Socio-spatial analysis of mobility; Land use, urban geography and mobility; Travel behavior analysis and modeling; Travel demand modeling and forecasting; Social networks and activity-travel behavior

COURSES

Undergraduate and M.Sc. programs, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción (from 2002)
- Redes de Transporte (Transportation Networks, cross-listed graduate and undergraduate course)
- Modelos de Demanda de Transporte (Travel Demand Analysis, cross-listed graduate and undergraduate course)
- Fundamentos de la Ingeniería de Transporte (Transportation Engineering Fundamentals, undergraduate course)
- Planificación de Transporte (Transportation Planning and Policy, cross-listed graduate and undergraduate course)
- Uso de Suelo y Transporte (Land Use and Transportation, cross-listed graduate and undergraduate course)
- Métodos de Optimización (Operation Research Methods, undergraduate course)
- Desafíos de la Ingeniería Civil (Introduction to Civil Engineering, undergraduate course)
- Seminario de Postgrado (Graduate Thesis Seminar, graduate course)

Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción
- Modelos Estadisticos y Econométricos Avanzados (Advanced Statistical and Econometric Models, 2018)

Masters Degree in Geographical Analysis, Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción
- Análisis Espacial de la Movilidad y el Transporte (Spatial Analysis of Mobility and Transport, 2014-2017, 2019)

Masters Degree in Sustainable Urban Processes, Departamento de Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción
- Instrumentos, Capacidades y Roles en los Procesos Urbanos (Instruments, Capabilities, and Roles in Urban Processes, 2017-2018)

Masters Degree in Social Research and Development, Departamento de Sociología y Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción.
- Escuela de Verano: Análisis de Redes Sociales (Social Network Analysis, graduate summer school, 2012-2013)

Postgraduate Diploma on Design and Management of Sustainable Urban Projects, Departamento de Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción
- Modelos de movilidad y localización (Location and Mobility Models, 2016-2018)

Postgraduate Diploma on Sustainable Urban Design, Facultad de Arquitectura, Construcción y Diseño, Universidad del Bio Bio
- Transporte y Planificación Urbana (Urban and Transport Planning, 2014)

Summer Graduate Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- Modelos Estadísticos y Econométricos de Comportamiento de Transporte (Statistical and Econometric Models of Travel Behaviour, 2018)

Instructor
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- Applied Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering (graduate course, 2003 – 2006)

