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Christopher P. Monterola, PhD
Professor
Aboitiz Chair in Data Science
Head, Aboitiz School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Executive Managing Director, ACCeSs@AIM
Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Physics, (Most Outstanding PhD Student (College of Science), Edgardo Gomez Award for Excellence in Dissertation Research, Batch Valedictorian), University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)
- Master of Science in Physics, (Most outstanding MS student (College of Science), Batch Valedictorian), University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, (Magna cum Laude, Dean’s medallion, Best Thesis), University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)
Professional and Academic Experience
- Senior Scientist and Capability Group Manager (CGM) of the Complex Systems (CxSy) Capability Group, Computing Science Department, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore (founding CGM, August 2013-present)
- Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Complexity Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. (October 2015-present)
- Principal Investigator, Complex Systems Programme, A*STAR Urban Systems Initiative (2012-present)
Affiliations, Awards, and Honors
- 2016, Country Prize Winner (Singapore), United Nation Global Pulse's The Big IDEAS Competition for Sustainable Cities and Urban Communities, June 2016. EF Legara, C Monterola, JF Valenzuela.
- 2016, SMRT Most Innovative Solution Award, IHPC (from CxSy MA Ramli, V Jayaraman, G Lee, C Monterola), SMRT Vendors'; Day, 30 March 2016.
- 2014, ICCS Best Workshop Paper. N Othman, EF Legara, V Selvam, C Monterola, "Simulating Congestion Dynamics of Train Rapid Transit using Smart Card Data," International Conference on Computational Science, Cairns, Australia, 9-12 June 2014.
- 2013, IEEE SCALE Challenge. First Prize Winner. H Kasim, T Hung, EF Legara, C Monterola, G Lee, X Li, BS Lee, S Lu, L Wang, and V Jayaraman, "Scalable Complex System Modeling for Sustainable City," Sixth IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2013), Delft, Netherlands, 14-16 May 2013.
- 2009-present, Conferred the scientist rank 1 by the University of the Philippines System
- 2008-2012, University of the Philippines Centennial Professorial Chair
- EF Legara and C Monterola
Inferring Passenger Types from Commuter Eigentravel Matrices
Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, published online on 28 Feb 2017.
keywords: human mobility, travel pattern recognition, activity pattern recognition, automated fare collection, machine learning
- B Yang and C Monterola*
Efficient intersection control for minimally guided vehicles: A self-organised and decentralised approach
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 72, pp. 283-305, 2016.
keywords: Urban intersection control; Lightless intersection control; Intelligent
transportation system; Traffic modelling and simulations
- J Pang and C Monterola*
Dendritic growth model of multilevel marketing
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 43, pp. 100–110, 2017.
keywords: dendritic networks, multilevel marketing, balancing factor, Pareto principle
- N Hu, EF Legara, GG Hung, KK Lee, and C Monterola*
[PDF] Impacts of land use and amenities on public transport use, urban planning and design
Land Use Policy 57, pp. 356–367, 2016.
keywords: land-use, transport, urban planning, urban design, LUTM
- B Yang, X Xinhua, ZF Pang, C Monterola
Cluster Statistics and Quasisoliton Dynamics in Microscopic Optimal Velocity Models
Physical Review E 93: 042212, 2016.
keywords: optimal velocity model, traffic, quasi-soliton dynamics
- HY Xu, G Li, EF Legara, SH Kuo, D Zhao and C Monterola*
[PDF] Generalized cross entropy method for estimating joint distribution from incomplete information
Physica A 453, Pages 162–172, July 2016.
keywords: Maximum entropy, Minimum discrimination information, Joint distribution, KL
- MA Ramli*, V Jayaraman, C Monterola, et al
Impact of Commuter Fluctuations on the Headway Regularity of Public Buses in Singapore
Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 2016.
keywords: Commuter waiting time, regularity, public bus, headway
- C Monterola*, EF Legara, P Di, KK Lee, GG Hung
Non-invasive procedure to probe the route choices of commuters in rail transit systems
Procedia Computer Science 80, 2016, pp. 2387–2391. (Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Science 2016)
keywords: Route choices, Rail transit systems, Travel time distribution, Gumbel distribution, Arrival times
- B Yang, L Chea, A Verma and C Monterola*
Self-organized traffic flow at the lightless intersection: algorithms, policies and simulations of the environmental Impact
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 18, Dec 2015.
