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CONTACT

School of
Transportation,
2 Southeast University Road,
Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
211189
P.R.China
Office: 025-52091255
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YU Hao





YU Hao

 2SipailouPhone:+8615950516398

Nanjing,China210096Email:seuyu@seu.edu.cn

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EDUCATION

Ph.D.inTransportationEngineering Sep.2010∼Jan.2017

SoutheastUniversityNanjing,China

 Dissertation:Integration of Traffic Route Guidance and Signal ControlAdvisor:Prof.Pan Liu Considering Traffic Dynamics


VisitingScholar Dec.2013∼Jun.2015

 UniversityofCaliforniaDavisDavis,CA

 Advisor:Prof.H.MichaelZhang


B.Eng.inTrafficEngineering Sep.2006∼Jun.2010

SoutheastUniversityNanjing,China

 Thesis:VISSIM-based Simulation Model Research on Speed ControlAdvisor:Prof.HaoWang Measures


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 SoutheastUniversityAssociateProfessor

Nanjing,ChinaMay.2021tillnow


 UniversityofHawaiiatManoaResearchAssociate

Honolulu,HISep.2019∼Jan.2021


 UniversityofHawaiiatManoaPostdocScholar

Honolulu,HISep.2017∼Aug.2019


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Intelligenttrafficmanagementandactivecontrol

  • Transportationsafetyandsecurity

  • Dynamictrafficassignment

  • Bigdataandartificialintelligentintransportationanalysis


ACADEMICHONORS

  • Key technologies and applications of traffic state identification and active control for high-speed roads, China Highway and Transportation Society, the Grand Prize of the China Highway and Transportation Society’s Science and Technology Award, 2023.

  • Theory and method of road traffic safety analysis driven by multi-source data, the Ministry of Education, the First Prize of the Ministry of Education’s Natural Science Award, 2021.

  • COTABestDissertationAward,4th,2018.


 

SERVICE

  •  Membership

Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Information Systems and Technology (AED30) 2019-2025

TransportationResearchBoardStandingCommitteeonAgricultureandFoodTransportation(AT030)2019-2025

  • Editor

Lead Guest Editor for Special Issue in Journal of Advanced Transportation on Infrastructure Adaptability in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle-Enabled Traffic Flow Dynamics

  • Reviewer(Journals)

TransportationResearchPartB:Methodological,TransportationResearchPartC:EmergingTechnologies,IEEE transactionsonIntelligentTransportationSystems,IEEETransactionsonVehicularTechnology,IEEETransactionsonNeuralNetworksandLearningSystems, AccidentAnalysisPrevention, ACMTransactionsonManagement InformationSystems,AppliedIntelligence,KSCEJournalofCivilEngineering,JournalofTransportationEngineering, IET Intelligent Transport System, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Plos One

  •  Reviewer(Conferences)

TransportationResearchBoardAnnualMeeting2012-2024,WorldTransportConference2017-2024,COTAInter- nationalConference ofTransportationProfessionals2011-2024


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


  • Principal Investigator, Crash Risk Identification and Regional Signal Control Sponsor:National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

 Funding:CNY 100,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 100,000 (100%) Duration:Jan.2024 ∼ Dec.2027

  • PrincipalInvestigator,Researchonthecoordinativecontrolforconnectedandautonomousvehiclesatintersection Sponsor:StateKeyLaboratoryofInternetofThingsforSmartCity(UniversityofMacau)

 Funding:MOP 50,000 with Yu’s portion of MOP 50,000 (100%) Duration:Jan.2024 ∼ Dec.2025

  • Co-PrincipalInvestigator, Crash risk mechanism and control strategy for the mixed traffic flow in vehicle-road coordination environments

Sponsor:NationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina

 Funding:CNY 2690,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 358,600 (13.3%) Duration:Jan.2023 ∼ Dec.2027

  • Principal Investigator, Nanjing Science and Technology Innovation Project Sponsor:Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Nanjing

 Funding:CNY 30,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 30,000 (100%) Duration:Jan.2023 ∼ Dec.2024

  • Principal Investigator, Zhishan Scholar Program of Southeast University Sponsor:Southeast University

 Funding:CNY 300,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 300,000 (100%) Duration:Jan.2022 ∼ Dec.2024

