Zhanbo Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Construction Engineering Western Michigan University 1503 E Centre Ave Apt 229 Phone: (518)951-4970 Portage, MI 49002 Email: zhanbo.sun@wmich.com I. Research Interests II. Urban Traffic Modeling Using Advanced Sensing Technologies Traffic Control and Operations Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Privacy in Transportation Vehicular Emissions Modeling Livable Communities Education Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, July 2014 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Dissertation: Privacy-Aware Urban Traffic Modeling Using Mobile Sensing Data Advisor: Dr. Xuegang (Jeff) Ban B.S. Civil Engineering, July 2009 Tsinghua University, P. R. China III. Professional Experience Assistant Professor, August 2014 - Present Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University Graduate Research Assistant, June 2010 July 2014 Department of Civil & Env. Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2009 May 2010 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IV. Honors and Awards Graduate Student Travel Grant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2012 and 2013 UTRC Student Travel Grant, UTRC-Region 2, 2012
V. Publications A. Refereed Journal Papers Sun, Z.*, Hao, P., Ban, X., & Yang, D. (2014). Trajectory-based vehicle energy/emissions estimation for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data. Transportation Research, Part D, 34, 27-40. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., & Gruteser, M. (2013). Privacy protection method for fine-grained urban traffic modeling using mobile sensors. Transportation Research, Part B, 56 (1), 50-69. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2013a). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using mobile traffic sensors. Transportation Research, Part C, 36, 268-283. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2013b). Vehicle classification using GPS data. Transportation Research, Part C, 37, 102-117. Hao, P., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Guo, D., & Ji, Q. (2013). Vehicle index estimation for signalized intersections using sample travel times. Transportation Research, Part C, 36, 513-529. Hao, P., Ban, X., Bennett, K., P., Ji, Q., & Sun, Z. (2012). Signal timing estimation using sample intersection travel times. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 13 (2), 792-804. Ban, X., Hao, P., & Sun, Z. (2011). Real time queue length estimation for signalized intersections using sample travel times from mobile sensors. Transportation Research, Part C, 19 (6), 1-51. Yang, X., Sun, Z., Ban, X., & Holguin-Veras, J. (2014). Urban freight delivery stop identification using GPS data. Transportation Research Record, 2411, 55-61. B. Refereed Journal Papers under Review or in Preparation Sun, Z.*, Hao, P., & Ban, X. Fine-grained modeling of arterial traffic: A data fusion and information integration approach. Sun, Z.*, & Ban, X. Privacy breaching using advanced adversary model: A VTL zone paradigm. Sun, Z.*, & Ban, X. Identifying Multiclass Vehicles Using GPS Data. Sun, Z., Li, W., & Ban, X. Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System (ACS-Lite) on Heavily Congested Arterial Traffic: Experiences and Lessons Learned. Journal version in preparation. Alzuhairi, A., Aldhaheri, M., Sun, Z.*, Oh, J.S. & Kwigizile, V. Vehicular Emissions and Concentrations in School Zones: A Case Study. Journal version in preparation. C. Refereed Book Chapter Hao, P., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Guo, D., and Ji, Q., 2013. Vehicle index estimation for signalized intersections using sample travel times. In: Journal of Transportation and Traffic Theory (Hoogendoorn, S.P., Knoop, V.L., and Lint, H. eds), Elsevier, 473-490. D. Refereed Conference Papers
Alzuhairi, A., Aldhaheri, M., Sun, Z.*, Oh, J.S. & Kwigizile, V (2016). Vehicular Emissions and Concentrations in School Zones: A Case Study. To be presented at CICTP 2016, Shanghai, China. Sun, Z.*, Hao, P., & Ban, X. (2015). Fine-grained modeling of arterial traffic: a data fusion and information integration approach. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Sun, Z.*, & Ban, X. (2015). Identifying multiclass vehicles using GPS data. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. Sun, Z.*, Ban, X., & Hao, P. (2014). Trajectory-based vehicle energy/emissions estimation for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Yang, X., Sun, Z., Ban, X., & Holguin-Veras, J. (2014). Urban freight delivery stop identification using GPS data. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. Yang, X., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Wojtowicz, J., & Holguin-Veras, J. (2014). Urban Freight Performance Evaluation Using GPS Data. Proceedings of the 93 rd Annual Hao, P., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Guo, D., & Ji, Q. (2013). Vehicle index inference for signalized intersections using sample travel times. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 80, 473-490. In the 20th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) conference, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Zan, B., Sun, Z., Gruteser, M., & Ban, X. (2013). Linking anonymous traces through driving characteristics. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM conference on Data and application security and privacy (CODASPY), 293-300. New York, NY: ACM. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., & Gruteser, M. (2013). Privacy protection method for fine-grained urban traffic modeling using mobile sensors. Proceedings of the 92 nd Annual Sun, Z., & Ban X. (2012). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using mobile traffic sensors. Proceedings of the 91 st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., Gruteser, M., & Hao, P. (2011). Evaluation of privacy preserving algorithms using traffic knowledge based adversary models. Proceedings of the 14th IEEE ITS Conference, 1075-1082. doi:10.1109/itsc.2011.6083136 Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2011). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using variational formulation of kinematic waves. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Hao, P., Ban, X., Bennett, K., Ji, Q., & Sun, Z. (2011). Cycle by cycle traffic signal timing parameter estimation using mobile traffic sensors. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board [CD], Washington, DC.
