How can Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computation Help?" 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
Invited Lecture Speaker, "Modeling of Dynamic Traffic Networks," Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, December 2006.
Invited Speaker, "Strengthening the Links of a Stochastic Network for Disaster Response," 7th International Workshop on Transportation Planning & Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 2006.
Invited Panel Speaker, "National Issues Related to Logistics," Indiana Logistics Summit, Indianapolis, IN, November 2006.
Invited Panel Member, "Integrating Demand and Network Models," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
Invited Speaker, "Dynamic Traffic Network Models," Argonne National Lab, IL, November 2006.
Invited Panel Chair and Moderator, "Dynamic Network Loading: Which Models and What Level of Space/Time Discretisation are Appropriate," First International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leeds, UK, June 2006.
Invited Panel Member, "Challenges to Real-time Deployment of Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models," First International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leeds, UK, June 2006.
Invited Speaker, Workshop on Potential Transportation Applications of 2025-era Space-based Position, Navigation, and Time (PNT) Technologies, Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, National Consortium for Remote Sensing of Transportation - Flows (NCRST-F), Columbus, OH, November 2005.
Plenary Lecture, NSF Workshop on Network Science, Nonlinear Science and Infrastructure Systems, University Park, PA, May 2005.
Invited Speaker, System of Systems, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Washington, D.C., May 2005.
Invited Speaker, Plenary Panel Member, and Workshop Moderator, "Adapting Real-Time Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models to Incorporate Bus Transit," National Science Foundation Sponsored Pan-American Conference and Workshop on the Interface Between Automobile Traffic Networks under Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Bus Rapid Transit Systems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2003.
Invited Speaker, Panel Discussant and Theme Moderator, "Deployable Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Networks with Advanced Traveler Information Systems," Federal Highway Administration Workshop on Next Generation of Models for Traffic Analysis, Monitoring and Management, Tucson, Arizona, September 2001.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Information Technology and Transportation," Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, July 2000.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Remote On-line Architecture for Real-time Route Guidance and Control," Nanyang Technical University, Singapore, June 2000.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Advanced Technologies in Transportation," Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, December 1998.
Invited Seminar Speaker, "Operational Consistency and the On-Line Dynamic Traffic Assignment Problem," University of California, Berkeley, October 1998.
Invited Speaker, "An A Priori Optimization Approach for Robust On-Line Dynamic Traffic Assignment," The 3rd Triennial Symposium on Transportation Systems, Puerto Rico, June 1998.
Invited Speaker, "A Simulation-Based Algorithm for Dynamic Network Assignment with Multiple User Classes under Real-Time Information," Joint CORS-Optimization Days Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 1994.
Invited Speaker and Panel Discussant, "Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Route Guidance Decisions," the 39th North American Regional Science Association International Conference, Chicago, November 1992.