Dr. Yun (Charles) YE is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University (NBU). 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. During 2021-2023, he served as research engineer at Central Research Institute and Central Media Technology Institute, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.. He was an awardee of Yongjiang Talent-Young Innovative, Top Talent by Ningbo City, Yue-Kong Pao Young Top Scholar by Ningbo University, and Civil Centennial Future Scholars by the University of Hong Kong.

Research Interests

• VR/AR-based Simulation
• Human Factors
• Pedestrian Behaviors
• Traffic Safety
• Pedestrian-AVs Interaction

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

• 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 Q2, IF 5.200)
• 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, Top, IF 6.392)
• 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, Top, IF 6.376)
• 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, Top, IF 6.376)

Conference Papers and Presentations

• Liang, H., Ye, Y., & Sun, J. (2024) A micro-macro approach to modeling the flocking of crowd dynamics. The 103rd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, United States, January 7-11, 2024. [Poster Presentation]
• Liang, H., Sun, J., & Ye, Y. (2023) Modeling the stochastic pedestrian fundamental diagram with explicit considerations of bidirectional conflict. The 27th Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies International Conference, Hong Kong, China, December 11-12, 2023. [Poster Presentation]
• Ye, Y. (2019) Risks to pedestrians in traffic systems with unfamiliar driving rules. The 24th Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies International Conference, Hong Kong, China, December 14-16, 2019. [Oral Presentation]
• Ye, Y., Chen, X. (2018) Simulation-based optimization for time-of-day coordinated ramp metering of a large-scale urban expressway network. The 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, United States, January 7-11, 2018. [Poster Presentation]
• Chen, X., Zhang, S., Shen, K., Ye, Y. & Sun, W. (2016) Big Data Driven Simulation-Based Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Empirical Studies. The 11th Annual Conference of ITS China, Chongqing, China, November 16-18, 2016. [Best Paper Award]

Theses

• Ye, Y. (2021). Pedestrian Crossing Behavior in Areas with Unfamiliar Driving Rules. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Hong Kong.
• Ye, Y. (2017). Simulation-Based Optimization for Time-of-Day Coordinated Ramp Metering of a Large-Scale Urban Expressway Network. B.Eng. Thesis, Zhejiang University.

Selected Projects

• Virtual Reality-based Study of Pedestrian-Vehicle Interaction Behavior and Risk in Port Automated Driving Environment (PI, Ningbo Yongjiang Talent Project Young Innovative Talent Program, Ningbo Government, Project No. ZX2024000003, 2024-2028)
• Human-Vehicle Interaction Safety in Port Road Areas under Autonomous Driving Conditions (PI, Talent Start-up Fund, Ningbo University, Project No. ZX2023000249, 2023-2026)
• Urban Intersection Holographic Perception Layout and Control Strategy (Co-PI, Huawei Techonologies Co., Ltd., 2022-2023)
• Smart Scheduling Algorithm for Electric Buses (Co-PI, Huawei Techonologies Co., Ltd., 2021-2023)
• Dynamic Macroscopic Modeling of Crowd Dynamics under Panic Conditions (GRA, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR Government, Project No. 17201318, 2019-2021)
• Risks to Pedestrians of Crossing in a Traffic System with Different Driving Rules (GRA, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR Government, Project No. 17203017, 2018-2020)
• Multi-user voice-driven BIM-based navigation system for fire emergency response (GRA, U21 Graduate Collaborative Research Awards, Universitas 21, 2018-2019)
• Traffic Flow Modeling and Operational Strategies Optimization for Urban Transportation Corridor Simulations (GRA, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China, Project No. 51508505, 2016-2018)
• Traffic Simulation and Integrated Control Optimization Strategy for the Main Urban Road Network of Hangzhou (GRA, Zhejiang Intelligent Transportation Engineering Technology Research Center, 2015-2016)

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