Session

Data Science of Human-centric Mobility

Organized by:

Thursday 8 October 11.00

Lead organizer: Michael Szell, Associate Professor, ITU Copenhagen

This 90-minute workshop will bring together professionals from data science and network science who research human-centric mobility and who develop software applications, and everyone else who is interested in the topic and its applications, especially in the context of the green transformation in Denmark.

The workshop will feature few short, engaging scientific talks on the topics of human mobility and bicycle networks, an interactive hands-on session to introduce the open-source Python software suite BikeNetKit with interactive visualizations, and discussion sessions in-between, for an audience to engage in diverse ways with the state-of-the-art of the field.

Programme
  • 1 invited talk on Emotional Cities (~15 min)
  • 1 hands-on session on open-source software with interactive visualizations (~20 min)
  • 4 lightning research talks (~5 min each)
  • 2 discussion sessions (~15-20 mins each)
Speakers’ list
  • Carlos M. Lima Azevedo, Assoc. Prof., DTU (invited): Emotional Cities
  • Laura Alessandretti, Assoc. Prof., DTU (research talk): TBD
  • Silvia de Sojo Caso, Postdoc, DTU (research talk): TBD
  • Manuel Knepper, Research Assistant, ITU (hands-on): TBD
  • Michael Szell, Assoc. Prof., ITU (research talk+hands-on): TBD
  • Clement Sebastiao, PhD student, ITU (research talk): TBD
Level

Intermediate: For attendees who have basic understanding or some experience with the subject but are not yet advanced.

Organizers
  • Michael Szell, Assoc. Prof., ITU Copenhagen, misz@itu.dk (lead organizer)
  • Clement Sebastiao, PhD Student, ITU, clse@itu.dk
  • Laura Alessandretti, Assoc. Prof., DTU, lauale@dtu.dk
  • Silvia de Sojo Caso, Postdoc, DTU, sdsc@dtu.dk