Special Session 1: Artificial Intelligence and Transportation System Optimization

Chair:

Prof. Ning Zhu

University of Science and Technology of China

Biography: Ning Zhu, male, received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Tianjin University in 2012. He is currently a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. His main research interests include smart city management, transportation and logistics system modeling and optimization, information systems, operations research and optimization techniques (integer optimization, stochastic optimization, and robust optimization), and machine learning. He has published more than 50 academic papers, including in M&SOM, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part A/B/C/E, EJOR (4 papers), Journal of Management Sciences in China, and Systems Engineering—Theory & Practice. He has led five National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, two projects funded by the Ministry of Education, and several industry collaboration projects. He also serves as a reviewer for many well-known domestic and international journals, such as M&SOM, IJOC, TR-Part B, and EJOR.