On July 9, 2025, we successfully held the #1 TSG (Transport Studies Group) Seminar at MiraiCrea Hall, Hiroshima University. The event brought together researchers, students, and faculty members for an afternoon of insightful presentations and discussions on cutting-edge topics in transport research.
We opened the seminar with a keynote speech by Prof. Avishai (Avi) Ceder from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, moderated by Prof. Akimasa Fujiwara. His talk, “Challenges with Artificial Intelligence and Policy Trends for Future Urban Public Transport Service”, sparked a stimulating discussion on the evolving role of AI in public transportation planning.
Location: MiraiCrea Hall (1F), Hiroshima University
Date and time: 14:00-17:30 on July 9 2025
Registration: Not required – free and open to all
14:00-15:00 Keynote Talk (Moderator: Akimasa Fujiwara, Hiroshima University)
Avishai (Avi) Ceder (Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology): Challenges with Artificial Intelligence and Policy Trends for Future Urban Public Transport Service
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:15 Session 1 (Moderator: Giancarlos Parady, University of Tokyo)
Bastian Henriquez-Jara (Assistant Professor, Universidad de Chile): Estimating emotions using physiological data in real-life travel experiments: insights from studies in Chile and Denmark
Xavier Blessy David (PhD student, Hiroshima University): A Novel Crowding Contribution Index for Quantifying Link-Level Metro Crowding Using AFC Gate Data
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Session 2 (Moderator: Makoto Chikaraishi, Hiroshima University)
Phoebe Ho (PhD student, UC Berkeley): Advancing Open Science Practices in Travel Behavior Research
Hongyu TANG (PhD student, Hiroshima University): Modeling the collective choice of household-level Mobility as services
