Takahiro Yabe, PhD. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Technology Management and Innovation (TMI) and the Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University. 

Taka's research develops tools and models for analyzing large-scale human behavior data to better understand collective social dynamics during disruptions, and to improve the resilience of communities and cities to urban shocks (e.g., disasters, pandemics, and disruptive technology). Taka's recent works have focused on modeling the resilience of complex urban sociotechnical systems to natural hazards [PNAS, Sustainable Cities and Society], human behavior analysis during and after disasters and pandemics [CEUS, Scientific Reports], quantifying the long-term dynamics of diversity in urban encounters in cities [Nature Communications, Nature Cities], and geospatial AI for transferring urban dynamics across cities [ACM KDD , Nature Machine Intelligence]. His research lies in the intersections of computational social science, network science, and civil engineering.

Prior to joining NYU, Taka was a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and the Media Lab Human Dynamics Group mentored by Dr. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland and Dr. Esteban Moro. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, advised by Satish V. Ukkusuri (Civil Engineering) and Dr. Seungyoon Lee (Communication). Prior to that, he obtained his Masters and Bachelor Degrees from the University of Tokyo, advised by Dr. Yoshihide Sekimoto (Urban Informatics). He is also passionate in transforming research to support policy making. He was a Data Science Consultant for the World Bank, working on human mobility data analytics for urban disaster risk management and transportation resilience modeling.

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