Speakers

Prof. Jianjun Wu

Dalian University of Technology 

As a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Dalian University of Technology, Wu’s research spans the complexities of transportation networks and the flow characteristics of rail transit systems. He has presided over over a dozen research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Special Projects of the Ministry of Education, and Autonomous Research Topics of National Key Laboratories. Additionally, he has been a key researcher in more than ten projects, such as the Ministry of Science and Technology's "973" Program, Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality. His scholarly contributions include over 60 published research articles, with more than 40 indexed in SCI. Recognized for his outstanding work, he was awarded the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in 2010 and was selected as an Outstanding Talent of the New Century Program by the Ministry of Education in 2012. He has also been invited to serve as a reviewer for numerous prestigious international and domestic journals. 

Prof. Lixing Yang

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Professor Lixing Yang, male, holds a Ph.D. and serves as the Dean of the School of Systems Science at Beijing Jiaotong University. His primary research interests encompass transportation planning and management, system science, transportation systems, transport organization theories and technologies, integrated transportation theories and technologies, system theory and complexity, modeling and control of complex transportation systems, analysis and integration of comprehensive transportation systems, as well as big data and intelligent systems. 

Prof. Feng Xiao

Sichuan University, China

Professor Xiao holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from Tsinghua University, a Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and has undertaken postdoctoral research at the University of California, Davis. He has received numerous accolades, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Natural Science Foundation of China's (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientist Fund, and designation as a Young Scholar under the Ministry of Education's prestigious talent program. He is also the recipient of the China Management Youth Award, recognized as an Academic and Technical Leader in Sichuan Province, and appointed as a Special Expert in Sichuan Province. In the past, he served as an Editorial Board Member of Transportation Research Part B, a Guest Editor for Transportation Research Part D, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS). He was also the Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Management Science at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Currently, he concurrently serves as the Deputy Editor of Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure, an Executive Council Member of the Chinese Association of Management Science and Engineering, a Council Member of the Systems Engineering Society of China, and the Chairman of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Academy of Management Modernization. 

Prof. Xiaoning Zhang

Tongji University, China

Prof. Xiaoning Zhang obtained his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003. He has dedicated his career to research and consulting in the optimization and management of transportation and logistics systems. Recognized for his achievements, he has been awarded the title of Outstanding Academic Leader in Shanghai (2019), granted a Special Government Allowance by the State Council (2016), designated as a Shanghai Dawn Scholar (2013), named a National Outstanding Young Scholar (2011), honored as a New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education (2010), and selected for the Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Rising Star Program (2009). Currently, Prof. Zhang serves as an editorial board member of Transportation Research B, an executive council member of the Society for Management Science and Engineering, a deputy director of the Transportation Management Research Society, and a council member of the Systems Engineering Society of China. His primary research interests encompass the optimization and management of transportation and logistics systems, as well as transportation economics.

Prof. Ming Zhong

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Ming Zhong, a male native of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, is a Professor at Wuhan University of Technology, where he currently contributes as a faculty member in the Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center (ITS Center). His primary research interests encompass holistic land and transportation planning, travel behavior analysis, traffic demand forecasting and modeling, traffic surveys, and data analysis, as well as the application of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing big data in the transportation sector. He currently holds the position of Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Transportation Information and Safety, and serves on the editorial boards of various domestic and international publications such as the Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, Journal of Transport and Land Use, Journal of Advanced Transportation, among others, while also acting as a reviewer for numerous international journals.

Having commenced his academic journey in 1995, Prof. Zhong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Transportation Management Engineering from Tongji University (formerly Shanghai Railway University). He then pursued his Master of Engineering degree in the same field at Beijing Jiaotong University (formerly Northern Jiaotong University) in 1998. Subsequently, in 1999, he embarked on his doctoral studies at the University of Regina, Canada, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering in 2004. From 2004 to 2005, he was awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), enabling him to conduct research at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, and the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary. Prior to joining the Wuhan University of Technology, Prof. Zhong taught at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada, from 2006 to 2013, during which time he progressed through the academic ranks from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.

Prof. Zhongzhen Yang

Ningbo University, China

Prof. Zhongzhen Yang holds a Ph.D. and is a male scholar born in May 1964. He serves as a distinguished member of the Discipline Evaluation Committee for Transportation Engineering, which is under the purview of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. Additionally, he has been acknowledged as a top talent within the prestigious “Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project” in Liaoning Province. Prof. Yang’s research expertise spans a broad spectrum of topics, encompassing transportation infrastructure planning, traffic operation management, regional logistics, integrated transportation system design, port planning and production scheduling optimization, comprehensive transportation network analysis, urban logistics, transportation-related environmental impacts, and the strategic planning and location of commercial facilities. His scholarly contributions are widely acknowledged, as evidenced by his extensive publication record of over 160 articles in reputable domestic and international academic journals. Notably, more than 50 of these articles have been indexed by SSCI and SCI, with one paper being recognized as one of the 100 most influential international publications in 2012 and two papers being classified as ESI highly cited. Additionally, he has published over 30 papers indexed by EI. Prof. Yang has also authored a solo monograph titled Site Selection of Shopping Centers and Its Traffic Impact Assessment and co-authored three other monographs: Transit-Oriented Development Strategies and Their Application in Dalian, Frontiers in Transportation Planning Theory, and Research on Port and Maritime Logistics Systems Along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. His research achievements have garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Outstanding Paper Award at the World Transport Convention (WTC) in 1998 and the Best Paper Award from the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) in 2009, which he shared with his doctoral student.