Designing Smart and Resilient Transport Systems (The lecture slides can be downloaded here) Speaker : Dr. Beatriz Martinez-Pastor School of Civil Engineering University College Dublin Date :     Dec 17, 2025 (Wednesday) Time :   5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Venue : Room 612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Abstract This presentation introduces the core principles of designing smart and resilient transport systems, emphasising how data-driven methods, user-centred

Dynamic Ice Field Perception and Panoramic Map Generation for Polar Navigation Speaker : Prof. Dongfang Ma Ocean college, Zhejiang University Date :     Dec 19, 2025 (Friday) Time :   2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Venue : Room 612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Abstract Safe and efficient polar navigation requires high-precision, real-time panoramic ice maps across long voyages. Yet conventional visual mapping techniques struggle in this environment due to sparse

Optimizing integrated passenger and freight transportation – what, why, and how? Speaker : Prof. Patrick Stokkink Department of Engineering Systems and Services, TU Delft Date :     Dec 19, 2025 (Friday) Time :   11:00 am – 12:00 nn Venue : Room 612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Abstract Passenger and freight transportation are typically operated in isolation. Both systems face challenges, among which are understaffing, underutilized capacity, and en

The Role of Freedom in Urban Mobility Transitions Speaker : Prof. Tim Schwanen School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford Date :     Dec 10, 2025 (Wednesday) Time :   10:00 am – 11:00 am Venue : CPD-3.16, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Abstract Globally, urban mobility systems are in flux, with ongoing transformations commonly ascribed to changes in technology, business models, and policy. While these changes are important

2025 International Symposium on Smart Mobility Systems Pre-Conference (HKSTS) Workshop Jointly organized by Department of Civil Engineering & Department of Data and Systems Engineering & Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) Engineering Management (originally named as Frontiers of Engineering Management ), a Springer Nature journal supervised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering Date : 6 December

Advances in Micromobility, Fleet Electrification, and Autonomous Mobility: Insights from Singapore Speaker : Dr. Ghim Ping Raymond ONG Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering National University of Singapore Date :     Dec 5, 2025 (Friday) Time :   5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Venue :  Room 612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Abstract This seminar highlights recent advances in data-driven and intelligent approaches for enhancing multimodal urban transpo

Title : Resource allocation for an air-rail-integrated co-modality platform considering both demand and supply uncertainties Speaker : Ms. Xinyi Zhu (Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering , Hong Kong Polytechnic University ) Date : Nov 26, 2025 (Wednesday) Time : 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Venue : Room 8-28, Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Registration Link : https://forms.office.com/r/1nLK1SMMHh   ITS Student Committee will provide light refreshments

The symposium will theme at “ Innovate to Elevate through Digital Urbanism ”, which highlights the pivotal role of innovation and technology play in reshaping urban environments. By focusing Mobility , Construction , and Innovation , this theme underscores the necessity of collaborative efforts in creating sustainable and efficient ecosystem. Jointly organised by HKU’s Joint Lab on Future Cities (JLFC) and the Royal College of Art’s Future Cities Lab, and the strategic partne

Title : Urban logistics system design with truck-drone collaborative delivery Speaker : Dr. Zhenwei Gong ( Department of Data and Systems Engineering ) Date : Nov 4, 2025 (Tuesday) Time : 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Venue : Room 8-28, Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Registration Link : https://forms.office.com/r/UzVxX5SgF9 ITS Student Committee will provide light refreshments and drinks for registered participants. Abstract : This study investigates the optimal desig

Date : November 11, 2025 (Tuesday) Time : 14:30 – 17:30 Venue : HW612B, 6/F Haking Wong Building, HKU Programme : 14:30 - 14:35 Opening speech & introduction by Prof WY Szeto 14:35 - 15:20 "Urban Mobility, Air Pollution, and Environmental Justice" by Professor Junshi XU 15:20 - 16:05 "Representative Agents for Traffic Modeling: From Fully LLM-Driven to LLM Guided Learning" by Professor Jiayang LI 16:05 - 16:20 Break 16:20 - 17:30 Brainstorming and discussion on r

Title : Strategic planning for public transportation electrification: large-scale electric bus network transition planning via deep reinforcement learning Speaker : Ms. Luyun Zhao ( Department of Urban Planning and Design ) Date : Oct 14, 2025 (Tuesday) Time : 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Venue : Room 8-28, Haking Wong Building, The University of Hong Kong Registration Link : https://forms.office.com/r/FThKpBgpfp ITS Student Committee will provide light refreshments and drinks for regi

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