Dr. Yun (Charles) YE is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University (NBU), and is an Academic Visitor in the Transport Section of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London (IC). Dr. YE received his B.E. and Ph. D. degree from Zhejiang University (ZJU) and The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in 2017 and 2021, respectively. From 2021 to 2023, Dr. YE worked as a research engineer at the Central Research Institute and Central Media Technology Institute, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.. He has been awarded the Yongjiang Talent-Young Innovative award, Top Talent recognition by Ningbo City, the Yue-Kong Pao Young Top Scholar award by Ningbo University, and the Civil Centennial Future Scholars award by The University of Hong Kong. Dr. YE has contributed to prestigious journals and conferences such as Analytic Methods in Accident Research, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Safety Science, Accident Analysis & Prevention, Travel Behaviour and Society, TRB Annual Meeting, IEEE ITSC, etc. and serves as reviewers for IEEE T-ITS, Accident Analysis & Prevention, TR-Part F, Transport Policy, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, IEEE ITSC, etc. He has also led or participated in over 10 research and practical projects.

For more details of our group, please visit: Traffic Safety and Intelligence Laboratory, TSI Lab

Research Interests

• Traffic safety
• Virtual reality
• Human factors
• Data-driven and physics-informed modeling
• Intelligent transportation systems

Education

• 2017-2021: Ph.D in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
• 2013-2017: B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU)

Professional Experience

• Apr 2025 - Present: Academic Visitor, Transport Section, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London (IC), London, United Kingdom
• Mar 2023 - Present: Associate Professor, Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University (NBU), Ningbo, China
• Sep 2022 - Feb 2023: Research Engineer, Central Media Technology Institute, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen, China
• Nov 2021 - Sep 2022: Research Engineer, Central Research Institute, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen, China
• July 2016 - Aug 2016: Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, China

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

• Ye, Y., Zheng, P., Wang, Q., Wong, S.C., & Xu, P.* (2025). Modeling economic loss associated with fishing vessel accidents: A Bayesian random-parameter generalized beta of the second kind model with heterogeneity in means. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 46, 100384. (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF 12.5)
• Ye, Y., Liang, H., Sun, J., & Chen, X.* (2025). Distance-informed Neural Eikonal Solver for reactive dynamic user-equilibrium of macroscopic continuum traffic flow model. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Early Access. (SCI, JCR Q1, IF 7.9)
• Ye, Y., Zheng, P., Liang, H., Chen, X., Wong, S.C., & Xu, P.* (2024). Safety or efficiency? Estimating crossing motivations of intoxicated pedestrians by leveraging the inverse reinforcement learning. Travel Behaviour and Society, 35, 100760. (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF 5.1)
• Ye, Y., Wong, S.C.*, Li, Y.C., & Choi, K.M. (2023). Crossing behaviors of drunk pedestrians unfamiliar with local traffic rules. Safety Science, 157, 105924. (SCI, JCR Q1, IF 4.7)
• Ye, Y., Wong, S.C.*, Meng, F., & Xu, P. (2021). Right-looking habit and maladaptation of pedestrians in areas with unfamiliar driving rules. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 150, 105921. (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF 5.7)
• Ye, Y., Wong, S.C.*, Li, Y.C., & Lau, Y.K. (2020). Risks to pedestrians in traffic systems with unfamiliar driving rules: A virtual reality approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 142, 105565. (SSCI, JCR Q1, IF 5.7)

Keynote and Invited Talks

• Ye, Y.*, Che, Y., & Liang, H. (2024, September 24-27). Exploring the influence of pedestrian attitude, propensity, and risk perception on gap acceptance between platooning autonomous trucks. Invited presentation at the Workshop on The 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2024): Advanced Modeling, Evaluation, and Simulation of Interactions in Mixed Traffic Comprising Pedestrians, Automated Vehicles, and Human-driven Vehicles, Edmonton, Canada.

Conference Papers and Presentations

• Zhou, Z., Liang, H., & Ye, Y.* (2025, July 22-25). An improved social force model for pedestrian-vehicle interaction simulation [Poster Presentation]. The 25th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP2025), Guangzhou, China.
• Li, Z., Che, Y., Zhou, Z., Liang, H., & Ye, Y.* (2025, July 22-25). Is eHMI always helpful? Investigating interference of eHMI on pedestrians interacting with autonomous vehicles on multi-lane streets: A virtual reality-based experiment [Poster Presentation]. The 25th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP2025), Guangzhou, China.
• Ye, Y.*, Liang, H., Sun, J., & Chen, X. (2024, December 9-10). Distance-informed Neural Eikonal Solver for reactive dynamic user-equilibrium of macroscopic continuum traffic flow model [Poster Presentation]. The 28th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS 2024), Hong Kong, China.
• Ye, Y.*, Che, Y., & Liang, H. (2024, September 24-27). Exploring the influence of pedestrian attitude, propensity, and risk perception on gap acceptance between platooning autonomous trucks [Poster Presentation]. The 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2024), Edmonton, Canada. (EI)
• Ye, Y.* (2019, December 14-16). Risks to pedestrians in traffic systems with unfamiliar driving rules [Oral Presentation]. The 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS 2019), Hong Kong, China.
• Ye, Y., & Chen, X.* (2018, January 7-11). Simulation-based optimization for time-of-day coordinated ramp metering of a large-scale urban expressway network [Poster Presentation]. The 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRBAM 2018), Washington DC, United States.

Service

• Journal Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Transport Policy
  • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security
  • Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
  • Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences
• Conference Reviewer
  • IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety
• Organizer
  • The 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC 2024) Workshop: Advanced Modeling, Evaluation, and Simulation of Interactions in Mixed Traffic Comprising Pedestrians, Automated Vehicles, and Human-driven Vehicles
• Membership
  • IEEE Member
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Member
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Member
  • Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence Member
  • Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology Expert Database Member

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