Kai Yin

I received my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation Engineering from Texas A&M University. My academic research interests lie at the intersection of autonomous vehicles/robotics, artificial intelligence, and transportation systems. Currently I am working as a Staff Data Scientist (Machine Learning) at Expedia Group. [Google Scholar]

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Texas A&M University, 2010 - 2013

• M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Texas A&M University, 2008 - 2010

• M.S. in Signal and Information Processing, Beijing Normal University, 2005 - 2008

• B.S. in Information and Computing Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2001 - 2005

Research Interests

• Autonomous Vehicles and Robots: motion planning and control, safety-aware learning and reasoning for vehicles/mobile robots, vehicle-to-vehicle communication and coordination

• Transportation Systems: transportation operations, microtransit systems, mobility as a service

Contact Information

• Email: kyin [at] expediagroup [dot] com
  

• X (formerly Twitter): @yinkai1000