RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Future Urban Mobility Project, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART)

Research Assistant, 2011 - Present | MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA / Singapore

• Develop methods to analyze and visualize spatiotemporal patterns of human activities and movement in cities. Particularly interested in data mining and statistical learning techniques and spatial visualization tools to understand dynamics of cities, and human activity and mobility patterns.

• Extract household lifestyles from human activity patterns, and model household lifestyle and activity profile choices for the SimMobility long-term simulation model designed for Singapore.

MIT-Portugal Program (MPP) Transportation Systems Focus Area

Research Assistant, 2009 - 2010 | MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA / Lisbon, Coimbra, Portugal

• Created data fusion and estimation methods using points-of-interest data from online user generated platform and census data to estimate disaggregated location and size of employment by sector.

• Built a transportation demand analysis model for Lisbon, developed methods to analyze and visualize mobile phone data for OD estimation and traffic assignment, and validated simulation results of the Lisbon integrated land use and transportation model.

• Participated in the design and maintenance of the MPP Geo-Portal for distributed modeling.

MIT Transit Professional Development Program

Research Assistant, 2007 - 2009 | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

• Designed microscopic traffic simulation models for bus rapid transit scenarios for Chicago Loop.

• Assessed impacts of alternative BRT scenarios on bus level-of-service and automobile traffic performance. Produced 3D visualization and animations for BRT scenario planning.

David C. Lincoln Research Fellowship Program

Research Fellow, 2008 - 2009 | Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, USA

• Collected residential and commercial property data, and GIS data on neighborhood characteristics, land use and transportation systems in Chicago.

• Constructed spatial Hedonic pricing models for single-/multi-family properties and commercial properties in Chicago.

• Estimated financial outcomes of different land value capture scenarios in funding local transit infrastructure.

Facilities Planning Department, Chicago Transit Authority

Summer Intern, 06-08 / 2007 | Chicago, IL, USA

• Evaluated impact of Chicago USX development on urban transportation demand.

• Forecasted transfers at CTA in-fill stations by using GIS analysis tools.

• Analyzed the CTA market share along several bus corridors.

• Evaluated alternative dedicated bus lanes in Chicago by building microscopic multi-modal traffic simulation models using VISSIM.

Transportation Group of PKU & University of Southern California International Planning and Development Laboratory

Team Leader, 06 / 2005 | Beijing, China

• Investigated the conflicts between historic Hutong alley preservation and modern commercial development in Xidan.

• Developed alternative plans for future Transit Oriented Development of Xidan Area with graduate students from USC, and presented the plans to Xicheng District Government officials.

Chun-Tsung Chinese Undergraduate Research Endowment

Chun-Tsung Research Fellow, 2004 - 2005 | Peking University, Beijing, China

• Studied the relationship between urban spatial structure & transportation congestion in Beijing by investigating in five large communities and three industry parks in suburban area, and the central business district in Beijing.

• Devised and field-tested “2004 Beijing Residents’ Housing and Travel Survey” in the nine areas, collected around 1000 individual feedbacks, and conducted spatial analysis on the residents’ commuting patterns in Beijing.