
Overview
Background
Jiwon Kim is an Associate Professor in Transport Engineering and the Director of Higher Degree by Research in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland. She was a DECRA Fellow (2019-2022) sponsored by the Australian Research Council. She joined UQ in 2014 after completing her PhD research at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Northwestern, she worked at Samsung C&T (Engineering & Construction Group). She received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in civil engineering from Korea University.
Her research interests broadly encompass the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to enhance prediction, automation, and insight generation in transportation and urban mobility. She is passionate about developing intelligent autonomous systems that facilitate real-time traffic management and control, mobility service optimization, and traveller support. Her current research explores the potential of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and other cutting-edge AI/ML approaches to achieve these objectives.
Availability
- Associate Professor Jiwon Kim is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
Research interests
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in transport and logistics
Data-driven modelling of traffic networks and mobility services; Data-driven traffic simulation; AI and multi-agent systems (reinforcement learning, imitation learning)
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Predictive analytics for real-time traffic management and operations
Real-time traffic estimation and prediction for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Traffic incident management; Decision support systems and automation
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Urban Trajectory Data Analytics
Urban vehicle trajectories in large-scale networks: data mining, pattern recognition, trajectory prediction and generation, and visualization; urban mobility insights and travel behavour
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Traffic simulation and Traffic flow theory
Traffic simulation (microsimulation/mesosimulation); Dynamic traffic assignment (DTA); Scenario generation and analysis
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
Threshold-free anomaly detection on traffic flow data with reinforcement learning
He, Dan, Ruan, Boyu, Kim, Jiwon and Shi, Hua (2022). Threshold-free anomaly detection on traffic flow data with reinforcement learning. Australasian Transport Research Forum, Adelaide, SA Australia, 28-30 September 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Transformer-based map-matching model with limited labeled data using transfer-learning approach
Jin, Zhixiong, Kim, Jiwon, Yeo, Hwasoo and Choi, Seongjin (2022). Transformer-based map-matching model with limited labeled data using transfer-learning approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 140 103668, 103668. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2022.103668
2022
Journal Article
A comprehensive analysis on the effects of signal strategies, intersection geometry, and traffic operation factors on right-turn crashes at signalised intersections: an application of hierarchical crash frequency model
Manirul Islam, Sheikh, Washington, Simon, Kim, Jiwon and Haque, Mazharul (2022). A comprehensive analysis on the effects of signal strategies, intersection geometry, and traffic operation factors on right-turn crashes at signalised intersections: an application of hierarchical crash frequency model. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 171 106663, 106663. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2022.106663
2022
Journal Article
Targeted advertising in the public transit network using smart card data
Faroqi, Hamed, Mesbah, Mahmoud, Kim, Jiwon and Khodaii, Ali (2022). Targeted advertising in the public transit network using smart card data. Networks and Spatial Economics, 22 (1), 97-124. doi: 10.1007/s11067-022-09558-9
2022
Conference Publication
Multivariate time-varying Kalman filter approach for cycle-based maximum queue length estimation
Abewickrema, Wanuji, Yildirimoglu, Mehmet and Kim, Jiwon (2022). Multivariate time-varying Kalman filter approach for cycle-based maximum queue length estimation. Australasian Transport Research Forum, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 28-30 September 2022.
