Prof. Hui Liu, Central South University, China
Liu Hui, full professor and Changjiang Scholar at Central South University, and the vice dean of the School of Transportation Engineering. He has been selected as a Highly Cited Scientist, a "Distinguished Young Scholar in Engineering Frontiers" by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering's "Outstanding International Engineer Award," and a "Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation" by the Ministry of Transport. He holds dual doctoral degrees from China and Germany, as well as a German professorship (Robotics Chair), he previously served as the BMBF Junior Group Leader at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. He has received the Springer Nature "China New Development Award" and the Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award. As the primary contributor, he has been awarded the World Internet Conference Leading Technology Award, the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award, the Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, the China Transportation Association Science and Technology First Prize, and the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award. He has also participated in projects that won the National Science and Technology Progress First Prize. As the primary inventor, he has secured 136 invention patents in China, the U.S., and Europe, and led projects that won the Geneva and Nuremberg Gold Awards. As the first author, he has published seven monographs with Springer/Elsevier and authored 136 SCI/EI papers.
Speech Title: Key Technologies and Development of Controlling Industrial Software for Transportation Robotics
Prof. Chuan Ding, Beihang University, China
Chuan Ding is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beihang University, a Young Yangtze River Scholar of the Ministry of Education, and currently serves as the Executive Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation Technology and Systems under the Ministry of Education. He primarily engages in research on road traffic system modeling and operational control, leading projects such as the National Key R&D Program of China. He has published over 50 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author, contributed to the formulation of two national standards, and spearheaded efforts that earned two provincial/ministerial-level first prizes for Scientific and Technological Progress Awards. He has been consistently recognized as a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier for multiple years. Additionally, he serves as a Senior Editor ofTransportation Research Part D.
Speech Title: Uncertainty quantification in Bayesian physics-informed deep learning-based traffic state prediction
Prof. Yi Lu, Changsha University of Science & Technology, China
Lu Yi, Dean of the Institute of Intelligent Transportation and Modern Logistics, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Changsha University of Science & Technology; Consulting Expert of Soft Science of the Ministry of Transport, Standing Director of the Chinese Society of Management Science and Engineering, Dean of Hunan Port and Shipping Supply Chain Research Institute, Vice President of Hunan Talent Research Association, Hunan Modern Logistics Society, etc. He has won 9 provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards, published 6 monographs, and published more than 150 papers. In the past 5 years, the think tank reports he has written have received positive instructions from major provincial leaders for more than 30 times.
Speech Title: Research on Building Hunan's Main Channel and Hub of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor Taking the Xianggui Canal as an Opportunity
Prof. Liangyi Yang, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Ph.D. in Engineering, Senior National Leading Talent, and Graduate Supervisor. His primary research focuses on testing, evaluation technologies, standards and regulations for intelligent and connected vehicles (ICVs). He also serves as a committee member of SAC/TC526/SC1, an expert of China Inspection and Testing Society, a standardization expert of Chongqing and a review expert for the Chongqing Patent Award.
As a principal investigator or key participant, he has been involved in more than 20 research projects, including the National Key R&D Program of China and Chongqing Key Special Projects. He has led or participated in the development of over 20 national, industry, and group standards related to ICVs. With over 20 core journal publications as the first or corresponding author, including 8 papers indexed by EI/SCI, he ha also applied for more than 40 national invention patents.
Speech Title: Research and Engineering Application of Testing and Evaluation Technologies for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles