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Forwarded by Dr. Jonathan Gifford, SPP ------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues: Please do not forget the upcoming deadline for the call for paper for a Transportation's special issue on Emerging, passively generated datasets for travel behavior and policy analysis. This issue will be co-edited by Cynthia Chen, Michael Batty, and Tom van Vuren. We need your extended abstract (500-1000 words) by January 15, 2014. Inquiries may be sent to any of the co-editors. Abstract submissions are to be sent to Cynthia Chen ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>). A copy of the CFP is below. CALL FOR PAPERS (TRANSPORTATION) http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/journal/11116 5-year impact factor: 2.131 TITLE: EMERGING, PASSIVELY GENERATED DATASETS FOR TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND POLICY ANALYSIS Scope The rapid rise of social media tools combined with location-aware sensors has made the collection of passive data possible. Unlike traditional, purpose-designed and actively collected travel survey data, which attempts to record every trip made by a respondent during a certain time period (e.g., 24 hours) so that activity locations such as home locations and work places are known, these passively collected datasets typically only contain sightings that may suggest locations visited. Furthermore, such datasets do not readily contain important variables for travel behavior and policy analysis such as socio-demographic and economic factors. The recent availability of these new, emerging passive data sources has motivated a surge of studies on human mobility and its implications in the use of space, social relationships, and location-based services. Few studies, however, have been conducted to answer questions directly relevant to travel behavior and policy analysis. New statistical methods are needed to process and analyze such large, noisy datasets and integrate them with other datasets of different temporal and spatial scales and/or containing important variables (such as census data with socio-demographics). Guest Editors Cynthia Chen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>> Michael Batty, Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London, London. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>> Tom van Vuren (Editorial Board Transportation), Mott MacDonald, Birmingham, UK. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>> Schedule Submission of abstracts: January 15, 2014 Invitation of full papers: February 15, 2014 Submission of full papers: May 15, 2014 Feedback of first-round reviews: August 15, 2014 Revised manuscripts due: November 15, 2014 Feedback from second-round reviews issued (if need be): December 30, 2014 Final manuscripts due: January 30, 2015 Planned publication: 2015 Coverage With this call for papers, we encourage submissions that use the new, emerging passive datasets and apply innovative methods on such datasets for an improved understanding of travel behavior and policy analysis. We also welcome methodological papers discussing how such data can best be analyzed and merged with other sources, dealing with bias in the sample, and lack of traditional variables. Finally, we seek papers exploring how these datasets have been or can be used for transportation policy and transportation system planning and management purposes, including the limitations on the use of this data. We particularly welcome joint submissions from within and outside the transportation research community. Papers responding to this call must either use such datasets or discuss the use of such datasets. Contributions may be made in one or more aspects of the following: • Improving our understanding in human mobility patterns • Improving our understanding of the built environment we live in • Improving our understanding of human-nature relationships • Improving our understanding of social relationships • For better policy making, for better transportation system planning and management purposes • Methodological contributions Abstract The abstract needs to be sufficiently detailed to enable the Guest Editors to determine whether it is likely to be a precursor of an acceptable, within scope, paper. It will typically be at least 500 words long, but not more than 1,000. Authors Please provide information on the authors(s) including affiliation(s), position(s), and research interests. Submission method All submissions shall be sent to Cynthia Chen by email and go through a normal peer review process. Inquires Inquires about this call for paper may be sent to any of the guest editors. _____________________________ Michael Batty Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) University College London 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1N 6TR Tel 44-(0)20 3108 3877 Cell 44-(0)7768 423 656 http://www.complexcity.info/ t @jmichaelbatty -- Sachin Garg <[log in to unmask]> Doctoral Student & Graduate Research Assistant School of Public Policy, George Mason University 3351 Fairfax Drive MS 3B1, Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: +1-703-993-8647 Cell: +1-703-996-9445