Laboratory members (as of October 1, 2023)
| Professor | Name: Makoto Chikaraishi Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Activity and travel behavior analysis, survey design, behavioral adaptation to urban climate risks, disparity issues in developing countries, etc. Web of Science ResearcherID; Google Scholar Citations For details, see Publications; Lectures; Projects |
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| Assistant Professor | Name: Varun Varghese Nationality: India Research topic: ICT use and travel behavior, application of advanced machine learning techniques for transport planning and management |
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| Postdoc Researcher | Name: Lichen Luo Nationality: China Research Topic: Development of land-use/transport integrated (LUTI) model |
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| Postdoc Researcher | Name: Nur Diana Safitri Enrollment: October 2023 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: The Impacts of Transport Network Disruptions on Travel Demand: A Case of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster in Hiroshima, Japan |
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| Secretary | Name: Misato Oku Nationality: Japan |
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| PhD student | Name: Keishi Fujiwara (藤原 啓示) Enrollment: October 2021 (April 2021 to Sep. 2021: Research student) Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Construction and Implementation of Dynamic Road Management System using Measurement and Control Technology |
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| Name: Reem Al Olabi Enrollment: October 2023 Nationality: Syrian Arab Republic Research Topic: Striking a Balance: Enhancing Survey Accuracy While Reducing Respondent Burden through Semi-Supervised Mode Detection |
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| Master student | Name: Zafirah binti Abdul Gani Enrollment: April 2022 Nationality: Malaysia Research Topic: Exploring the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle on Pedestrian Behavior Using Camera Data |
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| Name: Tetsuro Sakai Enrollment: April 2022 Research Topic:How road network structure and travel demand pattern affect the occurrence of Braess’s Paradox? Simulation analysis |
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| Name: Fahima Lailul Ula Enrollment: April 2022 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: Causal Machine Learning for Evaluating Impact of Flat Fare Policy Changes in Hiroshima |
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| Name: Somsy Keopasird Enrollment: October 2022 Nationality: Laos Research Topic: Flood risk area assessment in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province by using GIS software |
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| Name: Rabbi MD Reza E Enrollment: October 2022 Nationality: Bangladesh Research Topic: Assessment on the improvement of capacity of National Highways in Bangladesh from the perspective of travel time and cost savings |
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| Name: Motoki Takai Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: TBA Awards: 第75回（令和5年度）土木学会中国支部研究発表会若手優秀発表者賞 |
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| Name: Anabelle Marquez Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Philippines Research Topic: Road Risk Assessment by Integrating Climate Variability in Maintaining and Improving National Roads |
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| Name: Vu Dang Ngoc Linh Enrollment: October 2023 Nationality: Vietnam Research Topic: Analysis, Evaluation, and Management of Risk Factors in the Management of Urban Railway Construction Projects in Vietnam |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Daisuke Kajiyama Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: |
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| Name: Yudai Ishikawa Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: |
Former students/interns (as of October 1, 2023)
| PhD student | Name: Maya Safira Enrollment: April 2018 – March 2021 (Oct. 2017 to Mar. 2018: Research student) Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: The Multidimensional Impacts of Multi service Transport Platform (MSTP) on Activity travel Behavior and Urban Form: A Case of Jakarta, Indonesia Publications: 1. Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of ICT Impacts on Activity-Travel Behavior: Preliminary Results from a Two-week Smartphone-based Survey in Jakarta, Indonesia 2. Association between Facility Location Agglomeration and Car Dependency: A Case of Japanese Cities 3. Exploring the impacts of online food delivery service on facility distribution: A case of Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| PhD and Master student | Name: Nur Diana Safitri Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 (Master) October 2020 – September 2023 (PhD) Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: The Impacts of Transport Network Disruptions on Travel Demand: A Case of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster in Hiroshima, Japan Awards: 1. The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence) 2. EASTS 2021: Yasoshima Yoshinosuke Prize (Nur Diana Safitri, Makoto Chikaraishi: Impact of Transport Network Disruption on Travel Demand: A Case Study of July 2018 Heavy Rain Disaster, Japan) 3. Behavioral Modeling Summer Course: Excellent Young Researcher Award 2021 Publications: 1. Impact of transport network disruption on travel demand: A case study of the July 2018 heavy rain disaster in Japan |
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| PhD student | Name: Sansano Rodelia Labitan Enrollment: October 2020 – September 2023 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Disaster Response Operation Considering Road Network Disruptions: An Air and Land Transportation Coordination Model Publications: 1. Exploring Natural and Social Factors Affecting Road Disruption Patterns and the Duration of Recovery: A Case from Hiroshima, Japan |
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| Master student | Name: April Ann Tigulo Enrollment: October 2017 – September 2019 Nationality: Philippines Research Topic: Slum Relocation or In-Situ Slum Redevelopment: What are the Impacts of Displacement? Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence) Publication: Tigulo, A.A., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M. (2019) Analysis of Life Satisfaction in Slum Rehabilitation Housing Projects: A Decision Tree Approach, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. |
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| Master student | Name: Yvonne R. Evasco Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Factors Influencing Compliance with Traffic Regulations |
