(* represents the corresponding author)

(** represents the supervised master or bachelor students)

Research Interest

Future Mobility, Connected and Automated Vehicles, Shared Mobility, Multimodal Transportation Systems, Traffic Management and Control, Smart Logistics

Articles in Refereed Archival Journals

  • Tsao, M., Yang, K, Zoepf, Z., and Pavone, M. “Trust but Verify: Cryptographic Data Privacy for Mobility Management”. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (accepted).

  • Dakic, I., Yang, K*, Menendez, M., and Chow J. "On the design of an optimal flexible bus dispatching system with modular bus units: Using the three-dimensional Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram." Transportation Research Part B: Methodologies 148 (2021): 38-59.

  • Yin, B.*, Menendez M., and Yang, K. "Joint Optimization of Intersection Control and Trajectory Planning Accounting for Pedestrians in a Connected and Automated Vehicle Environment." Sustainability 13/3 (2021), 1135.

  • Yang, K.*, Roca-Riu, M., and Menendez, M., 2019. An Auction-based Approach for Prebooked Urban Logistics Facilities. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 89, pp 193-211. [paper] (Best Paper Award for papers published in 2019 on Omega)

  • Yang, K.* and Menendez, M., 2019. Queue Length Estimation in a Connected Vehicle Environment: A Convex Approach. IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20, no. 7, pp. 2480-2496. [paper]

  • He, H., Yang, K*., Liang, H**., Menendez, M., and Guler, S.I., 2019. Providing public transport priority in the perimeter of urban networks: a bi-modal strategy. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 107, pp. 171-192. [paper]

  • Yang, K., Menendez, M., & Zheng, N.*, 2019. Heterogeneity aware urban traffic control in a connected vehicle environment: A joint framework for congestion pricing and perimeter control. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 105, 439-455. [paper]

  • Yang, K.*, Menendez, M., and Guler, S.I. 2019. Implementing transit signal priority in a connected vehicle environment with and without bus stops. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 7(1), 423-445.

  • Tilg, G.**, Yang, K.*, and Menendez, M., 2018. Evaluating the Effects of Automated Vehicle Technology on the Capacity of Weaving Sections. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 96, pp. 3-21. [paper]

  • Yang, K., Zheng, N.*, and Menendez, M., 2018. Multi-scale Perimeter Control Approach in a Connected-Vehicle Environment. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 94, pp. 32-49. [paper]

  • Tan, J.*, Shi, X., Li, Z., Yang, K., Xie, N., Yu, H., Wang, L., and Li, Z., 2017. Continuous and Discrete-Time Optimal Controls for an Isolated Signalized Intersection. Journal of Sensors, 2017.

  • Yang, K.*, Guler, S.I., and Menendez, M., 2016. Isolated intersection control for various levels of vehicle technology: Conventional, connected, and automated vehicles. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 72, pp.109-129.[paper]

  • Li, L.*, Yang, K., Li, Z., and Zhang, Z., 2013. The optimality condition of the multiple-cycle smoothed curve signal timing model. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 27, pp.46-57.[paper]

ISTTT

  • Yang, K., Zheng, N*., and Menendez, M., 2017. Multi-scale Perimeter Control Approach in a Connected-Vehicle Environment. In the 22nd International Symposium on Transportation & Traffic Theory (ISTTT).

Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Gammelli, D., Yang, K.*, Harrison, J., Rodrigues, F., Pereira, F. C., and Pavone, M. Graph neural network reinforcement learning for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand systems. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, TX, USA, December 2021.

  • Tsao M., Yang K.*, Zoepf S., and Pavone, M. "Trust but Verify: Cryptographic Data Privacy for Mobility Management." INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, September 2021.

  • Yang K.*, Tsao, M., Xu, X., and Pavone M. "Real-Time Control of Mixed Fleets in Mobility-on-Demand Systems”. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 2021.

  • Genser A., Ambuhl L., Yang K., Kouvelas A., and Menendez M., 2020. Time-to-Green predictions: A framework to enhance SPaT messages using machine learning. Paper accepted for the 23rd IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Crete, Greek, September 2020.

