Dimitriοs Tselentis

dimitris_tselentis Dimitrios Tselentis is a Civil Engineer, PhD and a Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He holds a Civil Engineering Diploma and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from NTUA (2012, 2018), majored in Transportation Engineering. His Ph.D. research was on driving behavior assessment using data science techniques.

Since his graduation, he has worked as a researcher in 11 research projects both in NTUA (Greece) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT, Australia). He has published 9 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and 18 scientific papers in international conference proceedings (after peer review), and he serves as a reviewer in 9 scientific journals. His primary research fields are Road Safety, Driving Behavior, Transportation data analysis, Machine Learning applications, Statistics and Econometrics, Traffic Simulation and Forecasting, Energy Efficient Vehicles and Congestion Pricing. He has also worked as a technology consultant since 2014 in several projects of Ernst & Young and OSeven Telematics involving Data and Analytics.

Education

PhD in Civil Engineering, Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, NTUA.
- Doctoral dissertation title:”Benchmarking Driving Efficiency through Data Science Techniques applied on Large-Scale Smartphone Data”
MEng in Civil Engineering, NTUA (5-year Diploma, major in Transportation Engineering)
- MEng thesis title: “Forecasting traffic speed in freeways using time-series models with spatio-temporal correlations”

Specialisation areas

Road Safety
Driver’s Behavior and Traffic Risk
Transportation Statistics and Econometrics
Time-Series Modeling
Machine Learning applications
Traffic Simulation and Forecasting
Naturalistic driving data
Energy Efficient Vehicles and Congestion Pricing

Research experience

Associate Researcher (December 2014 – present)

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
- “Investigation of the socio-economic impact of ride sharing services in Athens” carried out for Uber B.V.
- “i-Dreams: Safety Tolerance zone calculation and interventions for driver – vehicle – environment interactions under challenging conditions” of the Horizon 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission
- “LEVITATE – Societal Level Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles” of the Horizon 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission
- “SAFETYCUBE – Safety Causation, Benefits and Efficiency” of the Horizons 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission.
- “ELDERSAFE – Risks and Countermeasures for Road Traffic of the Elderly in Europe” carried out for the Directorate General for Transport and Mobility of the European Commission
- “BESAFE – Belarusian road safety network” of the Tempus programme of the European Commission.
- “PRACT – Predicting road accidents – a transferable methodology across Europe” carried out for the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR).
- “ERSO+ – Update of the European Road Safety Observatory” carried out for the Directorate General for Transport and Mobility of the European Commission.
- “PEDMOD – Models of Pedestrian Behaviour and Safety” in the framework of the Support Action for PostDoc Researchers of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology.

Assistant Researcher (January 2014 – September 2014)

Queensland University of Technology (QUT), AutoCRC Ltd (“AutoCRC”), Malaysia Automotive Institute – a body corporate incorporated in Malaysia
- Energy efficient vehicle (EEV) Future Regional Market and Technology
  Uptake Study

Assistant Researcher (October 2012 – January 2014)

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
- “EERNV: Energy Efficiency of Road Networks and Vehicles: Measurement, Pricing, Regional and Environmental Effects’’, Thalis Research Program, Ministry of Education and Lifelong Learning.

Academic Experience

December 2014 – present
- Assistant supervisor in 10 MEng Thesis
- Teaching assistant in 5 subjects:
  - Traffic Flow Theory and Applications”
  - “Urban Road Networks”
  - “Traffic Safety and Management”
  - “Quantitative Methods in Transportation”
  - “Special Issues in Transportation Engineering”Teaching assistant at “Traffic Flow Theory”

Publications

Publications in scientific journals

Tselentis I. D., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. (2020) “Temporal Analysis of Driving Efficiency Using Smartphone Data”. Accident Analysis & Prevention. (Under Review)
Tselentis I. D., Folla K., Vittoratou N., George Y., Golias J. (2020) “Investigation of the correlation between stated and revealed driving behaviour using data collected from on-board diagnostics (OBD) devices”. Advances in Transportation Studies: An International Journal. (Under Review)
Anna-Maria Stavrakaki, Tselentis I. D., Barmpounakis Ε. Ν., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. (2020) “Estimating the Necessary Amount of Driving Data for Assessing Driving Behavior”. Sensors; 20(9):2600; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20092600
Ziakopoulos A., Tselentis I. D., Kontaxi A., George Y. (2020) “A critical overview of driver recording tools”. Journal of Safety Research, Volume 72, Pages 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2019.12.021
Tselentis, D. I., Vlahogianni, E. I., & Yannis, G. (2019). “Driving safety efficiency benchmarking using smartphone data”. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 109C, 343-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.11.006
Papadimitriou, E., Argyropoulou, A., Tselentis, D. I., & Yannis, G. (2019). “Analysis of driver behaviour through smartphone data: The case of mobile phone use while driving.” Safety Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.05.059
Tselentis I. D., Theofilatos A., George Y., Konstantinopoulos E. (2018). “Public opinion on usage-based motor insurance schemes: A stated preference approach”, Travel Behaviour and Society, Volume 11, April 2018, Pages 111–118.
Tselentis, D. I., Yannis, G., & Vlahogianni, E. I. (2017). “Innovative motor insurance schemes: a review of current practices and emerging challenges.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 98, 139-148.
Papadimitriou, E., Lassarre, S., Yannis, G., & Tselentis, D. I. (2016). “Road, Traffic, and Human Factors of Pedestrian Crossing Behavior: Integrated Choice and Latent Variables Models.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2586), 28-38.
Vlahogianni, E. I., Karlaftis, M. G., Nikolas Papageorgiou and Tselentis, D. I. (2014). “Factors Influencing Freeway Traffic Upstream of an Incident”. Advances in Transportation Studies, 2014 Special Issue, Vol. 1, 17-26.
Tselentis, D. I., Vlahogianni, E. I., & Karlaftis, M. G. (2014). “Improving short-term traffic forecasts: to combine models or not to combine?”. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 9(2), 193-201.

Publications in international conferences

Parmaksizoglou I., Tselentis D. I. & Yannis, G. (2020) “Spatial analysis of driver safety behaviour using data from smartphones”. Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020
Tselentis, D., Kostoulas, G., Kontonasios, K.-N., Fortsakis, P., & Yannis, G. (2020) “Driver feedback during naturalistic driving experiments: A review of types, methods and future challenges”. Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020
Tselentis I. D., Folla K., Vittoratou N., George Y., Golias J. “Investigation of the correlation between stated and revealed driving behaviour using data collected from on-board diagnostics (OBD) devices”. World Conference on Transport Research, 2019
Tselentis I. D., Folla K., Agathangelou V., George Y. “Investigating the Correlation between Driver’s Characteristics and Safety Performance”. World Conference on Transport Research, 2019
Tselentis I. D., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. “Hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis for Large-Scale Smartphone Data Modeling”. World Conference on Transport Research, 2019
Tselentis I. D., Gonidi C., George Y. “Driving speed model development using driving data obtained from smartphone sensors”. World Conference on Transport Research, 2019
Tselentis I. D., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. “Investigating the Temporal Evolution of Driving Safety Efficiency Using Data Collected from Smartphone Sensors”. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. No. 19-03473. 2019
Anna-Maria Stavrakaki, Tselentis I. D., Barmpounakis Ε. Ν., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. “How Much Driving Data Do We Need To Assess Driver Behavior?”.Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. No. 19-02956. 2019
Theofilatos A., George Y., Tselentis I. D., Papadimitrou E., Quan Y. (2017). “Exploring Weather Effects on Powered-Two-Wheeler Safety on Urban Arterials in Athens”. hEART 2018.
Eleonora Papadimitriou, Dimitris Tselentis, George Yannis. “Analysis of Driving Behaviour Characteristics on the basis of Smartphone Data.” Transport Research Arena 2018.
Dimitrios I. Tselentis, Eleni I. Vlahogianni, George Yannis. “Comparative Evaluation of Driving Efficiency Using Smartphone Data.” Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting. No. 18-04182. 2018.
George Yannis, Dimitrios I. Tselentis, Eleni I. Vlahogianni, Anastasia Argyropoulou. “Monitoring distraction through smartphone naturalistic driving experiment“ 6th International Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium, The Hague, Netherlands, 7-9 June 2017.
Theofilatos A., Tselentis. I. D., Yannis. G., Konstantinopoulos M. (2017) ”Willingness – to – Pay for Usage-Based Motor Insurance”, Proceedings of the 96th Annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C, January 8-12, 2017.
Yannis G., Tselentis D., Papadimitriou E., Mavromatis S., “Star rating driver traffic and safety behavior through OBD and smartphone data collection”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Transport Systems, Technical University of Brest, Brest, Belarus, May 2016.
Tselentis, D. I., Yannis, G., & Vlahogianni, E. I. (2016). “Innovative insurance schemes: pay as/how you drive.” Transportation Research Procedia, 14, 362-371.
Papadimitriou E., Lassarre S., Yannis G., Tselentis I. D. (2016) “Road, Traffic, and Human Factors of Pedestrian Crossing Behavior: Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Models”, Proceedings of the 95th Annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C, January 10-14, 2016.

Publications in Greek conferences

Tselentis I. D., Vlahogianni I. E., George Y. (2018). “Quantifying the Need for Driving Data Collection in Driving Behaviour Assessment Using Smartphone Data”. PanHellenic Road Safety Conference.
Tselentis I. D., Kokkinakis A., George Y. (2018). “Harsh manoeuvers investigation using naturalistic driving experiment data collected from smartphone devices”. PanHellenic Road Safety Conference.

Presentations in International conferences

Yannis G., Tselentis D. I., Konstantinopoulos E. (2016). “Willingness to pay for innovative vehicle insurance schemes”. Presented in the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Tampere, Finland, 18 – 21 September 2016.
Yannis G., Tselentis D. I. 2015. “Bicycle Traffic Rules Survey”. Presented in 21st meeting of the international traffic safety data and analysis group (IRTAD), 12-14 October 2015, Ljubljana – Slovenia.
Yannis G., Tselentis D. I. 2015. “Star rating driver traffic and safety behaviour through OBD and smartphone data collection”. Presented in International Symposium on Road Safety Behaviour Measurements and Indicators, 23 April 2015, Brussels – Belgium.

Awards – Distinctions

NTUA Thomaideio Award (2016, 2017, 2018 )
Autocrc & Malaysia Automotive Institute Research Scholarship (2014)
Qualification to the second phase of the Panhellenic mathematical competition (Number of qualifying students: approximately 700 per class level, Award “Euclid”) (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Qualification to the third phase of the Panhellenic mathematical competition (Number of qualifying students: approximately 70 per class level, Award “Archimedes”) (2004)

Computer Skills

General