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Transport planning, Econometric and statistical methods, Machine learning, OptimisationBiography
Maryam Bostanara is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW. She specialises in transport modelling and human behaviour analysis, examining the who, when, where, and why of decision-making at the intersection of transport and land use, with a particular focus on sustainable transport. Her work uses econometric and machine learning models to address complex mobility and planning challenges. Her doctoral...view more
Maryam Bostanara is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW. She specialises in transport modelling and human behaviour analysis, examining the who, when, where, and why of decision-making at the intersection of transport and land use, with a particular focus on sustainable transport. Her work uses econometric and machine learning models to address complex mobility and planning challenges. Her doctoral research introduced a novel framework for modelling household decision-making in transport and urban planning, earning her the 2024 ITE-ANZ SIDRA Solutions Postgraduate Award and the Best Research Demonstration Award at TRANSW 2021.
My Grants
- Digital Grid Futures Institute Seed Funding (DGFI) -- 2024
- Arts, Design and Architecture Faculty (ADA) ECR Track Record Enhancement Scheme award – 2024
- Arts, Design and Architecture Faculty (ADA) ECR Track Record Enhancement Scheme award – 2025
My Qualifications
- Feb. 2020 – Jun. 2024: Ph.D. in the school of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
- Supervisor: Professor Taha Hossein Rashidi
- Thesis Topic: “Urban Dynamics and Household Decisions: Advanced Statistical Methods in Relocation, Land Use, and Transport Planning”
- Sept. 2016 – Nov. 2018: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering–Systems Optimization at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
- Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2016: B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
My Awards
- Winner of the 2024 prestigious ITE-ANZ SIDRA SOLUTIONS Postgraduate Award.
- Recipient of UNSW Women in Engineering Research Top-Up Scholarship for the duration of PhD.
- Best research demonstration award in the fourth Annual Symposium of the Transport Research Association for NSW (TRANSW 2021)
- 2025 ADA ECAN High Commendation award for the Best Non-Traditional Research Output (NTRO)
- 2025 City Future Research Centre Build Collaboration award
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4109-3269