报告题目：Optimization under Uncertainty with Applications in ITS, Public Transportation, and Road Safety
报 告 人：Prof. Liping Fu （University of Waterloo）
报告时间：2013年10月17日（周四）下午15:30-17:00
报告地点：安中大楼A326会议室
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Dr. Liping Fu is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Innovative Transportation System Solutions (iTSS) Lab at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Fu's research interest specifically focuses on evaluation and optimisation of large, complex traffic and transportation service systems where uncertainty and dynamics play a major role, and on the development of decision support tools for use in managing these systems. Dr. Fu has a long track record of research contributions to the areas of intelligent transportation systems, traffic engineering, public transit, road safety, traffic impact on air quality, and winter road maintenance. Dr. Fu holds several international patents and software copyrights for vehicle routing and scheduling, highway-railway grade crossings safety analysis, and winter road surface condition monitoring. He has provided technical services to many transportation agencies, including Transport Canada, Ministry of Transportation Ontario, and several municipalities in Canada. Dr. Fu has served on numerous technical committees of various professional organizations, including Transportation Research Board’s Committee, Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of Transportation Research, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada, Canadian Urban Transit Association, and Institute of Transportation Engineers. He was the past Chair of Transportation of Division of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Dr. Fu received Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)'s 2011 Academic Merit Award sponsored by Transport Canada for his long-term contribution to the advancement of the academic field and to the development of tomorrow's transportation leaders.