Publications

Under review

  • Under review Variation in Perceived Human Well-Being Across Data-Driven Urban Form Typologies Hakiminejad, Y., Marquès, H. C. M., Blouin, A. V. M., Pantesco, E., Sonta, A., and Tavakoli, A. Cities.
  • Under review A Human–AI Collaborative Workflow for Participatory Transportation Planning Haghbin Yousefi, M., Medori, M.K., Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Neely, L., and Tavakoli, A. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
  • Under review How Is Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Trust, Risk, and Responsibility in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry? Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Shevade, D. J., and Tavakoli, A. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Under review When Context Dominates: Multimodal Signatures of Takeover Readiness Under Varying Hazard and Cognitive Load Conditions Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Gomero, L., Pantesco, E., Kan, I., Izzetoglu, M., and Tavakoli, A. Accident Analysis and Prevention.
  • Under review Who Sees Value in Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Perceived Impacts and Benefits of AI Across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry Hakiminejad, Y., Azimi, S., Shevade, D. J., Medori, M. K., and Tavakoli, A. Business & Information Systems Engineering.
  • Under review A multi-level data-driven framework for understanding perceptions towards cycling infrastructure across regions leveraging social media discourse Azimi, S., and Tavakoli, A. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems.

2026

  • Journal Taming Volatile Trajectories: Sup-HMM, a Bayesian-Optimized Hidden Markov Model for Map-Matching of Location-Based Service Data Li, R., Wu, X., Luo, W., Tavakoli, A., Nataraj, C., and Xiong, C. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. DOI
  • Journal A multimodal human-centered framework for assessing pedestrian well-Being in the wild Hakiminejad, Y., and Tavakoli, A. Journal of Urban Mobility, 10, 100255.
  • Journal How is the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry adopting artificial intelligence? a cross-sectional survey study Azimi, S., Hakiminejad, Y., Shevade, D. J., and Tavakoli, A. Results in Engineering, 111444.
  • Journal The public gaze on housing in California: How do the designations “affordable,” “sustainable,” and “historic” for a housing development impact its evaluations by individuals? Douglas, I. P., Tavakoli, A., Dayton, D., and Billington, S. L. Cities, 176, 107236.
  • Journal Can Vision-Language Models Understand Construction Workers? An Exploratory Study Bui, H., Chodosh, N., and Tavakoli, A. IEEE Access, 14, 20371-20381.
  • Journal Urban forms across continents: A data-driven comparison of Lausanne and Philadelphia Carmès, A., Catteau, L., Sonta, A., and Tavakoli, A. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 36, 101823.
  • Conference Steering through Time: Blending Longitudinal Data with Simulation to Rethink Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interaction Hakiminejad, Y., Azimi, S., Gomero, L., Pantesco, E., Kan, I., Izzetoglu, M., and Tavakoli, A. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2026.

2025

  • Journal Shaping passenger experience: An eye-tracking study of public transportation built environment Hakiminejad, Y., Pantesco, E., and Tavakoli, A. npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, 2(1), 48.
  • Journal Simulation for all: A step-by-step cookbook for developing human-centered multi-agent transportation simulators Azimi, S., and Tavakoli, A. IEEE Access, 13, 184233–184258.
  • Journal 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 Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Ruth, P., Green, A., Xu, J., Jain, S., Chiu, E., Bencharit, L. Z., Murnane, E. L., and Landay, J. A. Building and Environment, 113147.
  • Journal Psycho-behavioral responses to urban scenes: An exploration through eye-tracking Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I. P., Noh, H. Y., Hwang, J., and Billington, S. L. Cities, 156, 105568.
  • Journal Public transit of the future: Enhancing well-being through designing human-centered public transportation spaces Hakiminejad, Y., Pantesco, E., and Tavakoli, A. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 30, 101365.
  • Magazine Seeing the commute differently: Designing transit spaces that boost well-being Tavakoli, A. Mass Transit.

