{"id":12,"date":"2024-04-04T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T05:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/mobiletartu2024\/program\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:30:24","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/mobiletartu2024\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Tartu 2024 Conference Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Programme<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\"\"We want to let you know that the event organisers may need to adjust the event program if circumstances require.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 June PhD School<\/strong> Outside of Tartu<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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11.00-12.00<\/td>PhD School Opening and morning coffee<\/td><\/tr>
12.00-13.00<\/td>PhD School Lecture by Prof Kristjan Vassil <\/strong>(University of Tartu)
Sensors, data, and decisions: The next generation of predictive public services<\/td><\/tr>
13.00-14.00<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
14.00-16.00<\/td>4 Parallel Workshops<\/td><\/tr>
16.00-16.30<\/td>Coffee break<\/td><\/tr>
16.30-17.15<\/td>Public Sector Lecture by Grigori Parfjonov<\/strong> (Tallinn Transport Department)
Transport Data as the Key to Social Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
17.15-18.00<\/td>Private Sector Lecture by<\/strong> Joonas Puura<\/strong> (Bolt)
Data-Driven Mobility: Improving Trip Experience with Location Data at Bolt<\/td><\/tr>
18.00-21.00<\/td>Dinner and Social Event<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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12 June<\/strong> PhD School & Conference<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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9.00-9.30<\/td>Morning Coffee<\/td><\/tr>
9.30-12.00<\/td>PhD School Parallel Workshops<\/td><\/tr>
12.00-13.00<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
13.00-15.00<\/td>PhD School Workshops<\/td><\/tr>
13.45-15.15<\/td>Tartu City Bike Tour<\/td><\/tr>
15.00-16.00<\/td>Conference Registration<\/td><\/tr>
16.00-16.30<\/td>Conference Opening<\/strong>

Age Poom<\/strong> (University of Tartu)

Kstina Noormets <\/strong>(University of Tartu, Director of Administration)

Jiri Tintera <\/strong>(Tartu City Government, City Architect)<\/td><\/tr>
16.30-17.30<\/td>Rein Ahas Lecture by<\/strong> Prof Jukka Krisp (University of Augsburg\/University of Tartu)<\/strong>
Location Based Services \u2013 conceptual perspectives for mobility research, navigation, and wayfinding

Session Chair:<\/strong> Age Poom (University of Tartu)<\/td><\/tr>
17.30-18.00<\/td>Welcome Drinks and Snacks<\/td><\/tr>
18.00-18.40<\/td>Poster Session \u2013 <\/strong>Human Mobility Analysis for Advancing Just and Sustainable Futures<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
18.40-20.00<\/td>Paper Sessions \u2013 1A & 1B<\/strong>

Session 1A \u2013 <\/strong>Advancing the methodologies for population mobility studies and official statistics<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Olle J\u00e4rv (University of Helsinki)

Erki Saluveer<\/strong> (Positium), Margus Tiru (Positium), Florabela Carausu (GOPA Worldwide Consultants), Kadri Arrak (Positium), Loredana Di Consiglio (Italian Statistical Institute \u2013 ISTAT), Matthias Offermans (Statistics Netherlands \u2013 CBS), Miguel Picornell (Nommon Solutions and Technologies), Ricardo Herranz (Nommon Solutions and Technologies), Tiziana Tuoto (Italian Statistical Institute \u2013 ISTAT), Villem Tonnison (Positium) \u2013
A processing pipeline for European official statistics: towards standardisation of mobile network operator data processing

Anto Aasa <\/strong>(University of Tartu), J\u00fcrgen \u00d6\u00f6vel (University of Tartu) \u2013
Beauty contest of activity spaces. Comparison of five different methods

Kamil Smolak <\/strong>(Wroc\u0142aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences), Luca Papplardo (ISTI-CNR), Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka (The University of Auckland), Vanessa Brum-Bastos (University of Canterbury) \u2013
Revisiting temporal scales of human mobility

Yeray Cara Santana <\/strong>(Complutense University of Madrid), Borja, Moya G\u00f3mez (Complutense University of Madrid), Juan Carlos (Complutense University of Madrid), Garc\u00eda Palomares (Complutense University of Madrid) \u2013
Spatial clustering strategies for analysing urban mobility dynamics


Session 1B \u2013 <\/strong>Urban travel environments and greenery in support of<\/strong> active mobility\u00a0<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki)

Elias Willberg <\/strong>(University of Helsinki), Robert Klein (University of Helsinki), Christoph Fink (University of Helsinki), Roope Heinonen (University of Helsinki), Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki) \u2013
Access to green travel in Europe \u2013 Comparison across 43 large cities