2021
Journal Article
TrajGAIL: Generating urban vehicle trajectories using generative adversarial imitation learning
Choi, Seongjin, Kim, Jiwon and Yeo, Hwasoo (2021). TrajGAIL: Generating urban vehicle trajectories using generative adversarial imitation learning. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 128 103091, 103091. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2021.103091
2021
Journal Article
Joint prediction of next location and travel time from urban vehicle trajectories using long short-term memory neural networks
Sun, Jie and Kim, Jiwon (2021). Joint prediction of next location and travel time from urban vehicle trajectories using long short-term memory neural networks. Transportation Research. Part C: Emerging Technologies, 128 103114, 103114. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2021.103114
2021
Journal Article
Assessing traffic disturbance, efficiency, and safety of the mixed traffic flow of connected vehicles and traditional vehicles by considering human factors
Sharma, Anshuman, Zheng, Zuduo, Kim, Jiwon, Bhaskar, Ashish and Mazharul Haque, Md. (2021). Assessing traffic disturbance, efficiency, and safety of the mixed traffic flow of connected vehicles and traditional vehicles by considering human factors. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 124 102934, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2020.102934
2021
Conference Publication
Car following modelling with constrained generative adversarial imitation learning
Lin, Lin, Kim, Jiwon and Ahn, Sanghyung (2021). Car following modelling with constrained generative adversarial imitation learning. Australasian Transport Research Forum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8-10 December 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Network-wide traffic simulation with multi-agent imitation learning
Sun, Jie and Kim, Jiwon (2021). Network-wide traffic simulation with multi-agent imitation learning. Australasian Transport Research Forum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8-10 December 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Data-driven traffic incident prediction with hybrid graph-based neural network
Tran, Thanh, He, Dan, Kim, Jiwon and Hickman, Mark (2021). Data-driven traffic incident prediction with hybrid graph-based neural network. Australasian Transport Research Forum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8-10 December 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
TrajGAIL: generating urban vehicle trajectories using generative adversarial imitation learning
Choi, Seongjin, Kim, Jiwon and Yeo, Hwasoo (2021). TrajGAIL: generating urban vehicle trajectories using generative adversarial imitation learning. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, 25-29 January 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Maximum queue length estimation at signalized intersections using shockwave theory and Kalman filter
Abewickrema, Wanuji, Yildirimoglu, Mehmet and Kim, Jiwon (2021). Maximum queue length estimation at signalized intersections using shockwave theory and Kalman filter. Australasian Transport Research Forum 2021, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-10 December 2021. Australasian Transport Research Forum.
2021
Conference Publication
Joint prediction of next location and travel time from urban vehicle trajectories using long short-term memory neural networks
Sun, Jie and Kim, Jiwon (2021). Joint prediction of next location and travel time from urban vehicle trajectories using long short-term memory neural networks. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, 25-29 January 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Estimating link flows from limited traffic volume and sparse trajectory data: reinforcement learning approaches
Zhong, Miner, Kim, Jiwon and Zheng, Zuduo (2021). Estimating link flows from limited traffic volume and sparse trajectory data: reinforcement learning approaches. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, 25-29 January 2021.
2020
Journal Article
Activity-trip based model for friend recommendation with transit smart card records
Faroqi, Hamed, Mesbah, Mahmoud and Kim, Jiwon (2020). Activity-trip based model for friend recommendation with transit smart card records. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146 (4) 04020041, 04020041. doi: 10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000624
2020
Conference Publication
Route reconstruction using low-quality bluetooth readings
Xu, Yehong, He, Dan, Chao, Pingfu, Kim, Jiwon, Hua, Wen and Zhou, Xiaofang (2020). Route reconstruction using low-quality bluetooth readings. 28th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Online, 3 - 6 November 2020. New York NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3397536.3422224
2020
Journal Article
Is an informed driver a better decision maker? A grouped random parameters with heterogeneity-in-means approach to investigate the impact of the connected environment on driving behaviour in safety-critical situations
Sharma, Anshuman, Zheng, Zuduo, Kim, Jiwon, Bhaskar, Ashish and Haque, Mazharul (2020). Is an informed driver a better decision maker? A grouped random parameters with heterogeneity-in-means approach to investigate the impact of the connected environment on driving behaviour in safety-critical situations. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 27 100127, 100127. doi: 10.1016/j.amar.2020.100127
2020
Journal Article
Modelling socioeconomic attributes of public transit passengers
Faroqi, Hamed, Mesbah, Mahmoud and Kim, Jiwon (2020). Modelling socioeconomic attributes of public transit passengers. Journal of Geographical Systems, 22 (4), 519-543. doi: 10.1007/s10109-020-00328-0
2020
Conference Publication
Drone-based vehicle identification: an empirical study of convolutional neural network performance
Hislop-Lynch, Samuel, Ahn, Sanghyung and Kim, Jiwon (2020). Drone-based vehicle identification: an empirical study of convolutional neural network performance. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, 12–16 January 2020.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Jiwon Kim is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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We are currently hiring a research assistant / software developer.
This Advanced Research Assistant will work as a part of Dr Jiwon Kim's research team to provide a technical support for developing and maintaining open-source software that is designed to analyse large-scale urban mobility data, specifically spatio-temporal trajectory data of vehicles and people travelling around a city (e.g., trajectories from GPS, Bluetooth, cellphones, and transit smart cards).
Please contact jiwon.kim@uq.edu.au for more information.