keywords: Urban Intersection control . Lightless . Fuel use . GHG footprint
- B Yang* and C Monterola
Classification and unification of the microscopic deterministic traffic models
Physical Review E 92, 042802, 02 October 2015.
keywords: Traffic models, two-phase and three-phase models, generalized optimal velocity model, intelligent driver model
- G Li, D Zhao, SH Kuo, HY Xu, N Hu, G Zhao, C Monterola*
Entropy based modelling for estimating demographic trends
Plos One September 18, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137324
keywords: Age structured population model, entropy based method, household size model, convex optimisation
- V Narang, MA Ramli, M Poidinger, A Singhal, P Kumar, G de Libero, C Monterola*
Automated identification of core regulatory genes in human gene regulatory networks
Plos Comp. Biology September 22, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004504
keywords: Human Gene Regulatory networks, Community detection, Heirarchial Clustering, mRNA, Transcription factors
- N. Huynh*, E.F. Legara,C Monterola
A dynamical model of twitter activity profiles
Proceedings of 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media Accepted: May 2015
keywords: Twitter activities, Topic diffusion, Clustering analysis
- F Ling, C Monterola, Y Hu
The simplified self-consistent probabilities method for percolation and its application to interdependent networks
New Journal of Physics New J. Phys. 17 063025 June 2015
keywords: Interdependent networks; Self-consistent probability equations; Critical phase transition; Percolation theory; Critical threshold
- X Su*, J Pang, C Monterola
Asymmetric optimal-velocity car-following model
Physica A Vol. 436 Pages 565–571 October 2015
keywords: Car-following theory, Assymetric optimal-velocity; Critical density; Linear stability condition
- Y Bo, C Monterola
A general scheme for deterministic microscopic traffic models. Part 1 Theoretical construction
Traffic and Granular Flow Pages 451-458 2016
keywords: Traffic models, two-phase vs three phase, car following models
- Y Bo, C Monterola
A general scheme for deterministic microscopic traffic models. Part 2 Empirical Verifications
Traffic and Granular Flow Pages 451-458 2016
keywords: Traffic models, two-phase vs three phase, car following models
- NB Othman, EF Legara, V Selvam and C Monterola *
A data-driven agent-based model of congestion and scaling dynamics of rapid transit systems
Journal of Computational Science 10, ASeptember 2015, Pages 338–350.
keywords: Agent-based model; Rapid transit systems; Congestion; Smart card data
- MA Ramli and C Monterola*
The resilience of the encounter network of commuters for a metropolitan public bus system
Proceedings of ICCS, Accepted: March 2015
keywords: Encounter networks; Epidemic models; Network properties
- EF Legara, KK Lee, GG Hung and C Monterola*
Mechanism-based model of a mass rapid transit system: A perspective
Intl Journal of Modern Physics C 36 2015
keywords: Agent-based model; Rapid transit systems; Capacity; Power Law; Complex systems
- Bo Yang, Soo Kng Teo, Bart Hoeben, Christopher Monterola, Yi Su
Robust identification of heartbeats with blood pressure signals and noise detection
Computing in Cardiology, pp. 565-568 Sept 2014
keywords: ECG heartbeats; signal detection; noise detection; heart beat classification
- MA Ramli and C Monterola*
Probing and shaping the information transfer of noise-perturbed complex networks
Journal of Computational Science. Accepted: 12 August 2014
keywords: Adaptive thresholding; Stochastic resonance; Complex networks; First passage time; Markov chains
- C Abundo, C Monterola*, EF Legara
Criticality of forcing directions on the fragmentation and resilience of grid networks
Nature Scientific Reports. Accepted: 30 July 2014
keywords: Networks; Basquin's law; Link preservation; Memory
- ZF Pang, N Othman, KM Ng and C Monterola*
Efficiency and robustness of different bus network designs
Intl Journal of Modern Physics C 26, 1550024 (2015)
keywords: Bus network optimization; network designs; multi-objective optimization
- JF Valenzuela, C Monterola, EF Legara, X Fu, and SM Goh
On centripetal flows of entities in scale free networks with nodes of finite capability
Complexity 21, September 2015 Pages 283–295.
