ANILKUMAR BACHU

Education

TEACHING

Courses offering at IIT Patna

1. CE 111 - Engineering Drawing
2. CE 213 - Fluid Mechanics
First Day
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Lecture - 3
Lecture - 4
Lecture - 5

3. CE 291- Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Teaching assistant at IIT Madras

1. CE 5830 - Traffic Engineering and Managment
2. CE 6840 - Traffic Flow Theory
3. CE 5390 - Intelligent Transportation Systems
4. CE 3010 - Traffic Engineering - II

Research interests

• Public Transportation Systems
• Public Transportation Systems
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Traffic Operations and Managemnet
• Traffic Flow Modelling
• Traffic Database Management
• Traveller Information Systems

Publications

Journal Publications

1. Kumar, B.A., K.K.Reddy, and L. Vanajakshi. Bus Travel Time Prediction using Support Vector Machines for High Variance Conditions. Taylor and Francis - Transport (In Press)
2. Kumar, B.A., H. Prasath, and L. Vanajakshi. (2019). Dynamic Bus Scheduling based on Real-Time Demand and Travel Time. International Journal of Civil Engineering . pp. 1-10. PDF
3. Achar, A., Dhivya Bharathi, B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi. (2019). Bus Arrival Time Prediction: A Spatial Kalman Filter Approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. pp. 1-10. PDF
4. Jairam, R., B.A. Kumar, S. Arkatkar, and L. Vanajakshi (2018). Performance Comparison of Bus Travel Time Prediction Models across Indian Cities. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . Vol. 2672(31), pp. 1-10. PDF
5. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian (2018). A Hybrid Model Based Method for Bus Travel Time Estimation. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations . Vol. 22(5), pp. 390-406. PDF
6. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian (2017). Bus Travel Time Prediction using a Time-Space Discretization Approach. Transportation Research Part-C: Emerging Technologies . Vol. 79, pp. 308-332. PDF
7. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian (2017). Pattern-Based Time-Discretized Method for Bus Travel Time Prediction. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, ASCE . Vol. 143(6), pp. 04017012:1-15 PDF
8. Kumar, B.A., R. Jairam, L. Vanajakshi, and S. Arkatkar. (2017). Real Time Bus Travel Time Prediction using k-NN Classifier. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research . PDF
9. Kumar, B.A., V. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. (2017). Performance Comparison of Data Driven and Less Data Demanding Techniques for Bus Travel Time Prediction. European Transport . Vol. 65(9), ISSN: 1825-3997. PDF
10. Behera, R., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. (2017). Real Time Identification of Inputs for a BATP Systems using Data Analytics. International Journal of Civil Engineering . Vol. 15(8), pp. 1173-1185, PDF
11. Dhivyabharathi, B.,B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi, and M. Panda. (2017). Particle Filter for Reliable Bus Travel Time Prediction under Indian Traffic Conditions. Transportation in Developing Economies: Journal of Transportation Research Group of India. . Vol. 3(13), PDF
12. Reddy, K.K., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. (2016). Bus Travel Time Prediction under High Variability Conditions. Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences. . Vol. 111, pp. 700-711. PDF
13. Kumar, B.A., S. Mothukuri, L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. (2015). Analytical Approach to Identify the Optimum Inputs for a Bus Travel Time Prediction Method. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . Vol. 2535, pp. 25-34. PDF

International Conferences

1. Gracious, R., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Performance Evaluation of Passenger Information Systems. 5th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Transportation Research Group of India, Bhopal, India, 18-21 December 2019.
2. Gracious, R., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Characterizing Bus Travel Time using Big Data Visualization Techniques. 5th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Transportation Research Group of India, Bhopal, India, 18-21 December 2019.
3. Kumar, B.A., A. Achar, Dhivya Bharathi, and L. Vanajakshi. A Seasonal Modelling Approach Capturing Spatio-Temporal Correlations for Dynamic Bus Travel Time Prediction. 2019 22nd IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference - ITSC 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, 27-30 October 2019.
4. Narayanan, A., C. Pranesh, S. Nagavarapu, B.A. Kumar, and J. Dauwles. Data-driven Models for Short-term Travel Time Prediction. 2019 22nd IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference - ITSC 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, 27-30 October 2019.
5. Achar, A., R. Regikuamr, and B.A. Kumar. Dynamic Bus Arrival Time Prediction exploiting Non-linear Correlations. The 2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Budapest, Hungary, 14-19 July 2019.
6. Kumar, B.A., H. Prasath, and L. Vanajakshi. Demand and Travel Time Responsive Real-Time Bus Scheduling. 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board . Washington D.C., USA, 13-17 Jan 2019.
7. George, R., B.A. Kumar L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Traffic Density Estimation under Lane Indisciplined Conditions using Strips along the Road Width. 11th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS: Intelligent Transportation Systems Workshop, Bengaluru, India, 7-11 Jan 2019.
8. Jairam, R., B.A. Kumar, S. Arkatkar, and L. Vanajakshi. Performance Comparison of Bus Travel Time Prediction Models across Indian Cities. 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 07-11 Jan 2018.
9. Kumar, B.A., V. Kumar, K.K. Reddy, L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Bus Travel Time Prediction using Machine Learning Approaches. Indo-US workshop on Big Data Analysis for Transportation Engineering Systems . Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 05-06 December 2016.
10. Dhivyabharathi, B., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Real Time Bus Arrival Time Prediction System under Indian Traffic Condition. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, (ICITE), IEEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. pp. 18-22, 20-22 August 2016.
11. Kumar, B.A., and L. Vanajakshi. Use of Data Mining for Improved Bus Travel Time Prediction. 4th CEW . TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands, 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2016.
12. Reddy, K.K., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Bus Travel Time Prediction using Support Vector Machines for High Variance Conditions. 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 07-11 Jan 2016.
13. Reddy, K.K., B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Bus Travel Time Prediction using Support vector Machines 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, India, 17-20 December 2015.
14. Dhivyabharathi, B., B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi, and M. Panda. Particle Filter for Reliable Bus Travel Time Prediction under Indian Traffic Conditions. < 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, India, 17-20 December 2015.
15. Kumar, B.A., S. Mothukuri, L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Analytical Approach to Identify the Optimum Inputs for a Bus Travel Time Prediction Method. 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 11-15 Jan 2015.
16. Kumar, B.A., S. Mothukuri, L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. A Spatio-Temporal Discretization Approach for Real Time Bus Travel Time Prediction Using A Linear Traffic Model. 11th Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, 10-12 December 2014.
17. Kumar, V., B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi and S.C. Subramanian. Comparison of Model based and Machine Learning Approaches for Bus Travel Time Prediction. 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 12-16 Jan 2014.
18. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Pattern-Based Bus Travel Time Prediction under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., USA, 12-16 Jan 2014.
19. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Day-Wise Travel Time Pattern Analysis under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. 2nd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Transportation Research Group of India, Agra, India, 12-15 December 2013.