Maarten Hogeweij <\/strong>(Radboud University) \u2013
Physiologically vulnerable pedestrians\u2019 exposure to heat stress in four cities in the Netherlands

J Rafael Verduzco-Torres <\/strong>(University of Glasgow), Michael Sinclair (University of Glasgow) \u2013
Exploring accessibility to urban green spaces: A novel approach using spatial interaction models and mobile app data

Age Poom <\/strong>(University of Tartu), Mairit Saar (University of Tartu), <\/strong>Kaarel Tigane (Estonian University of Life Sciences), Daiga Par\u0161ova (University of Tartu), Kairi Kreegipuu (University of Tartu), Kristian Pentus (University of Tartu), Andres Kuusik (University of Tartu) \u2013
Does seasonality matter? Measuring pedestrian perception of seasonal greenery and soundscapes in walking environments<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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13 June : PhD School & Conference<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
8.30-9.00<\/td>Morning coffee and registration<\/td><\/tr>
9.00-10.00<\/td>Keynote Speech by Prof Nico Van de Weghe (Ghent University)<\/strong>
Exploring Possibilities: generative AI in human mobility research

Session Chair:<\/strong> Erki Saluveer (Positium)<\/td><\/tr>
10.00-11.40<\/td>Paper Sessions \u2013 2A & 2B<\/strong>

Session 2A \u2013 <\/strong>Understanding active mobility through advanced tools and policy approaches<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Karl Samuelsson (University of G\u00e4vle)

Andres Sevtsuk <\/strong>(MIT), Abdulaziz Alhassan (MIT), Rounaq Basu (MIT), Liu Liu (MIT), Maryam Hosseini (MIT) \u2013
Foot-traffic in New York: a model of pedestrian volumes on the city\u2019s sidewalk network
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Avital Angel <\/strong>(Technion-Israel Institute of Technology), Achituv Cohen (University of California), Trisalyn Nelson (University of California), Pnina Plaut (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) \u2013
Walking on sunshine: studying street-level walkability using mobile app data and machine learning techniques

Ayda Grisiute <\/strong>(ETH Zurich), Martin Raubal (ETH Zurich) <\/strong>\u2013
Cognitive route planning: Leveraging graph-based methods and movement data to align perceived and objective environments in cycling routes

Jordi Grau <\/strong>(Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya\/Fundaci\u00f3 Eurecat), Aleix, Bassolas (Fundaci\u00f3 Eurecat), Julian Vicens (Fundaci\u00f3 Eurecat) \u2013
Electric and mechanical bike usage dynamics in Barcelona\u2019s bike-sharing system: a predictive maintenance perspective

Karl Saidla <\/strong>(University of Tartu), Elias Willberg (University of Helsinki), Bryan Vallejo ( Aalto University), Siiri Silm (University of Tartu), Age Poom (University of Tartu) \u2013
Policy for bike share success in cities big and small: Helsinki, Finland, and Tartu, Estonia


Session 2B \u2013<\/strong> Understanding population mobility flows for crisis management<\/mark><\/strong>

Session chair<\/strong>: Siim Esko (Positium)

Ago Tominga <\/strong>(University of Tartu), Henrik Veenpere (Estonian Rescue Board), Siiri Silm (University of Tartu) \u2013
What population statistics crisis managers actually need? Calculating indicators based on four years of mobile positioning data

Bilgecag Aydogdu <\/strong>(Utrecht University), Albert Ali Salah <\/strong>(Utrecht University), Subhi Gunes <\/strong>(Turkcell Technology) \u2013
The role of social connections in crisis-driven migration and mobility behaviour

Rodgers Iradukunda <\/strong>(University of Liverpool), <\/strong>Francisco Rowe (University of Liverpool), Elisabetta Pietrostefani (University of Liverpool) <\/strong>\u2013
Using smartphone GPS data to explore internal population displacement during the early months of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Egor Kotov <\/strong>(Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research\/Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Frederic Bartumeus (Centre d\u2019Estudis Avan\u00e7ats de Blanes\/Instituci\u00f3 Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avan\u00e7ats), John Palmer (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) \u2013
Effects of human mobility on the spread of disease-transmitting mosquitoes in Spain: Insights from mobile phone data<\/td><\/tr>
11.40-13.00<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
13.00-14.40<\/td>Paper Sessions \u2013 3A & 3B<\/strong>

Session 3A \u2013 <\/strong>Mobile big data in tourism and cross-border commuting research<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Ate Poorthuis (KU Leuven)

