Emerging Challenges in Statistical Modeling for Transportation Research

Cost-effective monitoring of large transportation networks, combined with the collection of accurate and relevant data on transport, vehicle movements, and individual mobility through various technologies, is crucial for enhancing transportation service efficiency. As we have seen in the past decade, recent technological advancements have produced an enormous volume of data, which is invaluable for understanding, planning, and managing transport networks in large cities, while also addressing the limitations imposed by road network growth. The challenge of managing, analyzing, and interpreting the information collected is considerable. The objective of this workshop is to bring together statisticians and engineers, with the specific goal to share recent advances, identify pressing problems, spark productive collaborations, and ultimately advance the state of the art by developing methods for the statistical modeling of data in the field of transportation. We will foster these interactions through four theme-focused daily workshops on the following topics: network modeling, travel behavior and choice modeling, traffic flow modeling and accident and safety analysis.