National Conferences

1. Kumar, B.A., L. Vanajakshi, and S.C. Subramanian. Pattern-Based Spatial Formulation for Bus Travel Time Prediction under Mixed Traffic Conditions. Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, India, 12-13 May 2014.
2. Sashank, Y., A.N. Navali, A.B. Prakash, B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Calibration of SUMO for Indian Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering, Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India, 09-11 August 2018.

Book Chapters

1. Sashank, Y., A.N. Navali, A.B. Prakash, B.A. Kumar, and L. Vanajakshi. Calibration of SUMO for Indian Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. Springer (In press).

Technical Reports

1. Vanajakshi, L., S.C. Subramanian, A.Koppineni, K. Chaitanya, K. Siddharth, R. Behera, R.P.S. Padmanabhan, S.V. Kumar, and B.A. Kumar,. Development of a Real Time Bus Arrival Time Prediction System under Indian Traffic Conditions. Technical Report. Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, The Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India. 2016.
2. Vanajakshi, L., B.A. Kumar, and B.R. Muthurajan. Use of Global Positioning System (GPS) Data from MTC Bus Routes to Develop APTS/ATIS Applications. Technical Report. Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, The Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India. 2018.

Patents

1. Vanajakshi, L., B. Dhibyabharathi, B.A. Kumar, A. Achar, and R. Jayaprakash. A System for Bus Travel Time Prediction using Temporal Correlations. ICSR IDF No.:1647. (Filed).
2. Achar, A., B.A. Kumar, B. Dhibyabharathi, L. Vanajakshi, and R. Jayaprakash. A Bus Arrival Time Prediction System Exploiting Spatial Correlations. ICSR IDF No.:1649. (Filed).
3. Achar, A., R. Rohith, B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi, and R. Jayaprakash. Bus Travel Time Prediction capturing Non-linear Spatial Correlations using Support Vector Machines. ICSR IDF No.:1790. (Filed).
4. Achar, A., R. Rohith, B.A. Kumar, L. Vanajakshi, and R. Jayaprakash. Bus Travel Time Prediction exploiting Non-linear Correlations. ICSR IDF No.:1819. (Filed).
5. Kumar, B.A., A. Achar, D. Bharathi, L. Vanajakshi, and R. Jayaprakash. A Seasonal Modelling Approach Capturing Spatio-Temporal Correlations for Dynamic Bus Travel Time Prediction. ICSR IDF No.:1863. (Filed).

Synergistic Activities

Technical Program Comittiee

• Workshop on Intelligent Transportation Systems, COMSNETS, Bengaluru, 2020.
• Workshop on Intelligent Transportation Systems, COMSNETS, Bengaluru, 2019.

• Reviewer

• IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2019- Till date.
• Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019- Till date.
• Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2019- Till date.
• IEEE Access, 2018- Till date.
• Journal of Transport Geography, 2017- Till date.
• Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2018- Till date.
• Transportation Research Record, 2017 - Till date.
• Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2017 - Till date.
• Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 2017 - Till date.
• Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, 2015- Till date.
• Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, 2015- Till date.

Awards & Honors

• International Travel Grant from Department of Science and Technology to attend 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA. January 2018.
• Merit based Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, December 2016 - June 2017.
• Institute Research Award from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in recognition of quality and quantity of work done, April 2017.
• Best Paper award in IEEE ICITE conference, Singapore, August 2016.
• Best PhD Student award for the all round performance from Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, April 2016.
• Best Paper award in 3^rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, December 2015.
• Gold Medal from Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology for under graduate performance, 2012.