Yili Tang

Prix et distinctions

• (2026) Dresden Fellow. Technische Universität Dresden.
• (2022) Best Paper Award. Elsevier Journal: Multimodal Transportation.
• (2021) List of Most Cited Article Published Since 2018. Elsevier Journal: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological.
• (2019) First Runner Up of Outstanding Student Paper Award. Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS).
• (2019) Overseas Research Award. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• (2015) Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme Awardee. Hong Kong Research Grant Council.

Financement

• Subvention. Quantum Stochastic Walk for User Equilibrium, PI: Yili Tang. The Platform for Digital and Quantum Innovation of Quebec (PINQ²) (Montreal, Canada). 500 000 $. (2026-2027).
• Subvention. Digital and Human-Centric Transportation, PI: Yili Tang. Digital Research Alliance of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). (2026-2027).
• Subvention. CREATE in Smart Mobility, PI: Gunho Sohn. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 1 650 000 $. (2025-2031).
• Subvention. Cooperative Sensing for Safety-Critical Transportation, PI: Yili Tang. The University of Western Ontario (London, Canada). 90 000 $. (2025-2027).
• Bourse. Horizon Europe International Mobility Award. Mitacs (Vancouver, Canada). 10 000 $. (2025-2026).
• Subvention. Battery cycler system for second-life electric vehicle battery testing and modelling, PI: Zhanle Wang. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 150 000 $. (2024-2025).
• Subvention. Railway sensing data fusion and on-boarding processing, PI: Yili Tang. Ontario Centre of Innovation (Toronto, Canada). 310 000 $. (2024-2025).
• Subvention. Public Transit Disruptions: Exploring Resilience in Operations and Planning for Canada and Europe, PI: Stephen Wong. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 25 000 $. (2023-2025).
• Subvention. Sustainable, Profitable and Net-zero Controlled Environment Agriculture (SPAN-CEA), PI: Zhanle Wang. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 35 000 $. (2023-2024).
• Subvention. Smart railway: AI monitoring and predictive maintenance, PI: Yili Tang. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 600 000 $. (2023-2026).
• Subvention. Transit System Vulnerability and Resilience, PI: Kenichi Soga. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, États-Unis). 270 000 $. (2023-2026).
• Subvention. Multi-agent autonomous mobility with heterogeneity, PI: Yili Tang. Mitacs (Vancouver, Canada). 100 000 $. (2023-2026).
• Subvention. Human factors and operation strategies for on-demand transit services in urban and suburban communities, PI: Yili Tang. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 99 600 $. (2022-2026).
• Subvention. Electric vehicle infrastructure design, optimization, and emission evaluations toward a full-scale net-zero transportation sector, PI: Yili Tang. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 1 200 000 $. (2022-2026).
• Subvention. Behavioural modelling in public transit, PI: Otto Anker Nielsen. Independent Research Fund Denmark (Odense, Danemark). 1 360 000 $. (2022-2026).
• Subvention. Integrating emerging mobility infrastructure for connected, equitable and sustainable communities, PI: Yili Tang. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 150 000 $. (2021-2028).
• Subvention. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, PI: Yili Tang. University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong-Kong). 200 000 $. (2015-2019).

