CURRICULUM VITAE

 

LIANYU CHU, Ph.D.

 

Research Engineer

California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT)

University of California, Berkeley

 

 

Mail Address:

522 Social Science Tower                                                                             Phone: (949) 824-1876

Institute of Transportation Studies                                                                     Fax: (949) 824-8385

University of California, Irvine                                                      Email: lchu@translab.its.uci.edu                                                          

Irvine, CA 92697 每 3600                                                             URL: http://www.its.uci.edu/~lchu

 

 

 

 

1. PERSONAL DATA

 

 

1.1  EDUCATION

 

Mar. 1996 每 Jun. 1999

 

Ph.D. Jilin University of Technology, Changchun, China

School of Transportation

Major: Transportation Planning and Management

Dissertation title: Study on the Theory and Methodologies of Dynamic Route   Guidance Systems

 

Aug. 1993 每 Mar. 1996

 

M.S., Jilin University of Technology, Changchun, China

Department of Electronic Engineering

Major: Telecommunication and Electric System

Thesis title: Iterated Function Systems (IFS) Auto-generation for Fractal Compression of Digital Image

 

Sep. 1989 每

Jul. 1993

 

B.E., Jilin University of Technology, Changchun, China

Department of Electronic Engineering

Major: Measurement Technology and Instruments

 

 

1.2  PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

 

Dec. 2003 每 present

Research Engineer

California Center for Innovative Transportation,

University of California, Berkeley,

Stationed at California ATMS Testbed at University of California Irvine

 

Jul. 2003 每

Dec. 2003

Assistant Research Engineer

ATMIS Group of the California PATH Program,

University of California, Berkeley,

Stationed at California ATMS Testbed at the University of California, Irvine

 

Jul. 2001 每

Jun. 2003

 

Post-Doctoral Researcher

ATMIS Group of the California PATH Program,

University of California, Berkeley,

Stationed at California ATMS Testbed at the University of California, Irvine

 

May 2000 每

Jun. 2001

 

Postgraduate Researcher

California ATMS Testbed,

University of California, Irvine

 

Nov. 1997 每

Feb. 1998

Principal Assistant

Part-time job responsible for the website development

Jilin New Century Telecommunication & Network Corporation, China

 

Mar. 1996.3 每 May 1996

Electronic Engineer

Part-time job responsible for the development of wireless communication products

Changchun Xunda Telecommunication Corporation, China

 

1.3  HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Mar. 10th, 1993

Excellent Graduate Certificate,

Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry of China

China

Oct. 28th, 1995

Science and Technology Achievement Certificate #95062

Issued by Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Commission of China

Achievement Name: Nonlinear Vector Quantization Based Digital Signal Compression and its Application in Telecommunication (Vehicle Type Identification System for Toll Collection

Nov 15, 2005

Certificate of Appreciation from Caltrans Traffic Operations Program: 

for outstanding teaching effort during the TMC Tools and Techniques Academy

Aug 28th, 2006

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Engineering Expert

Jilin Provincial Transportation Science and Research Institute

 

 

2. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

 

2.1  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

  • Member, Caltrans Micro-simulation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
  • Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • Member, North America China Overseas Transportation Association (NACOTA)
  • Member, International Chinese Transportation Professional Association (ICTPA)
  • Friend, TRB AHB15/A5009 Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Friend, TRB AHB45(1) Committee on Traffic Simulation Models
  • Friend, TRB ANB20 Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation

 

2.2  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

 

Paper Review

 

  • Hong Kong Society of Transport Studies (HKSTS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • ASCE International Conference on the Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference
  • International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, ACTA
  • California PATH Annual Research Proposals

 

Panel Review

 

  • Guideline for Applying Traffic Micro-Simulation Modeling Software, California Department of Transportation, 2002.