* STUDENTS
THESIS SUPERVISION

THESIS SUPERVISION AND COMMITTEE MEMBER

Supervisor
Master´s degree of Engineering Sciences in Civil Engineering
? Diego Medina, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Sebastián Henríquez, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Rubén Miranda, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Víctor Allendes, “Activity-travel modelling through a temporal transferability of an activity-based microsimulation model: An application in the Greater Temuco Area,” supervisor (2021).
? Álvaro Toledo, “Análisis espacial de los impactos en la demanda de transporte público producto de una nueva línea de metro utilizando datos masivos,” supervisor (2020).
? Rodrigo Victoriano, “Time, Space, Money, and Social Interaction: Using Machine Learning to Classify People’s Mobility Strategies through Four Key Dimensions,” supervisor (2020).
? Tomás Rebolledo, “Time use and expenditure in activities for mobility analysis in neighbourhoods in Concepción”, co-supervisor (2018).
? Maximiliano Lizana, “Analysis of the spatial, temporal, expenditure and social patterns of mobility in neighbourhoods from Concepción”, co-supervisor (2017).
? M. Fernanda Viveros, “Relationships between transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2017).
? Óscar Chávez, “Personal network dynamics and mobility,” (2016).
? José Moore, “Social exclusion modelling in the UK context,” (2013).
? Claudia García, “Analysis of the relationship between the urban context and social interactions: Four cases from Concepción, Chile”, (2012).
Master’s degree in Development and Social Research (Sociology)
? Diego Solsona, “Redes sociales, capital social y modos de transporte: Una mirada a cuatro barrios del Gran Concepción” (2015)
? Paulina Henríquez, “Association in small and medium size metal-mechanic businesses in Concepción,” co-supervisor (2013)
Master’s degree in Geographic Analysis
? Felipe Aguilera, “Geo-spatial representation of travel strategies,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Herty Roa, “Mobility dynamics in three Chilean cities: A study using GIS indicators,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Claudia Valenzuela, “Mobility strategies and time use in Concepción: A mixed mode analysis method,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Valentina Cortés, “The relationship between urban and transportation policies: A case study,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Marcela Martínez, “Accessibility to health services in Concepción,” co-supervisor (2015).
? Gerson Araneda, “Physical and social space of personal networks,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Cristián Borjas, “Geo-spatial standards for a transport data platform,” co-supervisor (2014).
Professional degree, Engineering
? Bárbara Zárate, TBD, co-supervisor (in progress)
? Lilian Briceño, TBD, co-supervisor (in progress)
? Andrés Pino, TBD, supervisor (in progress)
? Sebastián Henríquez, “Mobility and time use differences between male and female from Concepción using a gender perspective,” supervisor (2021)
? Eduardo Valencia, “Influence of the built environment in school choice”, supervisor (2021)
? Rubén Miranda, “Analysis on food and mobility patterns in Concepción,” supervisor (2020)
? Fernando Sáez, “Analysis of food shopping and consumption patterns in the Greater Concepción Area,” supervisor (2020)
? Daniela de la Hoz, “Accessibility análisis to fresh fruits and vegetables in the households at the Greater Concepción Area,” supervisor (2020)
? Víctor Allendes, “Activity-travel modeling using microsimulation models: An Application in Temuco”, supervisor (2019)
? Arantxa Oyharcabal, “Mobility analysis at Universidad de Concepción,” co-supervisor (2019)
? Nicolás Viveros, “Satisfaction of public transport users in Transmilenio, Bogotá,” supervisor (2019)
? Álvaro Toledo, “Smart card data validation to understand travel”, co-supervisor (2018)
? Marcela Rebolledo, “Qualitative and quantitative data to understand mobility strategies,” co-supervisor (2018)
? Joaquín Martínez, “Mobile phone data validation to understand travel”, co-supervisor (2018)
? Raúl Bustamante, “Psychological factors, transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2018).
? Rodrigo Victoriano, Time use and activity strategies, co-supervisor (2018)
? Cindy Stumpfoll, “Temporal, special and social activities of mobility in four neighbourhoods in Concepción: A gender perspective,” co-supervisor (2017).
? Tomás Rebolledo, “Time use and expenditure in activities for mobility analysis in neighbourhoods in Concepción”, co-supervisor (2017).
? Maximiliano Lizana, “Analysis of the spatial, temporal, expenditure and social patterns of mobility in neighbourhoods from Concepción”, co-supervisor (2016).
? M. Fernanda Viveros, “Relationships between transport-activity barriers and subjective well-being,” co-supervisor (2016).
? Nicolás Urrutia, “Mobility indicators in the Greater Concepción Area,” co-supervisor, (2014)
? Óscar Chávez, “Understanding the dynamic of social networks in time and space,” (2014)
? Cristián Cares, “Modelling a Participation Index for understanding social exclusion in different areas,” (2014)
? Hernán Linco, “Modelling the differences between four neighbourhoods in the Greater Concepcion Area,” (2013)
? Álvaro Gamonales, “Social exclusion indicators using Origin-Destination surveys,” (2013)
? José Moore, “Time use and personal networks in Concepción,” (2012).
? Mónica Parada, “Frequency and spatial distribution of social activities and travel in Concepción: analysis from a social network approach,” (2012).
? Nicolás Céspedes, “T-communities and spatial autocorrelation,” co-supervisor (2011).
? Cristián Bustos, “Spatial indicators of social networks,” (2011).
? Marcelo San Martín, “Voyager module, software CUBE,” (2011).
? Mauricio Jara, “Social exclusion indicators from a transportation perspective,” (2009)
? Camila Galdames, “A panel study about the role of psychosocial factors on mode choice: A structural equations approach,” co-supervisor, (2010).
? Natalia Ruminot, “Vulnerable nodes in networks: An autocorrelation approach,” co-supervisor (2009).
? Felipe Sanhueza, “Mode choice, attitudes and physical environment in a campus University,” co-supervisor, (2009).
? David Permuth, “Evolution of the travel structure in Concepción, 1989-1999”, co-supervisor, (2009)
Professional degree, Sociology
? Daniel Sandoval, “Personal networks in small agro-businesses,” co-supervisor (2012).
? Joaquín Núñez, “ICT and social networks,” co-supervisor (2009).
Professional degree, Geography
? Diego Medina (2020), “Socio-spatial segregation and neighborhood typologies for six municipalities in the Metropolitan Area of Concepción”
? Tiara Rodríguez, “Food desserts and accessibility in Concepción,” (2019)
? Fabián Pérez, “Social networks social segregation and mobility,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Gloria Fuentes, “Social exclusion indicators for services,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Consuelo Peyrin, “Social exclusion indicators for educational purposes: Quality of destination indicators,” co-supervisor (2014).
? Felipe Aguilera, “Social exclusion indicators for health purposes,” co-supervisor (2013).
? Herty Roa, “Social exclusion accessibility indicators in Los Ángeles,” co-supervisor (2013).
? Andrés Shaffer, “Social exclusion indicators for educational purposes,” co-supervisor (2012).

