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insights and understanding. The author is particularly indebted to the people
at Teradata Inc. who, in the course of consulting assignments, have provided
knowledge, expertise, and experience in data science and analytics that the au-
thor has been able to fuse with experience, expertise, and advanced transpor-
tation technologies. Only a world leader in big data and analytics could have
provided such experience. The opportunity to be a participant in projects that
bridge data science and transportation was pivotal in providing the information
and background required to create this book. The author believes that there is
much to be gained in the application of big data and analytics techniques to
smart cities, and hopes that this book will be instrumental in unlocking the
power of such technologies and approaches for the good of transportation.
A large number of people from both the data science and transportation
industries have provided impact and influence in the creation of this book.
In fact, that are too many to mention individually. There are, however, a few
people who should receive particular mention because of the significance of the
impact on the author’s understanding of the subject. The foremost of these is
Peeter Kivestu, industry consultant with Teradata Inc. The author has worked
closely with Peeter over the past 2 years, learning a lot about data analytics
and data science. Over the course of this experience, Peeter has become a good
friend and a wonderful source of knowledge and inspiration. Other notable
influences include the following people. Thanks to you all for the knowledge
and wisdom that you have imparted.

Al Stern, Citizant
Eric Hill, MetroPlan Orlando
Mary Gros, Teradata
Albert Yee, Emergent Technologies
Eva Pan, LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Matt Burt, Volpe Center,
Alberto Belt, Teradata
Greg McDermott, Teradata
Mena Lockwood, Virginia Department of Transportation
Alex Estrella, SANDAG
Gregory Kanevsky, Teradata
Michael Bolton, Pace Bus, Chicago
Alfredo Escriba, Kapsch,
Jacek Becla, Teradata
Mickey Schwee, Tableau Software
Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander, Cambridge Systematics
James Dreisbach Towle, SANDAG
Mike Riordan, Teradata
Apurva Desai, Kyra Solutions