We offer a Master’s Thesis position focused on the study of urban mobility patterns using taxi location data.

The student will work with large-scale taxi datasets and analyze how taxi demand varies across space and time. The main objective of the thesis is to investigate the impact of major events in Barcelona (such as conferences, concerts, sports events, and festivals) on taxi demand and mobility dynamics.

The project will involve:
Processing and cleaning large geolocated datasets
Time-series and spatial data analysis
Correlating taxi demand with an external dataset of events in Barcelona
Identifying patterns, anomalies, and demand peaks
Developing statistical models to quantify event-driven demand changes
Visualizing results through maps and dashboards

The student will join an active research group working on data science, urban analytics, and mobility studies, and will receive close supervision throughout the thesis. The work may lead to a scientific publication depending on results.