Employment

Jan/24 – Now    Zhejiang University (ZJU)                          Hangzhou, China

                            "Hundred Talents" Professor, Doctoral supervisor

                            College of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Aug/21 – Dec/23  Zhejiang University (ZJU)                          Hangzhou, China

                            Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Intelligent Transportation Systems

                            Supervisor: Prof. Xiqun (Michael) Chen

Education

Sep/15 –Jun/21    Jilin University (JLU)                            Changchun, China

        Ph.D. in Transportation Information Engineering and Control,

        School of Transportation

        Supervisor: Prof. Zhihui Li

Sep/19 – Sep/20      University of California, Irvine (UCI)                    Irvine, CA, U.S.

                            Visiting Scholar, Institute of Transportation Studies

                            Supervisor: Prof. Stephen G. Ritchie

Sep/09 – Jun/13   Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU)                     Beijing, China

                            Bachelor of Urban Rail Transit, School of Traffic and Transportation

                            Supervisor: Prof. Wei Guan

Publication List

1.      Yingji Xia^#, Chenlei Liao^#, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*, Zheng Zhu, Xiaorui Chen, Lixing Wang, Rui Jiang, Marc E.J. Stettler, Panagiotis Angeloudis, Ziyou Gao*. Future reductions of China’s transport emissions impacted by changing driving behaviour. Nature Sustainability, 2023, 6: 1228–1236. (Nature-branded Journal, JCR Q1, IF=27.6)

·       Selected as Research Highlights by Nature (4 papers per issue, selected from all academic journals worldwide): Aggressive driving sends carbon levels soaring. Nature, 2023, 620 (7972): 11.

·       Reported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

·       Reported by Zhejiang University (ZJU) homepage

2.      Yingji Xia, Xiqun (Michael) Chen. Impacts of aggressive driving on transport emissions in China. Nature Sustainability, 2023, 6: 1153–1154. (Nature-branded Journal, JCR Q1, IF=27.6, Invited Research Briefing, IF=27.6)

3.      Yingji Xia, Hui Chen, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. Integrating social neuroscience into human-machine mutual behavioral understanding for autonomous driving. The Innovation, 2023, 4 (4): 100455. (Cell Partnered Journal, JCR Q1, IF=32.1)

4.      Yingji Xia, Maosi Geng, Yong Chen, Sudan Sun, Chenlei Liao, Zheng Zhu, Zhihui Li, Washington Yotto Ochieng, Panagiotis Angeloudis, Mireille Elhajj, Lei Zhang, Zhenyu Zeng, Bing Zhang, Ziyou Gao, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. Understanding human common driving semantics for autonomous vehicles. Patterns, 2023, 4 (7): 100730. (Cell Sister Journal, Cover Article, JCR Q1, IF=6.5)

5.      Yingji Xia, Ningke Xie, Li Li, Panagiotis Angeloudis, Der-Horng Lee, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. Driving intention understanding for autonomous vehicles: Current approaches and beyond. Device. doi:10.1016/j.device.2024.100431 (Cell Sister Journal, Scheduled for inclusion in the August 16th issue)

6.      Maosi Geng, Junyi Li, Yingji Xia*, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. A physics-informed Transformer model for vehicle trajectory prediction on highways. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2023, 154: 104272. (JCR Q1, IF=8.3)

7.      Zheng Zhu, Meng Xu, Kehua Wang, Chenyuan Lei, Yingji Xia*, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. A non-local grouping tenser train decomposition model for travel demand analysis concerning categorical independent variables. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2023, 157: 104396. (Q1, IF=8.3)

8.      Yingji Xia, Zhaowei Qu, Zhe Sun, Zhihui Li*. A human-like model to understand surrounding vehicles’ lane changing intentions for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2021, 70 (5): 4178-4189. (JCR Q1, IF=6.8).

9.      Yingji Xia*, Zhe Sun, Andre Tok, Stephen Ritchie. A dense background representation method for traffic surveillance based on roadside LiDAR. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2022,152: 106982. (JCR Q1, IF=4.6).

10.   Sudan Sun, Yingji Xia*. The need for wider non-motor lanes: A study on the bicycle electrification process in China. Journal of Transport & Health, 2022, 25: 101374. (JCR Q2, IF=3.6)

11.   Yingji Xia, Zhe Sun, Zhaowei Qu, Tianze Liu, Zhihui Li*, Yuhong Gao. Reaction model of conflictive e-bikes and numerical simulation. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2021, 566: 125657. (JCR Q2, IF=3.3).

12.   Yingji Xia*, Yuhong Gao, Jing Tian, Tianze Liu. Video-based method for detecting potential risks among multiple electric bikes. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2019, 13 (9): 1440-1446. (JCR Q3, IF=2.7)

13.   Maosi Geng, Yong Chen, Yingji Xia, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. Dynamic-learning spatial-temporal Transformer network for vehicular trajectory prediction at urban intersections. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2023, 156: 104330. (JCR Q1, IF=8.3)

14.   Yuhong Gao, Zhaowei Qu, Xianmin Song*, Zhenyu Yun, Yingji Xia. A novel relationship model between signal timing, queue length and travel speed. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2021, 583: 126331. (JCR Q2, IF=3.3).

