Projects

External Research Grants

• PI. “AIoT-powered Intelligent Tour Guide for Travel Recommendation and Navigation in Indoor‑Outdoor Spaces”. Contract Research - Highyun InfoTech Limited, HK$2.3M, 08/2026-08/2028.
• PI. “Computational Design of Zero-Emission Zones for Urban Freight”. Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) - General Research Fund (GRF) (17210325), HK$827,561, 01/2026-12/2028.
• PI. “Metro Operations Decision Analytics under Extreme Weather Events based on Multi-source Data Fusion and AI”. Natural Science Fund of Guangdong Province (2026A1515011818), CNY100,000. 01/2026-12/2028.
• PI. “Smart Mega Events: A Cross-city Comparative Analysis of Event Portfolios and Public Perceptions Using Online Data and Large Language Models”. Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPRFS) (2025.A8.170.25C), HK$592,250, 11/2025-10/2026.
• PI. “Leveraging Large Language Models for Road Trip Itinerary Recommendation in the Greater Bay Area”, Contract Research - Highyun InfoTech Limited, HK$950,000. 04/2025-06/2026.
• PI. “Generalizable Deep Learning across Cities and Modes for Human Mobility Prediction”. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund (42201502), CNY300,000. 01/2023-12/2025.
• Co-PI. “e-TranStar 2.0: i-Core-enabled Smart Just-in-Time MiC Transportation Planning”. Public Sector Trial Scheme (PSTS)- Innovation and Technology Fund (ITT/004/24LP), HK$3.73M. 05/2024-04/2026. (PI: Professor Wilson Lu, HKU)
• Co-I. “SmartSim: AI-assisted Simulation Software for Multimodal Transportation Operations”. Smart Traffic Fund (PSRI/78/2311/RA), HK$5.68M, 09/2024-08/2026. (PI: Professor Jintao Ke, HKU)

Internal Research Grants

• PI. “Urban Transport System Resilience to Extreme Climate Events and City Disruptions: A Global Comparative Analysis”. HKU URC Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF)/Research Assistant Professor (RAP) Scheme (50th Round), around HK$1.1M, 07/2026-06/2028.
• PI. “Promoting spatially efficient charging infrastructure deployment for electric vehicle adoption through location-based subsidies”. HKU Urban Systems Institute Fellowship Grant, HK$244,000. 02/2026-07/2027.
• PI. “Leveraging Causal and Generative AI for Human-centric Urban Street Design”. HKU Lasting Impact Fund - Young Scholar Scheme (010104001), HK$800,000. 12/2024-11/2028.
• PI. “Modeling the co-evolution of urban metro networks and land use systems”. HKU Seed Fund for PI Research – Basic Research (109001117), HK$77,533. 06/2024-06/2026.
• PI. “Enhancing Multimodal Public Transit System Resilience using Network Science and AI”. HKU Seed Fund for PI Research - Basic Research (109000301), HK$107,000. 06/2023-06/2025.
• PI. “Quantifying the Impact of Street Network Structure on Urban Congestion: A Multi-City Study”. HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research (104006646), HK$95,500. 06/2022-06/2024.
• PI. “A Simulation-based Analytical Framework for the Design of an Integrated Autonomous Vehicle and Public Transit System and Evaluation of its Impact on Urban Form”. HKU Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme (102010057), HK$1M. 06/2021-06/2024.
• PI. “Urban Embedding: Learning Spatial Representation from Urban Mobility Flows”. HKU Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff (104006019), HK$138,780. 03/2021-02/2023.