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Transportation Information Engineering Lab
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The lab uses information technology to make transportation and logistics smarter and optimal.
AboutAbout the lab
Making transportation and logistics intelligent and optimal
The Transportation Information Engineering Lab uses information technology to study solutions to transportation and logistics problems in cities and regions.
It works on analyzing traffic flow and designing transportation and supply chain networks.
It also proposes and evaluates methods for managing and operating transportation, and analyzes the behavior of car and public transport users and of tourists.
Viewing transportation as a human activity, it considers not only efficiency but also what makes for better transportation, cities, and society.
Key terms
- Supply chain
- The entire chain that brings a product to its destination, from procuring raw materials through production, trade, and consumption
- Supernetwork
- An approach that overlays a transportation network and a supply chain network and treats them together
- ITS
- Intelligent Transport Systems: systems that use information and communication technology to connect people, roads, and vehicles and solve transportation problems
ResearchResearch themes
Using information technology and analytical techniques for transportation and logistics, including ITS, the lab aims to solve transportation and logistics problems in cities and regions. At the same time, it views transportation as a human activity and studies it from a social science perspective.
*Illustrative imageDesigning transportation and supply chains together
Freight movement arises from the production, trade, and consumption of products. The lab develops supernetwork models that simultaneously calculate the production volumes, prices, and shipment volumes of products along with passenger and freight traffic on roads, together with AI-based optimization.
*Illustrative imageModeling flows of people and goods
Using both data-driven and theoretical models, the lab clarifies the effects of improving transportation and logistics services. It models the movement of people and freight, taking into account new developments such as car sharing, joint delivery, and automated driving.
*Illustrative imageThe multifaceted effects of transportation on society
Travel behavior affects regional economies and the structure of cities and society. The lab analyzes everything from differences in which shops people visit to how encounters with people and scenery while traveling affect attachment to a place, and uses this to consider better transportation, cities, and society.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Transportation Information Engineering Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, researchers, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTadashi Yamada
- Associate ProfessorQURESHI Ali Gul
- Assistant ProfessorKosuke Tanaka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “HAVI Logistics truck at the Warsaw West Station – railway station, Poland” WrS.tm.pl / Public domain (cropped)
- Designing transportation and supply chains together: “Wadoye Supply chain and logistics, Haruna house, Ogun state” Omoeko Media / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Modeling flows of people and goods: “A flow of traffic in Ado-Ekiti” Alaafiabami Oladipupo (Haylad) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The multifaceted effects of transportation on society: “Eurasia Tunnel heavy traffic 1” Sadrettin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crisis Management Information Systems Lab): “Locals using Geographic Information System ( )” USAID Indonesia / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Integrated Disaster Prevention Information Systems Lab): “FEMA - 36456 - Aerial of a partially flooded town in Missouri” Jocelyn Augustino / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Earthquake Lifeline Engineering Lab): “Water supply pipeline crossing the Canning River from Shelley to Wilson, June 2021 02” Calistemon / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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