Resume

 

Introduction

 

·         Name

Saurav Ranjit

·         Affiliation

 

LocationMind株式会社 (LocationMind Inc.) - Senior Data Engineer

 

 

Academic Degree

 

Degree

Affiliation

Year

PhD in Civil Engineering

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2015.10 2018.09

Master in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand

2013.01 – 2014.12

Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Kathmandu Engineering College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

2004.10 – 2009.05

 

 

Work Experience

 

Office

Post

Year

 LocationMind株式会社 (LocationMind Inc.),

Japan

Senior Data Engineer

2019.11 present

Center for Spatial Information Science,

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Visiting Researcher

2021.10 – 2024.03

Center for Spatial Information Science,

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Project Researcher

2018.10 – 2019.10

(Full Time)

 Center for Spatial Information Science,

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Technical Assistant

2017.06 – 2018.09

(Part Time)

Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Research Associate

2015.02 – 2015.08

(Full Time)

Toyota Tsusho Nexty Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.,

Thailand

Student Trainee

2014.04 – 2014.10

(Part Time)

Nepasoft Solutions Pvt Ltd., Nepal

 

Senior Software Developer

2010.01 – 2012.12

(Full Time)

HealthNet Nepal, Nepal

System Support Trainee

2008.08 – 2009.06

(Part Time)

 

 

Research Achievement

 

Journal Paper

1.   Ranjit, S., Witayangkurn, A., Nagai, M., Shibasaki, R. Agent-Based Modeling of Taxi Behavior Simulation with Probe Vehicle Data. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2018, 7, 177.

 

Book Chapter

1.   Ranjit S., Witayangkurn A., Nagai M., Shibasaki R. (2019) Taxi Behavior Simulation and Improvement with Agent-Based Modeling. In: Geertman S., Zhan Q., Allan A., Pettit C. (eds) Computational Urban Planning and Management for Smart Cities. CUPUM 2019. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham.

 

Conference Paper

1.   Ayumi Arai, Apichon Witayangkurn, Hiroshi Kanasugi, Zipei Fan, Wataru Ohira, Silvino Pedro Cumbane, Satoshi Miyazawa, Saurav Ranjit, Mohamed Batran, & Ryosuke Shibasaki. (2020, July 30). Building a data ecosystem for using telecom data to inform the COVID-19 response efforts. Data for Policy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3992420

2.   Y. Méneroux1., D. Manandhar., S. Ranjit., G. Saint Pierre., R. Shibasaki (2017). Positional Accuracy Control in Dense Urban Environment with Low-Cost Receiver and Multi-Constellation GNSS, 9th Multi-GNSS Asia (MGA) Conference, Jakarta (Indonesia)

3.   A. Peungnumsai, A. Witayangkurn, M. Nagai, A. Arai, S. Ranjit, B. R. Ghimire (2017) Bangkok Taxi Service Behavior Analysis using Taxi Probe Data and Questionnaire Survey, MISNC '17: Proceedings of the 4th Multidisciplinary International Social Networks Conference July 2017 Article No.: 14 Pages 1–8 https://doi.org/10.1145/3092090.3092117

4.   Ranjit, S., Nagai, M., Witayangkurn, A., Shibasaki, R. Sensitivity Analysis of Map Matching Techniques of High Sampling Rate GPS Data Point of Probe Taxi on Dense Open Street Map Road Network of Bangkok in a Large-Scale Data Computing Platform. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Adelaide, Australia.

5.   Ranjit, S., Nagai, M., Witayangkurn, A. Bangkok Taxi Probe’s Big Data Processing for Traffic Hotspot Analysis and Visualization Using the Apache Hadoop Distributed System. Proceeding of 8th ATRANS Symposium: Young Researcher’s Forum, 21 August 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.

6.   Ranjit, S., Nagai, M., Rittaporn, I., Hilding, F. GPS Enabled Taxi Probe’s Big Data Processing for Traffic Evaluation of Bangkok Using Apache Hadoop Distributed System (2014), Proceeding of 7th ATRANS Symposium: Young Researcher’s Forum, 22 August 2014, Bangkok, Thailand.

7.   Ranjit, S., Nagai, M., Rittaporn, I. GPS Enabled Taxi Probe’s Big Data Processing for Traffic Evaluation of Bangkok Using Apache Hadoop Distributed System (2014), 10th Asia GIS June 16 -17 2014, Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 

Conference/Poster Presentation

1.   Ranjit, S., Manandhar, D., Shibasaki, R.,Nagai, M., Witayangkurn, A. Utilization of GPS/GNSS Big Data from Probe Vehicle for Traffic Management in the context of Nepal, UN-Nepal Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, 12-16 December 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2.   Ranjit, S. Taxi Probe Data Analysis for Taxi Driver Profit: タクシーのプローブデータを解析して乗客の獲得を支援することにより、運転手の利益向上に貢献, G-SPASE: Annual Meeting, 22 February 2018, Japan.

3.   Ranjit, S. Taxi Probe Data Analysis for Business Catchment, G-SPASEG-EXPO Symposium, 13 October 2017, Tokyo, Japan.

4.   Ranjit, S. Taxi Probe Data Analysis to Estimate Customer Trend with Addressing Urban Traffic Issues, G-SPASE: Annual Meeting,23 February 2017, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Thesis

1.   Taxi GPS Data Analysis for The Improvement of Taxi Operation of Bangkok (バンコクにおけるタクシー運行改善のための GPS データ分析), 2018.

2.   Bangkok Taxi Probe’s Big Data Processing for Traffic Hotspot Analysis and Visualization Using the Apache Hadoop Distributed System, 2014.

 

 

Technical Expertise

 

Big Data Platform Infrastructure (Distributed Processing System)

·         Hadoop

·         Hive

·         Spark

Programming language/ Database

·         Java, Python, R

·         PostgreSql, MySql

Geospatial Data Processing/ Analytics

·         GPS probe vehicle data analysis

·         Mobile GPS big data analysis

·         CDR data analysis

GNSS Data Analytics

·         RTKLIB

GIS Tools

·         ArcGis, Qgis