Regular biography
Dr. Joseph Chow is an Institute Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Deputy Director of the C2SMART Center. His research focuses on transportation systems, including multimodal networks, behavioral urban logistics, smart cities, and transport economics. He is an NSF CAREER award recipient and affiliated with multiple research centers at NYU. Dr. Chow's work has been featured in Popular Science, and he is an Associate Editor for several transportation journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from UC Irvine and has held academic positions at USC, Ryerson University, and NYU.
Scholar-generated biography
Joseph Y. J. Chow is a researcher at New York University focusing on behavioral informatics and urban transportation systems. His work explores the integration of behavioral patterns with transportation planning, emphasizing dynamic models for mobility services and urban logistics. Chow's research includes stochastic optimization, agent-based modeling, and real-time decision-making frameworks for mobility-on-demand systems. He investigates the impact of behavioral inertia, congestion pricing, and infrastructure design on urban mobility. His publications address challenges such as electric taxi charging, ridesharing dispatch, and UAV-based traffic monitoring, highlighting the intersection of data-driven decision-making and urban transportation policy.