Hi, my name is Jie Zeng, and I am currently a second-year PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Hai Yang. From 2017 to 2024, I received my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Traffic & Transportation Engineering from Central South University in Changsha, China (Supervisor: Prof. Jinjun Tang).

Research Interest

• Advanced travel demand management
• Deep learning applications in transportation systems
• Spatiotemporal data mining and prediction

Education

• B.S. in Traffic and Transportation, Central south University (2017.09-2021.06)
• Visiting Student in Business School, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019.07)
• M.S. in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University (2021.09-)
• PG Visiting Student at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2023.08-2023.12)
• PhD student at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2024.09-now)

Academic Services

Reviewer of ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Cities, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Complex & Intelligent Systems, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), The Journal of Supercomputing, Plos ONE, IEEE Access, IET Networks, World Transport Convention (WTC), COTA CICTP.

Awards

• HKUST RedBird PhD Recruitment Award Program (2024/25 cohort)
• Mao Yisheng Science and Technology Award - Rising Star in Railway Education 茅以升科学技术奖——铁道教育希望之星奖 (全国每年27人)
• First Prize for Excellent Academic Paper in Natural Sciences in Hunan Province 湖南省首届自然科学优秀学术论文一等奖
• National Scholarship for Graduate/Undergraduate Excellence (2018, 2023)
• Outstanding Graduate of Hunan Province (2021, 2024)
• Student of the Year Nomination Award (Top 20 over 50,000 students at CSU) (2020)