Seminars & Events 2018-2019

  • Transport, Space and Equity – Transport in Support of Social Equity

    Transport, Space and Equity – Transport in Support of Social Equity

    Date: 10 JUN 2019 (MON) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: CPD-LG.59, LG/F Central Podium, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: DR ROBIN HICKMANReader in Transport and City Planning Dr Robin Hickman is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the Bartlett School of Planning (BSP), University College London and Director of the MSc in Transport and City Planning.…

  • Habit and Latent Constructs in Bicycle Demand Modelling: A Combined Structure Equation-Logit Model

    Habit and Latent Constructs in Bicycle Demand Modelling: A Combined Structure Equation-Logit Model

    Date: 20 MAY 2019 (MON) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: ROOM 612B, 6/F HAKING WONG BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Speaker: JUAN DE DIOS ORTÚZARDepartment of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Institute in Complex Engineering Systems, BRT+ Centre of Excellence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Juan de Dios Ortúzar got his PhD from Leeds University…

  • Predicting for the Adaptive Transport System

    Predicting for the Adaptive Transport System

    Date: 09 APR 2019 (TUE) Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Venue: ROOM 612B, 6/F HAKING WONG BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Speaker: PROFESSOR FRANCISCO CAMARA PEREIRETechnical University of Denmark (DTU) Francisco Camara Pereira is a Professor in the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where he leads the Machine Learning for Smart Mobility group (MLSM).…

  • Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2019 Walking – The Overlooked Element of Public Transport Travel

    Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2019 Walking – The Overlooked Element of Public Transport Travel

    Date: 02 APR 2019 (TUE) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theater, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong Speaker: PROFESSOR EMERITA CORINNE MULLEY The University of Sydney, Australia Professor Emerita Corinne Mulley was the inaugural Chair of Public Transport at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney.…

  • Travel Modeling Under Emerging Communications-and-Mobility Technologies

    Travel Modeling Under Emerging Communications-and-Mobility Technologies

    Date: 21 MAR 2019 (THU) Time: 18:00 – 19:00 Venue: ROOM 6-12B, HAKING WONG BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Speaker: PROFESSOR YUPO CHANDepartment of System Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Dr. Yupo Chan received all his degrees from MIT. After 28 years of post-doctoral experience, he became the Founding Chair…

  • HKCAD Headquarters Field Trip

    HKCAD Headquarters Field Trip

    Date: 18 MAR 2019 (MON) Time: 12:30-16:00 Venue: Civil Aviation Department Headquarters, 1 Tung Fai Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong

  • Autonomous Driving, Future Transport and Simulations Studies

    Autonomous Driving, Future Transport and Simulations Studies

    Date: 14 MAR 2019 (THU) Time: 18:30 – 19:30 Venue: ROOM 6-12B, HAKING WONG BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Speaker: PROFESSOR JIANPING WUSchool of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, ChinaDirector of Tsinghua University – University of Cambridge – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Future Transport Research Abstract:According to McKinsey’s 2017 forecast, in the…

  • The Role of Information in Smart Transport

    The Role of Information in Smart Transport

    Date: 29 MAR 2019 (FRI) Time: 18:00 – 19:00 Venue: ROOM 6-32C, HAKING WONG BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Speaker: PROFESSOR HAI L. VUDepartment of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia Hai L. Vu received the B.Sc./M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, in 1994 and 1999, respectively.…