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Speaker: Eric J. Miller
Department of Civil Engineering, UofT
Title: Urban GHG Modelling Using Agent-Based Microsimulation
Abstract:
Agent-based microsimulation (ABM) provides the framework for detailed
modelling of urban GHG emissions due to transportation, residential and
other other urban socio-economic activities. The ILUTE (Integrated Land
Use, Transportation, Environment) research team at the University of
Toronto has for some time been developing a comprehensive model of urban
socio-economic processes and energy use for the Greater
Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA) within the ABM paradigm. This lecture will
provide a motivation for the ABM approach to urban systems modelling,
an overview of the ILUTE model system, and a discussion of the model
system's current state and prospects for future development and
application.
Biography:
Professor Eric Miller, a world renowned expert in transportation
engineering, holds a Bahen-Tanenbaum Chair in Civil Engineering
established by John Bahen and Joey Tanenbaum. Miller joined the
University of Toronto’s Department of Civil Engineering in 1983. His
research interests include the micro simulation of urban transportation
and land-use systems, the sustainability of urban transportation
systems, and improvements in conventional travel demand models.
Professor Miller also serves and the Director of U of T’s Joint Program
in Transportation.
About the
Seminar Series:
The Collaborative Challenges for
the Climate Change Research Community (CCCCRC or C4RC) is a weekly
seminar series highlighting trans-disciplinary research in climate
change, with a goal in fostering meaningful collaboration between
climate change researchers. Our aim is to use this as an exploration
of the range of research related to climate change across the
University of Toronto, and to inspire new collaborations. A central
theme of the series is the role of computational climate models: how
researchers share models, verify models, create models, and share
results. All are welcome to attend the series.
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