Akshay Vij is an Associate Professor at UniSA Business. He has previously worked as lecturer and post-doctoral scholar at the University of California (UC) Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2013, also from UC Berkeley. Vij’s research has made significant contributions to the development of statistical methods for the study of human behaviour, and their application to different contexts, such as transport, urban and regional development, and labour markets. Since his move to Australia in 2015, Vij has collaborated extensively with industry and government partners on research grants totalling roughly $4.5 million to undertake research that has addressed major practical challenges facing these different sectors.
Experience
2015–present
Senior research fellow, Institute for Choice, University of South Australia
2013–2015
Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Education
2013
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Publications
2017
Random taste heterogeneity in discrete choice models: Multivariate nonparametric finite mixture distributions, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
2017
From trend spotting to trend ’splaining: Understanding modal preference shifts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
2017
A discrete choice framework for modeling and forecasting the adoption and diffusion of new transportation services, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
2016
Normative beliefs and modality styles: A latent class and latent variable model of travel behavior, Transportation
2016
How, when and why Integrated Choice and Latent Variable models are latently useful, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
2015
When is Big Data big enough? Implications of using GPS-based surveys for travel demand analysis, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
2014
Preference endogeneity in discrete choice models, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
2014
Values, attitudes and travel behavior: A hierarchical latent variable mixed logit model of travel mode choice, Transportation
2013
Incorporating the influence of latent modal preferences on travel mode choice behavior, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice