We went on a lab trip!!
[2019/10/11~13]
We went to Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures for a 3D2N laboratory trip.
We took the Tokaido Shinkansen and the limited express train “Shirasagi” from Tokyo, and went sightseeing in the Fukui Prefecture on the first day.
In Fukui City, we visited the Hokuriku Shinkansen construction site, which is currently under construction. I had visited the Saikyo Line platform relocation site at Shibuya Station and the Metropolitan Expressway construction site as part of a class before, and it was instructive to learn about the problems unique to regional cities. Thank you very much, Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency.
The 3rd – 5th lab seminars
The 3rd, 4th and 5th seminars were held on October 2, October 9, and October 16, respectively.
In the 3rd seminar, (M2 students) Mr. Shiroma and Ms. Kawai gave their presentations.
Mr. Shiroma presented the direction of network analysis using electric vehicles. He aims to combine user equilibrium allocation and vehicle type selection, taking into account the charging cost of electric vehicles.
Mr. Kawai conducted a rehearsal of a web-based questionnaire asking about the intention of teleworking at satellite offices.
In the fourth lab seminar, (B4 students) Mr. Ukai and Ms. Tabuchi presented their researches.
Mr. Ukai presented the reproduction of the model used in his previous research on hunting phenomena.
Ms. Tabuchi will analyze the trip data in the Tokyo metropolitan area obtained from the Tokyo PT survey in 2008 using the Recursive Logit model and study the feasibility of introducing MaaS, etc.
The B4 students have also finalized their plans for their thesis, and it is time for them to get down to serious research work. I know that there will be many difficulties in their first research and thesis writing, but I wish them the best of luck.
In the fifth lab seminar, (M2 students) Ms. Iokura and Ms. Wang presented their papers.
Ms. Wang presented the results of the traffic survey in Ishigaki Island conducted from August to September. I am looking forward to the future analysis.
Ms. Iokura presented her study abroad in Sweden and internship in the Philippines during the past year. It was interesting to hear about the situation of universities and traffic in other countries.
[Kita]
Researcher Mr. Ge has returned to China
As mentioned in the previous article, Dr. Ge finished his term on September 15 and returned to China.
He had been a member of the Fukuda Lab for 7 years since 2012, which is a long time. I entered high school in 2012, so I am reminded of how long seven years is. I have been assigned to the Fukuda Lab for a year and a half. Last year, he received the Yoshikawa-Yamaguchi Award, which is given by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to the author of a particularly outstanding doctoral dissertation. He was really an excellent and reliable senior. Thank you very much!
Dr. Ge will take up an assistant professor position at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China, in October. We look forward to his further success.
Off-Campus Activities in September
This is a summary report of the activities of our lab members outside the university in September.
Please forgive the timeline of this report, which is back and forth from the previous one.
[Shinya YAMADA, Masato ISHIBE, Yoshihisa YAMASHITA and Daisuke FUKUDA]
– Analysis of Maintenance Activities among Child-rearing Households in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
[Ryoji ISHII, Yuichi MOHRI, Takahiro ISHIGAMI and Daisuke FUKUDA]
– Impacts of an Economic Incentive for Intercity Peer-to-Peer Ride-Sharing in Sparsely Populated Areas
[Azarel CHAMORRO-OBRA and Daisuke FUKUDA]
-The Impact of Railway Networks on Residential Land Values within Transit-Oriented Development Areas
[Salsabila Panji ARUM and Daisuke FUKUDA]
The second semester of lab activities has begun.
[9/25]
The second semester of laboratory activities started last week.
The first lab seminar was held on September 18, and the second lab seminar was held on September 25.
In the first seminar, (M1 students) Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Koyata, and Mr. Kita gave their presentations.
Mr. Shimizu presented the progress of his research on rainfall and train delays.
Mr. Koyata presented the results of his basic analysis of elderly people’s behavior based on the results of the Tokyo PT survey in 2008.
Mr. Kita presented the results of his previous research on the analysis of determinants of intention to use a fully automated ride-sharing system, which was submitted to HKSTS.
In the second seminar, (M2 students) Mr. Ogawa and Mr. Muro gave presentations.
Mr. Ogawa is working on short-term prediction of traffic conditions in the central area of Kamakura city using a recurrent neural network.
Mr. Muro is analyzing the effect of transportation infrastructure improvement using causal inference.
Both of them reported the progress of their research based on the reflections from the critiques they received from other laboratories in the summer seminar.
Ms. Salsa has graduated and said goodbye to the lab…
Mr. Ge, a researcher, finished his term and went back to China…
I would like to express my gratitude to all the seniors who have been with us since last year. Thank you very much.
Although the number of students in our laboratory has decreased, I think it will become noisy and lively again with the addition of Ms. Iokura!