15.   Zhihui Li, Yingji Xia, Zhaowei Qu*. Data-driven background representation method to video surveillance. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 2017, 34 (2): 193-202. (JCR Q2, IF=1.9)

16.   Yuhong Gao, Zhaowei Qu, Jingling Jiang*, Xianmin Song, Yingji Xia. Mixed traffic flow signal timing optimization method considering e-bike expansion influence. Journal of Transportation Engineering- Part A: Systems, 2021, 147 (2): 04020155. (JCR Q3, IF=2.1)

17.   Zhaowei Qu, Yuhong Gao, Xianmin Song*, Yingji Xia, Lin Ma, Ronghan Yao. Traffic conflict identification of e-bikes at signalized intersections. Transport, 2021, 36 (2): 185-198. (JCR Q4, IF=1.7)

18.   Zhaowei Qu, Xin Wang, Xianmin Song*, Yingji Xia, Mili Yuan. Urban hotspot travel section identification method based on taxi GPS large data, Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 19 (2): 238-246. (EI, CNKI highly cited paper)

19.   Zhihui Li, Yingji Xia, Zhaowei Qu*, Jingchen Ren. Data-driven background model in video surveillance, Journal of Jilin University (Engineering and Technology Edition), 2017, 47 (4): 1286-1294. (EI)

20.   Xianmin Song*, Mingxin Liu, Lin Ma, Yingji Xia. Research on bus travel time prediction based on extreme learning machine, Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 18 (5): 136-142. (EI)

Working Paper

21.   Yingji Xia, Shengnan Zhu, Maosi Geng, Sudan Sun, Hui Chen*, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*, Xiaoxiang Na, Jieping Ye, Christopher S. Tang. Leveraging artificial intelligence to attain natural intelligence. Nature. (Under Revision)

22.   Sudan Sun, Yuhong Gao, Yingji Xia*, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*. Transport emission mitigation of personalized daily commuting in China. Ecosystem Health and Environment. (Under Review)

23.   Yong Chen, Chenlei Liao, Zeen Cai, Wanru Wang, Yingji Xia, Xiqun (Michael) Chen*, Ziyou Gao*. Understanding urban hierarchical segregation interactions via human mobility networks. Nature Computational Science. (Under Review)

Patents

1.      An MPC-based traffic signal control method for urban road networks, Patent No. CN113112823A. (4^th Contributor)

2.      Location optimization method of roadside taxi stops based on track big trajectory data, Patent No. CN110458589A. (7^th Contributor)

3.      Early green traffic signal control method for electric bikes at signalized intersection, Patent No. CN109559504B. (8^th Contributor)

4.      Traffic conflict identification method among electric bikes at signalized intersections, Patent No. CN107705635A. (8^th Contributor)

5.      Vehicle-mounted moving pedestrian location detection method based on optical flow clustering, Patent No. CN107292266A. (11^th Contributor)

Research Projects

• Start-up fund. China National "Double First Class" University Fund. Jan/24-Dec/29. (PI, 1,000,000 RMB)

• Brain-inspired intelligence-based common driving behavior modeling. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund. Jan/25-Dec/27. (PI, 300,000 RMB)

• Common driving semantics-based driving behavior analysis for autonomous vehicles. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Jan/2022-Aug/23. (PI, 80,000 RMB)

• Zhejiang University Intellectual Property Fund. Aug/24. (PI)

• Simulation optimization and human-machine hybrid decision for intelligent urban transportation systems. National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Program. Jan/25-Dec/29. (Subproject PI, 1,610,000 RMB)

• Co-PI or Participate in over ten research projects including the National Key Research and Development Program, NSFC Program, NSFC Young Scholar Program, China Provincial Research and Development Program, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Research Program, etc.

Achievements

• First class prize for the First National Physics Experiment Contest

• First class prize for National Mathematical Contest in Modeling

• First class prize for Excellent Postgraduate of JLU

• Postgraduate Academic Achievement Scholarship of JLU (4 times)

• Third class prize for the Seventh National Competition of Transport Science and Technology

• Scholarship recipient of China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Professional Experience

Membership & Affiliations

• Mar/24-Now           Advisory Board Member, Patterns (Cell-Sister Journal)

• July/24                    Guest editor, Call for Paper "Urban sustainability and data science", Patterns (Cell-Sister Journal)

• Mar/24-Mar/27       Early Career Editorial Board Member, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (Science Partner Journal)

• Jan/24-Now             Discipline Secretary (JT05), 3^rd World Transport Convention (WTC)

• Jan/24-Now             Committee Member (JC0404), 3^rd World Transport Convention (WTC)

• Jan/21-Now             Member of Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA)

• Jan/17-Now             Student Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA)

• Jan/17- Dec/21        Student Member of IEEE (Computer Society / ITS Society)

• Jan/22- Now            Member of IEEE (Computer Society / ITS Society)

• Jan 22-Now             Silver Member of AAAS

• Aug/12                    Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer

• Sep/17                     Certified Associate Constructor of China

• Jun/23                     CBBA Professional Fitness Coach

Journal Reviewer

• Reviewer of the following academic journals:

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, IEEE Access, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Sensors Letter, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Safety Science, Cybernetics and Systems, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Supercomputing, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Mobile Information Systems, Journal of Advanced Transportation, etc.

Teaching-related Experience

• Supervisor of Undergraduate Student Research Training Program (SRTP), ZJU

• Teaching assistant of Transport Systems Analysis, ZJU

• Secretary of Mater/Doctor thesis defense, ZJU (6 times)

• Secretary of postgraduate entrance interview, ZJU (2 times)

Internship Experience

Jan-Feb/12      Transportation Management Bureau of Jilin City               Jilin, China

Jul-Aug /12     Laboratory of Energy Base and Strategy Research             Dalian, China

Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences