Michael Hunter

Director

Traffic science and engineering, specializing in adaptive signal control, traffic simulation, freeway geometric design, and arterial corridor operations

Bio

Dr. Hunter is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His primary teaching and research interests are in transportation operations and design, specializing in adaptive signal control, traffic simulation, freeway geometric design, and arterial corridor operations. Dr. Hunter obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University (1992), his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (1994), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2003). After obtaining his M.S. he worked as a transportation engineer for several years at the Sear-Brown Group in Rochester, NY. He has conducted numerous traffic impact studies, signal timing projects, freeway operation evaluations, toll plaza analyzes, etc.

Recent Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Seshasayee, B., H. Wu, Y. Huang, H. K. Kim, W. Suh, M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto, R. Guensler and K. Schwan, Dynamic Data Driven Transportation Systems (book chapter, submitted 2010) Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems, Springer-Verlag.

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Adaptive Traffic Signal Control. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  • Huang, Y., C. Alexopoulos, M. Hunter, and R. Fujimoto. <em>(submitted, August 2010) Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Queuing Networks. Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SIMULATION), Special Issue Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation.
  • Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, and R. Rodgers., (submitted, July 2010) Speed Profile Variation as a Road Network Screening Tool. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
  • Jenior, P. and M. Hunter, (submitted, July 2010) State of Malfunction Mode Policies and Practice. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
  • Suh, W. and M. Hunter, (submitted, July 2010) Displaced Left-Turn Intersection: Monte Carlo Method for Intersection Signal Design. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
  • Hunter, M., P. Jenior, J. Bansen, and M. Rodgers. (submitted, May 2009) Mode of Flashing for Malfunctioning Traffic Signals. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.
  • Wu, S., M. Hunter, C. Lee, and M. Rodgers. (accepted for publication, May 2010) Evaluation of Traffic Signal Control System Using a System-wide Performance Measure under Two-Fluid Model Theory. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Korean Society of Civil Engineering.
  • Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, K. Dixon and R. Rodgers. (accepted for publication, February 2010) Measurement and Comparison of Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Transportation Research Board Operational Effects of Geometrics Committee, Best Paper Award 2010.
  • Hunter, M., M. Roe, S. Wu. (accepted for publication, February 2010) Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Evaluation of Adaptive Signal Control. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
  • Seshasayee, B., M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto, R. Guensler, K. Schwan, H. Kim, J. Sirichoke, and W. Suh. (accepted for publication, 2008). On the Resilience of Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Surface Transportation Systems with Unreliable Communications, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology, special issue on Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems (DDDAS).
  • Hunter, M., A. Guin, S. Boonsiripant, M. Rodgers, D. Jared. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Converging Chevron Pavement Markings in Reducing Speed on Freeway Ramps. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2149, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2010. pp 50-58.
  • Ko, J., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter. Analysis of Effects of Driver/Vehicle Characteristics on Acceleration Noise Using GPS-Equipped Vehicles. Transportation Research Part F. Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2010, pp 21-31.
  • Dixon, K., M. Liebler, and M. Hunter. Urban Roadside Safety - Cluster Crash Evaluation, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2120, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2009. pp 74-81.
  • Ko, J., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter. An Exploration of the Relationship between Roadway Characteristics and Speed Variation, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2092, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp 1-10.
  • Hunter, M., R. Fujimoto, J. Sirichoke, M. Palekar, H.K. Kim, and W. Suh. Ad Hoc Distributed Dynamic Data Driven Simulations of Surface Transportation Systems, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 85, No. 4, April 2009, pp. 243-255.
  • Wu, H., R. Fujimoto, G. Riley, and M. Hunter. Spatial Propagation of Information in Vehicular Network, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, No. 1, January 2009, pp 420-431.
  • Ko, J., M. Hunter, and R. Guensler. Measuring Control Delay Components Using Second-by-Second GPS Speed Data, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 134, No. 8, 2008. pp 338-346.
  • Oricchio, V., M. Hunter, and D. Jared. Microscopic Simulation Model of Traffic Operations at Intersections in Malfunction Flash Mode, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2080, Traffic Signal Systems, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp 67-74.
  • Guin, A., M. Hunter, and R. Guensler. Analysis of Reduction in Effective Capacities on High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lanes Related to Traffic Behaviour, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2065, Traffic Signal Systems, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp 47-53.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Henclewood, D., A. Guin, R. Guensler, R. Fujimoto and M. Hunter. (invited) Real-Time Data Driven Arterial Simulation for Performance Measure Estimation. Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. B. Johansson, S. Jain, J. Montoya-Torres, J. Hugan, and E. Yücesan, eds., WSC, Baltimore Md, Dec. 2010.
  • Hunter, M., S. Wu, and H. K. Kim. Evaluation of Adaptive Traffic Signal Control: Case Study of Cobb County SCATS. ITS 17th World Congress, Busan, Korea, 2010. Oct 25-29, 2010.
  • Huang, Y., C. Alexopoulos, R. Fujimoto, and M. Hunter. Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Queuing Networks. Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS) 2010. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. May 17-19, 2010, (Best Paper Award).
  • Palagummi, V., R. Fujimoto, M. Hunter. Techniques for Rapid Initialization in In-Vehicle Traffic Simulators. Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, Dec. 2009.
  • H. K. Kim, M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto. (invited)A Simulation-Based Investigation of A Dynamic Advanced Traveler Information System. Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, Dec. 2009.
  • Baker, B., E. Hagler, T. Harvey, K. Jones, M. Pieper, B. Stensland, P. Thiruvengadachari, E. Thompson, J. Watts, J. Young, R. Guensler, M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto. (invited) Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, 2009.
  • Li, Y., R. Fujimoto, and M. Hunter. (accepted) Online Travel Time Prediction Based on Boosting. The 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - ITSC 2009, St. Louis, MO, October 2009.
  • Hunter, M., J. Sirichoke, and R. Fujimoto. Embedded Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Monitoring and Control. INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, Simulation: At the Interface of Modeling and Analysis. University of Warwick, Coventry UK, June 2009.
  • Henclewood, D., M. Smith, L. Garrow, A. Guin, M. Hunter, and M. Usselman. Building Engineering Achievement Through Transportation (BEAT): A Traffic Engineering Program for High School Students. In proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Marietta, GA, pp. 1-10. 2009.
  • Henclewood, D., M. Hunter, and R. Fujimoto. Proposed Methodology For A Data Driven Simulation For Estimating Performance Measures Along Signalized Arterials In Real-Time, Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, WSC, Miami Florida, 2008.
  • Brandstetter, T., L. Garrow, M. Hunter, and F. Southworth. Modeling Altruistic and Aggressive Driver Behavior in a No-Notice Evacuation, Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2008.