 

2.3  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

 

  • Workshop on ※Traffic Simulation Models§, 2002 Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2002.
  • Workshop on ※ArcGIS 8.1§, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, March 7th and 14th, 2002.
  •  ※Introductory Freeway Analysis Workshop§, University of California Berkeley, Richmond, CA, January 28-30, 2003
  • Workshop on ※Adaptive Traffic Signal Control / Transit Priority Systems", Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2003.
  •  ※Signal Communication System Seminar§, ITE Riverside-San Bernardino Section, Riverside, CA, May 8th, 2003
  • ※2070 Signal Controller Training§,  Siemens ITS, Irvine, CA, March 16-18, 2004
  •  ※ACTRA Traffic Signal Control System training§, Siemens ITS, Irvine, CA, March 23-25, 2004
  • Quadstone Paramics Certificate of Accreditation for ※Project scoping/project cycle training course§, Sacramento, CA, May 13th, 2004
  • Caliper, TransModeller Training, Irvine, CA, from 10/17/05 to 10/19/05

 

 

3. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

 

3.1 ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCES

 

Winter 2004     CEE298 Special Topics: Traffic Simulation Modeling

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine

                         Course Website: http://www.its.uci.edu/~lchu/cee298/

 

This is a comprehensive introductory course to traffic simulation modeling. Topics include: introduction to some fundamental concepts of microscopic simulation modeling, traffic system and its modeling, how a simulation model works and its core algorithms, a walk每though simulation study, and applications of micro-simulation. From this class students learned how to use microscopic traffic simulation models for evaluating traffic operation strategies and planning alternatives, and for research problems.

 

Spring 1997      Foxbase Database

                        Department of Computer Science, Jilin University of Technology, China

 

This course introduces how to use the database software: Foxbase.

3.2 WORKSHOP ORGANIZED AND TAUGHT

 

October 2004    Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling

Short course in the 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Oct 3-6, 2004, Washington DC

 

This short course was designed to introduce fundamental concepts of microscopic simulation modeling, provide a state-of-art overview of microscopic traffic simulation models, and explain how to use them for modeling traffic system and evaluating traffic operation strategies and planning alternatives, and for research problems.

 

April 2002       Applications of Micro-simulation Models to Transportation Planning

                        Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine

 

This workshop was designed for transportation planners and traffic engineers from government agencies to explore the applicability of various simulation models to transportation planning and traffic operations. This workshop also provided transportation practitioners with necessary knowledge and hands-on experience on the application of micro-simulation models. I was one of the instructors for the 3-hour Paramics simulation hand-on exercises.

 

February 2002 Paramics Simulation User Group Meeting

                        California Department of Transportation

 

I participated in organizing the Paramics Simulation User Group Meeting for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). During the meeting, I instructed in a 2-hour class to teach Caltrans Paramics users to use the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to extend the functionalities of Paramics.

 

 

4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

 

4.1  RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

  • Traffic Simulation and Modeling
  • Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS)
  • Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS)
  • Transportation Network Modeling
  • Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  • GPS / GIS applications
  • Video and Image Processing

 

4.2  FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Finished project

 

  1. Researcher
    Project Title: Dynamic Traffic Assignment
    Sponsor:     Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
    May 2000 每 September 2001
  2. Researcher

Project Title: Integration of the PARAMICS Software in the Framework for Testbed Simulation and Analysis

Sponsor: California ATMS testbed / California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

May 2000 每 September 2001

  1. Researcher

Project Title: Development and Evaluation of Adaptive Ramp Metering

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

Award Number: 65A0071-3013

May 2000 每 September 2001

  1. Project leader

Project Title: TMS Master Plan 每 I405/I5 Simulation

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

February 2002 每 August 2002

  1. Principal Investigator

Project Title: Real-time Traffic Information Estimation through On-line Simulation and Hybrid Data Fusion System for ATMS Applications

