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Ben Waterson is a Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Southampton. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Statistics from the University of Reading in 1996 and obtained a Master’s degree in Operational Research in 1997. Ben joined the Transportation Research Group at the University of Southampton in 1997, where he has held various research and teaching positions. He completed his Ph.D. in data fusion for real-time traffic monitoring in 2005. His research adopts a holistic approach to transportation, aiming to understand how different components of transport systems, including infrastructure, vehicles, and travelers, interact to influence efficiency, safety, and sustainability. He has conducted significant research projects funded at £2 million and has published over 100 journal articles and conference papers. His teaching primarily focuses on modeling and simulation of road transport systems and statistical methods in transportation, with modules catered for both postgraduate and undergraduate students in Transportation Planning Engineering and Civil Engineering.