  • CoreResearcher,RoadSafetyDesign

Sponsor:NationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina

 Funding:CNY 4,000,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 250,000 (6.25%) Duration:Jan.2019 ∼ Dec.2021

  • Principal Investigator, Research on regional signal control optimal with uncertainty in data environment Sponsor:National Natural Science Foundation of China

 Funding:CNY 200,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 200,000 (100%) Duration:Jan.2019 ∼ Dec.2021

  • PrincipalInvestigator, Traffic signal control optimal for arterial network considering uncertainty of vehicle-road coordination

Sponsor:PostdoctoralScienceFoundationofChina

 Funding:CNY 80,000 with Yu’s portion of CNY 80,000(100%) Duration:Apr.2018 ∼ Apr.2021

  • Co-Principal Investigator, DUI Tracking System Development and Information Extraction Sponsor:Hawaii Department of Transportation

 Funding:$161,280 with Yu’s portion of $16,000 (10%) Principal Investigator:Guohui Zhang and David Ma Duration:Oct.2018 ∼ Sep.2019


  • Core Researcher, Statewide Highway Shoreline Protection Study:Preliminary Field Investigation, Rankings and Recommendations

Sponsor:HawaiiDepartmentofTransportation

 PrincipalInvestigator:OceanaFrancis,andCo-PrincipalInvestigators:HorstBrandes,DavidMa,andGuohui Zhang

Duration:Aug.2017∼Jul.2019

  • Core Researcher, Low Carbon Transitions of Fleet Operations in Metropolitan Sites Sponsor:National Natural Science Foundation of China

PrincipalInvestigator:PanLiuDuration:Jan.2015∼Feb.2017

  • CoreResearcher,IntegrationofReginalNetworkTrafficFlowRoutingGuidanceandTrafficSignalControlSystem Sponsor:National Natural Science Foundation of China

 Principal Investigator:Pan Liu Duration:Jan.2011 ∼ Dec.2013


TEACHING EXPERIENCE


  • InstructorDataVisualizationwithPythonLanguage,Fall2022,Fall2023,SoutheastUniversity.

  • InstructorDataStrucutureandAlgorithm,Fall2021,Fall2022,Fall2023,SoutheastUniversity.

  • Co-instructor CEE436:Transportation Engineering, Dr.Guohui Zhang, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, University ofHawaii at Manoa.

  • Co-instructorAnalyticalMethodsinTransportation,Dr.ChengchengXu,Spring2017,SoutheastUniversity

  • Co-instructorTrafficEngineering,Prof.PanLiu,Fall2016,SoutheastUniversity

  • SupervisingStudents(SoutheastUniversity,China):YazhouLi,PeiyinLi,YuWang,Yucheng Wang


PUBLICATIONS


 Note:∗indicates the corresponding author of the paper; # indicates the graduate or under-graduated student under my guidance; my name is highlighted in bold text


Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

  1. Zou,R.,Yu,H.,Yang,H.,Chen,C.,Zhang,G.,2024,SeverityAnalysesofUrbanTwo-Vehicle-InvolvedRear- End Crashes Characterized by Different Configurations Using Mixed Logit Models.Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 150(2).

  2. Zou,R.,Yang,H.,Yu,H.,Chen,C.,Zhang,G.,Ma,D.,2023,Analyzingdriverinjuryseverityintwo-vehicle rear-end crashes considering leading-following configurations based on passenger car and light truck involvement. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 193, 107298.

  3. Zhang,Q.#,Yu,H.,Zhang,G.,Ma,D.,2023,Optimalplanningofflood-resilientelectricvehiclechargingstations.

Computer-AidedCivilandInfrastructureEngineering,38(4),489-507.

  1. Wang, Y., Xiong, R., Yu, H., Bao, J., Yang, Z., 2022, A semantic embedding methodology for motor vehicle crash records:A case study of traffic safety in Manhattan Borough of New York City.JournalofTransportationSafety and Security, 14(11), 1913-1933.

  2. Yang, M.#, Yu, H., Bai, L. 2021.Simulation-based evaluation of variation in left-turn paths in the coordinated intersection management, JournalofAdvancedTransportation, 6243530.

  3. Han, Y., Yu, H., Li, Z., Xu, C., Ji, Y., Liu, P., 2021, An optimal control-based vehicle speed guidance strategy to improve traffic safety and efficiency against freeway jam waves.AccidentAnalysisandPrevention, 163, 106429.

