Prof. Zhigang Liu
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Biography:
In 1997, Zhigang Liu graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University with a degree in railway electrification and a second major in computer applications. He earned his Ph.D. in power system and its automation in 2003 and was promoted to associate professor the same year, becoming a full professor in 2006 and a doctoral supervisor in 2008. He served as a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2009-2010) and a senior visiting scholar at Delft University of Technology in 2017. Liu is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, and AAIA Fellow. He is the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. He has led 26 national and provincial research projects, published over 200 SCI/EI papers (including 63 in IEEE Transactions), authored three English monographs and one Chinese monograph, and holds 56 invention patents. He has trained 22 doctoral and 102 master’s students, receiving numerous accolades for their achievements. His research fields include the electrical relationship between high-speed railway EMUs and traction networks, the status detection and evaluation of pantographs and catenaries, and power quality of grid-connected new energy systems.
Prof. Shifeng Niu
Chang'an University, China
Biography:
Shifeng Niu, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, is the Deputy Dean of the School of Automotive Engineering at Chang'an University and Director of the Institute of Transport Science at Chang'an University. He is a nationally registered safety engineer and a core member of the Ministry of Education's "Human-Vehicle System Safety" innovation team. He serves as the chief scientist of the "Scientist + Engineer" team for the safety and energy-saving intelligent auxiliary platform for commercial heavy trucks in Shaanxi Province. He is a specially invited expert for the assessment of registered safety engineers by the Ministry of Transport, a member of the Youth Science and Technology Committee of the China Transportation Association, and Secretary of the Automobile Transportation Branch of the Shaanxi Provincial Highway Society. Niushifeng is also a director of the Shaanxi Provincial Automobile Engineering Society, chair of the Driving Behavior and Human Factors session at the COTA conference, and a reviewer for over 20 domestic and international journals. He has published more than 40 papers, led one sub-project of a national key R&D program, two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, two provincial and ministerial projects, and more than ten other projects. He has participated in over 20 national-level projects, including national science and technology public relations, the 863 Program, and natural science foundations, as well as more than 30 other projects, and has applied for over ten patents. He has also served as chief editor and co-editor for several textbooks, including those on the registered safety engineer examination, safety management for transport enterprises, traffic safety engineering, and an introduction to rail transit.
Prof. Shaopeng Zhong
Dalian University of Technology, China
Biography:
Shaopeng Zhong, male, is currently a professor, Ph.D. supervisor, and deputy director at the School of Transportation, Dalian University of Technology. He is also the deputy director of the Intelligent Transportation Research Institute and responsible for the Transportation Engineering program. As an outstanding scientific and technological innovation talent of the China Intelligent Transportation Association, he focuses on transportation planning and management, intelligent transportation, and vehicle routing optimization. Professor Zhong earned his Ph.D. from Southeast University in 2010 and conducted academic exchanges at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Technical University of Denmark. He has published over 30 papers in authoritative journals, including 14 indexed by SCI, 15 by SSCI, and 26 by EI. As the first author, he has published 7 papers in top journals recognized by Dalian University of Technology (including 5 in JCR Q1), with 2 in the top 1 journal. He has authored 3 academic monographs and holds several patents in the United States and China. Professor Zhong has participated in multiple national research projects and has received various academic awards, including a nomination for the Qian Xuesen Urban Studies Gold Award. He also serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several international journals, dedicating his efforts to advancing intelligent transportation and urban sustainable development.
Researcher, Hui Jing
Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China
Biography:
Jing Hui, male, Doctor of Engineering, researcher, doctoral supervisor. His research interests include new energy vehicles, vehicle dynamics and control, unmanned vehicle and robust control. He has presided over 2 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 project of Guangxi Natural Science Foundation, 1 project of Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Special Project, 1 project of Guangxi Education Department, 2 projects of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Manufacturing System and Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1 project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Unmanned Aircraft Telemetry in Colleges and Universities Open Fund, and participated in 7 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 2 projects of Guangxi Science and Technology Development Project. He has published more than 40 SCI/EI papers, over 1000 citations in Google Scholar, 1 ESI highly cited paper, and 8 invention patents. He has served as an expert in the evaluation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, an expert in the evaluation of the dissertations of postgraduates of the Ministry of Education, an expert in the evaluation of the international journals such as IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, as well as the Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), and the International Symposium for the Advancement of Science and Technology. He is a reviewer for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, and Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), American Control Conference (ACC), and other international conferences.