International Association for Travel Behaviour Research
(IATBR)
ERIC PAS
DISSERTATION PRIZE
AWARD RECIPIENTS
2008 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(to be presented at IATBR 2009, Jaipur,
India)
First Place and/or Honorable
Mentions to be announced...
2007 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2009, Washington,
D.C.)
First Place:
Caspar Chorus, "Traveler Response to Information," Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands, advisor Prof. Bert van Wee.
Honorable mentions:
Charisma Choudhury, "Modeling Driving Decisions with Latent Plans,"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.
Khandker M. Nurul
Habib, "Modelling Activity Generation Processes," University of
Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric J. Miller.
2006 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2008, Washington,
D.C.)
First Place:
Sean Puckett, "Economic Behaviour of Interdependent Road Freight
Stakeholders Under Variable Road User Charges: Advanced Stated Choice
Analysis," University of Sydney, Australia, advisor Prof. David Hensher.
Honorable mentions:
Juan Carrasco, "Social Activity-Travel Behaviour: A Personal
Networks Approach," University of Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric
J. Miller.
Lei Zhang, "Search,
Information, Learning, and Knowledge in Travel Decision-Making: A Positive
Approach for Travel Behavior and Demand Analysis," University of
Minnesota, USA, advisor Prof. David M. Levinson.
2005 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at 2006 IATBR Conference, Kyoto, Japan)
First Place:
Stephane Hess, "Advanced Discrete Choice Models with Applications
to Transport Demand," Imperial College, Center for Transport Studies,
London, The
United Kingdom, advisor Prof. John Polak.
Honorable mentions:
Antonini Gianluca, "A Discrete Choice Modeling Framework for
Pedestrian Walking Behavior with Application to Human Tracking in Video
Sequences," EcolePolytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne,
Switzerland, advisors Prof. J-P. Thiran and Prof. Michele Bierlaire.
Matthew Roorda, "Activity-Based
Modeling of Household Travel," University of Toronto, Department of
Civil Engineering, Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric J. Miller.
2004 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2006, Washington
D.C.)
First Place:
Chang-Hyeon Joh, "Measuring and Predicting Adaptation in
Multidimensional Activity-Travel Patterns," Eindhoven University of
Technology, Department of Architecture, Building and Planning, Eindhoven, The
Netherlands, advisor Prof. Harry J.P. Timmermans.
Honorable mention:
Laurie Garrow, "Comparison of Choice Models Representing
Correlation and Random Taste Variation: An Application to Airline
Passengers' Rescheduling Behavior," Northwestern University, Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA, advisor Prof.
Frank Koppelman.
2003 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented
at TRB 2005, Washington D.C.)
First Place:
None.
Honorable mentions:
Sarah Bush, "Forecasting 65+ Travel: An Integration of Cohort
Analysis and Travel Demand Modeling," Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA,
USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.
Mei-Lan Jiang, "Analyzing
Variation of Value of Travel Time Savings," Nagoya University,
Department of Civil Engineering, Nagoya, Japan, advisor Prof. Takayuki
Morikawa
2002 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at 2003 IATBR Conference, Lucerne,
Switzerland)
First Place:
Jeong Whon Yu, "Deployable Hybrid Probabilistic-Possibilistic
Driver Route Choice Models for Real-Time Network Control," Purdue
University, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, USA, advisor
Prof. Srinivas Peeta.
Honorable mention:
Tomer Toledo, "Integrated Driving
Behavior Modelling," Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA,
USA, advisor
Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.
2001 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented
at TRB 2003, Washington D.C.)
First Place:
Joan L. Walker, "Extended Discrete Choice Models: Integrated
Framework, Flexible Error Structures, and Latent Variables,"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.
Honorable mentions:
Michiel Bliemer, "Analytical Dynamic Traffic Assignment with
Interacting User-Classes," Delft University of Technology, Department of
Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering
Section, Delft, The Netherlands, advisor Prof. Piet Bovy.
Luis Rizzi, "The Economics
of Fatal Accidents: An Application to the Case of Interurban Road
Safety," Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of
Transportation Engineering, Santiago,
Chile,
advisor Prof. Juan de Dios Ortuzar.
2000 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented
at TRB 2002, Washington D.C.)
First Place:
Karthik K. Srinivasan, "Dynamic Decision and Adjustment Processes
in Commuter Behavior Under Real-time Information," The University of
Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, Austin, TX, USA, advisor
Prof. Hani S. Mahmassani.
Honorable mention:
Jonas Eliasson, "Transport and Location Analysis," Kungl
Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Department of Infrastructure
and Planning, Stockholm, Sweden, advisor Prof. Lars-Göran
Mattson.
1999 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented
at 2000 IATBR Conference, Goldcoast,
Australia)
First Place:
Shlomo Bekhor, "Integration of Behavioral Transportation Planning
Models with the Traffic Assignment Problem," The Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology, advisor Prof. Joseph N. Prashker.
Honorable mention:
Michael N. Bagley, "Incorporating Residential Choice into Travel
Behavior - Land Use Interaction Research: A Conceptual Model with
Methodologies for Investigating Causal Relationships," University of California,
Davis, CA,
USA, advisor
Prof. Patricia L. Mokhtarian.
1998 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2000, Washington
D.C.)
First Place:
None
Honorable mentions:
Sean Doherty, "The Household Activity-Travel Scheduling Process:
Computerized Survey Data Collection and the Development of a Unified
Modelling Framework," University
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric
Miller.
Kara Kockelman, "A Utility-Theory-Consistent
System-of-Demand-Equations Approach to Household Travel Choice,"
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, advisor Prof. Mark Hansen.
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