Publications

Articles

• Elham Soufiani, Eman Almehdawe, Yili Tang. (2026). A realistic MAP/PH/c queuing model for electric vehicle charging stations: theoretical development and real-world case study. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics. DOI
• Bingyu Zhao, Lulu Zhang, Yu Wang, Yuanyuan Guo, Yili Tang, Yacan Wang. (2026). Spatially staggered pre-peak discounts to ease subway crowding: A model-based policy study in Beijing. Travel Behaviour and Society. DOI
• Yili Tang, Zaima Tasneem, Fangni Zhang. (2026). Unveiling the impacts of on-demand transit service on ridership and its growth. Multimodal Transportation. DOI
• Bingyu Zhao, Yili Tang, Kenichi Soga, Xuesong Zhou, Hai Yang. (2026). Dynamic passenger crowding and operations in rail transit systems: a validated framework of integrated data-driven agent-based simulation (AAAM). Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management. DOI
• Yili Tang, Bissan Ghaddar, Jaehee Jeong, Yi Wei. (2026). Optimizing charging schedules and assessing passenger commuting equilibrium for electric shuttles with shared charging stations. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. DOI
• Ramin Torkan, Zhanle Wang, Yili Tang. (2026). Coordinated augmented-output model predictive control for frequency regulation using electric vehicles in low-inertia power systems. Applied Energy. DOI
• Elham Soufiani, Eman Almehdawe, Yili Tang. (2025). Modelling the stochastic charging behaviour of electric vehicles: a validated framework with user charging data. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. DOI
• Zaima Tasneem, Yili Tang. (2025). Spatial impacts of on-demand transit service for transit stop and neighborhood ridership. Case Studies on Transport Policy. DOI
• Md. Ferdousul Haque Shikder, Yili Tang, Eman Almehdawe, Jefferson Cruz Araújo. (2025). Risk incident analyses in the transportation of anhydrous ammonia as an emerging clean energy resource. Risk Analysis. DOI
• Kaila Neigum, Zhanle Wang, Yili Tang, Saman Shahrokhi. (2025). Optimize Performance of Second-Life Batteries in an Electric Vehicle Charging Network. IEEE Access. DOI
• Md. Ferdousul Haque Shikder, Yili Tang, Majid Emami Javanmard. (2025). Time-Series Forecasting for Peak Hour Traffic Accidents. IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. DOI
• Zhiyuan Liang, Yili Tang, Jianing Yu, Yacan Wang. (2024). A collective incentive strategy to manage ridership rebound and consumer surplus in mass transit systems. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. DOI
• Tang, Yili, Xiaoran Qin, Jintao Ke, Xiaolei Wang, Yili Tang, Hai Yang. (2022). Demand management for smart transportation: A review. Multimodal Transportation. DOI
• Tang, Yili, Ammar Jafaripournimchahi, Yingfeng Cai, Hai Wang, Lu Sun, Yili Tang, Arman Amani Babadi. (2022). A viscous continuum traffic flow model based on the cooperative car‐following behaviour of connected and autonomous vehicles. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. DOI
• Bingyu Zhao, Yili Tang, Chaofeng Wang, Shuyang Zhang, Kenichi Soga. (2022). Evaluating the flooding level impacts on urban metro networks and travel demand: behavioral analyses, agent-based simulation, and large-scale case study. Resilient Cities and Structures. DOI
• Tang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, B., Huang, J., Bai, Y. (2020). A Pareto-improving and revenue-neutral scheme to manage mass transit congestion with heterogeneous commuters. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. DOI
• Tang, Y., Jiang, Y., Yang, H., Nielsen, O.A. (2020). Modeling and optimizing a fare incentive strategy to manage queuing and crowding in mass transit systems: Modeling and optimizing a fare incentive strategy to manage queuing and crowding in mass transit systems. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. DOI
• Yang, H., Tang, Y. (2018). Managing rail transit peak-hour congestion with a fare-reward scheme. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. DOI

Articles de conférence

• Tang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, B., Huang, J., Bai, Y. (2019). A Pareto-improving and revenue-neutral scheme to manage mass transit congestion with heterogeneous commuters. Transportation Research Procedia. DOI
• Tang, Y., Hai, Y. (2018). Railway fare-reward scheme for cummuters. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2016 - Smart Transportation.
• Tang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, B., Huang, J., Bai, Y. (2018). The hybrid fare scheme in the transit bottleneck model with heterogeneous arrival time flexibility. Transportation Systems in the Connected Era - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2018.
• Tang, Y., Yang, H. (2017). A fare-reward scheme for managing peak period congestion in a transit system. Transport and Society - Proceeding of the 22nd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2017.
• Tang, Y. (2010). A novel surcharge-reward scheme to manage urban transit congestion and crowding. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2019: Transport and Smart Cities.

Autres contributions

Activités professionnelles

• Transportation Science. Co-Guest Editor. (2026-).
• IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Associate Editor.
• Poste d'invité. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Transportation Division. Chair. Montreal, Canada.
• Travel Behaviour and Society. Co-Guest Editor.
• Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. Co-Guest Editor.