NON-REFERRED CONFERENCES, PROCEEDINGS AND WHITE PAPERS

  • Hunter, M., R. Fujimoto, and R. Guensler. White Paper: Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, submitted to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., November 2008.
  • Hunter, M., and R. Fujimoto. White Paper: Inform the Five Year Strategic Plan for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, submitted to Request for Input (RFI), Invitation to Submit White Papers to Inform the Five-Year Strategic Plan for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research & Development Program, http://www.nitrd.gov/about/documents/NITRDStrategicPlanRFIv13.pdf, August 2008.
  • Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, and K. Dixon. Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections based on GPS Data, Georgia Institute of Transportation Engineers Summer Seminar, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 2008. (Best Paper Award).

Recent Presentations

 


  • Hunter, M., A. Guin, S. Boonsiripant. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Converging Chevron Pavement Markings, Presentation Project Findings. Presented to Georgia Department of Transportation, Transportation Management Center, Oct 28th, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., M. Rodgers, A. Guin, L. Peesapati. Evaluation of Intersection Countermeasures on High Speed Rural Multi-Lane Facilities, Project Update. Presented to Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 8th, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M. (invited) Embedded Ad-Hoc Transportation Simulation for System Monitoring and Control. ITS Georgia 2009 Annual Meeting, Young Harris, Ga., Oct. 5, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., M. Roe, S. Wu. HILS Evaluation of Cobb Parkway ATMS; presented to Cobb County Department of Transportation and the Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, May 29th, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., R. M. Fujimoto, C. Alexopoulos, R. Guensler, and F. Southworth (2009); Embedded Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Management; 2009 NSF EFRI Annual Grantees Conference; Arlington, VA; March 2009.
     

  • Henclewood, D., M. Hunter, A. Guin, and R. Fujimoto, Real-Time Simulation of Arterials With Use of Video Detection and Microscopic Traffic Simulations, SDITE 2009 Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, March 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., R. Guensler, R. Fujimoto, V. Elango, A. Guin, and D. Henclewood. Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, Initial Findings, Final Presentation. Video presentation from Atlanta Georgia to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., Feb 26, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., R. Guensler, R. Fujimoto, V. Elango, A. Guin, and D. Henclewood. Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, Initial Findings. Video presentation from Atlanta Georgia to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., Feb 11, 2009.
     

  • Hunter, M., Transportation Operational Data, Computational Science and Engineering Division Faculty Retreat, Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Ga. 30083, October 2008.
     

  • Hunter, M., Malfunctioning Traffic Signals, Analysis and Recommendations, Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, Ga., May 2008.
     

  • Dixon, K. and M. Hunter. Estimating Urban Operating Speed Models Using In-Vehicle Data Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2008.