Joined Zhejiang University's Institute of Intelligent Transportation
Beginning a new chapter as a ZJU100 Young Professor.
News & Archive
News and archive
Recent publications, projects, and academic activities, together with selected talks, teaching materials, and writing preserved from my earlier website.
2026
Traffic-state uncertainty quantification published
Published in Transportation Research Part C, studying estimation and uncertainty under low trajectory penetration.
Early-return-to-green study published
Probe-vehicle data for diagnosing and improving coordinated actuated control.
TRB 2026 Annual Meeting
Research on automated-vehicle simulation, field-deployed trajectory-based signal optimization, and traffic dynamics learning.
2025
Signal optimization expanded across Oakland County
Large-scale rollout covered by U-M News and regional media.
Three collaborative studies accepted to TRB
Work on automated-vehicle simulation and traffic signal retiming.
Signal phase and timing inference published
Published in Transportation Research Part C, 180, 105324.
Invited seminars
Talks at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Alabama, and Stony Brook University.
2024
INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award presentation
Presented “Traffic Signal Optimization with Connected Vehicle Trajectories” in the award session.
Co-organized the IEEE ITSC Vehicle Trajectory Data Camp
Helped organize and moderate the inaugural workshop in Edmonton.
ISTTT 25 organizing committee
Supported special-issue papers, proceedings, program design, and conference photography.
International media coverage of signal optimization
Coverage by The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, U-M News, Local 4, and Roads & Bridges.
TRB and Zhejiang University seminars
Presented trajectory-based signal optimization and doctoral research.
2023
Doctoral dissertation defense
Defended Traffic Signal Optimization with Connected Vehicle Trajectories, advised by Prof. Henry X. Liu.
From the old site
Writing and teaching archive
Advanced Air Mobility Notes
Reviews and notes on Advanced Air Mobility and UTM-style operational management.
Archived page ↗An Insightful Story About Human–AI Collaboration
An AI-assisted reflection on research style after extended collaboration on research writing and ideas.
Archived page ↗CEE 551 Traffic Science
Traffic flow theory, signal control, simulation, and connected transportation, including LWR, CTM, and PTS lectures.
Course archive ↗CEE 450 Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Undergraduate transportation engineering recitation and lab materials.
Course archive ↗