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| Master student | Name: Santos Johan Rose Ayopila Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research Topic: Risk and Impact of Sediment Hazard Disruption on a Road Network Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence) Publications: 1. Santos, J.R., Safitri, N.D., Safira, M., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M. (2021) Road Network Vulnerability and City-level Characteristics: A Nationwide Comparative Analysis of Japanese Cities, Environment and Planning B:Urban Analytics and City Science (Accepted). 2. Santos, J.R., Varghese, V., Chikaraishi, M., Uchida, T. (2021) An Integrated Framework for Risk and Impact Assessment of Sediment Hazard on a Road Network, Transportation Research Record. |
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| Master student | Name: Md. Moniruzzaman Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2020 Nationality: Bangladesh Research Topic: In-vehicle Crowding and Price Setting for Public Transit: A Case of Dhaka MRT Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Third Place of Excellence) |
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| Master student | Name: Zusnita Meyrawati Enrollment: October 2018 – September 2019 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Site Selection of Cross-Docking Facility in a Retail Supply Chain Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence) |
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| Master student | Name: Ali Faisal Enrollment: October 2019 – September 2021 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Exploring the option of shared houses as an alternative evacuation destination under pandemic situation: A case from Pakistan |
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| Master student | Name: Silvia Puspitasari Enrollment: October 2019 – September 2020 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: Exploring Heterogeneous Travel Behavior Responses to Congestion Pricing with PP-SP Survey Data: A Case from Japan |
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| Master and undergrad student | Name: Takahiro Ota (大田 高滉) Enrollment: April 2019 – March 2020 (Undergrad) April 2020 – March 2022 (Master) Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Model analysis on tour patterns of foreign tourists using Twitter data |
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| Master and Undergrad student | Name: Taisei Yoshioka (吉岡 大誠) Enrollment: April 2020 – March 2021 (Undergrad) April 2021 – March 2023 (Master) Nationality: Japan Research Topic: 1. An Empirical Analysis of Interaction in a Two-Sided Market of Local Currency Transactions (両面市場として捉えた地域通貨取引における相互作用の実証分析) (Undergrad) 2. Voluntary Provision of Public Goods (Master) Awards: 1. 第73回（令和3年度）土木学会中国支部研究発表会若手優秀発表者賞 2. EASTS 2021: Best Paper Award for “Discovering interesting facts” (Taisei Yoshioka, Makoto Chikaraishi, Akimasa Fujiwara: Empirical Models of Consumer and Merchant Behavior in the Two-Sided Market of Local Currency Publications: Empirical models of consumer and merchant behavior in the two-sided market of local currency |
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| Master student | Name: Siregar Melanton Hendra Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Indonesia Research Topic: The Impact of Railway Stations Development on Land Price: A Case in West Japan Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the First Place of Excellence) |
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| Master student | Name: Alexander T. Maramara Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Republic of the Philippines Research topic: Integrating disaster risk reduction in infrastructural equipment management |
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| Master student | Name: Ei Ei Tun Period: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Myanmar Research Topic: Optimizing the location of green and open spaces for a better evacuation management Awards: The Excellent Master Thesis Awards (the Second Place of Excellence) |
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| Master student | Name: Hulio Abdul Fattah Enrollment: October 2020 – September 2022 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Flood prevention and management in rural areas of Sindh Province of Pakistan |
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| Master student | Name: Reem Al Olabi Enrollment: October 2021 – September 2023 (April 2021 – September 2021: Research student) Nationality: Syrian Arab Republic Research Topic: Striking a Balance: Enhancing Survey Accuracy While Reducing Respondent Burden through Semi-Supervised Mode Detection |
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| Master student | Name: Sreang Chamnab Enrollment: October 2021 – September 2023 Nationality: Cambodia Research Topic: Analysis Of Factors Affecting Road Traffic Accident Severity In Cambodia
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| Master student | Name: Idrees Nafay Enrollment: October 2021 – September 2023 Nationality: Pakistan Research Topic: Factors affecting drugs usage by truck drivers in Pakistan: a case study |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Ryuki Watanabe (渡部 竜輝) Period: April 2018 – March 2019 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Machine learning for short-term travel demand prediction Publication: Chikaraishi, M., Garg, P., Varghese, V., Yoshizoe, K., Urata, J., Shiomi, Y., Watanabe, R. (2020) On the possibility of short-term traffic prediction during disaster with machine learning approaches: An exploratory analysis, Transport Policy (Accepted). |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Toshimitsu Nishikiori Enrollment: April 2021 – March 2022 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Time Dependent Population Estimation |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Zafirah binti Abdul Gani Enrollment: April 2021 – March 2022 Nationality: Malaysia Research Topic: Exploring the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle on Pedestrian Behavior Using Camera Data |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Tetsuro Sakai Enrollment: April 2021 – March 2022 Research Topic:How road network structure and travel demand pattern affect the occurrence of Braess’s Paradox? Simulation analysis |
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| Undergrad student | Name: Motoki Takai Enrollment: April 2023 Nationality: Japan Research Topic: Development of New On-Campus Ridesharing Matching System and Its Feasibility Assessment Awards: 第75回（令和5年度）土木学会中国支部研究発表会若手優秀発表者賞 |
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| Internship | Name: Arpit Jain Period: November 2019 – December 2019 Nationality: India Research Topic: Application of deep learning techniques for short term prediction of non-recurrent traffic congestion |