  4. Yu, H., Li, Z.#, Zhang, G.∗, Liu, P., Ma, D., 2021, A Fusion Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Driver InjurySeverityAnalysisConsideringUnobservedHeterogeneity.AnalyticMethodsinAccidentResearch,30,100157.

  5. Li,Z.#,Yu,H.∗,Zhang,G.,Dong,S.,Xu,C.,2021,Network-widetrafficsignalcontroloptimizationusinga multi-agentdeepreinforcementlearning,TransportationResearchPartC:EmergingTechnologies,125,103059.

  6. Yu, H., Liu, P.∗, Fan, Y., Zhang, G., 2021, Developing a Decentralized Signal Control Strategy Considering Link Storage Capacity, TransportationResearchPartC:EmergingTechnologies, 124, 102971.

  7. Guo, Y.∗, Yu, H., Zhang, G., Ma, D., 2021, Exploring the impacts of travel-implied policy factors on COVID-19 spread within communities based on multi-source data interpretations, Health and Place, 69, 102538.

  8. Wu,J.,Liu,P.∗,Zhou,Y.,Yu,H.,2021,Stationarycondition-basedperformanceanalysisofthecontraflowleft- turnlanedesignconsideringtheinfluenceoftheupstreamintersection,TransportationResearchPartC:Emerging Technologies, 122, 102919.

  9. Yu,H.,Yuan,R.#,Li,Z.#,Zhang,G.∗,Ma,D.,2020.InvestigateFactorsAffectingDriverInjurySeverityin Snow-Related Rural Single-Vehicle Crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 144, 105587.

  10. Yu, H., Li, Z.#, Zhang, G.∗, Liu P., 2020, Extracting and Predicting Taxi Hotspots in Spatiotemporal Dimensions Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(4), 3680-3692.

  11. Zhang, Q.#, Yu, H., Li, Z., Zhang, G.∗, Ma, T., 2020, Assessing Potential Likelihood and Impacts of Landslides on TransportationNetworkVulnerability.TransportationResearchPartD:TransportandEnvironment,82,102304.

  12. Yu,H.,Liu,P.,Li,Z.#,Zhang,G.∗,Pu,Z.,2020.QuantifyingSignificanceofYoungTravelerCharacteristics in Travel Mode Choices Impacted by E-hailing Services.ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 146(3).

  13. Yu,H.,Liu,P.∗,Bai,L.,Lu,X.,2019,DynamicTrafficSignalControlStrategiesConsideringTrafficIncident,

JournalofTrafficandTransportationEngineering(Chinese),19(6),182-190.

  1. Yu,H., Li, Z.#, Zhang, G.∗, Liu, P., 2019, A latent class approach for driver injury severity analysis in highway single vehicle crash considering unobserved heterogeneity and temporal influence, Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 24, 100110.

  2. Li,Z.#,Yu,H.,Chen,X.,Zhang,G.∗,Ma,D.,2019,Tsunami-inducedtrafficevacuationstrategyoptimization.

Transportation ResearchPart D:Transportand Environment,77,535-559.

  1. Li,Z.#,Yu,H.,Zhang,G.∗,Wang,J.,2019,ABayesianvectorautoregression-baseddataanalyticsapproach to enable irregularly-spaced mixed-frequency traffic collision data imputation with missing values.Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 108, 302-319.

  2. Yu,H.,Chen,X.,Li,Z.#,Liu,P.,Zhang,G.∗,2019.Taxi-basedMobilityDemandFormulationandPrediction UsingConditionalGenerativeAdversarialNetwork-DrivenLearningApproaches.IEEEtransactionsonIntelligent Transportation System, 20(10), 3888-3899.

  3. Li, Z.#, Wu, Q., Yu,H., Chen, C., Zhang, G., Tian, Z., Prevedouros, P., 2019.Temporal-Spatial Dimension Extension-BasedIntersectionControlFormulationforConnectedandAutonomousVehicleSystems.Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies104, 234-248.

  4. Bao, J., Yu, H.∗, Wu, J., 2019.Short-term FFBS demand prediction with multi-source data in a hybrid deep learning framework.IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 13(9), 1340-1347.