Olle J\u00e4rv <\/strong>(University of Helsinki), H\u00e5vard W. Aagesen (University of Helsinki), Ate Poorthuis (KU Leuven) \u2013
Understanding cross-border regions in Europe from the mobility of people: Insights from Big Data

Oleksandr Karasov <\/strong>(University of Helsinki), Olle J\u00e4rv (University of Helsinki), Kamyar Hasanzadeh (University of Helsinki) \u2013
Understanding temporal variations in activity spaces of cross-border commuters from social media in the Greater Region of Luxembourg

Tuomas V\u00e4is\u00e4nen <\/strong>(University of Helsinki), Olle J\u00e4rv (University of Helsinki), Michaela S\u00f6derholm (University of Helsinki) \u2013
Is long-distance commuting dead in Europe after COVID-19? Insights from georeferenced social media data

Kamil Choroma\u0144ski <\/strong>(Warsaw University of Technology), <\/strong>Mariusz Ciesielski (Forest Research Institute), Karolina Taczanowska (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna) \u2013
Spatial big data perspective on forest tourism in Poland based on floating car data

Janika Raun <\/strong>(University of Tartu\/University of Helsinki), Olle J\u00e4rv (University of Helsinki), Tatu Lepp\u00e4m\u00e4ki (University of Helsinki), Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki) \u2013
Understanding changes of visitors in national parks from mobile data: the COVID-19 short- and long-term influence


Session 3B \u2013<\/strong> Special NECTAR session: Transport information extraction from mobile big data<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Luc Wismans (University of Twente) & Siiri Silm (University of Tartu)

Marina Toger <\/strong>(Uppsala University), Liel David (Weizmann Institute of Science), Eran Ben-Elia (Ben-Gurion University), Dan Vilenchik (Ben-Gurion University) \u2013
Privacy-sensitive approach for sparse reconstruction of users\u2019 points-of-interest and route trajectories from mobile phone data using a Hidden Markov Model
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Zachary Strain-Fajth <\/strong>(Flowminder Foundation), Roland Hosner (Flowminder Foundation), V\u00e9ronique Lefebvre (Flowminder Foundation) \u2013
Using survey data to correct for representation biases in mobility indicators derived from mobile operator data to produce high-frequency estimates of population and internal mobility

Raquel S\u00e1nchez-Cauce <\/strong>(Nommon Solutions and Technologies), Oliva G. Cant\u00fa Ros (Nommon Solutions and Technologies), Pablo Ruiz (Nommon Solutions and Technologies), Javier Burrieza-Gal\u00e1n (Nommon Solutions and Technologies) \u2013
Identification and characterisation of delivery trips from mobile network and logistic operator data

Gerard Franco Panades <\/strong>(Servei Catal\u00e0 de Tr\u00e0nsit\/CARNET Barcelona\/Technical University of Catalonia), Llu\u00eds Jofre-Roca (CommSensLab-UPC), Laia Pag\u00e8s Giralt (CARNET Barcelona), Oscar Llatje Hierro (Servei Catal\u00e0 de Tr\u00e0nsit) \u2013
Detecting road accidents through deep learning models trained on GPS speed data

Lennert Verhulst <\/strong>(Ghent University), Corneel Casier (Ghent University), Frank Witlox (Ghent University) \u2013
Street closures, shared mobility and their potential travel behaviour effects: an agent-based simulation approach<\/td><\/tr>
14.40-16.00<\/td>PhD School Workshop Presentations<\/strong>

Session chair:<\/strong> Ago Tominga (University of Tartu)<\/td><\/tr>
16.00-16.30<\/td>Coffee break<\/td><\/tr>
16.30-17.15<\/td>Keynote Speech by Assoc Prof Anu Masso<\/strong> (Tallinn University of Technology)<\/strong>
Mobility Data Justice: Estonian Data Manifesto

Session Chair: <\/strong>Anto Aasa (University of Tartu)<\/td><\/tr>
17.15-18:00<\/td>Panel Discussion <\/strong>Advancing human mobility research with AI<\/strong><\/mark>

Moderator: Anto Aasa<\/strong> (University of Tartu)

Nico Van de Weghe<\/strong> (Ghent University)

Anu Masso <\/strong>(Tallinn University of Technology)

Erki Saluveer<\/strong> (Positium)<\/td><\/tr>
19.00-22.00<\/td>Conference Dinner @ Kolm Tilli<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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14 June : PhD School & Conference<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
8.30-10.00<\/td>Morning Coffee and Registration<\/td><\/tr>
9.00-10.00<\/td>PhD School Reflections<\/strong> (only for PhD School participants)<\/td><\/tr>
10.00-11.00<\/td>Keynote Speech by<\/strong> Dr Robin Lovelace (University of Leeds\/Active Travel England)<\/strong>
Reproducible research and open tools for future-proof transport planning

