Welcome to Autonomy & Mobility Systems Lab at HKUST (gz), led by Dr. Huan Yu!

Our lab is located at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Nansha, China. We are broadly interested in control theory, transportation science and machine learning, with applications for urban mobility systems ranging from connected autonomous vehicles, to ground and emerging low-altitude air transportation systems. Our research aims to build safe, autonomous and human-centric mobility systems that can adapt and respond to environmental changes and societal demands of future cities.

Huan Yu 鱼欢

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Email: huanyu@hkust-gz.edu.cn
Assistant Professor, INTR Thrust, ROAS Thrust, Systems Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Affiliated Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

News

July 2024: Two papers “Robust Boundary Stabilization of Stochastic Hyperbolic PDEs” and “Safety-critical Stabilization of Mixed Traffic by Pairs of CAVs” were presented at ACC 2024, Toronto, Canada.
July 2024: Two papers “Learning “Look-Ahead” Traffic Dynamics in a Ring Road with Physics-Informed Neural Networks” and “Neural Operator for Boundary Control of Traffic PDE Models” were presented at L4DC 2024, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Jan 2024: Two work “Distributed–Centralized Planning and Control for Cooperation of Connected Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic” and “Impact of a dedicated lane policy on travel time delay in mixed traffic”were presented at TRB 2024.
Dec 2023: Our work “Safety-Critical Traffic Control for Mixed Autonomy Systems with Input Delay and Disturbances” was presented at CDC 2023.
Aug 2023: Our work “Safety-critical traffic control via connected automated vehicles” was presented at CTS.
Aug 2023: Our paper “Safety-critical traffic control by connected automated vehicles” is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
July 2023: Dr. Yu gave a presentation at Tianjian University “Mixed Autonomy Traffic Flow Modeling and Control”.
July 2023: Our paper “Safety-Critical Traffic Control for Mixed Autonomy Systems with Input Delay and Disturbances” is accepted by IEEE CDC 2023.
July 2023: Yu will chair the invited session “Connected Automated Traffic Systems” in IEEE CDC 2023.
July 2023: We attend IFAC WC 2023 and present our work “Enforcing Safety for Mixed Traffic Control Via a Control Barrier Function Quadratic Program”.

Join us

I am recruiting Ph.D. and MPhil students for Fall 2026 and Spring 2026. I am looking for highly motivated students with a strong background in mathematics, control theory, traffic modeling and simulation, or machine learning. Students with interests in intelligent transportation, autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles are highly encouraged to apply. Accepted students will be provided with highly-competitive financial support. Application instructions for PhD and MPhil program can be found here. 

Participation can also occur at the undergraduate, postdoctoral, visiting researchers, and summer student interns. 

Prospective students and researchers are welcome to get in touch. You are welcome to send me an email (huanyu@hkust-gz.edu.cn) with your CV, transcripts, and a brief overview of your research and why you are interested in my group. Before emailing me, you should familiarize yourself with my research, explain which research topic of mine genuinely attracts you, and articulate how our research interests match. Sometimes your email might get buried, please send another one after one-week wait.