2024

  • Journal Unveiling the impact of cognitive distraction on cyclists’ psycho-behavioral responses in an immersive virtual environment Guo, X., Tavakoli, A., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  • Conference MAD-IVE: Multi-agent distributed immersive virtual environments for vulnerable road user research-potential, challenges, and requirements Sabeti, S., Tavakoli, A., Heydarian, A., and Shoghli, O. Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 1113–1120.
  • Conference Leveraging immersive virtual environments for occupant well-being analysis Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Bianchi, E., Landay, J., and Billington, S. Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 85–92.
  • Conference Using computer vision and parametric design software to quantify nature dose in indoor built environments Bianchi, E., Tavakoli, A., and Billington, S. Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, 93–101.

2023

  • Journal Occupant privacy perception, awareness, and preferences in smart office environments Li, B., Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4073.
  • Journal Psycho-physiological measures on a bicycle simulator in immersive virtual environments: How protected and curbside bike lanes may improve perceived safety Guo, X., Tavakoli, A., Angulo, A., Robartes, E., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 92, 317–336.
  • Journal Rethinking infrastructure design: Evaluating pedestrians’ and VRUs’ psychophysiological and behavioral responses to different roadway designs Guo, X., Angulo, A., Tavakoli, A., Robartes, E., Chen, T. D., and Heydarian, A. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4278.
  • Journal How are drivers’ stress levels and emotions associated with the driving context? A naturalistic study Tavakoli, A., Lai, N., Balali, V., and Heydarian, A. Journal of Transport and Health, 31, 101649.
  • Conference Measuring success, one sensor at a time: A sensing infrastructure for longitudinal workspace behavior monitoring Li, B., Tavakoli, A., Wang, A., Kaur, N., Barnes, L., Doryab, A., and Heydarian, A. Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, 413–420.

2022

  • Journal Driver state modeling through latent variable state-space framework in the wild Tavakoli, A., Boker, S., and Heydarian, A. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1–15.
  • Journal Multimodal driver state modeling through unsupervised learning Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 170, 106640.
  • Conference Human wellbeing responses to real and simulated workplaces: A comparison of in-person, online, and virtual environments Bianchi, E., Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I. P., Landay, J. A., and Billington, S. L. Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, 299–300.
  • Conference The impact of surrounding road objects and conditions on drivers’ abrupt heart rate changes Tavakoli, A., and Heydarian, A. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 1345–1349.

2021

  • Journal Flood mitigation in coastal urban catchments using real-time stormwater infrastructure control and reinforcement learning Bowes, B. D., Tavakoli, A., Wang, C., Heydarian, A., Behl, M., Beling, P. A., and Goodall, J. L. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 23(3), 529–547.
  • Journal Harmony: A human-centered multimodal driving study in the wild Tavakoli, A., Kumar, S., Guo, X., Balali, V., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. IEEE Access, 9, 23956–23978.
  • Conference Leveraging ubiquitous computing for empathetic routing: A naturalistic data-driven approach Tavakoli, A., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–6.
  • Conference Driver state and behavior detection through smart wearables Tavakoli, A., Kumar, S., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 559–565.

2020

  • Conference Smart stormwater control systems: A reinforcement learning approach Wang, C., Bowes, B., Tavakoli, A., Adams, S., Goodall, J., and Beling, P. ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings-17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 2–13.
  • Conference Personalized driver state profiles: A naturalistic data-driven study Tavakoli, A., Boukhechba, M., and Heydarian, A. Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Aspects of Transportation, 32–39.

2019

  • Conference A multimodal approach for monitoring driving behavior and emotions Tavakoli, A., Balali, V., and Heydarian, A. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.

2018

  • Conference The Internet of Wasted Things (IoWT) Tavakoli, A., Ashrafi, A., Heydarian, A., and Behl, M. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Internet of Things, 1–3.
  • Conference Temperature variations in mixed-sand-gravel sediments at a steep, mega-tidal beach Tavakoli, A., Stark, N., and Hay, A. E. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36), 59–59.