  5. Yu, H.,Ma,R.,Zhang,H.∗,2018.Optimaltrafficsignalcontrolunderdynamicuserequilibriumandlinkconstraints in a general network.TransportationResearchPartB:Methodological110, 302-325.

  6. Yu,H.∗,Liu,P.,Ma,R.,Bai,Lu,2018.Performanceevaluationofintegratedstrategyofvehiclerouteguidance and traffic signal control using traffic simulation.IET Intelligent Transport Systems 12(7), 696-702.

  7. Yu,H.,Liu,P.∗,Xu,C.,Bai,L.,2017.Optimalintegrationschemesfortrafficvehicleroutesystemandtraffic signalcontrolsystemusingtrafficsimulation.JournalofSoutheastUniversity(NaturalScienceEdition)(Chinese), 2017, 47(5):1026-1031.

  8. Bao,J.,Liu,P.∗,Yu,H.,Xu,C.,2017.Incorporatingtwitter-basedhumanactivityinformationinspatialanalysis of crashes in urban areas.Accident Analysis & Prevention 106, 358-369.

  9. Yu, H., Liu, P.∗, Chen, J., Wang, H., 2014.Comparative analysis of the spatial analysis methods for hotspot identification.Accident Analysis & Prevention 66, 80-88.

  10. Yu, H.∗, Liu, P., Yang, Z., Chen, Y., 2014.Evaluating the effects of signal countdown timers on traffic safety at signalized intersections.Traffic Information and Secrity 32(2), 6-10.

  11. Fan,R.#,Yu,H.,Liu,P.∗,Wang,W.,Huang,F.,2013.UsingVISSIMsimulationmodelandSSAMforestimating field measured traffic conflicts at freeway merge areas.IET Intelligent Transport Systems 7(1), 68-77.

  12. Huang, F., Liu, P.∗, Yu, H., Wang, W., 2013.Identifying if VISSIM simulation model and SSAM provide reasonable estimates for field measured traffic conflicts at signalized intersections.Accident Analysis & Prevention 50, 1014- 1024.

  13. Liu,P.∗,Yu,H.,Wang,W.,Ma,J.,Wang,S.,2012.Evaluatingtheeffectsofsignalcountdowntimerson queuedischargecharacteristicsatsignalizedintersectionsinChina. TransportationResearchRecord:Journalofthe TransportationResearchBoard2286, 39-48.

  14. Liu, P.∗, Qu, X., Yu, H., Wang, W., Cao, B., 2012.Development of a VISSIM simulation model for U-turns at unsignalized intersections.ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 138(11), 1333-1339.

 SelectedPeer-reviewedConferencePapersandPresentations

  1. Yu,H.∗,Li,Z.#,Yuan,R.,Zhang,G.,2020.DriverInjurySeverityPredictionUsingHighwaySingle-Vehicle Crash Data:A Fusion Convolutional Neural Network Approach.Presentation at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

  2. Yu,H., Bao, J.∗#, Bai, L., Liu, P., 2020.Simulation based Traffic Signal Control Strategies Comparison under NormalandIncidentConditions.Presentationatthe99thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard.

  3. Yuan, R.#, Yu, H.∗, Li, Z.#, Zhang, G., Ma, D., 2020.Investigate Factors Affecting Driver Injury Severity in Snow- Related Rural Single-Vehicle Crashes.Presentation at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board [Best Young Researcher Award at ANB10].

  4. Zhang, Q.#, Yu,H.∗, Li, Z.#, Zhang, G., 2020, Vulnerability Analysis of the Road Network on Oahu under LandslideSusceptibility.Presentationatthe99thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard.

  5. Yu, H.∗, Liu, P., Li, Z.#, Zhang, G., Shen, H, 2019.Exploring Factors Affecting Young Travelers’ Mode Choice ConsideringE-hailingServices.Presentedatthe98thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard.

  6. Yu, H., Liu, P.∗, Zhou, X., 2018.Developing a Decentralized Signal Control Strategy Considering Link Storage Capacity.Presented in the97th Annual Meetingof theTransportationResearchBoard.

  7. Yu,H., Ma, R., Liu, P., Zhang, H.∗, 2015.Optimal Traffic Signal Control Considering DUE Route Choice andQueueSpillbacks.Presentedatthe94thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard.

