2026 3rd International Conference on Urban Construction and Transportation (UCT 2026)

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Prof. Chuan Ding

Beihang University, China

National Young Talent, Executive Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation Technology and Systems (Ministry of Education)

Professor Chuan Ding is a doctoral supervisor. He received his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology, was a jointly trained Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, USA, and conducted postdoctoral research at Hong Kong Baptist University. He has long been engaged in research on modeling and operational control of road transportation systems, including the built environment and travel behavior, intelligent transportation cooperative vehicle-infrastructure control, multi-agent traffic modeling and simulation, and road transportation energy integration systems.

He has been selected for numerous prestigious talent programs: Young Scholar of the National Major Talent Project (Ministry of Education, 2023), Young Top-notch Talent of the Transportation Industry Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Program (2023), Young Transportation Science and Technology Talent (2020), Young Talent Support Program of the China Association for Science and Technology (2017), and Hong Kong Scholar (2016). He has also been listed as a World's Top 2% Scientist (since 2021), Elsevier China Highly Cited Researcher (since 2022), and Clarivate Global Highly Cited Researcher (since 2025).

He has published over 50 SCI/SSCI papers as first or corresponding author (including 9 ESI Highly Cited Papers) and 12 Chinese core and EI-indexed papers (including 5 CNKI Highly Cited Papers). He serves as Senior Editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (SCI/SSCI), Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (SCI), and Youth Editorial Board Member of Journal of Transportation Engineering (EI, Chinese journal). He also chairs the WTC (World Transport Convention) Technical Committees on Spatiotemporal Travel Behavior and Big Data Technology, and on Travel Behavior Modeling and Simulation. He is a council member of Beijing Transportation Engineering Society, a member of the Youth Expert Committee of China Highway and Transportation Society, and a member of the Urban Big Data Committee of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies.

Prof. Duo Li

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

National Young Talent (Overseas), Humboldt Fellow, IEEE Senior Member

Duo Li, Professor, National Young Talent (Overseas), Humboldt Fellow, IEEE Senior Member. Before returning to China in 2026, he served as an Associate Professor at Newcastle University, UK. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, The University of Queensland, and The University of Auckland, respectively. His previous appointments include positions at the University of Cambridge and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

His research focuses on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Traffic Sensing and Control, Transportation Resilience, and Urban Computing. He serves as an Associate Editor for leading journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Transportation Research Record, and the IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is also Peer Review College member for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Member of TRB Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee, Fellow of World Economic Forum (WEF) Sustainable Tourism Council, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. He has been PI/Co-I in over 30 research projects funded by China, the UK, Germany, and wider European programmes. He has published over 50 papers in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, with an h-index of 24.

Assoc. Prof. Ng Choy Peng

National Defence University of Malaysia/ Civil Engineering Department, Malaysia

SpeechTitle: From Tracking to Prevention: Transforming Commercial Vehicle Safety with AI-Powered Vehicle Telemetry

Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Ng Choy Peng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Defence University of Malaysia, or Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), with over two decades of research experience in highway and transportation engineering, road safety, traffic engineering, public transportation, and disaster resilience. Her research integrates engineering, human factors, and data-driven approaches to address complex transportation and infrastructure challenges. She has participated in more than 25 nationally and internationally funded research projects, serving as project leader

for numerous studies on hazard perception among novice motorcyclists, traffic calming measures, post-COVID-19 public transport demand, urban disaster response, road crash investigation, and transportation planning. Her research has been supported by organisations, including the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), the Ministry of Transportation (MOT), the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Allianz, and various industry partners. Her scholarly contributions include more than 40 journal publications in leading international journals such as Accident Analysis and Prevention, Transport Policy, Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part D, Transportation Research Record, and Journal of Safety Research. Her recent work focuses on sustainable mobility, transit-orientated development (TOD), road network vulnerability, intelligent transportation systems, disaster risk mapping, and the relationship between transportation infrastructure and economic development. In addition to her academic research, she has developed several innovative technologies and decision-support tools, including the Vehicle Alert Radar System (VARS), Vehicle Telemetry Alert System (VTAS), and road hazard mapping applications, receiving multiple gold medals at national and international innovation exhibitions. She is also actively involved in research supervision, industry consultancy, road traffic forensic investigations, and policy-related studies, contributing significantly to the advancement of transportation engineering and road safety in Malaysia and the region.