Journal Editorial
? Editorial Board, Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research (current)
? Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Transport and Land Use (current)
? Editorial Board, Revista Geográfica del Sur (2010-)
? Editorial Board, Revista Estudios de Transporte (2020-)
? Editorial Board (Handling Editor), Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, US National Academy of Science.
? Associate editor, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (2008-2021)
? Associate editor, Ingeniería de Transporte, dependent of the Chilean Society of Transportation Engineers, SOCHITRAN (2007-2010). Co-editor (2011-2013)
Professional and Scientific International Committees
? Board member, Pan American Society of Transport Research (from 2022)
? Chair, Special Interest Group D4 on Activity, Time Use and Travel Behavior, World Conference on Transport Research Society (from 2019)
? Member, International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences (from 2010)
? Co-chair, Time Use and Activity Patterns Subcommittee, ADB10(3), Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2014-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Traveler Behavior and Values Committee, ADB10, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2011-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Social and Economic Factors of Transportation Committee, ADD20, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2015-2020, maximum tenure).
? Member, Telecommunications and Travel Behaviour Committee, ADB20, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, USA (from 2009-2018, maximum tenure).
Scientific and Organizing Conference Committees
? Chair, scientific committee 18th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago de Chile, October, 2019.
? Chair, scientific committee, Workshop on Urban Sustainable Transportation, Santiago de Chile, September 2-4, 2013.
? Co-chair, organizing committee, 9th International Survey Methods Conference, Termas de Puyehue, Chile, November 14-18, 2011.
? Scientific committee secretariat, Time Use Observatory Workshops (TUO), held in Santiago de Chile (6-8 January, 2009) and Termas Alto Jahuel, Chile (17-19 March, 2010). Member Organizing Committee Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO) held in Santiago de Chile (21-23 March, 2012) and Termas Alto Jahuel, Chile (8-10 March, 2017)
? Member, scientific committee 16th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago de Chile, October 21-24, 2013.
? Member, organising committee 14th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Concepción, October 5-9, 2009.
? Member, organising committee 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Toronto, Canada, July 11-18, 2012.
? Member, organizing committee, Uneven mobilities: Access to activities, people and places in contemporary cities, organized by the PanAmerican Mobility Network, Santiago de Chile, October 2014.
? Volunteer coordinator, organising committee of the 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, September 17-20, 2006.
International networks
? Member, Special Interest Group “Cultural and Social Issues in Transport”, World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS).
? Member, Cluster 7: Social and Health Issues: Changing landscapes of mobility for future social and health inequalities, Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR)
? Member, convening committee of the workshop series Frontiers in Transportation: Social Interactions, Amsterdam (2007), Toronto (2009, 2011), Munich (2013)
? Member, international network of researchers Time Use Observatory (TUO)
? Member, international network of researchers ICT: Mobilizing persons, places and spaces: An International Network on Information and Communication Technologies, Everyday Life and Urban Change. http://www.geo.uu.nl/mobilizingICT/index.php
Scientific Reviewer
? Reviewer for the academic journals Transportation, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Letters, Social Networks, Environment and Planning B, Information Communication & Society (ICS), Journal of Transport Geography, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, New Media and Society, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Field Methods, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Travel Behaviour and Society, Urban Design and Planning, and Revista de Geografía Norte Grande
? Reviewer for the conferences Chilean Transport Engineering Conference, World Conference on Transportation Research, Panamerican Conference on Transport and Traffic Engineering, International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, International Choice Modelling, International Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport, and Transportation Research Board conferences.
? Proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation, (NSF, USA), Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (Alberta, Canada), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium), Sustainable Transportation Center at UC Davis (faculty fellowship, University of California at Davis, USA), and the Chilean National Fund of Science and Technology (FONDECYT, Chile).
? Panel Reviewer Program of Attraction and Insertion of Advanced Human Capital (Programa de Atracción e Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado PAI), Chilean National Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT, Chile).
? Reviewer Committee Engineering I, Program of Advanced Human Capital Formation, Becas Chile, Chilean National Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT, Chile).
? Reviewer Eric Pas Dissertation Prize, outstanding doctoral dissertations on travel behaviour, awarded by the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, 2011 and 2013.
Advisory Committees
? Member, ad-honorem advisory committee tram project for Concepción (Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción, 2009).
? Member, advisory committee of the Chilean National Transportation Policy White Paper. (Ministry of Transport of Chile, 2013)
? Member, ad-honorem advisory committee on COVID-19 responses in Bio Bio and Ñuble regions (Central-South Regional Secretariat, Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, 2020).
? Member, ad-honorem task force on “Recommendations for the Design, Implementation and Planning for a Safe and Sustainable Mobility in the context of COVID-19” (Chilean Society on Transport Engineering, 2020)

Consultancy
? Consultant Project “Recommendations for the urban transport system in a model city: Talca” (World Bank, 2011).
? Member, expert advisory committee on the study “Support on the development of new technologies and analytical approaches using digital data to optimize the planning and operation of transport systems”, (Interamerican Development Bank, 2020).
? Consultant project “Fare Policies for Route 5 Private Concession” (Infrastructure Policy Council, 2020).