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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
- Big data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) applications
- Real-time traffic management and control
- Spatio-temporal analysis of trajectory data in road networks
- Data-driven approaches to traffic estimation and prediction
- Congestion management and avoidance
- Incident detection and traffic incident management
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AI and Machine Learning for Urban Mobility
- Learning human mobility behaviours from large-scale movement data
- Imitation learning for human behaviour modelling in traffic networks
- Multi-agent reinforcement learning for network traffic managmenet
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Traffic flow theory and simulation
- Advanced analysis techniques for micro- and meso-scopic traffic simulation models
- Analysis of traffic flow breakdown phenomena
- Modeling driver behavior and traffic flow characteristics under a connected and/or autonomous vehicle environment (e.g., V2V, V2I, and self-driving car)
- Analysis of traffic flow variables using new sources of data (e.g., GPS devices, RFID tags, radar, and video)
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Other topics
- Use of video data (e.g., CCTV, drones) for traffic data collection and analysis
- Resilient transport systems; vulnerability and risk assessment of road networks related to extreme weather events
Dr. Kim is also happy to consider other topics related to transport planning and operations, traffic modeling and analysis, and urban traffic management.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Zonal inference in congestion modelling
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Carlo Prato, Professor Zuduo Zheng
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Doctor Philosophy
Data-driven Modelling of Urban Traffic Networks using Spatial Trajectory Data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr SangHyung Ahn
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Doctor Philosophy
Hybrid Deep Learning Platform for Real-time Traffic Incident Prediction and Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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Doctor Philosophy
Model interpretation and data-centric modeling for advanced traffic prediction (MINDMAP)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr SangHyung Ahn, Dr Mehmet Yildirimoglu
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Doctor Philosophy
Model interpretation and data-centric modelling for advanced traffic prediction
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Synthetic Travel Demand Generation using Data-Driven Methods
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Carlo Prato, Professor Zuduo Zheng
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Doctor Philosophy
Interpretable Adversarial Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Driving Behaviour Learning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr SangHyung Ahn
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Master Philosophy
Deep Representation Learning of Spatio-Temporal Trajectory Data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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Doctor Philosophy
Graph-based Learning Platform for Real-time Traffic Incident Prediction and Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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Doctor Philosophy
Methods for Public Transport Operations Planning and Management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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Doctor Philosophy
Real-time Analytics on Urban Trajectory Data for Road Traffic Management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mehmet Yildirimoglu
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Master Philosophy
Visualisation of passenger and freight transport flows
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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Doctor Philosophy
An investigation on the allocation of fast-charging stations considering renewable energy sources
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mehmet Yildirimoglu
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Doctor Philosophy
Real-time Analytics on Urban Trajectory Data for Road Traffic Management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Queue Length Estimation and Prediction at Isolated Signalized Intersections
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mehmet Yildirimoglu
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Doctor Philosophy
Modelling Driving Behaviour of Mixed Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles Flow
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
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Doctor Philosophy
Autonomous Eco-driving in the Vicinity of Signalized Intersection Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
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Doctor Philosophy
Operation Strategy of Shared Autonomous Vehicles with Various Passenger Capacity on the Basis of Ridesharing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
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Doctor Philosophy
Operation Strategy of Shared Autonomous Vehicles with Various Passenger Capacity on the Basis of Ridesharing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Safety Evaluation on Right-turn Traffic Control Strategies at Signalised Intersection using Hierarchical Models
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Solid-phase temperature analysis and correction for multi-scale fire experimentation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cristian Maluk, Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina, Dr Felix Wiesner
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2021
Master Philosophy
Estimating Link Flows from Limited Traffic Volume and Sparse Trajectory Data: Generative Modelling Approaches
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Spatial Dependency Structure in Urban Road Traffic Networks: Methodology and Applications in Short Term Traffic Prediction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Carlo Prato
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2020
Master Philosophy
Automatic detection and analysis of long-term changes in travel patterns of public transport passengers using Smart-Card data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a risk management framework for enhancing tunnel safety operation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jurij Karlovsek, Associate Professor David Lange
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Capture, Processing and Analysis of Vehicle Trajectories from Multiple Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles with Computer-Vision and Artificial-Intelligence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr SangHyung Ahn
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Developing a Model for Targeted Transit Advertising using Smart Card Data
Associate Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding and Modelling the Car-Following Behaviour of Connected Vehicles
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Zuduo Zheng
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2018
Master Philosophy
Computer vision based pedestrian trajectory analysis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr SangHyung Ahn
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Leveraging Connected Vehicle Technology and Model Predictive Control to Improve Traffic Network Performance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Hickman
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