keywords: Flows; Traffic; Scale-free networks
- A Paguirigan Jr, C Monterola, and R Batac* Loss of criticality in the avalanche statistics of sandpiles with dissipative sites
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 20, March 2015, Pages 785–793.
keywords: Sandpile models; Scaling phenomena in complex systems; Self-organization of complex systems; Computational techniques: statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics
- C David*, EF Legara, JM Atun, C Monterola
News frames of the population issue in the Philippines
International Journal of Communication 8, pp. 1247-1267, 2014.
keywords: Framing; Semantic Network Analysis; News Frames; Population; Family Planning
- MA Ramli, C Monterola*, KK Lee, and GG Hung A method to ascertain rapid transit systems' throughput distribution using network analysis
Procedia Computer Science 29, pp. 1621–1630, 2014.
keywords: Complex networks; Centralities; Transport dynamics; Rail transit systems
- NB Othman, EF Legara, V Selvam, and C Monterola*
Simulating congestion dynamics of train rapid transit using smart card data
Procedia Computer Science 29, pp. 1610–1620 2014.
keywords: Multiagent systems; Transport dynamics; Rail transit systems
- JF Valenzuela, EF Legara, X Fu, RSM Goh, R de Souza, and C Monterola*
A network perspective on the calamity–induced inaccessibility of communities and the robustness of centralized, landbound relief efforts
Intl. J. of Mod. Phys. C. 25, 1450047, 2014.
DOI No. 10.1142/S0129183114500478
keywords: Relief Operations; Calamities; Logistics; Complex networks
- EF Legara, C Monterola*, KK Lee, GG Hung
Critical capacity, travel time delays and travel time distribution of rapid mass transit systems
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 406, pp. 100–106, 15 July 2014.
keywords: Agent-based modelling; Transport dynamics; Rail transit systems
- J. Decraene, C. Monterola*, KK Lee, GG Hung, M. Batty
The Emergence of Urban Land Use Patterns Driven by Dispersion and Aggregation Mechanisms
PLoS ONE 8(12): e80309 (2013).
DOI No. 10.1371/journal.pone.0080309
keywords: Entropy; Land use; Quality of life; Radii; Singapore; Statistical dispersion; Topographic maps; Urban environments
- J. Pang, C. Monterola, and J. Bantang*
Noise-induced synchronization in a lattice Hodgkin-Huxley neural network
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 393, pp. 638–645 (2014).
DOI No. 10.1016/j.physa.2013.08.069
keywords: Hodgkin–Huxley neurons; Lattice network; Synchronization
- E.F. Legara*, C. Monterola*, and C. David>
Complex Network Tools in Building Expert Systems that Perform Framing Analysis
Expert Systems With Applications 40, Issue 11, pp. 4600–4608 (2013).
DOI No. 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.01.064
keywords: Framing analysis; Complex network analysis; Clustering analysis; Community detection
- J. Decraene, C. Monterola*, G. Lee, and T. Hung
A Quantitative Procedure for the Spatial Characterization of Urban Land Use
Intl. J. of Mod. Phys. C. 24, Issue 01, 1250092 (2013).
DOI No. 10.1142/S0129183112500921 keywords: Spatial entropy; dissimilarity index; land use; urban planning and development
- J.C. Pang, J. Bantang and C. Monterola*
Effect of random link malfunctions to synchronization of Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons in a lattice network
Intl. J. of Mod. Phys. C 23, Issue 03, pp. 1250027-1- 14 (2012).
DOI No. 10.1142/S0129183112500271 keywords: Hodgkin–Huxley neurons; Lattice network; Synchronization
- R. Batac, A. Longjas and C. Monterola*
Statistical distributions of avalanche size and waiting times in an inter-sandpile cascade model
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 391, Issue 3, pp. 616–624 (2012).
DOI No. 10.1016/j.physa.2011.08.032
keywords: Inter-sandpile cascade model; Landslides; Cellular automata
