Lishuai Li

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Lishuai Li

PhD(MIT), MSc(MIT), BEng(Fudan University)

Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research)
Professor, Department of Data Science
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Systems Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

Chuankai Xiang

Joint PhD candidate with Sichuan University, 2023 – present

MSc 21 Taiyuan University of Technology

Email: chuaxiang2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Yongchao Ye

PhD student, 2024 – present

MSc 23, Southern University of Science and Technology

Email: yongchao.ye@my.cityu.edu.hk

Shuangxia Bai

PhD student, 2024 – present

MSc 24, Northwestern Polytechnical University

Email: sx.bai@my.cityu.edu.hk

Shan Huang

PhD student, 2024 – present

MSc 24, Shenzhen University

Email: shuang383-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Ruijia Gu

PhD student, 2025 – present

MSc 25, Civil Aviation University of China
BEng 22, Tianjin University

Email: ruijiagu3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Yu Wang

PhD student, 2025 – present

BEng 25, Beijing Institute of Technology

Email: ywang6594-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Yujie Zhang

PhD student, 2025 – present

BEng 25, Northeastern University (China)

Email: yj.zhang@my.cityu.edu.hk

PhD

1. Pan Ren. (PhD, CityU, graduated in 02/2019). Thesis: A data-driven framework for air traffic network analysis using aircraft tracking data. Placement: Data Scientist, SF Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Xiaolin Wang. (PhD, CityU, graduated in 08/2020). Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme awardee. Co-supervised with Prof. Min Xie. Thesis: Design and servicing of product warranties with practical motivations. Current position: Associate Professor, Sichuan University
3. Ning Hong. (PhD, CityU, graduated in 02/2021). Thesis: Domain knowledge guided feature-engineering methods in intelligent transportation systems. Placement: Senior Data Scientist, Huawei.
4. Yu Lin. (PhD, CityU, graduated in 12/2021). Thesis: A Data-Driven Air Traffic Network Delay Modeling Approach Considering En-Route Congestion. Placement: Postdoc, City University of Hong Kong.
5. Haoliang Chang. (PhD, CityU, graduated in 05/2022). Thesis: People-centric Methods for Transportation Information Analysis and System Evaluation Using Social Media Data. Placement: Postdoc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
6. Xinting Zhu (PhD, CityU, graduated in 02/2023). Thesis: Data-driven Methods to Capture Network-wide Traffic Uncertainties for Better Flight Time Prediction and Fuel Loading Decision. Placement: Postdoc, City University of Hong Kong.
7. Xinyu He (PhD, CityU, graduated in 09/2023). Thesis: Route Network Planning Methods for Drone Delivery Services in Cities. Placement: Postdoc, City University of Hong Kong
8. Weizun Zhao (PhD, CityU, graduated in 06/2024). Thesis: Empirical Analysis of Operational Safety and Broader Economic Impact of Aviation Industry. Placement: Assistant Researcher, Institute of AI for Industries Chinese Academy of Sciences. Email
9. Feng Zhu (PhD, CityU, defended his thesis in 07/2024). Co-supervised with Prof. Min Xie. Placement: Postdoc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

1. Shing Pan Sze, (EngD, CityU, graduated in 10/2020). Thesis: Development of appliance wiring materials market sampling method and the applications in the third-party certification industry. Employment: UL International Limited

1. Rik Hoogendoorn, (MSc, TU Delft, graduated in 12/2022). Co-supervised with KLM. Thesis: Airline Centric Inbound Priority Sequencing.
2. Reinoud Lampe, (MSc, TU Delft, graduated in 12/2022). Co-supervised with SunExpress. Thesis: Prediction of Aircraft Trip Fuel Deviations for Fuel Loading Decisions Using a Deep Time Series Approach.
3. Martin van Driel, (MSc, TU Delft, graduated in 05/2021). Co-supervised with Dr. Bruno Santos. Thesis: A framework for adopting drones to a logistics cargo operator network.

1. Jiaorao Wang (PhD’ 23, Zhejiang University), Postdoc, 2024, co-supervised with Prof. Joe. Placement: Postdoc, Lingnan University
2. Yanfang Mo (PhD’ 20, HKUST), Postdoc, 2022 – 2024, co-supervised with Prof. Joe Qin. Placement: Research Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
3. Boyang Shang (PhD’ 2022, Northwestern University). Postdoc, 2022-2023， co-supervised with Prof. Joe Qin.
4. Yuxin He. (PhD’ 2020, CityU). Postdoc, 2020 – 2021. Placement: Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Technology University.
5. Yongqiao Wang. Visiting professor. 2018