Dr. Wei Liu is currently the Associate Head and Associate Professor, Presidential Young Scholar at the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before this, he was a faculty member at University of New South Wales, Sydney in Australia and University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. He also worked as a Researcher at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Dr. Liu earned his PhD in Transportation from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2014, and his B.Eng. in Civil Engineering and Bachelor of Laws from Tsinghua University in 2010. He is a recipient of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council. His research group focuses on data-driven decision analytics; large-scale transport system modeling, optimization and computing; aviation and rail system modeling; and transport economics. Dr. Liu’s research has attracted funding from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Australian Research Council, Hong Kong’s MTR Research Funding Scheme, and Guangdong Science and Technology Department.

Public Publication Profiles: Google Scholar, ORCID, Scopus, Web of Science, ResearchGate.

Research Areas

• Data-driven Decision Analytics
• Transport Network Modeling and Optimization
• Transport and Aviation Economics
• Aviation and Rail System Modelling
• Automated and Shared Mobility
• UAV Applications in Smart Transport and Logistics

PhD Positions and Academic Visitors

• PhD Students: Students with background in Aviation/Transport/Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Control Engineering, Automation, Applied Mathematics or other relevant areas are welcome to apply for our PhD or MPhil program. Please send me your CV including your education qualifications with GPA, English test scores (IELTS/TOEFL), list of publications (if any) and name and contact of at least two referees.

• Postdoc, Visiting Students and Scholars: If your research background fits my research interests, please send me your CV including your education qualifications and list of publications (if any).

Group Members & Affiliates

• Current members
  Runfa Wu (Postdoctoral fellow, 2023/2024 S1 - present), PhD from Central South University and Joint PhD training from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  Kairui Cui (PhD student, 2024/2025 S2 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Beihang University and Master’s degree from Delft University of Technology
  Jing Li (Southest-PolyU Dual PhD Degree student, 2024/2025 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Tianjin University)
  Haoyi Fei (PhD student, 2024/2025 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Sichuan University and Master’s degree from University of Hong Kong
  Huayu Xu (PhD student, 2024/2025 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Shandong University and Master’s degree from National University of Singapore
  Ziyu Gu (PhD student, 2024/2025 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Xinyi Liu (PhD student, 2024/2025 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Chang’an University and Master’s degree from Central South University
  Min Yan (PhD student, 2023/2024 S2 - present, PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship), Bachelor’s degree from Shenzhen University and Master’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology
  Xintong Li (PhD student, 2023/2024 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Central South University
  Xinyi Zhu (PhD student, 2023/2024 S1 - present, PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship), Bachelor’s degree from Dalian Maritime University and Master’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Yuzhen Feng (PhD student, 2023/2024 S1 - present, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship), Bachelor’s degree from Tongji University
  Yihan Gao (PhD student, 2023/2024 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Central South University
  Xuanji Long (MPhil student, 2022/2023 S3 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Central South University
  Mingzhi Lyu (PhD student, 2022/2023 S3 - present), Bachelor’s degree from University of New South Wales, Sydney
  Yufan Zuo (PhD student, 2022/2023 S1 - present, PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship), Bachelor’s degree from Central South University and Master’s degree from Southeast University
  Qingying He (PhD student, 2022/2023 S1 - present), Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University & Master’s dgree from University of Edinburgh

• Former members
  Yihan Gao (Research Assistant, 2022/2023 S1 - 2022/2-23 S3)
  Mingzhi Lyu (Research Assistant, 2022/2023 S1 - 2022/2023 S2)
  Kai Xu (PhD, 2019 T3 - 2023 T1) - Modeling and Management of Ridesourcing Services with Order Cancellation and Platform Collaboration
  Mingyou Ma (PhD, 2019 T2 - 2022 T3) - Modelling and Managing Integrated Public Transport System for Passengers and Freight
  Bangyang Wei (PhD, 2019 T1 - 2022 T2) - Modeling and Managing a Transportation System With Shared Mobility Services
  Can Li (PhD, 2019 T1 - 2022 T2) - Urban Mobility Analytics: Understanding, Inference and Forecasting
  Tanapon Lilasathapornkit (PhD, 2018 T2 - 2022 T2) - Network Modeling for Walking Infrastructure: Developing Pedestrian Traffic Assignment Methodologies for Large-Scale Footpath Networks
  Haoning Xi (PhD, 2019 T3 - 2022 T1) - Optimization Methods for Mobility Resource Allocation, Pricing and Demand Management in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems
  Yuhui Chen (MPhil, 2020 T1 - 2021 T3) - Modeling ride-sourcing and public transport services in a multi-modal network with multi-class users
  Runqing Zhao (MPhil, 2019 T3 - 2022 T1) - Service network design for emerging modes in air transport: autonomous airport inter-terminal bus shuttle and air metro

• Visiting Scholars/Students
  Bolong Zhou (2022.09-2026.08, PhD student from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
  Zhengrong Liu (2023.08-2023.09, PhD student from Tsinghua University, China)
  Jing Xu (2022.12-2023.12, PhD student from Central South University, China)
  Mingyou Ma (2022.05-2022.12, PhD student from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
  Yihan Gao (2022.01-2022.04, MPhil student from Central South University, China)
  Wei Wu (2018.11-2019.11, Associate Professor from Changsha University of Science and Technology, China)