Research Policy
Research Policy
- Our research covers a wide range of areas from land transportation to personal mobility. By using analytical and econometric approaches to evaluate the economic impact and changes of people’s daily life behavior caused by the implementation of transportation policies, the development of information technology, or changes in social structure. The basic analysis flow is in the order of behavioral model development, data acquisition, model identification and policy analysis. For all research topics, a research guidance will be given primarily to improve the knowledge of programming languages (e.g.,Python, R, etc.) and implementation skills. Once we have confirmed that the students have improved their basic skills to some extent, we will perform the analysis in the real-world.
- We are looking for students who are interested in the socio-economic impact of transportation projects and the changes of people’s daily life behavior. We also welcome those who wish to work on the role of transportation systems in relation to the ideal state of land, regions, and communities.．
- In general, research will be conducted based on (1) weekly laboratory seminars (students take turns to present, mainly in English), (2) detailed individual research meetings with faculty members (usually once a week, but once every two days when the thesis of a graduate student is in the midst of its final stage). Other events may include (3) joint seminars at Tokyo Tech TSU (fall seminar camp, winter midterm presentations, and joint seminars for doctoral students held once every two months), (4) various seminars at UTokyo (irregular), and (5) joint seminars with other universities (irregular).
The laboratory introduction slide is posted below. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in our lab.