Session Chair:<\/strong> Henrikki Tenkanen (Aalto University)<\/td><\/tr>
11.00-12.30<\/td>Paper Sessions 4A & 4B <\/strong>

Session 4A \u2013<\/strong>Accessibility to public transit and shared mobility <\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Elias Willberg (University of Helsinki)

Ate Poorthuis<\/strong> (KU Leuven) \u2013
A standardized dataset for comprehensive national analysis of public transportation accessibility in Belgium and the Netherlands

Eirik Melaa Skjelsvik<\/strong> (Norwegian University of Technology and Science), John \u00d6sth (OsloMET) \u2013
The modifiable temporal unit problem in public transport equity evaluations

Martin Haamer<\/strong> (University of Tartu), Age Poom (University of Tartu), Anto Aasa (University of Tartu) \u2013
Student movement flows between university campuses in Tartu based on individual timetables

Henrikki Tenkanen<\/strong> (Aalto University), Ngoc Chau (Aalto University), Subhrasankha Dey (Aalto University), Newsha Modjrian (Aalto University), C\u00e9sar Marin Flores (Aalto University) \u2013
Big data-driven scenario tools for estimating carbon-reduction potential of transport


Session 4B \u2013<\/strong> Daily use of urban space: understanding mobility and segregation with mobile big data <\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair<\/strong>: Marina Toger (Uppsala University)

Kerli M\u00fc\u00fcrisepp<\/strong> (University of Helsinki), Matti Manninen (University of Helsinki), Venla Bernelius (Ministry of Education and Culture), Tiit Tammaru (University of Tartu), Tuuli Toivonen (University of Helsinki), Olle J\u00e4rv (University of Helsinki) \u2013
Spatial integration or isolation? Residential communities\u2019 daily use of urban space in Helsinki based on mobile phone data

Siiri Silm<\/strong> (University of Tartu), Veronika Mooses (University of Tartu), Ago Tominga (University of Tartu) \u2013
Ethnic exposure in activity places \u2013 a study with GPS and survey data

Karl Samuelsson<\/strong> (University of G\u00e4vle), Anders Brandt, Stephan Barthel (University of G\u00e4vle), Noah Linder (Royal Swedish Academy of Science), Nancy Joy Lim (University of G\u00e4vle), David Hallman (University of G\u00e4vle), Matteo Giusti (University of Surrey) \u2013
Diverse experiences by active travel for carbon neutrality: Longitudinal study reveals a persistent discrepancy across residential contexts

Olena Dominika Holubowska<\/strong> (KU Leuven), Ate Poorthuis (KU Leuven) \u2013
Spaces of diversity: The relation between amenities and mixing among residents with varied income and migration backgrounds in Auckland<\/td><\/tr>
12.30-14.00<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
14.00-14.40<\/td>Session 5A<\/strong> \u2013 The spatial, digital, and temporal dimensions in mobility and urbanity<\/strong><\/mark>

Session chair:<\/strong> Kerli M\u00fc\u00fcrisepp (University of Helsinki)

Luc Wismans <\/strong>(University of Twente), Karst Geurs (University of Twente), Mehmet Baran Ulak (University of Twente), Sander van der Drift (DAT.Mobility) \u2013
Proximity and digital connectivity measures and impact on social-spatial accessibility inequalities

Matthew Zook <\/strong>(University of Kentucky\/University of Tartu) \u2013
Un-fixing the City: The curious case of Burning Man<\/td><\/tr>
14.40-15.40<\/td>Panel Discussion Understanding accessibility and socio-spatial disparities with mobile big data<\/mark><\/strong>

Moderator: Matthew Zook <\/strong>(University of Kentucky\/University of Tartu)

Robin Lovelace <\/strong>(University of Leeds\/Active Travel England)

Kerli M\u00fc\u00fcrisepp <\/strong>(University of Helsinki)

Luc Wismans <\/strong>(University of Twente)

Kertu Vuks <\/strong>(Tartu City Government)<\/td><\/tr>
15.40-16.00<\/td>Conference Closing<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
17.30-21.00<\/td>Informal Post-Conference Social Event<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Virtual presentations<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faraz Malik Awan<\/strong> (University of Glasgow) \u2013 Unveiling the potential issues with mobile phone app data usage for travel mode detection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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