Plenary Speaker Ⅰ

Limin Jia 

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Brief Biography: 

He serves as a member of the National Carbon Neutrality Science and Technology Expert Committee, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Expert Committee of the National Railway Administration, and Chief Expert on Electrified Transportation for the China Association for Science and Technology; Vice President of the Chinese Electrotechnical Society, Supervisor of the China Intelligent Transportation Association, and Director of the Autonomous Transportation Systems Committee of the China Command and Control Society; Chief Professor of the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Rail Transit Autonomous Operation, Executive Director of the National Energy and Transportation Integration Research Institute, Deputy Director of the Traffic and Energy Integration Research Institute at Chang'an University, Chief Technical Expert of the National High-Speed Train Technology Innovation Center, and Vice President of the National Engineering Research Center for Urban Rail Transit System Safety and Operation and Maintenance. He has served as the head of the expert groups for key transportation-related projects in the 11th and 12th Five-Year National Science and Technology Plans, and is the pioneer in advocating for intelligent rail transportation systems, autonomous transportation systems, and transportation-energy integration technologies.

He has received the Special Allowance from the State Council, was selected as a national candidate for the "Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project," and has been honored with titles such as National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker, National Innovation and Excellence Award, "Top Ten National Science and Technology Innovation Figures," Mao Yisheng Railway Science and Technology Award, and Zhan Tianyou Achievement Award. He has been awarded two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, seven gold prizes for international inventions, two China Patent Excellence Awards, and 23 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards. He has authored 31 monographs in Chinese, 4 monographs in English, and 16 series publications, and has trained over 250 master's and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral researchers.

Speech Title:

Autonomous Transportation Systems — Developing Roadmap, Research Agenda and Future Prospects

Abstract:

The speech gives a referential Conceptual Spectrum of Autonomous Systems at first, and then proposes a general conceptual model of autonomous transportation systems(ATS) with the modelling scheme. In the third part, the possible evolution paths of ATS is outlined, after that, an alternative research agenda for developing ATS is suggested with future prospects. And finally, the speech ends with some conclusions.

Plenary Speaker Ⅱ

Lixing Yang

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Brief Biography: 

Prof. Lixing Yang is currently the Dean in School of Systems Science, Beijing Jiaotong University. He was born in Hebei province in 1976, and received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the College of Mathematics and Computer, Hebei University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. In 2002, he came to Tsinghua University for further study, and received Ph.D. degree in 2005. He was promoted as a full professor in 2013. His current research interests include traffic and transportation planning, railway traffic management and control, intelligent transportation systems, uncertain theory and optimization, etc.

Dr. Yang has published more than 220 papers on some prestigious journals and conferences, such as Transportation Research Part B/C/D/E, Transportation Science, INFORMS Journal of Computing, Automatica, Omega, European Journal of Operational Research, Naval Research Logistics, Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, etc. A number of published papers are selected as the 'Highly Cited Papers'  or 'Hot Papers' in Web of Science. Prof. Yang is a Fellow of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society. He was selected as the council members for several societies in China, including the Society of Management Science and Engineering of China, Systems Engineering Society of China, Operations Research Society of China, etc. He was selected as 'Highly Cited Chinese Researchers' by Elsevier in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Speech Title:

Energy-Efficient Operation of Urban Rail Transit—Models and Methods

Abstract:

China's urban rail transit has experienced rapid development. Behind the remarkable growth in operational mileage, continuous expansion of network scale, and surging passenger flow, the issue of excessive energy consumption during operation has emerged, placing significant pressure on energy supply departments. Therefore, designing better train operation plans to reduce energy consumption and operational costs, thereby achieving energy conservation, emission reduction, and promoting green travel, has become a major concern for urban rail transit operators. This report focuses on energy efficiency and emission reduction in urban rail transit and employs mathematical optimization methods to introduce three effective approaches for energy-efficient train operation, including speed profile optimization, energy-efficient timetabling, and optimized train utilization. Furthermore, corresponding models and algorithms are designed for different problems, and case studies are conducted. Numerical experimental results validate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed methods. Finally, potential directions for future research are outlined.

Plenary Speaker Ⅲ

Ping Li

China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, China

Brief Biography:

She has long been engaged in research in the fields of intelligent railway, railway big data application, railway information planning, etc., presided over and completed more than 30 national, provincial and ministerial projects, published 121 papers, granted 13 invention patents, and written 3 books, including 'Enterprise Architecture and Standard System of Railway Intelligent Transportation', 'Big Data Application on High-Speed Railway', and 'Big Data Technology and Application on Railway Texts'. Besides, she has jointly presided over and put forward the system architecture of intelligent high-speed railways and the overall planning of railway informatization. She has also been responsible for the Research and Development(R&D) of the national applications on the railway master data management platform, data service platform, and safety warning and emergency management platform. For the moment, she has won 2 awards related to digitalization from the international railway union, 1 outstanding prize for Tianjin Science and technology, 7 first prizes and 11 second prizes of science and technology from China Railway Society, and 1 first prize for scientific and technological innovation achievements from China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association.

Speech Title:

Innovation and Practice of Intelligent High-Speed Railway

Abstract:

By the end of 2024, the operating mileage of China's high-speed rail has reached 48000 kilometers. How to integrate technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to achieve comprehensive perception of the high-speed railway network status, data fusion processing, and intelligent production of operation and maintenance decisions is facing important challenges. This paper proposes the definition and core characteristics of intelligent high-speed railway, constructs an intelligent high-speed railway system architecture consisting of technical system, data system, and standard system, proposes an intelligent high-speed railway brain platform that integrates digital new technologies such as BIM, big data, and artificial intelligence, analyzes core technologies such as intelligent construction, intelligent equipment, and intelligent operation and maintenance, and finally applies the system architecture to the Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, comprehensively verifying the overall functions and core technologies of intelligent high-speed railway. Application practice has shown that comprehensive perception and fusion processing of high-speed rail infrastructure, mobile equipment, external environment and other data play an important role in improving the service quality of the Beijing Zhangjiakou high-speed rail, reducing the focus on operation and maintenance, and ensuring operational safety.

Plenary Speaker Ⅳ

Yujie Li

Beijing Subway Operation Co., Ltd., China

Brief Biography:

Yujie Li (1983 - ), male, postdoctoral in engineering, senior engineer. He is currently the Deputy Chief Engineer of Beijing Subway Operation Co., Ltd. and the Manager of the Subway Power Supply Branch. He is a member of the expert database of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, a young expert committee member of the Track Branch of China Civil Engineering Society, a member of the Equipment Certification Committee of China Urban Rail Transit Association, and the Deputy Secretary - General of Beijing Rail Transit Society. He was the leader of the key field innovation team in the 2020 Transportation Industry Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Plan. He also serves as an off - campus tutor for Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and North China University of Technology.

Speech Title:

Reconstruction of Intelligent O&M Production Mode for Beijing Subway Power Supply

Abstract:

Focus on the overall planning of Beijing Subway's intelligent operation and maintenance construction. The overall technical route for the construction of power supply intelligent operation and maintenance is established through the working methods of identifying key points, connecting chains, and integrating management. Describe in detail what changes have taken place in the operation and maintenance mode of the power supply specialty, what effects have been achieved, and what new management modes have been established.