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

Award Number: 65A0071-4143

September 2001 每 June 2003

  1. Principal Investigator

Project Title: PATH Paramics Development and Support

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

Award Number: 65A0071-4304

July 2002 每 June 2004

  1. Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: PATH ATMS Testbed Support and Research

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

Award Number: 65A0071-4158

October 2002 每 June 2004

  1. Project leader
    Project Title: Traffic Simulation Support
    Sponsor: California ATMS testbed
    January 2004 每 December 2004
  2. Researcher and major developer
    Project Title: Development of Traffic Management Center (TMC) Simulator & Operator Training
    Sponsor: California ATMS testbed
    January 2004 每 November 2005
  3. Co-Principal Investigator and Project leader
    Project Title: Evaluation of Automated Work Zone Information Systems (AWIS)
    Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
    Award Number: RTA 65A0155
    January 2003 每 June 2005

 

On-going projects

 

  1. Co-Principal Investigator and project leader

Project Title: Integrated Ramp Metering Design, Evaluation, and Optimization Platform with PARAMICS Simulations

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

PI: Will Recker, Professor, University of California, Irvine

Award Number: 65A0161-5305

May 2004 每 present

  1. Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: Mixed Traffic Flow Detection based on Video and Image processing

Sponsor: Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Committee

PI: Dianhai Wang, Professor, Jilin University

September 2005 每 present

  1. Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: Evaluation of Incorporating Hybrid Vehicle Use of HOV Lanes

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

PI: Will Recker, Professor, University of California, Irvine

Award Number: 65A0161-5315

May 2004 每 present

  1. Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: Developing Calibration Tools for Microscopic Traffic Simulation

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

PI: Michael Zhang, Professor, University of California, Davis

Award Number: 65A0161-5308

May 2004 每 present

  1. Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: Integrated Construction Zone Traffic Management

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

PI: Michael Zhang, Professor, University of California, Davis

Award Number: 65A0161-5300

May 2004 每 present

  1. Project leader and contract manager

Project Title: Corridor Management Plan Demonstration

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

January 2004 每 present

  1. Project leader

Project Title: Optimal Control for Corridor Networks: A Mathematical Logic-Based Modeling and Solution

Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

PI: Will Recker, Professor, University of California, Irvine

August 2005 每 July 2007

 

4.3  PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed Journal Papers

 

1.                Breiland, C., Chu, L. and Benouar, H. (2006) Operational Effect of Allowing Single Occupant Hybrid Vehicles into High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, forthcoming in Transportation Research Record. Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C..

2.                Chu, L., Kim, H.K., Chung, Y. and Recker, W. (2005) Evaluation of Effectiveness of Automated Workzone Information Systems, Transportation Research Record 1911, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 73-81.

3.                Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W. (2004) Using Microscopic Simulation to Evaluate Potential Intelligent Transportation System Strategies under Nonrecurrent Congestion, Transportation Research Record 1886, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp.76-84.

4.                Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W., Zhang, H.M. (2004) Performance Evaluating of Adaptive Ramp Metering Algorithms Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation Model, Journal of Transportation Engineering, vol.130 (3), pp. 330-338.

5.                Wang, D., Yang S., and Chu, L. (2004) Modeling Car-Following Dynamics During the Starting and Stopping Process Based on a Spring System Model, Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 643-652.

6.                Liu, H., Oh, J. S., and Oh, S., Chu, L. (2001) ※On-line Traffic Signal Control Scheme with Real-time Delay Estimation Technology§, Journal of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 107-119.

7.                Chu, L. and Yang, Z. (2000) Real-time Link Travel Time Estimation Based on Fuzzy Neural Network, China System Engineering Theory & Practice, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 111-116 (in Chinese).

8.                Yang, Z and Chu, L. (2000) Study on the Development of Dynamic Route Guidance Systems (DRGS), Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, Vol. 17, No.1, pp. 34-38 (in Chinese).

