Risa Kobayashi (小林 里瑳) is a Research Associate in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo. Her research interests include behavior models based on a discrete choice model, specifically landowner and travel behavior. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Japan, in March 2022, titled "Recursive Behavior Analysis of Landholding Dynamics and Trip Chains." She was appointed to the current position in April 2022.

Keyword: Discrete Choice Model, Behavior Modeling, Urban Planning

Detail

Work Experience

Guest Researcher Jun. 2023 - Jun. 2024.

 TRANSP-OR, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Research Associate Apr. 2022 - Present.

 Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Fellowships for Young Scientist (DC1) Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022.

 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Education

Ph.D. Eng. Sep. 2019 - Mar. 2022.

 Civil Engineering in Behavior in Networks Lab., The University of Tokyo, Japan, Adviser: Prof. Eiji Hato

M. Eng. Sep. 2017 - Sep. 2019.

 Civil Engineering in Behavior in Networks Lab., The University of Tokyo, Japan, with Adviser: Prof. Eiji Hato

M. Eng. Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2017.

 Urban Engineering in Urban Design Lab., The University of Tokyo, Japan, with Adviser: Prof. Yukio Nishimura

B. Eng. Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2016.

 Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan, with Adviser: Prof. Yukio Nishimura

Publications

Refereed Journal Papers

  1. Takashi OWAKI, Takayoshi YOSHIMURA, Risa KOBAYASHI, Eiji HATO, Analysis of Walking Path Selection in Touristic Area Using Prism-Constrained RL Model, Proceedings of the Conference of Japan Society of Traffic Engineers, 2023, Volume 43, Pages 397-401
  2. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: A two-sided market model of land responsive to changes in site choices associated with urban development, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 2021, Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 524-531
  3. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato:A Dynamic Land-owning Pattern Choice Model with Bellman Equation, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 2020, Volume 55, Issue 3, Pages 674-681.
  4. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato:A Land-owning Pattern Choice Model with EM algorithm, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 2019, Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 1245-1252.
  5. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato:An analysis of the relationship between turnover and the spacial transformation by transition of the land situations and the type of landownership, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 2018, Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 251-258.

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: Development and Empirical Analysis of a Model for Matching Land Transaction Considering the Influence of Excursion Travel Behavior, 12th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Espoo, Finland, Jun. 2024.
  2. Owaki, T., Kobayashi,R., Yoshimura, T., and Hato,E.: Modeling Pedestrian Route Choice in Touristic Area Using Prism-Constrained RL Models: A Case Study of Dogo District, the 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, TRBAM-24-06068, USA, Jan. 2024.
  3. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: Microscopic Interaction model between Land Ownership-Pedestrian Trip Chains with Integrated Structure Estimation Algorithm, 16th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Santiago, Chile, Dec. 2022.
  4. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: Dynamic Landholding Pattern Choice Model with Recursive Structures, The 26th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Online (Hong Kong), Hong Kong, Dec. 2022.
  5. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: Modeling of Microscopic Interactions among Land Transactions and Recursive Trip Chains, The 25th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Online (Hong Kong), Hong Kong, Dec. 2021.
  6. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: A two-sided market model of land responsive to changes in site choices associated with urban development, The 56th The Annual Conference of The City Planning Institute of Japan, Online (Ehime), Japan, Nov. 2021.
  7. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: A Dynamic Land-owning Pattern Choice Model with Bellman Equation, The 55th The Annual Conference of The City Planning Institute of Japan, Online, Japan, Nov. 2020.
  8. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: A Land-owning Pattern Choice Model with EM algorithm, The 54th The Annual Conference of The City Planning Institute of Japan, Yokohama, Japan, Nov 2019.
  9. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato: An analysis of the relationship between turnover and the spacial transformation by transition of the land situations and the type of landownership, The 53th The Annual Conference of The City Planning Institute of Japan, Osaka, Japan, Nov 2018.

Books

  1. JSCE Monthly Magazine Editorial Board: Redesign, A Decade From The Great East Japan Earthquake and Beyond

Working Papers

  1. Risa Kobayashi, Eiji Hato:Micro interaction modeling with the recursive structure for land transaction and activity chain in urban networks

Seminar Talks

  1. Risa Kobayashi, Migration Aspiration in the Mixed-Forced Situation in South Asia, 16th workshop on Discrete Choice Model, Lausanne, Jun 2024.
  2. Risa Kobayashi, Modeling and Case Study of Land Transaction Mechanism with Gale-Shapley Algorithm, #2 BinN Research Seminar: Can Urbanists Change Cities with Diverse Mathematics?; The 21th Summer School of Behavior Modeling 2022, Tokyo, Sep 2022.
  3. 小林里瑳, Behavior Analysis of Landholding and Recursive Trip Chains, 第39回TSUセミナー, Online, Feb 2021.
  4. 小林里瑳, 不確実な都市を評価する - 立地均衡モデルとリアル・オプション (Evaluating Uncertain Cities - Learning from Location Equilibrium Model and Real Options), 第三回復興デザイン会議全国大会 若手・学生研究による復興デザイン研究発表 (The 3rd Alliance for Disaster Re-Design),Online, Nov 2021.
  5. 小林里瑳, 道後の回遊行動とモデリング (Tourist Behavior Analysis and Modeling in Dogo), アーバンデザイン・スマートシティスクール, Online (Matsuyama), Oct 2021.
  6. Risa Kobayashi, Microscopic interaction modeling between land own travel behavior, Invited Interdisciplinary Research Session; The 20th Summer School of Behavior Modeling 2021, Online, Sep 2021.
  7. Risa Kobayashi, The choice problem on land ownership described by the recursive logit model families, The 13th International BiN Research Seminar, Online, Jul 2021.
  8. 小林里瑳, 異質性・再帰性を考慮した土地所有形態選択行動モデルの提案, 新道路若手研究者発表会, Online, Mar 2021.

Research Funds and Grants

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists 2024-2027

Strategic Basic Research Programs ACT-X for JST 2022-2025

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow 2020-2022

Fellowships

Long-term Research Program2023-2024

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow 2020-2022

Awards

Best Dissertation Prize / 第18回米谷・佐佐木賞(学位論文部門) Dec. 2022

Professional associations

Classes

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (as TA)

The University of Tokyo (Assignation/分担)

Address


東京都文京区本郷7-3-1 工学部1号館333室
Engineering Bldg.1 Room 333, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, JAPAN

Email


kobayashi[at]bin.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp