Yuzhen Feng

About Me

I am currently a Ph.D. student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I am interested in developing and employing operations research tools, including network modeling, optimization, and equilibrium, to understand and enhance existing transportation systems.

I have been striving to understand the world and make a difference. My initial motivation for pursuing operations research is to achieve the latter. Transportation serves as a microcosm for understanding the world.

Education

• Sep 2023 - Now, Ph.D. student (Supervised by Dr. Wei Liu), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Sep 2019 - Jul 2023, B.Mgt. in Information Management and Information System, Tongji University

Experiences

• Apr 2023 - May 2023, Algorithm Intern in Operations Research, Cardinal Operations
• May 2021 - Jun 2023, Research Assistant (Supervised by Prof. Xiaolei Wang), Tongji University

Research Works

Publications

1. Chen Yang, Xiaolei Wang, Yuzhen Feng, Luohan Hu, Xing Yang and Zhengbing He. (2024). A prediction-based forward-looking vehicle dispatching strategy for dynamic ride-pooling. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Selected Working Papers

• Shan Yang, Yuzhen Feng, Xiaolei Wang and Yang Liu. Designing a forward-looking probabilistic matching policy for dynamic ridepooling service. Submitted.
• Whether and which current opportunities can be sacrificed for better future potential?
• Yuzhen Feng, Wei Liu, Guangming Xu and Hai Yang. High-speed rail capacity allocation and pricing: Flexible ticket or reserved seat?. R&R at Transportation Science.
• When and why is flexibility beneficial or not in an uncertain and competitive world?
• The 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, U.S., Jan 2025.
• Yuzhen Feng and Wei Liu. Resource-constrained user equilibrium. Working paper.
• How will one choose in a limited and competitive existence?
• The 12th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis Conference, Japan, Jun 2025.

Here are some of my research attempts that were not publishable in their current form. I hope they may still provide value to others.

• Newton meets Frank and Wolfe for traffic assignment problem.

Awards

• Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship by Hong Kong Research Grant Council
• Outstanding Graduate by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
• First Prize (in Shanghai) in the 12nd National College Students Mathematical Competition
• National Scholarship by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China