This workshop was a clear case example of what an EU-funded COST
project provides to active members: a chance to visit, meet and exchange ideas
with other members of the MOVE project, thereafter promoting regional
collaboration which will champion the scientific objectives of the MOVE
project.
Phase 1: The
data challenge preparation
The
workshop proposal which was drafted by Godwin Yeboah, PhD student at
Northumbria University (UK), under the supervision of three experienced
researchers; Seraphim Alvanides from Northumbria University (UK), Stefan Van
Der Spek from TU Delft (Netherlands), and Nico Van De Weghe from Ghent
University (Belgium). A two-hour initial meeting/skype conference was held on 1st
February 2013 to brainstorm and plan in advance for a successful workshop where
all four organizers were present. A website was later developed to provide a
portal to host all documentations on the workshop: https://sites.google.com/site/cdc2013workshop
Phase 2: The
actual event
The actual workshop, started at 9am on Tuesday 14th
May 2013 at the Faculty Club, Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) after one
hour of registration and preparations. Seraphim and Godwin delivered a “double
act” presentation for the 24 participants. The presentation focussed on the
background of the project which led to the collection of the bicycle dataset
used for the workshop. Some experiences from the project were also shared. Two
keynote speakers, Veronique Van Acker and Hans Skov-Petersen, followed with
their presentations which were mainly about experiences gathered in CIVITAS and
BIKEABILITY projects respectively. After a coffee break, the morning session
ended with two more presentations which were about relating mobility patterns
with socio-demographic profiles using agent based modelling technique as well
as analysing and exploring the built environment using cyclists’ tracks
collected using GPS (Global Positioning System). Question time was offered
before an hour of lunch break. The afternoon session started with three
presentations comprising movement reconstruction using hybrid map-matching
algorithm, extraction of bicycle trips from GPS data, identification of road
signal patterns, and, after a short coffee break, a spatio temporal analysis of
flows. Nico and Seraphim led an insightful one and half hour open discussion
which touched on data quality, data processing and analysis, using agent based
modelling technique, acknowledgement, possible future collaborations with using
the dataset, toolsets, visualisation techniques, high tech hardware for
movement data collection.
Phase 3: The
results of the data challenge
The emerging themes were quality assessment of processed data
from algorithmic routines, quality assessment of cycling infrastructure, impact
assessments incubation period, objective parameterization of cyclists’ movement
behaviours and their related analytical frameworks, urgent need for tracking
cyclists’ from different geographical areas to enable comparison of results.
Photos from the workshop can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/cdc2013workshop/gallery
Recommendations
In addition to supporting data warehouses, such as chorochronos.org,
participants proposed the development of a web portal which points to existing
toolsets for executing various tasks related to movement data collection,
processing, analysis and visualisation. Example of toolsets discussed were Postdap, JMapMatching among
others. The workshop created an enabling environment for collaboration which
should be maintained by future periodic gatherings; an annual workshop on data
challenges was widely recommended.
Acknowledgements: Financial support from MOVE (COST Action IC0903)
towards travel expenses is acknowledged.
Please find updated information for the CDC2013 workshop in the following:
Below is a snapshot of some of the presentations. More photos as well as presentations may be assessed using the provided links above.
