Associate Professor
Academic Affairs
Hong Yang
1117 ENGR & COMP SCI BLDG
NORFOLK, 23529
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Rutgers University, (2012)
M.Sc. in Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University, (2010)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Yang, H. "Portable and integrated multi-sensor system for data-driven performance" $7,750. Higher Education. September 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017
Articles
- Hasan, M., Perez, D., Shen, Y. and Yang, H. (2021). Distributed Microscopic Traffic Simulation with Human -in -the -Loop Enabled by Virtual Reality Technologies. ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE 154.
- Ma, Q., Yang, H., Mayhue, A., Sun, Y., Huang, Z. and Ma, Y. (2021). E-Scooter Safety: The Riding Risk Analysis based on Mobile Sensing Data. 151 , pp. 105954.
- Ma, Q., Yang, H., Ma, Y., Yang, D., Hu, X. and Xie, K. (2021). Examining municipal guidelines for users of shared E-Scooters in the United States. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT 92.
- Yang, D., Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2021). Fusing crash data and surrogate safety measures for safety assessment: Development of a structural equation model with conditional autoregressive spatial effect and random parameters. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 152.
- Zhu, Y., Ozbay, K., Yang, H., Zuo, F. and Sha, D. (2021). Modeling and Simulation of Cascading Failures in Transportation Systems during Hurricane Evacuations. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION 2021.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, D., Xu, C. and Yang, H. (2021). Modeling bicycle crash costs using big data: A grid -cell -based Tobit model with random parameters. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY 91.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, D., Yang, H. and Zhu, Y. (2021). Modeling Lane-specific Breakdown Risks at Freeway Diverge Sections. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 561 , pp. 125231.
- Ma, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, H. and Yang, L. (2020). Artificial intelligence applications in the development of autonomous vehicles: a survey. IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA 7 (2) , pp. 315-329.
- Zuo, F., Ozbay, K., Kurkcu, A., Gao, J., Yang, H. and Xie, K. (2020). Microscopic Simulation based study of Pedestrian Safety Applications at Signalized Urban Crossings in a Connected-Autonomous Vehicle Environment and Reinforcement Learning based Optimization of Vehicle Decisions. Advanced Transportation Studies 2 , pp. 113-126.
- Ma, Q., Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K. and Yang, D. (2020). Modeling crash risk of horizontal curves using large-scale auto-extracted roadway geometry data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 144.
- Cheng, Y., Hu, X., Tang, Q., Qi, H. and Yang, H. (2020). Monte Carlo Tree Search-Based Mixed Traffic Flow Control Algorithm for Arterial Intersections. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2674 (8) , pp. 167-178.
- Yang, H., Ma, Q., Wang, Z., Cai, Q., Xie, K. and Yang, D. (2020). Safety of micro-mobility: Analysis of E-Scooter crashes by mining news reports. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 143.
- Xiao, W., Xu, C., Liu, H., Yang, H. and Liu, X. (2020). Short-Term Truckload Spot Rates' Prediction in Consideration of Temporal and Between-Route Correlations. IEEE ACCESS 8 , pp. 81173-81189.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2019). A multivariate spatial approach to model crash counts by injury severity. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 122 , pp. 189-198.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, H. and Yang, D. (2019). A New Methodology for Before-After Safety Assessment Using Survival Analysis and Longitudinal Data. RISK ANALYSIS 39 (6) , pp. 1342-1357.
- Perez, D., Hasan, M., Shen, Y. and Yang, H. (2019). AR-PED: A framework of augmented reality enabled pedestrian-in-the-loop simulation. SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY 94 , pp. 237-249.
- Hu, X., Yuan, Y., Zhu, X., Yang, H. and Xie, K. (2019). Behavioral responses to pre-planned road capacity reduction based on smartphone GPS trajectory data: A functional data analysis approach. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 23 (2) , pp. 133-143.
- Xu, C., Wang, X., Yang, H., Xie, K. and Chen, X. (2019). Exploring the impacts of speed variances on safety performance of urban elevated expressways using GPS data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 123 , pp. 29-38.
- Ma, Q., Yang, H., Zhang, H., Xie, K. and Wang, Z. (2019). Modeling and Analysis of Daily Driving Patterns of Taxis in Reshuffled Ride-Hailing Service Market. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART A-SYSTEMS 145 (10).
- Yang, D., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, H. and Budnick, N. (2019). Modeling of time-dependent safety performance using anonymized and aggregated smartphone-based dangerous driving event data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 132.
- Ma, Q., Yang, H., Xie, K., Wang, Z. and Hu, X. (2019). Taxicab crashes modeling with informative spatial autocorrelation. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 131 , pp. 297-307.
- Xie, K., Yang, D., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2019). Use of real-world connected vehicle data in identifying high-risk locations based on a new surrogate safety measure. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 125 , pp. 311-319.
- Ye, J., Wang, D., Zhang, H. and Yang, H. (2019). What Kind of People Use Carsharing for Commuting? Case Study in Shanghai. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2673 (5) , pp. 770-778.
- Bartin, B., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2018). Evaluation framework for mobile ticketing applications in public transit: a case study. IET INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 12 (9) , pp. 1166-1173.
- Yang, H., Shen, Y., Hasan, M., Perez, D. and Shull, J. (2018). Framework for Interactive M-3 Visualization of Microscopic Traffic Simulation. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2672 (44) , pp. 62-71.
- Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Imprialou, M. (2018). Methodological evolution and frontiers of identifying, modeling and preventing secondary crashes on highways. Accident Analysis and Prevention 117 , pp. 40-54.
- Yang, H., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Ma, Y. and Wang, Z. (2018). Use of Deep Learning to Predict Daily Usage of Bike Sharing Systems. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2672 (36) , pp. 92-102.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Kurkcu, A. and Yang, H. (2017). Analysis of Traffic Crashes Involving Pedestrians Using Big Data: Investigation of Contributing Factors and Identification of Hotspots. Risk Analysis 37 (8) , pp. 1459--1476.
- Zhu, Y., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zuo, F. and Yang, H. (2017). Data-driven spatial modeling for quantifying networkwide resilience in the aftermath of hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Transportation Research Record (2604) , pp. 9-18.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zhu, Y. and Yang, H. (2017). Evacuation Zone Modeling under Climate Change: A Data-Driven Method. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 23 (4) , pp. 04017013.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zhu, Y., Demiroluk, S., Yang, H. and Nassif, H. (2017). Modeling Salt Usage During Snowstorms Application of Hierarchical Linear Models with Varying Dispersion. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2643 (1) , pp. 54-64.
- Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2017). Secondary collisions and injury severity: A joint analysis using structural equation models. Traffic Injury Prevention , pp. 1-6.
- Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K. and Dai, D. (2017). Use of ubiquitous probe vehicle data for identifying secondary crashes. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 82 , pp. 138 - 160.
- Yang, H., Morgul, E. Faruk., Ozbay, K. and Xie, K. (2016). Modeling Evacuation Behavior Under Hurricane Conditions. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD (2599) , pp. 63-69.
- Zhu, Y., Ozbay, K., Xie, K. and Yang, H. (2016). Using Big Data to Study Resilience of Taxi and Subway Trips for Hurricanes Sandy and Irene. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD (2599) , pp. 70-80.