Dr Charisma Choudhury
Lecturer in Transport Engineering & Emerging Economies
Research Group Leader for Choice Modelling
Phone: +44 (0)113 34 32659
Room: 2.16
Email: C.F.Choudhury@leeds.ac.uk_
Research Group: Choice Modelling
Affiliations
- Deputy Director, Choice Modelling Centre
- Lecturer, Institute for Transport Studies
- Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering
- Member, Centre for Decisions Research
Key Research Interests
- Behaviour Modeling and Discrete Choice Analysis
- Traffic Microsimulation
- Transport Modeling Using Big Data Sources
- Transportation in Developing Countries
Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MST, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BSc, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Employment History
- 2013- Present, Lecturer, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- 2008-2013, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- 2011-2012, Visiting Assistant Professor, HuMNet Laboratory, MIT
- 2009-Present, Research Affiliate, Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory, MIT
- 2008-2009, Postdoctoral Associate, Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory, MIT
- 2007-2008, Analyst, RAND Europe, Cambridge, UK
- 2005, Associate Analyst, RAND Europe, Cambridge, UK
- 2003, Analyst, Cambridge Systematics, Cambridge, MA
- 2000, Research Assistant, IUCN, The World Conservation Union
Awards
- Faculty for the Future Award by Schlumberger Foundation, 2011
- Gordon Newell Memorial Prize by Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies (for the best doctoral research in transportation by a student of Asian origin), 2010
- Honorable Mention, Eric Pas Dissertation Award by International Association of Travel Behavior Research (awarded to outstanding doctoral dissertations in the field of travel behavior research), 2007
- Martin Family Society for Sustainability Fellowship, MIT, 2004
- Presidential Fellowship, MIT, 2002
- Malik Hossain Gold Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Program, 2002
- F. R. Khan Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2001
- Dean's List, Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUET, 1998-2002
- Award for Merit by the Prime Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1995
Professional Engagements
- Board Member, International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
- Member, Special Interest Group in 'Traditional and Alternative Approaches for Travel Behavior Analysis and Demand Modelling' of the World Conference World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)
- Member, Institute for Engineers, Bangladesh
- Member, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
- Member, Global Young Academy, Volkswagen Foundation
Research Projects
Current PhD Students
- Andrew Bwambale: Developing transport models using mobile phone data
- Chiara Calastri: Social influences on choices
- Thomas Hancock: Behavioural realism in choice models
- Md. Bashirul Haque: Integrated models of long and short term decisions
- Evangelos Paschalidis: Modelling effects of stress on driving behaviour
Previous PhD Students
Andyka Kusuma (2015): Modelling driving behaviour at motorway weaving sections
PhD Topics Offered for 2018 Admission*
- Development of travel behavior models using ubiquitous data sources
- Travel behavior modeling with imperfect data
- Modeling driving behavior in mixed traffic conditions
*You are welcome to propose your own PhD topics as well.
Taught Modules:
- CIVE3350 Transport Engineering II (Module Leader)
- CIVE2250 Sustainable Engineering Solutions
- TRAN5072 Principles of Transport Engineering (Module Leader)
- TRAN5282 Choice Modelling and Stated Preference Survey Design
Current MEng/MSc Students:
- TBD
Previous MEng/MSc Students:
- Apio Rose: Modelling the effect of congestion on other trips
- Alexander Patrick: Developing traffic models using mobile phone data
- Umair Asif and Shoaib Hossain: Developing parking choice models using parking game experiments
- Flavia Anyiko: Temporal transferability of car-ownership models, 2015
- Stavros Papadimitriou: Transferability of car-following models, 2015
- Maria Poulopoulou: Why live far and commute by car, 2015
- Manyiraho Ahabyona: Transferability of gap acceptance model, 2014
- Andrew Bwambale: Spatial tranferability of travel demand models, 2014
- Christopher Edeimu: Developing trip generation models combining mobile phone and survey data
- Benjamin Lee: Modeling travel time variations in London using multiple data sources
- Irfan Bhana: Modeling the effects of demographics in driving decisions
Papers
- Papadimitriou S; Choudhury CF (In press) Transferability of Car-Following Models between Driving Simulator and Field Traffic, Transportation Research Record, .
- Choudhury CF; Islam MM (2016) Modelling acceleration decisions in traffic streams with weak lane discipline: A latent leader approach, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 67, pp.214-226. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2016.02.010
- Choudhury CF; Ayaz SB (2015) Why live far? - Insights from modeling residential location choice in Bangladesh, Journal of Transport Geography, 48, pp.1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.001
- Iqbal MS; Choudhury CF; Wang P; González MC (2014) Development of origin-destination matrices using mobile phone call data, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 40, pp.63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.01.002
- Kusuma A; Liu R; Choudhury C; Montgomery F (2014) Analysis of the driving behaviour at weaving section using multiple traffic surveillance data, Transportation Research Procedia, 3, pp.51-59. doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2014.10.090
- Choudhury CF; Ben-Akiva ME (2013) Modelling driving decisions: A latent plan approach, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 9, pp.546-566. doi: 10.1080/18128602.2011.632846
- Enam A; Choudhury C (2011) Methodological issues in developing mode choice models for dhaka, Bangladesh, Transportation Research Record, pp.84-92. doi: 10.3141/2239-10
- Khan M; Choudhury CF; Wang J (2011) Modeling preference for school bus service in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Transportation Research Record, pp.64-73. doi: 10.3141/2239-08
- Hasan S; Choudhury CF; Ben-Akiva ME; Emmonds A (2011) Modeling of travel time variations on urban links in London, Transportation Research Record, pp.1-7. doi: 10.3141/2260-01
- Choudhury CF; Ben-Akiva M; Abou-Zeid M (2010) Dynamic latent plan models, Journal of Choice Modelling, 3, pp.50-70. doi: 10.1016/S1755-5345(13)70035-6
- Choudhury CF; Ramanujam V; Ben-Akiva ME (2009) Modeling acceleration decisions for freeway merges, Transportation Research Record, pp.45-57. doi: 10.3141/2124-05
- Choudhury CF; Ben-Akiva ME (2008) Lane selection model for urban intersections, Transportation Research Record, pp.167-176. doi: 10.3141/2088-18
- Toledo T; Choudhury CF; Ben-Akiva ME (2005) Lane-changing model with explicit target lane choice, Transportation Research Record, pp.157-165.
Book Chapters
- Ben-Akiva M; Koutsopoulos HN; Toledo T; Yang Q; Choudhury CF; Antoniou C; Balakrishna R (2010) Traffic simulation with MITSIMLab, International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, 145, pp.233-268. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6142-6_6
- Choudhury CF; Toledo T; Ben-Akiva M (2008) State Dependence in Lane Changing Models, In: Heydecker B; Allsop R (Ed) Transportation and Traffic Theory 2007, Elsevier.
Conference Papers
- Kusuma A; Liu R; Choudhury C (2016) Modelling the Effect of Lane-changing Mechanism in a Weaving Section, .
- Ahmed N; Iftekhar L; Ahmed S; Rahman R; Reza T; Shoilee S; Choudhury CF (2015) Bap re Bap! Driving experiences through multimodal unruly traffic on bumpy roads, ACM DEV-6 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computing for Development pp.63-64. doi: 10.1145/2830629.2835214
- Kusuma A; Liu R; Choudhury C; Montgomery F (2015) Lane-changing characteristics at weaving section, .