  8. Yu, H.∗, Fan, R.#, Luo, X., Liu, P., 2014.Performance evaluation of combined vehicle route guidance and traffic signalcontrolusingtrafficsimulation.Presentedatthe93rdAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard.

  9. Yu, H., Liu, P.∗, Wang, H., Liang, Q., 2012.Kernel density estimation-based method for hazardous road segments identification.In Proceedings of CICTP 2012.

  10. Yu, H., Liu, P.∗, Huang, J., Zhang, X., 2011.Developing the simulation module of traffic operations in vicinity of speed bumps on highways in VISSIM. In Proceedings of ICCTP 2011.


PATENT&SOFTWARE


 These patents and software were applied for when working in Southeast University.All patent and software applications are owned Southeast University, except when mentioned otherwise.

  1.  TrafficManagementandOperation

    • (Patent) A safety evaluation method for uncontrolled intersections targeting the trajectory error of intelligent connected vehicles.Issue Date:Feb.14, 2023, Issue Num.:ZL2022100729567.

    • (Patent)Amethodforpredictingandcorrectingthearrivalofvehiclesatintersectionswithintelligentconnected mixed traffic flow signals.Issue Date:Aug.5, 2022, Issue Num.:ZL2021107935734.

    • (Patent)Signalcontroloptimizationsystembasedoncarryingcapacityofdownstreamlink.IssueDate:Jul. 9, 2021, Issue Num.:ZL2018115114944.

    • (Patent) Signal control optimization target switching system based on average saturation of intersection.Issue Date:Feb.26, 2021, Issue Num.:ZL2018115132270.

    • (Software)Real-timeinformationmonitorforintegratedsystemoftrafficrouteguidanceandtrafficsignal control systems.Issue Num.:2014SR001914.

    • (Patent) An integration approach for traffic route guidance system and traffic signal control.Issue Date:Mar. 18, 2015, Issue Num.:ZL2013100086667.

    • (Patent) A varying-weight evaluation of urban intersection based on rank-sum ratio.Issue Date:Jun.3, 2015, Issue Num.:ZL2013100162001.

    • (Patent) An integration approach for traffic route guidance system and traffic signal control in grid network. Issue Date:Mar.16, 2016, Issue Num.:ZL2014102636632.

    • (Patent)Spatial-temporalanalysisbasedtrafficflowdataclearance.IssueDate:May4,2016,IssueNum.: ZL201310008621X.

    • (Patent) An integration system for traffic route guidance system and traffic signal control. Issue Date:Jun.8, 2016, Issue Num.:ZL201410266162X.

    • (Patent) An integration approach for traffic route guidance system and green wave signal control.Issue Date: Jul.21, 2016, Issue Num.:ZL2014102650697.

  2.  TrafficSimulation

    • (Patent) Parameter calibration of simulation model for highway ramp.Issue Date:Apr.13, 2016, Issue Num.: ZL2013100028500.

    • (Software)Geneticalgorithmbasedmulti-purposeparametercalibrationsoftwareforPARAMICS,IssueNum.: 2013SR031268.

  3.  TrafficSafety

    • (Software)Decisionsupportsystemforhighwayspeedcontroldevicesfocusingspeedreductionperformance and safety efficiency.Issue Num.:2011SR0096887.

    • (Patent) Hotspot identification device based on equivalent traffic crash counts.Issue Date:Jul.18, 2012, Issue Num.:ZL2010105948178.

    • (Patent)Aguidancetoimplementingspeedreductionmarkingsbasedonthespeedcontrolperformance.Issue Date:Dec.18, 2013, Issue Num.:ZL2011103942754.

    • (Patent) Hotspot identification system using the distribution of traffic safety index.Issue Date:Jan., 28, 2015,Issue Num.:ZL201310016998X.

    • (Patent) Determine the conflict count based on the conflicting traffic flow characteristics.Issue Date:Apr.15, 2015, Issue Num.:ZL2013100047747.

    • (Patent)Amutatorforspeedcontroldeviceonhotspotsegments.IssueData:Jul.1,2015,IssueNum.: ZL2013100222638.

    • (Patent)Amethodforevaluatingthesafetyperformanceofintersectioninurbanarea.IssueDate:Jun.26, 2016, Issue Num.:ZL2013100089665.












































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