Academic Qualification

Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology

Master of Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Bachelor of Engineering, Tongji University

Teaching Area

• Modern Control Theory

• Operations Research

Research Area

• My research interests mainly lie in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), connected automated transportation systems, traffic flow theory, traffic operations and control, and traffic safety. Methodologically, I work in the intersection of transportation science, control theory, and machine learning.

Professional Services

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Reviewer, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

• Reviewer, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

• Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

• Reviewer, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

• Reviewer, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• Reviewer, Control Engineering Practice

Working Experience

• Feb. 2025 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

• Feb. 2023 ~ Nov. 2024, Supervisor, Department of Consultancy & Research, China Association of Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Nov. 2021 ~ Dec. 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Sept. 2019 ~ Sept. 2021, Postdoctoral Associate / Affiliated Researcher, C2SMART Center, New York University

• Jan. 2008 ~ Jul. 2014, Senior Transportation Planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff

• Aug. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007, Transportation Engineering Intern, DKS Associates

• Aug. 2003 ~ Jul. 2004, Assistant Engineer, CHELBI Engineering Consultants

Academic Publication (selected)

(The names marked with an underscore are students under my supervision.)

1. Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Wu, Y., Chung, E., Sartoretti, G. (2025). Learning-based Lane Selection and Driving Orders for Connected Automated Vehicles at Multi-lane Freeway Merging Sections. Early Access. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

2. Chen, J., Wu, Y., Zhou, Y., Chung, E., Wang, S. (2025).Solving Connected Automated Vehicle Merging Problems: A Generalized Benders Decomposition-Based Approach for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 200, 1-27.

3. Zhou, Y.*, Chen, J., Chung, E., Ozbay, K. (2023). CAV-Enabled Active Resolving of Temporary Mainline Congestion Caused by Gap Creation for On-Ramp Merging Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(7). 6873-6888.

4. Chen, J., Zhou, Y., Chung, E. (2023). An Integrated Approach to Optimal Merging Sequence Generation and Trajectory Planning of Connected Automated Vehicles for Freeway On-Ramp Merging Sections. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25(2). 1897-1912.

5. Zhou, Y.*, Kachroo, P., Ozbay, K. (2023). A note on the minimum-norm in dual space approach to some classical linear optimal control problems. The Journal of Engineering, 2023(6).

6. Zou, X., Chung, E., Zhou, Y., Long, M., Lam, W. H.K. (2023). A feature extraction and deep learning approach for network traffic volume prediction with detector failure. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.

7. Long, M., Zou, X., Zhou, Y., Chung, E. (2022). Deep reinforcement learning for transit signal priority in a connected environment. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 142, 103814.

8. Chen, J., Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Ozbay, K. (2022). CAV-based active congestion resolving for improving mainline traffic flow efficiency of a freeway on-ramp merging section. In The 25th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). pp. 216-223.

9. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Kachroo, P., Chung, E. (2021). A supervised switching-mode observer for traffic state and parameters and application to adaptive ramp metering. Transportmetrica A:Transport Science, 18(3). 1178-1206.

10. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Kachroo, P., Zuo, F. (2020). Ramp metering for a distant downstream bottleneck using reinforcement learning with value-function approximation. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020. 1-13.

11. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Cholette, M. E., Kachroo, P. (2020). A switching mode extended Kalman filter for real-time traffic state and parameter estimation. In Proceedings of the 23^rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). pp. 3512-3519.

12. Wang, S., Lu, C., Liu, C., Zhou, Y., Bi, J., Zhao, X. (2020). Understanding the energy consumption of battery electric buses in urban public transport systems. Sustainability, 12(23). 10007.

13. Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Bhaskar, A., Cholette, M. E. (2019). A state-constrained optimal control based trajectory planning strategy for cooperative freeway mainline facilitating and on-ramp merging maneuvers under congested traffic. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 109, 321-342.

14. Zhou, Y.*, Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A., Chung, E. (2018). Optimal vehicle trajectory planning with control constraints and recursive implementation for automated on-ramp merging. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(9), 3409-3420.

15. Zhou, Y.*, Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A., Chung, E. (2018), Automated on-ramp merging and gap development with speed constraints – a state-constrained optimal control approach. In Proceedings of 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 4975-4982.

16. Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A. (2018). Real-time joint estimation of traffic states and parameters using cell transmission model and considering capacity drop. In Proceedings of the 21^st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), pp. 2797-2804.

17. Jones, E. G., Franca, D., Zhou, Y., Forsberg, M. (2009). Estimating Train Speeds for Train Preemption using Multiple Sensor Data. In 16^th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services.

18. Zhou, Y.*, Wang, J., Huang, D., Sun, S. (2009). Pedestrian simulation modeling for World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 9(2), 141-146.

19. Yu, C., Zhang, X., Wang, J., Huang, D., Zhou, Y. (2009). Traffic organization with simulation for vehicles on Beijing Olympic venues. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 8(6), 25-31.

Research Grants (Selected)

• 2020.03 -- 2021.03    Development and tech transfer of an integrated robust traffic state and parameter

• estimation and adaptive ramp metering control system (U.S. DOT)

• 2021.01 -- 2023.12    Integrated Cooperative On-Ramp Merging (InCoMe) (General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong)

Professional Certification and Awards

• Senior Engineer (Specialty: Transportation): Certificate No. ZGB05070714

• Conferred by Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau

• ITE Australia & New Zealand SIDRA Solutions Postgraduate Award (2019)

• QUT Postgraduate Research Award (2016–2019)

• QUT International HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship (2016–2019)

• QUT Excellence Top Up Scholarship (2016–2019)

Professional Society Membership

• Member, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, 2015 – Present