Publications

Under Review Journal Publications:

  1. Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Gomero, L., Pantesco, E., Kan, I., Izzetoglu, M., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “When Context Dominates: Multimodal Signatures of Takeover Readiness Under Varying Hazard and Cognitive Load Conditions.” Under Review at Accident Analysis and Prevention
  2. Hakiminejad, Y., Azimi, S., Shevade, D. J., Medori, M. K., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “Who Sees Value in Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Perceived Impacts and Benefits of AI Across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry” Under review at the journal of International Journal of Project Management
  3. Li, R., Wu, X., Luo, W., Tavakoli, A., Nataraj, C., and Xiong, C. (2026) “Taming Volatile Trajectories: Sup-HMM, a Bayesian-Optimized Hidden Markov Model for Map-Matching of Location-Based Service Data”. In: Second round of revision at IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  4. Hakiminejad, Y., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “A multimodal human-centered framework for assessing pedestrian well-Being in the wild.” Second Revision at the journal of Urban Mobility
  5. Azimi, S., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “A multi-level data-driven framework for understanding perceptions towards cycling infrastructure across regions leveraging social media discourse.” Under review at the journal of Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems

In Press:

  1. Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Shevade, D. J., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “How is the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry adopting artificial intelligence? a cross-sectional survey study.” Accepted to Results in Engineering

Peer reviewed Journal Publications:

  1. Douglas, I. P., Tavakoli, A., Dayton, D., and Billington, S. L. (2026). “The public gaze on housing in California: How do the designations “affordable,” “sustainable,” and “historic” for a housing development impact its evaluations by individuals?” Cities, 176, 107236.
  2. Bui, H., Chodosh, N., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “Can Vision-Language Models Understand Construction Workers? An Exploratory Study.”IEEE Access, 14, 20371-20381.
  3. Carmès, A., Catteau, L., Sonta, A., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “Urban forms across continents: A data-driven comparison of Lausanne and Philadelphia.”Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 36, 101823.
  4. Hakiminejad, Y., Pantesco, E., and Tavakoli, A. (2025). “Shaping passenger experience: An eye-tracking study of public transportation built environment.”npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, 2(1), 48.
  5. Azimi, S., and Tavakoli, A. (2025). “Simulation for all: A step-by-step cookbook for developing human-centered multi-agent transportation simulators.”IEEE Access, 13, 184233–184258.
  6. Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Ruth, P., Green, A., Xu, J., Jain, S., Chiu, E., Bencharit, L. Z., Murnane, E. L., and Landay, J. A. (2025). “Impact of windows, natural materials, and diverse representations in built environments on psychological and physiological well-being: A between-subjects experiment in immersive virtual environments.”Building and Environment, 113147.
  7. Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I. P., Noh, H. Y., Hwang, J., and Billington, S. L. (2025). “Psycho-behavioral responses to urban scenes: An exploration through eye-tracking.”Cities, 156, 105568.
  8. Hakiminejad, Y., Pantesco, E., and Tavakoli, A. (2025). “Public transit of the future: Enhancing well-being through designing human-centered public transportation spaces.”Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 30, 101365.
  9. Guo, X., Tavakoli, A., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. (2024). “Unveiling the impact of cognitive distraction on cyclists’ psycho-behavioral responses in an immersive virtual environment.”IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  10. Li, B., Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. (2023). “Occupant privacy perception, awareness, and preferences in smart office environments.”Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4073.
  11. Guo, X., Tavakoli, A., Angulo, A., Robartes, E., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. (2023). “Psycho-physiological measures on a bicycle simulator in immersive virtual environments: How protected and curbside bike lanes may improve perceived safety.”Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 92, 317–336.
  12. Guo, X., Angulo, A., Tavakoli, A., Robartes, E., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. (2023). “Rethinking infrastructure design: Evaluating pedestrians’ and VRUs’ psychophysiological and behavioral responses to different roadway designs.”Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4278.
  13. Tavakoli, A., Lai, N., Balali, V., and Heydarian, A. (2023). “How are drivers’ stress levels and emotions associated with the driving context? A naturalistic study.”Journal of Transport and Health, 31, 101649.
  14. Tavakoli, A., Boker, S., and Heydarian, A. (2022). “Driver state modeling through latent variable state-space framework in the wild.”IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1–15.
  15. Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. (2022). “Multimodal driver state modeling through unsupervised learning.”Accident Analysis and Prevention, 170, 106640.
  16. Bowes, B. D., Tavakoli, A., Wang, C., Heydarian, A., Behl, M., Beling, P. A., and Goodall, J. L. (2021). “Flood mitigation in coastal urban catchments using real-time stormwater infrastructure control and reinforcement learning.”Journal of Hydroinformatics, 23(3), 529–547.
  17. Tavakoli, A., Kumar, S., Guo, X., Balali, V., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. (2021). “Harmony: A human-centered multimodal driving study in the wild.”IEEE Access, 9, 23956–23978.

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

  1. Hakiminejad, Y., Azimi, S., Gomero, L., Pantesco, E., Kan, I., Izzetoglu, M., and Tavakoli, A. (2026). “Steering through Time: Blending Longitudinal Data with Simulation to Rethink Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interaction.” Accepted to IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2026
  2. Sabeti, S., Tavakoli, A., Heydarian, A., and Shoghli, O. (2024). “MAD-IVE: Multi-agent distributed immersive virtual environments for vulnerable road user research-potential, challenges, and requirements.” Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 1113–1120.
  3. Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Bianchi, E., Landay, J., and Billington, S. (2024). “Leveraging immersive virtual environments for occupant well-being analysis.” Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 85–92.
  4. Bianchi, E., Tavakoli, A., and Billington, S. (2024). “Using computer vision and parametric design software to quantify nature dose in indoor built environments.” Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 93–101.
  5. Li, B., Tavakoli, A., Wang, A., Kaur, N., Barnes, L., Doryab, A., and Heydarian, A. (2023). “Measuring success, one sensor at a time: A sensing infrastructure for longitudinal workspace behavior monitoring.” Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, 413–420.
  6. Bianchi, E., Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I. P., Landay, J. A., and Billington, S. L. (2022). “Human wellbeing responses to real and simulated workplaces: A comparison of in-person, online, and virtual environments.” Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, 299–300.
  7. Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. (2022). “The impact of surrounding road objects and conditions on drivers’ abrupt heart rate changes.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 1345–1349.
  8. Tavakoli, A., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. (2021). “Leveraging ubiquitous computing for empathetic routing: A naturalistic data-driven approach.” Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–6.
  9. Tavakoli, A., Kumar, S., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. (2021). “Driver state and behavior detection through smart wearables.” 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 559–565.
  10. Wang, C., Bowes, B., Tavakoli, A., Adams, S., Goodall, J., and Beling, P. (2020). “Smart stormwater control systems: A reinforcement learning approach.” ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings-17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 2–13.
  11. Tavakoli, A., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. (2020). “Personalized driver state profiles: A naturalistic data-driven study.” Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Aspects of Transportation, 32–39.
  12. Tavakoli, A., Balali, V., and Heydarian, A. (2019) “A multimodal approach for monitoring driving behavior and emotions.” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
  13. Tavakoli, A., Ashrafi, A., Heydarian, A., and Behl, M. (2018). “The Internet of Wasted Things (IoWT).” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Internet of Things, 1–3.
  14. Tavakoli, A., Stark, N., and Hay, A. E. (2018). “Temperature variations in mixed-sand-gravel sediments at a steep, mega-tidal beach.” Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36), 59–59.

Magazine Articles:

  1. Tavakoli, A, (2025). “Seeing the commute differently: Designing transit spaces that boost well-being.” Mass Transit

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