Yafeng Yin
Biography
Donald Cleveland Collegiate Professor Of Engineering – The University of Michigan
Donald Malloure Department Chair Of Civil And Environmental Engineering – The University of Michigan
Dr. Yafeng Yin’s research aims to analyze and enhance multimodal transportation systems toward efficiency, resilience, and environmental sustainability. Currently, he focuses on developing innovative mobility solutions and services by leveraging vehicle connectivity and automation. Dr. Yin has published nearly 150 refereed papers in leading academic journals. He also has extensive experience with editing academic journals. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies between 2014 and 2020 and currently serves as Area Editor of Transportation Science and Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, another two flagship journals in the transportation domain. He also serves on the International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium of Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) and the Steering Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS). Dr. Yin received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2002, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1996 and 1994 respectively.
Their Research
| 2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modelling (ISTDM) |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Adapting Land Use and Infrastructure for Automated Driving |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin & Srinivas Peeta Research Thrusts: Policy & Planning |
| AI-enabled Transportation Network Analysis, Planning, and Operations |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning |
| Effectiveness of Inductive Vehicle Charging to Alleviate EV Range Anxiety |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin & Sina Bahrami Research Focus: Mobility |
| End-to-End Learning Framework for Transportation Network Equilibrium Modeling |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin Research Focus: Mobility |
| Enhancing Network Equilibrium Models for Capturing Emerging Shared-Use Mobility Services |
| Principal Investigator(s): Neda Masoud & Yafeng Yin Research Thrusts: Modeling & Implementation |
| Leveraging Connected and Automated Vehicles for Participatory Traffic Control |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Real-Time Distributed Optimization of Traffic Signal Timing |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yafeng Yin, Siqian Shen, & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |