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151					<p>The project report can be found <a href="/pdfs/reports/ghg-inventory-report.pdf">here</a></p>
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193					<p>Tne entire lab was represented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix this year. 
194Jimi chaired a session (Data Mining and Machine Learning for Sustainable Transportation) and also gave a talk there on his work on road network typology analysis of MSAs.
195Mahsa presented her work on energy modeling and electrification strategy for bus transit systems.
196Mohammed gave on talk on spatiotemporal bus passenger types.
197Zhuo presented his work on energy forecasting and decision-making for urban rail transit systems.</p>
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199<p><a href="/images/blog/informs-2023-jimi-presenting.jpg"><img src="/images/blog/informs-2023-jimi-presenting.jpg" alt="jimi" /></a><em><center> Jimi presenting his talk, "Metropolitan Area Road Network Typologies and Their Implications for Sustainable Mobility" at his session.</center></em></p>
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201<p><a href="/images/blog/informs-2023-mahsa-presenting.jpg"><img src="/images/blog/informs-2023-mahsa-presenting.jpg" alt="mahsa" /></a><em><center> Mahsa giving her talk, "Optimizing Fleet Electrification Strategies for Sustainable Bus Transit."</center></em></p>
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205 Zhuo presenting his talk, "Enhancing Energy Forecasts in Public Transit Using Advanced Machine Learning Techniques and High-Level Planning Metrics" at his session.</center></em></p>
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207<p><a href="/images/blog/informs-2023-team.jpg"><img src="/images/blog/informs-2023-team.jpg" alt="team" /></a><em><center>Entire team at Phoenix Convention Center. L-R: Peiyao, Zhuo, Jimi, Mohammed, Mahsa.</center></em></p>
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249					<p>TRB 2022 was held in person this year, in spite of the Omicron spike. Our five current members attended: Jimi, Mahsa, Mohammed, Nasko and Zhuo. Mohammed presented a poster on our <a href="https://narslab.org/projects/pvta-odx/">PVTA-ODX</a> work titled, “Trip pattern typologies in the Pioneer Valley Bus Transit System,” while Zhuo presented our work on the <a href="https://narslab.org/projects/treem/">TREEM</a> project a the poster titled, “Modeling system-wide urban rail transit energy consumption: A case study of Boston.”</p>
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253<p><a href="/images/blog/narslab-trb-2022.jpg"><img src="/images/blog/narslab-trb-2022.jpg" alt="team" /></a><em><center>Entire team at Convention Center. L-R: Mahsa, Nasko, Mohammed, Zhuo, Jimi.</center></em></p>
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310<span class="n">print_hi</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Tom'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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