Publication Chair

Prof. Kai Liu

Dalian University of Technology, China

Biography:

Kai Liu is a professor, PhD supervisor and deputy director of the Institute of Transportation Planning at the School of Transportation and Communications, Dalian University of Technology.  Dr. Liu Kingland graduated from Tongji University (B.S. and M.S. in Urban Planning) and Nagoya University (Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering). He is a member of the editorial board of Transportation Research part D, and deputy editor-in-chief of Asian Transport Studies, and is a member of the Key Laboratory of Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the People's Republic of China (MOTC), which is the key laboratory of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

He is the deputy director of the academic committee of the key laboratory of the Ministry of Transportation "Key Laboratory of Transportation Network Facility Control and Recycling Restoration Technology in Ecological Security Barrier Area", a member of the Behavioral Geography Committee of the Geographical Society of China, a co-chairman of the Intelligent Mobility Promotion Group of the China New-Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry Technology Innovation Strategy Alliance, and a member of the eighth session of the Transportation and Logistics Branch of the China Highway Society. He is also a member of the Eighth Council of Transportation and Logistics Branch of China Highway Society, Chairman of IEEE IoT Systems Technical Committee of Northeast China, member of International Academic Committee of East Asia Transportation Association, member of Automatic Driving Committee of Highway Society of China, Chairman of Transportation and Environment of World Transportation Congress, and Chairman of Traffic Behavior of World Transportation Engineering Division.

Prof. Xiantao Xiao

Dalian University of Technology, China

Biography:

Xiantao Xiao received his Ph. D. degree supervised by Prof. Liwei Zhang in operations research from Dalian University of Technology in 2009. He is currently an Associate Professor in School of Mathematical Sciences at Dalian University of Technology. His research interest is in the area of mathematical optimization, currently focuses on the algorithms of structural convex programs, stochastic methods based on stochastic approximation.

Prof. Jia Yao

Dalian University of Technology, China

Biography:

Dr. Jia Yao is a professor at School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology. His research interests include: transportation network analysis and optimization, transportation system reliability and green and sustainable transportation. He is principal investigator of several projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, CCF-DiDi Big Data Lab and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. His research work is mainly publised in famous international transportation journals including Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transport Policy, Transportmetrica A and Journal of Transportation Engineering- ASCE.