UGOD Seminar | Topic 1: Human Mobility Science; Topic 2: Maximize Shared Micromobility
Supporting the below United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:支持以下聯合國可持續發展目標：支持以下联合国可持续发展目标：
Topic 1：Human Mobility Science
Abstract: Location-aware technologies and big data are transforming the ways we study and understand human behavior. This talk will highlight research development at PolyU’s Mobility Science Lab (MSL). The mission of MSL is to pioneer geospatial solutions to advance human mobility science, a burgeoning field that seeks to model and predict patterns of movement, as well as influence the ways people navigate through urban environments and the broader earth system.
Topic 2: Maximize Shared Micromobility
Abstract：Micromobility is experiencing rapid growth worldwide. However, these initiatives often face challenges, such as underutilization, financial sustainability, and public space occupation. Enhancing the efficiency of shared micromobility systems is essential to address these challenges and contribute to the development of sustainable urban transportation. In this presentation, I will make discussions on relevant research related to enhancing the efficiency of shared micromobility systems from both operational and infrastructural perspectives.
Dr. Yang Xu is an Associate Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He leads the Mobility Science Lab (MSL) at PolyU. He is the recipient of the Young Scholar Award of The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS, 2022). His research has been awarded by many business and professional associations, such as FastCompany, International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), and China Association for Geospatial Industry and Sciences. Dr. Xu currently serves as the editorial board member of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (CEUS) and Annals of the American Association of Geographers (AAAG), and associate editor of Tourism Geographies.
Xiaohu Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design. Prior to this, he worked in Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT Senseable City Laboratory and Sun Yat-Sen University. His scholarship bridges the information gap in sustainable urban and transportation policy-making with stochastic simulation and big data analytics. Broadly interested in urban data science, his recent work explores the sustainability of new shared mobility services, such as scooter sharing, carsharing and ridesharing. His research uses multi-source datasets to advance understanding of pressing urban and transportation issues.