Speakers
Ying Jin
Professor, Department of Architecture,
University of Cambridge
Ying Jin is Director of the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies - a research centre that has more than 50 years of track record in interdisciplinary research on buildings, cities and the wider built environment - in the Dept of Architecture of Cambridge University. He leads the theoretical development and practical applications of city-scale computer models at the Martin Centre, and since 2011 he is the lead convenor of the biennial international symposia on applied urban modelling.
Hironori Kato
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Prof. Hironori Kato is a full professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo since November 2013. His main research/teaching concerns are transportation planning and policy, transportation economics, transportation finance, and travel behavioral analysis.
Di Su
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Dr. Di Su is an associate professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. His main research/teaching concerns are Structural Health Monitoring, Bridge Engineering, and Earthquake Engineering.
Kaveh Jahanshahi
Research Associate,
Department of Architecture,
University of Cambridge
Dr. Kaveh Jahanshahi is currently working to a combined policy-academic career, as transport modelling team leader at DfT/DEFRA’s Joined Air Quality Unit and Research Associate in urban analysis and modelling at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, with both research and teaching responsibilities. In recent years, his research has focused mainly on understanding urban issues through digital urban modelling and use of advanced statistical and machine learning models in the UK and across different geographic areas of the world.
Jamil Nur
Affiliated lecturer,
Department of Architecture,
University of Cambridge
Dr. Jamil Nur is an affiliated lecturer at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies at the Department of Architecture in Cambridge, and an analyst at the Royal Automobile Club Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Sciences Po (Paris) and works on new spatial economic models integrating labor markets and transportation with land use.