I am sure it will get harder as we will be busy with our graduation theses and master’s theses, but that’s why we should all have fun and work hard!
Behaviour Modelling Summer School 2019
[2019/9/21-23]
The Summer School of Behavioral Modeling at the University of Tokyo was held again this year. This year, six members of Fukuda Lab, including (M2 students) Ms. Wang, Mr. Shimizu (M1), Mr. Koyata, Mr. Kita, and (B4 students) Ms. Tabuchi and Mr. Ukai, participated in the summer school. We used the Mixed Logit model to analyze the residential inclinations of Yokohama residents’ trips to and from their homes for commuting. As for my personal impression, I was able to gain a better understanding of the fundamentals of the logit model through the experience of constructing a model from scratch and conducting the analysis myself, given the limitations of the information available in the data and the number of samples. Moreover, I was able to spend a week with my new lab members who joined this year, and we had a chance to get to know each other better. I would like to express my gratitude to the members of Hato Laboratory at the University of Tokyo for their smooth operation and communication as the organizer.
[Kita]
We went to Yaeyama islands for a tourism survey!
[2019/08/16-20]
We participated in a survey on tourism in Ishigaki Island jointly with Kamiya Laboratory of Ryukyu University and Chuo Construction Consultants. The purpose of this survey was to investigate the flow of tourists visiting Ishigaki Island and surrounding remote islands during August and September. (M1 student) Ms. Wang and (B4 student) Ms. Tabuchi participated from our laboratory.
The survey was conducted on Ishigaki Island and the surrounding islands (Iriomote, Hateruma, and Taketomi). Iriomote Island is known for the Iriomote wildcat, and the number of traffic accidents involving wild animals including Iriomote wildcat has been increasing in recent years. In this study, Wi-fi packet sensors were installed at major tourist spots, terminals, and near the airport to investigate the movements of tourists visiting Ishigaki Island by collecting information sent from Wi-Fi on mobile devices such as smartphones owned by tourists. We also conducted a traffic survey by installing Bluetooth packet sensors along roads in Iriomote Island for the purpose of investigating the status of traffic accidents in Iriomote Island. In order to observe the speed of the traveling cars, we installed Bluetooth packet sensors along the roads of Iriomote Island, which can also observe the speed of passing cars. We also conducted a bus boarding and alighting survey and questionnaire survey in order to investigate the diffusion of the transfer guide service by Google’s application.
[Tabuchi]
2019 TSU Summer Seminar
[2019/08/24~26]
Sorry for the late update.
The TSU joint summer seminar was held at Ookayama campus of Tokyo Tech. Prof. Fukuda, (M2 students) Mr. Shiroma, Mr. Ogawa, Mr. Kawai, Mr. Muro, and (M1 student) Ms. Wang gave their presentations. Prof. Kamiya and Dr. Gabe from University of the Ryukyus, who are collaborating with Prof. Fukuda in his research, also made a presentation. The presentations by the seniors generated many opinions and questions from the professors and students of other laboratories, and produced lively discussions. The opinions of the fixed members of a laboratory tend to be biased, so the suggestions and opinions obtained in the laboratory seminar are very valuable. We, M1 and B4 students, who listened to the presentations by seniors in other laboratories, also gained many hints for our own research in the future. Let’s make the most of this opportunity and continue to work hard on our own research in the second half of the 2019 academic year.
I am sorry for the delay in introducing this, but the person in charge of updating the website has changed from Ms. Kawai to (M1) Kita starting this month. Thank you for your cooperation.
[Kita]
Master’s thesis presentation & Summer party
[August 7, 2019]
Today, the Master’s thesis presentation by students admitted in the fall was held, and Ms. Salsabila (M2 student) presented from our laboratory.
She compared the systems and results of TOD (Transit Oriented Development) on residential land prices in the Tokyo metropolitan area using several models. During the question-and-answer session, the professors had a lively discussion about the impact on land prices in neighboring areas and the interpretation of the model’s parameter values.
Mr. Ge, Mr. Dantuji, and Ms. Salsabila, will leave our laboratory next fall, and Prof. Fukuda gave us a few words each about their research life so far. To those who are leaving our laboratory, thank you very much for everything you have done for us in our laboratory!
Master’s thesis submitted by Ms. Salsabila
[2019/07/24]
Today, (M2 student) Ms. Salsabila completed and submitted her master’s thesis.
Ms. Salsabila used several models to compare the accuracy and results of the impact of TOD (Transit Oriented Development) on residential land prices in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Using the MMMM (Multiple Menbership Multilevel Model), a type of regression model that takes into account multiple memberships of rail lines, she found that the value and accessibility of neighboring areas and the distance from the central business district and subcenter significantly affect land prices. The model also shows that land values are higher along railroad lines extending to the southwest of Tokyo.
