Hi there, I’m Billy Charlton
I am a researcher at Technische Universität Berlin focusing on data visualization for the MATSim transport simulation framework. MATSim is currently getting a lot of attention for its ability to simulate COVID-19 virus propagation as well as traffic scenarios for the impending doomsday arrival of robot cars.
Before coming to Berlin, I was Director of Data for the Puget Sound Regional Council in Seattle, USA. Our 22-person team managed all travel forecasting and land use / growth management in support of the Seattle metropolitan region’s planning goals.
I received my Masters in Civil Engineering from the Northwestern University Transportation Center and my undergraduate BSCE from Cornell University.
I am always looking for new interesting projects! Email me or find me on Twitter at @billyinberlin or Mastodon @billy@urbanists.social
Featured Projects
SimWrapper is the culmination of my Ph.D. thesis research: an open data visualization platform for examining outputs from MATSim and ActivitySim transport simulations.
Interactive visualizations of virus spreading through Berlin, plus dashboards for comparing results of hundreds of EpiSim simulations.
Featured Publications
Recent Blog Entries
Latest Personal News
- I moved to Berlin and started working at TU Berlin
- Spent the summer in San Francisco building Uber/Lyft data visualizations for SFCTA
- Left my position as Director of Data at PSRC in Seattle
Latest Travel & Conferences
Jan 8–12, '23 | TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC |
May 28, '22 | MATSim User Conference, Leuven, Belgium |
Oct 25–30, '20 | IEEE VIS, Online |
Jan 7–12, '20 | TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC |
Oct 10–12, '19 | PyData, Berlin |
Sep 21–26, '19 | hEART: European Assoc. for Research in Transportation, Prague |
Jun 2–5, '18 | TRB Applications Conference, Portland, OR |
Oct 16–26, '18 | IEEE VIS, Berlin |