Program
Mobile Tartu 2022 Conference Program
There may be minor changes to the program.
Day 1: June 29, 2022
Venue: Oecologicum, Juhan Liivi 2, Tartu
8:15 Morning coffee, registration
8:40 Opening (room 127)
Toomas Asser, Rector of the University of Tartu
Raimond Tamm, Deputy Mayor of the City of Tartu
Siiri Silm, Head of the Mobility Lab, University of Tartu
9:00 Rein Ahas Lecture: Prof. Mei-Po Kwan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) “Big data and geospatial technologies for smart cities research”. Discussant Prof. Frank Witlox (Ghent University / University of Tartu) (room 127)
9:40 Session 1: Big data for mobility research. Chair Prof. Frank Witlox (Ghent University / University of Tartu) (room 127)
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Olle Järv, Håvard W. Aagesen |
Capturing temporal dynamics of cross-border mobility flows: Insights from Luxembourg using social media data |
University of Helsinki |
| John Östh, Marina Toger, Ian Shuttleworth, Thomas Niedomysl, Umut Türk | Mobility, segregation and COVID – how has segregation developed during the pandemic? | Oslo Metropolitan University, Uppsala University, Queens University Belfast, Uppsala Municipality, Abdullah Gül University |
| Charisma Choudhury, Andrew Bwambale | Getting the best of both worlds: a framework for combining disaggregate travel survey data and aggregate mobile phone data for travel behaviour modelling | University of Leeds |
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 Session 2a: Mobile data for official statistics. Chair Erki Saluveer (Positium) (room 127)
| Fabio Ricciato | Reuse of Mobile Network Operator data for official statistics: a European perspective | Eurostat |
| Pieter Vlag, Ulf Durnell, Jens Malmros, Joel Tolsheden | Mobile phone position data and official statistics | Statistics Sweden |
| Matthias Offermans, Barteld Braaksma | Public transport data for official statistics | Statistics Netherlands |
| Mantas Butrimavičius, Inga Valentonienė, Kaisa Vent | Statistical analysis of foreign visitors in Lithuania using mobile network data | PositIn, Lithuania Travel |
| Majid Al Busaidi, Margus Tiru | Landmark changes in statistics in Oman with mobile phone data | National Center of Statistics Oman |
11:10 Session 2b: Special Issue “Understanding the nexus between social inequality and sustainable urban mobility”. Chair Assoc. Prof. Siiri Silm (University of Tartu) (room 126)
| Andres Sevtsuk, Rounaq Basu | Socio-spatial determinants of mobility gaps: A big-data analysis of 500 U.S. cities | MIT |
| Elias Willberg, Age Poom, Christoph Fink, Tuuli Toivonen | Enriching and scaling measures on sustainable travel environments with novel data and tools | University of Helsinki, University of Tartu |
| Siiri Silm, Ago Tominga, Age Poom, Tiit Tammaru | Socio-spatial inequalities in urban mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tallinn, Estonia | University of Tartu |
12:40 Lunch (Venue: Vilde ja Vine, Vallikraavi 4)
14:00 Session 3a: Methodological guidance for using mobile phone data for official statistics, the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science. Chair Karoly Kovacs (United Nations Statistics Division) (room 127)
| Siim Esko, Tracey Li, Ayumi Arai, Margus Tiru, Kaisa Vent, Hendrik Tork, Titi Kanti Lestari, Sabrina Juran, Dunstan Matekenya | Dynamic population mapping with mobile phone data | Positium, Flowminder Foundation, University of Tokyo, BPS Statistics Indonesia, United Nations Population Fund, World Bank |
| Sarpono Dimuljo, Titi Kanti Lestari | Mobile phone data for official tourism statistics | Statistics Indonesia |
| Shorena Tsiklauri, Mariana Jalagonia | Use of mobile phone data: migration statistics | National Statistics Office of Georgia – Geostat |
| Ayumi Arai, Véronique Lefebvre, Kenth Engø-Monsen, Sriganesh Lokanathan | Using mobile phone data for displacement and disaster statistics | University of Tokyo, Flowminder Foundation, Telenor Research, Pulse Lab Jakarta |
| Esperanza Magpantay, Fredrik Eriksson, Gerttu Pilsas, Siim Esko, Erki Saluveer, Alexandre Barbosa, Marcelo Trindade Pitta, Winston Oyadomari, Maria do Carmo Bueno, Titi Kanti Lestari, Alfatihah Reno | Mobile phone data for measuring the information society (SDG ICT indicators) | International Telecommunication Union, Positium, Cetic.br|NIC.b, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, BPS Statistics |
14:00 Session 3b: PhD course workshop results presentations. Chair Dr. Janika Raun (University of Tartu / University of Helsinki) (room 126)
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Siiri Silm, Anto Aasa PhD course participants |
Group A: Smartphone-based GPS data and survey, based on MobilityLog application | University of Tartu |
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Christoph Fink, Tuuli Toivonen, Age Poom PhD course participants |
Group B: Data and tools for environmental exposure assessment during urban mobility | University of Helsinki, University of Tartu |
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Olle Järv, Oleksandr Karasov PhD course participants |
Group C: Social media sources as a tool to monitor cross-border mobility | University of Helsinki |
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Keynote speaker Prof. Robert J Sampson (Harvard University) “Implications of everyday urban mobility for structural connectedness, inequality, and well-being in contemporary cities”. Discussant Assoc. Prof. Andres Sevtsuk (MIT) (room 127)
16:40-17:30 Panel discussion on sustainable urban mobility. Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Andres Sevtsuk (MIT). Discussants: Prof. Malene Freudendal-Pedersen (Aalborg University), Prof. Frank Witlox (Ghent University / University of Tartu), Aksel Johannes Part (Tartu city government), Assoc. Prof. Age Poom (University of Tartu) (room 127)
19:00 Conference dinner (Venue: Atlantise maja, Narva mnt 2)
Day 2: June 30, 2022
Venue: Oecologicum, Juhan Liivi 2, Tartu.
