HKSTS 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop: International Symposium on Smart Mobility Systems

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 2025 (Saturday)

Time: 13:00 – 18:00

Venue: CPD-3.04, Centennial Campus, Central Podium Levels - Three (CPD-3, Run Run Shaw

Tower), The University of Hong Kong

Aims and Scopes

This workshop centers on Smart Mobility, emphasizing the integration of advanced technologies

and intelligent systems to create efficient, sustainable, and user-centric transport solutions. With the rise of emerging modes such as urban air traffic and shared autonomous vehicles, new challenges are reshaping traffic operations and planning. The workshop aims to foster discussion on innovative approaches that enhance mobility accessibility and system resilience. We welcome both local and overseas scholars to attend the workshop for exchanging their ideas and insights!

Co-chairs

Dr. Jintao KE (kejintao@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Fangni ZHANG (fnzhang@hku.hk), Department of Data and Systems Engineering, The

University of Hong Kong

Dr. Ryan C. P. WONG (cpwryan@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of

Hong Kong

Secretary

Dr. Bin ZHOU (binchou@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

Registration: free admission but registration is required (Click Here). All are welcome. When you enter HKU,

please show the registration confirmation page to the campus guard.

Tentative Workshop Programme on 6 December 2025

13:00-13:05 Opening Address by Dr. Jintao Ke

13:05 –13:45 Sensitivity of ITS Learning Models with Mobility Data- applications in transportation privacy and cybersecurity by Xuegang Ban, William and Marilyn Conner Endowed Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Washington

13:45 –14:25 Exact Methods through Decomposition: Insights from Logic-Based Benders Decomposition by Roberto Baldacci, Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

14:25 – 15:05 Physics-informed data analytics - exploiting domain knowledge with hard data in a transportation network by Yueyue Fan, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

15:05 – 15:45 From Self-Driving to Self-Organizing: Connected Vehicles as Catalysts for Smart Mobility by Lina Kattan, Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

15:45 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:40 Disturbance Mitigation Strategies for Scheduled Mobility Systems by Fang He, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University

16:40 – 17:20 Coordinated urban logistics: Combining public transit and drones for efficient distribution by Kai Wang, Associate Professor, School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University

17:20 – 18:00 Joint Online Freight Allocation and Train Unit Scheduling with Reusable Resources for Emergency Logistics by Jiateng Yin, Professor, School of Systems Science, Beijing Jiaotong University

For abstracts and biographies of speakers and more details, please check the details here.