Workshop Synthesis: Data analytics and fusion in a world of multiple sensing and information capture mechanisms

This paper is a synthesis of the discussions and ideas that were generated during the workshop on "Data Analytics and Fusion in a World of Multiple Sensing and Information Capture Mechanisms" at the 2017 Travel Survey Methods Conference in Esterel (Canada). The workshop explored and discussed a new landscape in which data from multiple sensing and information capture mechanisms may be gainfully combined to obtain richer, more comprehensive, and more representative information regarding human mobility patterns as well as human perceptions, attitudes, and lifestyle choices. The workshop discussed the exciting possibilities, some investigative and predictive analytics pathways forward in terms of methods, and the research challenges in this emerging landscape of data science.