  • Genser A., Ambuhl L., Yang K., Kouvelas A., and Menendez M., 2020. Enhancement of SPaT-messages with Machine Learning based Time-To-Green predictions. Paper accepted for hEART 2020: the 9th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Lyon, France, September 2020.

  • Dakic I., Yang K., Menendez M., 2020. Automated modular bus systems: A macroscopic perspective. Paper accepted for TransitData 2020 International Symposium, Toronto, Canada, August 2020.

  • Li, A., Yang, K., and Axhausen K., 2020. Uncertainty in short-term demand prediction.'' In TRB 8th International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM), Seattle, Washington, USA, June 2020.

  • Dakic, I., Yang, K., Menendez M., and Chow J., 2020. Flexible bus dispatching system with modular and fully automated bus units .'' In Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, January 2020.

  • Yang, K.*, Zheng, N., and Menendez, M., 2019. On the design and operation of special mobility zones in large urban networks: space allocation and traffic control. In Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting (No. 19-05974).

  • Dakic, I,*, Yang, K., and Menendez, M. Evaluating the effects of passenger occupancy dynamics on a bi-modal perimeter control. In Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting (No. 19-05589).

  • Yang, K.*, He, H., and Menendez, M., 2018. Bi-modal automated highway lanes: control strategy and evaluation. In COTA conference International Conference of Transportation Professionals.

  • Yang, K., Zheng, N.*, and Menendez, M., 2018. A Perimeter Control Approach Integrating Dedicated Express Toll Lanes. In Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting (No. 18-02838).

  • He, H.*, Yang, K., Liang, H.**, Menendez, M., and Guler, S.I., 2018. Providing Public Transport Priority at Urban Network Perimeters: A Bimodal Perimeter Control Approach. In Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting (No. 18-04772).

  • Yang, K.*, Zheng, N., and Menendez, M. "Integrating perimeter control with dedicated express toll lanes." In Traffic and Granular Flow Conference (TGF 2017).

  • He, H.*, Hohenfellner, M., Yang, K. and Menendez, M., 2017. Autonomous vehicle algorithms for highway weaving sections. In Traffic and Granular Flow Conference (TGF 2017).

  • Yang, K.* and Menendez, M., 2017. A Convex Model for Queue Length Estimation in a Connected Vehicle Environment. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (No. 17-05655).

  • Yang, K.*, Menendez, M. and Guler, S.I., 2016. Using Connected Vehicle Technology to Optimize Transit Signal Priority. In Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting (No. 16-2035).

  • Yang, K.*, Guler, S.I. and Menendez, M., 2015, September. A Transit Signal Priority Algorithm under Connected Vehicle Environment. In Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2015 IEEE 18th International Conference on (pp. 66-70). IEEE.

Articles in Non-refereed Conference Proceedings and Other Articles

  • Dakic, Igor, Kaidi Yang, Monica Menendez. ``Automated modular bus systems: A macroscopic perspective.'' TransitData 2020 International Symposium, Toronto, Canada, August, 2020.

  • Yang, K. and Pavone M., 2019. Hierarchical control framework for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA.

  • Tilg, G., Yang, K., and Menendez, M., 2018. Bewertung der Auswirkungen von automatisierten Fahrzeugen auf die Kapazität von Verflechtungszonen auf Autobahnen. Strasse und Verkehr, 104 (11), 23-27.

  • Yang, K.*, He H, and Menendez, M., 2018, May. Control strategy for bi-modal automated highway lanes. In Proceeding of the 18th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2016, Monte Verita, Switzerland).

  • Yang, K.* and Menendez, M., 2016, May. Robustness of a signal control algorithm in a connected vehicle environment. In Proceeding of the 16th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2016, Monte Verita, Switzerland).

  • Yang, K.*, Guler, I. and Menendez, M., 2015. Connected Vehicles for Signal Control. Annual Report 2015 Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG), Zurich.

  • Yang, K.*, Guler, I. and Menendez, M., 2015. A signal control strategy using connected vehicles and loop detector information. In Proceeding of the 15th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC2015, Monte Verita, Switzerland).