9.                Zhu, Z., Yang, Z., and Chu, L. (1999) Traffic Information Collection Techniques of Urban Traffic Flow Guidance Systems (UTFGS), Journal of Jilin University of Technology, Vol. 32, No.1, pp. 86-90 (in Chinese).

10.            Chu, L. and Yang, Z. (1998) Real-time Traffic Volume Prediction Based on Fuzzy Neural Network, China Journal of Highway and Transport, Vol. 11 Sup., pp.78-82 (in Chinese).

11.            Yang, Z. and Chu, L. (1998) The application of DGPS to the Urban Traffic Flow Guidance, Journal of Jilin University of Technology, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 50-54 (in Chinese).

12.            Zhu, Y., Chu, L., and Chen, H. (1997) Still Color Image Coding based on Two-dimension DCT and Fractal Geometry, Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol.2, No.7, 1997, pp. 486-488 (in Chinese).

13.            Chu, L. and Chen, H. Adaptive Fractal Image Encoder Based on Searching Two Kinds of Features, Robot, Vol.17, Special, July. 1995, pp. 5-10 (in Chinese).

 

Refereed Conference Papers

 

14.            Chu, L and Recker, W. (2007) Development of TMC Simulator for Operator Training, Submitted to 2007 TRB Annual Meeting

15.            Ban, J. X., Chu, L., and Benouar, H. (2007) Bottleneck Identification and Calibration for Corridor Management Planning, Submitted to 2007 TRB Annual Meeting

16.            Chu, L., K S Nesamani, and Benouar, H. (2007) Priority Based High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Operation, Submitted to 2007 TRB Annual Meeting

17.            Recker, W., Zhang, H.M., Chu, L., Chen, A., and McNally, M. (2006), Development of methods and tools for managing traffic congestion in freeway corridors, CD proceeding of the 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto, Canada.

18.            Chu, L., Kim, H-K., Liu, X. and Recker, W. (2005) Evaluation of Traffic Delay Reduction from Automatic Workzone Information Systems using Micro-simulation, Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 9-13, 2005.

19.            Chu, L., Oh, S. and Recker, W. (2005) Adaptive Kalman Filter Based Freeway Travel time Estimation, Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 9-13, 2005.

20.            Liu, X., Chu, L. and Recker, W. (2004) Performance Evaluation of ITS Strategies Using Microscopic Simulation. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Oct 3-6, 2004, Washington DC.

21.            Chu, L., Liu X., Oh, J., Recker, W. (2004) A Calibration Procedure for Microscopic Traffic Simulation, Transportation Research Board 83rd Annual Meeting, Preprint CD-ROM, Washington DC, January 11-15, 2004.

22.            Chu, L., Yang X. (2003) Optimization of the ALINEA Ramp-metering Control Using Genetic Algorithm with Micro-simulation, Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Preprint CD-ROM, Washington DC, January 12-16, 2003.

23.            Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W. (2003) Development of the Capability-Enhanced PARAMICS Simulation Environment, Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Preprint CD-ROM, Washington DC, January 12-16 2003.

24.            Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W. (2002) Capability-Enhanced PARAMICS Simulation with Developed API Library, CD proceeding of the 9th ITS World Congress, Chicago, USA, October 14-17, 2002.

25.            Yang X., Chu, L., Recker, W. (2002) GA-based Parameter Optimization for the ALINEA Ramp Metering Control, The 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems 每 Singapore, September 3-6, 2002.

26.            Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W., Zhang, H.M. (2002) Development of A Simulation Laboratory for Evaluating Ramp Metering Algorithms, Transportation Research Board 81st Annual Meeting, Preprint CD-ROM, Washington DC, January 13-17 2002.

27.            Yang, Z., Chu L. (1999) A Study on Locally-determined Dynamic In-vehicle Route Guidance Systems in China, 6th World Congress on ITS, Toronto, Canada, November 1999.

28.            Yang, Z., Chu L. (1999) A Framework of Telecommunication Subsystem for Urban Traffic Flow Guidance System (UTFGS), IEEE Conference on Vehicle Electronics, Changchun, China, September 6-9, 1999.

