Yafeng Yin

University of Michigan

yafeng@umich.edu

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Biography

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering – The University of Michigan
Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering – The University of Michigan

Dr. Yafeng Yin’s research interest is modeling and optimization of multimodal urban transportation systems for achieving efficiency and sustainability. His research has yielded more than 120 refereed papers in leading academic journals. Dr. Yin is the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Department Editor of Service Science, and Associate Editor of Transportation Science. He was elected to serve on the prestigious International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium of Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) in 2017. Dr. Yin received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2002, 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:
Yafeng Yin
Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling TechnologyHuman FactorsInfrastructure Design & ManagementModeling & ImplementationPolicy & Planning
Adapting Land Use and Infrastructure for Automated Driving
Principal Investigator:
Yafeng Yin & Srinivas Peeta
Research Thrusts: Policy & Planning
AI-enabled Transportation Network Analysis, Planning, and Operations
Principal Investigator:
Yafeng Yin
Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Modeling & Implementation, Policy & Planning
Enhancing Network Equilibrium Models for Capturing Emerging Shared-Use Mobility Services
Principal Investigator:
Neda Masoud & Yafeng Yin
Research Thrusts: Modeling & Implementation
Leveraging Connected and Automated Vehicles for Participatory Traffic Control
Principal Investigator:
Yafeng Yin & Henry Liu
Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation
Real-Time Distributed Optimization of Traffic Signal Timing
Principal Investigator:
Yafeng Yin, Siqian Shen, & Henry Liu
Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation