Kenan Zhang
About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Automatic Control Lab (IfA) at ETH Zurich, advised by Prof. John Lygeros. I am also a member of the Learning & Adaptive System led by Prof. Andreas Krause.
My research focuses on the mathematical modeling, optimization and operations management of urban transportation systems, with special interests in emerging mobility services and technologies. I am also broadly interested in the applications of game theory and machine learning in transportation.
I will join EPFL as a tenure-track assistant professor in September 2023. Please be free to contact me if you are interested in joining my group.
News
2023
Feb. 9 We open a special issue on shared mobility and logistics systems in Transportmetrica B and accept submissions till August 31, 2023.
Jan. 14 We organize an online event and invite speakers from different fields to discuss low-carbon mobility. The speakers and audience also get a chance to play the virtual game we developed for our project CHIP the TRIP.
Jan. 8 I receive the COTA Best Dissertation Award (2021-2022) and give a short presentation of my thesis at the COTA Winter Symposium at TRB 2023.
2022
Dec. Our installation art project CHIP the TRIP inspired by mobility credit is presented at the 9th Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Shenzhen. This project is in collaboration with Anna Wu, an architect and a lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. Here is a demo of the Wechat mini program developed along with the project.
Nov. 30 I am interviewed by Touring, the largest specialized magazine in Switzerland on mobility, and share my vision of future mobility.
Nov. 24 I am hiring PhD students starting from Fall 2023 and/or Spring 2024. The topic will focus on multi-modal mobility services and CAV-inspired traffic management. A detailed description is here.
2021
Dec. 11 I graduated from Northwestern with Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Analysis & Planning and M.S. in Statistics.
Dec. 10 I was officially appointed by EPFL as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC).
Oct. 7 I defended my dissertation Analysis of ride-hail with pooling: matching, equilibrium and management.