29.            Wang, X., Chu, L., Chen, H. (1999) A Quadtree Classified-based Fractal Image Coding Approach, Proceedings of 5th Asian-pacific Conference on communication and 4th Optoelectronics and Communication Conference (APCC/OECC), Beijing, China, October 18-22, 1999.

 

Research Reports

 

30.            Chu, L., Kim, H. K., Chung, Y. and Recker, W. (2005) Evaluation of Automated Workzone Information System (AWIS) -- CHIPS (Computerized Highway Information Processing System), California PATH Research Report.

31.            Chu, L., Liu X., McNally, M. and Recker, W. (2005) Development of the Capability-Enhanced PARAMICS Simulation Environment, California PATH Research Report for Task Order 4304.

32.            Liu X., Ma, W., Chu, L. and Recker, W. (2005) Dynamic Path-based Equilibrium Assignment with Microscopic Simulation, California PATH Research Report for Task Order 4158

33.            Chu, L., Recker, W. (2004) Micro-simulation Approach to Applications of On-line Simulation and Data Fusion, California PATH Research Report UCB-ITS-PRR-2004-1.

34.            Chu, L., Liu X., Recker, W., Hague S. (2003) Evaluation of Potential ITS Strategies under Non-recurrent Congestion Using Microscopic Simulation, California PATH Working Paper UCB-ITS-PWP-2003-2.

35.            Zhang, H. M., Kim, T., Nie, X., Jin, W., Chu, L. and Recker, W. (2001) Evaluation of On-ramp Control Algorithm, California PATH Research Report, UCB-ITS-PRR-2001-36.

36.            Liu, X., Chu, L., Recker, W. (2001) Paramics API Development Document for Actuated Signal, Signal Coordination and Ramp Control, PATH working paper UCB-ITS-PWP-2001-11.

 

Degree Theses

 

37.            Chu, L., ※Study on the Theory and Methodologies of Dynamic Route Guidance Systems§, Ph.D. Dissertation, Jilin University of Technology, China, June 1999 (in Chinese).

38.            Chu, L., ※IFS Auto-generation for Fractal Compression of Digital Image§, M.S. thesis, Jilin University of Technology, China, March 1996 (in Chinese).

 

Refereed Journal Papers Under Review

 

39.            Chu, L., Kim, H-K., Liu, X. and Recker, W. ※Evaluation of Traffic Delay Reduction from Automatic Workzone Information Systems using Micro-simulation§, submitted to Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2005

 

4.4  INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

1.                  ※Current California Traffic System Operation and its Future§, presented to Jilin Department of Transportation of China, Changchun, China, 8/28/2006.

2.                  ※Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling and its Applications§, presented to School of Transportation of Jilin University, Changchun, China, 8/26/2006.

3.                  ※Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling and its Applications§, presented to Beijing Traffic Information Development Center, Beijing, China, 8/23/2006.

4.                  ※Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling and its Applications§, presented to Atkins China, Beijing, China, 8/22/2006.

5.                  ※Current California Traffic Information System and its Future§, presented to Beijing Xinqiao Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing, China, 8/22/2006.

6.                  ※Paramics Simulation Modeling and its Applications§, short course presentation to District 12 of Caltrans, September 23rd, 2004, Irvine, CA

7.                  ※Development of the Capability-Enhanced PARAMICS Simulation Environment§, California PATH Program-Wide Annual Meeting, Richmond, California, October 24-25, 2002.

8.                   ※Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Potential ATMIS Strategies Using Microscopic Simulation§, California PATH Program-Wide Annual Meeting, Richmond, California, October 24-25, 2002

9.                   ※Customized Simulation Modeling Using PARAMICS Application Programming Interface§, California PATH Program-Wide Annual Meeting, Davis, California, October 17-18, 2001.