8:30 Morning coffee, registration
9:00 Keynote speaker Prof. Malene Freudendal-Pedersen (Aalborg University) “Future urban mobilities – planning the human city”. Discussant Prof. Matthew Zook (University of Kentucky) (room 127)
9:40 Session 4: Socio-environmental disparities in urban mobility. Chair Prof. Matthew Zook (University of Kentucky) (room 127)
| Ate Poorthuis, Matthew Zook, Sanjana Krishnan | The 15-minute countryside: shifting daily urban systems and the dependability of public transportation in rural Netherlands | KU Leuven, University of Kentucky |
| Kerli Müürisepp, Feliks Sjöblom, Olle Järv, Marina Toger, John Östh | Two tales of segregation from mobile phone data during COVID-19: Why activity space approach matters? | University of Helsinki, Uppsala University, Oslo Metropolitan University & Uppsala University |
| Age Poom, Elias Willberg, Joose Helle, Tuuli Toivonen | Spatial disparities in environmental exposure during walking: a comparison of mobility- and residential-based approach using mobile phone data | University of Tartu, University of Helsinki |
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 Session 5a: Mobile phones, travel and transportation, organised by NECTAR. Chair Prof. Luc Wismans (University of Twente) (room 127)
| Liane Hendrickx, Pieter Van Houwe | Practical implementation of OBU-data: how to prepare the data to use it in freight models? | MINT nv |
| Dirk Wittowsky, Stefan Fina, Jigeeshu Joshi | Monitoring travel patterns in German city regions with the help of mobile phone network data | University Duisburg-Essen, ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development gGmbH, RWTH Aachen University, German Aerospace Center DLR |
| Alonso Espinosa Mireles de Villafranca, Charalampos Sipetas | Identification and analysis of transfer hubs in the city of Helsinki through a new app-based mobility dataset | Aalto University |
| Luc Wismans, Marie-Jose Olde Kalter, Sander van der Drift, Johan Koolwaaij, Karst Geurs | Changing mobility patterns during and post COVID-19: evidence from large scale GPS-tracking and survey data in the Netherlands | University of Twente, Goudappel University, DAT.Mobility, Mobidot |
11:10 Session 5b: Methodological advancements in mobility research. Chair Assoc. Prof. Anto Aasa (University of Tartu) (room 126)
| Jukka Krisp, Maja Kalinic | Fuzzy inference system for floating car data (FCD) to categorize traffic congestions | University of Augsburg |
| Silvino Pedro Cumbane, Ayumi Arai, Afonos Madivadua Junior, Apichon Witayangkur, Ryosuke Shibasaki | Mapping gaps in coverage and usage of mobile phone network services | Eduardo Mondlane University, University of Tokyo, Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique |
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Roy Zaban, Pnina Plaut |
Space-Time Constraints in the Digital Era: Toward a Conceptual Framework | Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Avital Angel, Pnina Plaut | Walking and the city – analyzing tempo-spatial dynamics of pedestrian movement using crowdsourced bigdata | Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
12:40 Lunch (Venue: Vilde ja Vine, Vallikraavi 4)
14:00 Session 6a: Measuring tourism. Chair Dr. Olle Järv (University of Helsinki) (room 127)
| Oleksandr Karasov, Håvard Aagesen, Olle Järv | Revealing activity locations of people to contextualize cross-border mobility from big data: Combining social media and remote sensing | University of Helsinki |
| Janika Raun, Olle Järv, Manu Rantanen, Torsti Hyyryläinen, Toni Ryynänen, Tuuli Toivonen | Understanding second home mobility from electricity consumption data | University of Helsinki |
| Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit, John Östh, Umut Türk | Airbnb and covid-19: space-time vulnerability effects in ten world-cities | Open University, Uppsala University, Abdullah Gul University |
| Anto Aasa, Janika Raun | COVID-19 influence on inbound tourists arrivals in Estonia. Analysis of mobile positioning data | University of Tartu |
14:00 Session 6b: Tools and methods for mobile big data analysis. Chair Prof. Jukka Matthias Krisp (Augsburg University) (room 126)
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Henrikki Tenkanen |
Reproducible methods for extracting open spatio-temporal data for mobility studies |
Aalto University |
| Christoph Fink, Elias Willberg, Tuuli Toivonen | Accessibility modelling beyond the average person: an age-aware travel time matrix | University of Helsinki |
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James Harrison |
FlowKit: An open-source toolkit for mobile phone data analysis |
Flowminder Foundation |
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Keynote speaker Kimmo Kaski (Aalto University) “Social physics – mobile data analytics and computational modelling of human social connectome”. Discussant Prof. Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki) (room 127)
16:40-17:30 Panel discussion on mobile data and methods. Moderator: Prof. Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki). Discussants: Prof. John Östh (Oslo Metropolitan University), Prof. Kimmo Kaski (Aalto University), Assoc. Prof. Siiri Silm (University of Tartu), Kaja Sõstra (Statistics Estonia) (room 127)
17:30-17:45 Closing
19:00 Unofficial social event (sauna and refreshments) (Venue: Lodjakoda, Ujula 98)