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Professor Zhao, Zhan 趙展

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Assistant Professor

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Professor Zhao, Zhan 趙展

Title:
Assistant Professor

Curriculum Vitae:

Short Biography:

Dr. Zhan Zhao is an Assistant Professor in Urban Data Science based in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie in the intersection of data science, human behavior, and urban mobility. In particular, his research contributes to the general field of urban science through integrating advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence into spatiotemporal data analysis for analyzing human behavior, characterizing urban dynamics, and designing new mobility solutions.

Prior to joining HKU, Zhan was a senior data scientist at Via Transportation Inc., a transportation network company providing on-demand transit services. He holds a PhD degree in Transportation from MIT, where he was a research assistant at Transit Lab and Urban Mobility Lab. Over the years, he worked at, and collaborated with, several research institutes and government agencies around the world, including Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), IBM Research – Ireland, Transport for London, TransLink (British Columbia), and Energy Foundation China.

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
2011Tongji UniversityBEng in Transportation Engineering
2013University of British ColumbiaMS in Civil Engineering
2018Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPHD in Transportation
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2022-01-01Second Prize, The 6th Chengyuan Cup - Planning Decision Support Model Design Contest
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
05/2021 - presentFellowHKU Institute of Transport Studies
12/2022 - presentMemberHong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
05/2022 - presentMemberHKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science
05/2023 - presentFellowHKU Urban Systems Institute
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Urban mobility
Travel behavior
Transportation technology
Smart city
Data science
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Putonghua英語、普通話
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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