Monash university, Institute of Advanced Vehicle technology and JITRI secured research funding of 4 million RMB( AU$ 760,000). The project title is Green Travel Models in Smart Cities: Coordination studies and Integration Platform Project.
The research is led by Dr. Inhi Kim, Prof. Terry Liu from SEU and Prof. Yifan Dai from THU.
This 3 year project, Monash is planning to recruit 4 phd candidates doing research on a variety of sub topics. I look forward to working on this project and making a great impact on traffic problems.
Subtopics are as follows;
Behavior analysis and demand forecasting based on multi-modal green travel
System optimization and resource allocation based on multi-modal green travel
Traffic control and demand management based on multi-modal green travel
induced travel based on traffic big data
Key technologies of cooperative vehicle-infrastructure systems.
A bid congrats. Such a big achievement for your lives. You guys now have just opened a new chapter in your lives. I hope you all have wonderful future. See you soon again.
I thank to Michelle Bao, a Vice-president of CCDI for having a wonderful time with my students, a cohort of 2016. Michelle is one of our Monash associates who supports in many various ways. Giving a lecture is one of annual events. This year, Michelle discussed with the students what industry expects from students. The students have a lot of questions in particularly hiring process in CCDI.
Our research group is invited by Suzhou Urban Planning Ministry to the Shared Bike Program in Suzhou. Dr. Kim made an opening speech on the Suzhou Shared Bike project that will be conducted with Suzhou Urban Planning Ministry, CCDI and Yongan.
Mr. Gu helps Dr. Kim interpret the opening speech.
The CEO of Youngan which operates the Suzhou shared bikes docked with more than 2000 stations across Suzhou. He introduced a new designed bike to public. This bike has been rolled out recently in Suzhou.
Yongan also introduces new Apps for uses to use in a more convenient way. A new bike path was also released to public so that tourists and citizen can enjoy a beautiful Suzhou scenery using the shared bike.
The one in purple is the most frequent bike users in Suzhou in 2016. This is one of the ways Suzhou gov. encourages people to use more active transportation.
Recently released shared bikes in Suzhou.
A research team who will make the Suzhou shared bike program better.
I am very thrilled to arrange that our two professors make great research presentations to public in Suzhou. The venue is organized by the Suzhou highway association and the event is cohosted by CCDI.
This year, more than 100 people from industry, government and universities participated in this event and shared their knowledge and ideas to solve many traffic problems locally and internationally.
This is 2nd Monash public speech organized following Graham’s speech last year. This event promotes our Monash Suzhou program’s reputation in China.
I as a director of the China program thank again two professors, hosts and guests today for making this even successful.
In addition, Monash ITS is happy to appoint our research partners to Monash associates. Three members are as following from left.
Mr. Hanzhong Pan, Deputy Director from Traffic Management Research Institute of Public Security Ministry of China.
Ms. Yuanqiu Bao, Vice president from CCDI(SuZhou) Exploration & Design Consultant CO.,Ltd.
Mr. Zuoming Yin , Deputy Director from Gusu Suzhou Public Security Bureau
Prof. Geoff Rose, Director form Monash ITS
Monash academic staff, staff from Gusu police department and from Suzhou highway association and CCDI.
I am also so pleased that students from school of urban rail transportation, Soochow University and our students get along with each other.
I also presented what my research team has done last 3 years including safety anaysis, illegal parking app, and shared bike programs.
My phd student, Mr Gu plays a very important role in this event as an interpreter.
Dr. Zhang made a presentation about the projects CCDI has conducted.
Prof Geoff Rose makes a presentation about our transportation systems with a new horizon that is equivalent to biology.
Prof. Hai Vu makes a presentation about ITS deployed in Netherlands as his recent project.
Many constructive questions came out from the audience making this event more impressive.
I am very happy to host our ITS director Prof. Geoff Rose and Prof. Hai Vu to our Joint Graduate School in Suzhou. I also thank my students for hospitalizing them with warm welcome.
Through a meeting with students, we all get to know more each other and we collect some suggestions from the students to improve our China program.
Our research project on road rage funded by an external source, “Wuxi traffic management research institute of the ministry of public security” has been successfully completed with the final presentation.
This is the first ever project we granted in JGS and many brilliant students are involved in this to deliver a good outcome.
I deeply thank Catherine, Kevin, Philip and Kai for leading this project and making it a successful completion.
Since Monash ITS made a mutual relationship with this institute recently, I hope we collaborate on many interesting research topics in near future.
Prof. Terry Liu and his research team from SEU and Dr. Inhi Kim and his research team visited 2 transport and urban planning companies and one department of Suzhou urban planning. We seek a mutual collaboration in transport network development, big data, public transportation planning, and lots more. We thank them for having time with us sharing their ideas on transport problems.
Prof. S.C. Wong from University of HongKong and Dr. Inhi Kim are invited by Prof. Keechoo Choi from Ajoo University in Korea. Prof. Wong gave a great insight of Big Data. The title was Golden Era of Big Data for Transportation Research” where he used HongKong taxi data of several years to analyse traffic speed and travel time in a urban context.
Prof. Wong and Choi are Editors in Chief at International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (Ranked 3 in Transportation). Also Prof. Choi play a critical role as a president of Korean Society of Transportation.
Chinese leadership under Xi Jinping is keen to improve traffic congestion in a variety of ways. Among pledges to create greener cities with more public transport, the ruling contained the apparently throwaway line that no more enclosed residential compounds will be built in principle and existing residential and corporate compounds will gradually open up so the interior roads can be put into public use. This would save land and help reallocate transport networks.
Our research team is now closely working with a Suzhou local company, CCDI to develop the index to evaluate the impact after implementing this program in China.
