Hai YangProf. Hai Yang is currently a Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his Bachelor degree from Wuhan University, China, and PhD from Kyoto University, Jpan. Prof. Yang is internationally known as an active scholar in the field of transportation, with nearly 300 papers published in SCI/SSCI indexed journals. He has received a number of national and international awards, including JSCE Outstanding Paper Award (1991); Distinguished Overseas Young Investigator Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2004); National Natural Science Award bestowed by the State Council of China (2011); HKUST School of Engineering Research Excellence Awards (2012); Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2020); and 2021 ASCE Francis C. Turner Award. He is an elected permanent member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory. Read More Read Less