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Paper accepted at NeurIPS 2025 Workshop (Responsible and Trustworthy Foundation Models)
Presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting
Education
Northwestern University — Ph.D. in Transportation System Analysis and Planning
Northwestern University — M.S. in Transportation System Analysis and Planning
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Highest Honor)
Zhejiang University — B.Eng. in Civil Engineering (Rank: 1/37)
Experience
Research Scientist Intern · Alibaba
Graduate Researcher · Northwestern University
Publications & Presentations
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Addressing the alignment problem in transportation policy making: an LLM approach
Workshop
Presented
2025
NeurIPS 2025 Workshop: Responsible and Trustworthy Foundation Models.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{yan2025alignment,
title = {Addressing the alignment problem in transportation policy making: an LLM approach},
author = {Yan, Xiaoyu and Dai, Tianyi and Nie, Yu (Marco)},
booktitle = {NeurIPS 2025 Workshop: Responsible and Trustworthy Foundation Models},
year = {2025},
note = {Presented at workshop}
}
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Joint design of fixed-route and paratransit services with autonomous pods
Presented
TRB
2025
Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (TRBAM-25-05686), 2025.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{yan2025pods,
title = {Joint design of fixed-route and paratransit services with autonomous pods},
author = {Yan, Xiaoyu and Zheng, Hao and Nie, Yu (Marco)},
booktitle = {Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting},
year = {2025},
address = {Washington, D.C.},
note = {Presentation Number: TRBAM-25-05686}
}
Understanding commuter preferences for on-demand shared autonomous electric vehicles
Journal
Accepted
TR Part D
Transportation Research Part D (Accepted). Manuscript No: TRD-D-24-02194.
BibTeX
@article{dong2024saev,
title = {Understanding commuter preferences for on-demand shared autonomous electric vehicles},
author = {Dong, Zhen and Chen, Cheng and Ouyang, Jing and Yan, Xiaoyu and Liao, Cheng and Lee, Daeho and Chen, X.},
journal = {Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment},
year = {2024},
note = {Accepted. Manuscript No: TRD-D-24-02194}
}
Understanding bike-sharing usage patterns of members and casual users: A case study in New York City
Journal
2024
Travel Behaviour and Society, 36, 100793 (2024).
BibTeX
@article{wang2024bikeshare,
title = {Understanding bike-sharing usage patterns of members and casual users: A case study in New York City},
author = {Wang, Kai and Yan, Xiaoyu and Zhu, Ziqi and Chen, X. M.},
journal = {Travel Behaviour and Society},
volume = {36},
pages = {100793},
year = {2024}
}
Multi-scale urban passenger transportation CO2 emission calculation platform for smart mobility management
Journal
2023
Applied Energy, 331, 120407 (2023).
BibTeX
@article{liu2023co2platform,
title = {Multi-scale urban passenger transportation CO2 emission calculation platform for smart mobility management},
author = {Liu, J. and Li, J. and Chen, Y. and Lian, S. and Zeng, J. and Geng, M. and Zheng, H. and Dong, Z. and He, Y. and Huang, P. and Zhao, Z. and Yan, Xiaoyu and Hu, Q. and Wang, L. and Yang, D. and Zhu, Z. and Sun, Y. and Shang, W. and Wang, D. and Zhang, L. and Hu, S. and Chen, X.},
journal = {Applied Energy},
volume = {331},
pages = {120407},
year = {2023}
}
Development of a Steel Fiber-Reinforced Rubber Concrete for Jacket of Bridge Piers Against Vehicular Impacts: Preliminary Results
Springer
2021
In: European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures (Springer), 2021.
BibTeX
@incollection{lai2021rubberconcrete,
title = {Development of a Steel Fiber-Reinforced Rubber Concrete for Jacket of Bridge Piers Against Vehicular Impacts: Preliminary Results},
author = {Lai, D. and Lin, L. and Yan, Xiaoyu and Li, Z. and Xu, K. and Demartino, C. and Xiao, Y.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference of the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures},
publisher = {Springer, Cham},
pages = {1144--1151},
year = {2021}
}