DynaMIT in the News
Recent DynaMIT research is highlighted in MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering's July/August '07 newsletter OnBalance. [Click here for PDF copy.]
In a recent Boston Globe article, ITS Lab Director, Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva, explains how DynaMIT could benefit Boston drivers....[click here for full story.]
Awards and Recognition
Moshe Ben-Akiva receives the Dupuit Prize
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007 -- In June 2007, The World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) presented Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva with the Dupuit Prize for his outstanding lifetime contribution to transport research and his major contribution to the development of WCTRS and its activities as a member since its inception through his chairmanship of the Scientific Committee from 1992 to 1998 and his role as Editor in Chief of the Society's journal Transport Policy since 1998. Moshe becomes the latest in a list of recipients who have not just made their mark on scientific research, but have devoted themselves to the creation of WCTR as a forum for dissemintion and discussion of transport research across all disciplinary boundaries.
The Dupuit Prize is the WCTRS major prize. The award recognizes individuals who's outstanding record of contributions have fundamentally unfluenced the field of transportation research and its development, worldwide. Moshe Ben-Akiva, the Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT and Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory has been able to bring scientists from many disciplinary backgrounds together, evolving the field of transportation research.Very few can fail to have used at least some of his research as input into their own work.
The 2007 Duipuit Prize committee consisted of Roger Vickerman, Antti Talvitie and Hideo Nakamura.
Moshe Ben-Akiva receives IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award
Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 19, 2006 -- The International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) presented Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th IATBR conference in Kyoto, Japan, August 19, 2006. Professor John Polak, Chair of the award Selection Committee, said that Professor Ben-Akiva was chosen because of his “profound contributions in many areas of discrete choice. It is no exaggeration to say that where ever one looks in the area of research and application of discrete choice methods, one sees Moshe’s hand at work…”
The award recognizes widely known individuals who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to travel behavior research over his or her professional career, and have influenced the field through his or her writings, teaching, service, and nurturing of younger professionals. Fittingly, over 60 of Professor Ben-Akiva’s friends and colleagues signed his nomination letter, describing the extent of his contributions and citing a “profound appreciation for his contributions to our own educations and careers.”
Moshe Ben-Akiva, Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of MIT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems laboratory, has been involved with travel behavior research for over 30 years. He developed many discrete choice and demand modeling techniques that are being widely applied in a variety of disciplines and industries around the globe today. He has supervised over 40 doctoral students and over 60 masters students, and his graduates occupy top positions in academia, industry, and government.
Professor Ben-Akiva commented on the award, “I'm honored. I'm grateful to those who nominated and supported me for this award. It is rewarding to receive this recognition from such a talented and dedicated group.” Regarding his future research in travel behavior, Professor Ben-Akiva explained, “[A] continuum of behavioral richness is what's makes this field exciting. There is much to be done and it gets more challenging.”
IATBR Lifetime Achievement awards are bestowed every three years. Nominations are considered by a Selection Committee. The Selection Committee for the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award were Professor Kay Axhausen (ETH, Zurich), Professor Aki Fujiwara (Hiroshima University), Professor Kara Kockelman (University of Texas at Austin), Professor John Polak (Imperial College, London), and Professor Tony Richardson (The Urban Transport Institute, Australia).
In addition to Professor Ben-Akiva, Professor Ryuichi Kitamura from Kyoto University was also honored with a 2006 IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award.
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