Prof. Rui Jiang

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Biography:

Rui Jiang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of System Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, and a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor appointed by the Ministry of Education. His main research areas include road traffic flow, pedestrian traffic flow, travel behavior, and connected and automated vehicles. He has led more than ten research projects, including key international cooperation projects and key projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Outstanding Youth Fund projects, and key topics under the National Key R&D Program. He has published over 100 academic papers in major international and domestic journals and conferences such as Transportation Science (TS), Transportation Research Part A/B/C/D/E, POM, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS), and ISTTT. Jiang has been selected as an Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher in China for multiple consecutive years, with his most cited paper referenced over 1,000 times in SCI-indexed journals. He has received awards including the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, Second Prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Award, Second Prize of Beijing Natural Science Award, and First Prize for Outstanding Paper in Anhui Province. He also serves on the editorial boards of journals such as TRB, Transportmetrica A, and Physica A.

Prof. Lijun Zhou

Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Biography:

Lijun Zhou is a professor and a Ph.D. supervisor in Southwest Jiaotong University. He received the B.E., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, from Southwest Jiaotong University, respectively in 2001, 2004 and 2007. He worked as an associate professor in the college of Electrical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University since 2008, then a professor and a Ph.D. supervisor respectively in 2011 and 2013. He presided over the Natural Science Foundation of China, the Sichuan Province Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists and projects supported by China Railway Corporation, the State Grid and the Southern Power Grid respectively. He has won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of China Railway Society Science and Technology, the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Progress Award, and a total of 8 awards. He published over 100 academic papers, including more than 70 indexed by SCI or EI, and authorized 24 invention patents. He has gained the honor of the Sichuan Province Academic and Technical Leader, Sichuan Outstanding Contributions Expert, the Fok Ying Tong Young Teacher Award and Sichuan Province Youth Science and Technology Award.

Prof. Yi Lu

Changsha University of Science & Technology, China

Biography:

Lu Yi, Dean of the Institute of Intelligent Transportation and Modern Logistics, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Changsha University of Science & Technology; Consulting Expert of Soft Science of the Ministry of Transport, Standing Director of the Chinese Society of Management Science and Engineering, Dean of Hunan Port and Shipping Supply Chain Research Institute, Vice President of Hunan Talent Research Association, Hunan Modern Logistics Society, etc. He has won 9 provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards, published 6 monographs, and published more than 150 papers. In the past 5 years, the think tank reports he has written have received positive instructions from major provincial leaders for more than 30 times.

Professor-level Senior Engineer, Liangyi Yang

China Automotive Engineering Research Institute

Biography:

Liangyi Yang, Ph.D. in Engineering and Professor-level Senior Engineer at the China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, is a provincial and ministerial-level leading talent and a graduate supervisor. His main research focuses on testing and evaluation technologies, as well as standards and regulations for intelligent connected vehicles. He also serves as a member of the sub-technical committee of the National Professional Standardization Technical Committee TC526, an expert in the field of inspection and testing in China, a standardization expert in Chongqing, and a patent award review expert in Chongqing. As a leader and core member, he has participated in over 20 research projects, including the National Key R&D Program and key special projects of Chongqing. He has led and contributed to more than 20 national, industry, and group standards related to intelligent connected vehicles. He has published over 20 core papers as first or corresponding author, with 8 indexed by EI/SCI, and has applied for more than 40 national invention patents.

Assoc. Prof. Yang Yang

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Biography:

Yang Yang, male, holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and is an associate professor at the School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University. He previously served as an associate researcher and postdoctoral fellow at Beihang University, and was a visiting scholar at the University of Washington (Seattle), USA. He is also selected for the Youth Talent Support Program of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. His research primarily focuses on road traffic safety, integrated transportation planning, green transportation, and intelligent transportation. To date, he has led more than 20 vertical or horizontal research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (general, youth, and special programs), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and has participated in more than 40 research projects. He has published more than 70 SCI/EI-indexed papers, including more than 40 as first author or corresponding author. Five of his papers have been listed as ESI Highly Cited Papers, one paper has been selected as an ESI Top 0.1% Hot Paper globally, and two papers have been ranked among the top-cited papers in their respective journals, namely Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems (ranked 1) and Physica A (ranked 3). He has won the Second Prize for Science and Technology from the China Transport Association and the Second Prize for Science and Technology from the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing. One policy advisory report was adopted by the Ministry of Education, one internal reference article was adopted by People’s Daily, and one research achievement was adopted for decision-making by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport. He has obtained five invention patents and three software copyrights, participated in the writing of two monographs and one textbook, and contributed to the formulation of one local standard and one industry standard. His published papers have received multiple awards. In addition, he serves as an associate editor or editorial board member for several academic journals in related fields at home and abroad.