E. Technical Reports Oh, J.S., Kwigizile, V., Sun, Z., Clark, M.L., Kurdi, A.H., Wiersma, M.J. (2015). Costs and Benefits of MDOT Intelligent Transportation System Deployments (Final Report). MDOT Project: RC-1631. Ban, X. & Sun, Z. (2013). Vehicle Classification Using Mobile Sensors (Final Report). UTRC-Region 2, Project No: 49111-11-22. Ban, X., Kamga, C., Wang, X., Wojtowicz, J., Klepadlo, E., Sun, Z. & Mouskos, K. (2014). Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System (ACS-Lite) for Wolf Road. NYSDOT & UTRC-Region 2, Project No: C-10-13. Ban, X. & Sun, Z. (2013). Development of a Decision-Making Tool for Corridor- Based Transportation Management. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Report No: C-10-03. VI. Presentations Sun, Z. (August, 2015). Fine-Grained Modeling of Arterial Traffic: A Data Fusion and Information Integration Approach. Invited talk at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Sun, Z. (Jan. 2015). Urban traffic applications using mobile-sensing data: Towards fine-grained traffic modeling. Invited talk at the 18th COTA Annual Winter Symposium, Washington, DC. Sun, Z. (Nov. 2014). Fine-grained modeling of arterial traffic: a data fusion and information integration approach. INFORMS 2014 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Sun, Z. (October, 2014). Trajectory-based vehicle energy/emissions estimation for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data. ITE Michigan, Technical Session. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Sun, Z. (April, 2014). Privacy-aware urban traffic modeling using mobile sensing data. The 10th Transportation Student Research Symposium. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Sun, Z. (2014). Privacy-aware urban traffic modeling using mobile sensing data. Doctoral Student Research in Transportation Operations and Traffic Control, the 93rd Annual Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2013). Trajectory-based energy/emission estimation for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data. INFORMS 2013 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Hao, P., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Guo, D., & Ji, Q. (2013). Vehicle index inference for signalized intersections using sample travel times. The 20th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) conference, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Zan, B., Sun, Z., Gruteser, M., & Ban, X. (2013). Linking anonymous traces through driving characteristics. The 3rd ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), New York, NY. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., & Gruteser, M. (2013). Privacy protection method for fine-grained urban traffic modeling using mobile sensors. The 92nd Annual
VII. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2012). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using mobile traffic sensors. INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2012). Vehicle classification using mobile traffic sensors. INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Ban, X., Sun, Z., Hao, P., Gruteser, M., & Zan, B. (2012). Mobile sensors as traffic probes: Addressing transportation modeling and privacy protection in an integrated framework. NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Boston, MA. Ban, X., Hao, P., Sun, Z., Ma, R., & Richardson, E. (2012). Career: Using mobile sensors for traffic knowledge extraction and dynamic network management. NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Boston, MA. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2012). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using mobile traffic sensors. The 91st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. Hao, P., Guo, D., Ban, X., Ji, Q., & Sun, Z. (2012). Vehicle index inference based on Bayesian network for signalized intersections using sample travel times. The 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2011). Evaluation of privacy preserving algorithms using traffic knowledge based adversary models. INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Hao, P., Ban, X., Bennett, K., Ji, Q., & Sun, Z. (2011). Signal timing estimation using sample intersection travel times. INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., & Gruteser, M. (2011). Evaluation of privacy preserving algorithms using traffic knowledge based adversary models. The 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Washington, DC. Zan, B., Peng, H., Gruteser, M., Ban, X., & Sun, Z. (2011). Virtual trip line (VTL) zone-based path cloaking. INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Sun, Z., & Ban, X. (2011). Vehicle trajectory reconstruction for signalized intersections using variational formulation of kinematic waves. The 90th Annual Hao, P., Ban, X., Bennett, K., Ji, Q., & Sun, Z. (2011). Cycle by cycle traffic signal timing parameter estimation using mobile traffic sensors. The 90th Annual Hao, P., Ban, X., & Sun, Z. (2010). Queue length estimation for signalized intersections using sample travel times. INFORMS 2010 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Grants and Proposals Co-PI, Association of Michigan s Older Adult Crashes with Roadway Features. Michigan Department of Transportation, $209,833, October 2015 March 2017. Co-PI, Comprehensive Evaluation of Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes and Causes in Michigan. Michigan Department of State Police, $100,000, February 2015
December 2015. Co-PI, Fuel Economy-Based Optimal Route Choice in Connected Vehicle Environment. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy (China), 100,000 RMB, March 2014 December 2015. Co-PI, An Evaluation of Michigan s Continuous Count Station (CCS) Distribution. Michigan Department of Transportation, $199,554, March 2016 March 2018. Pending. VIII. Research Experience A. Western Michigan University Developing Performance Measures to Capture the Effects of Transportation Facilities on Multiple Public Health Outcomes, Transportation Research Center on Livable Communities. July 2014 Dec 2015. Costs and Benefits of Michigan ITS Deployment, Michigan Department of Transportation, June 2013 April 2015. Evaluating Michigan Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Strategies and Facilities, Michigan Department of Transportation, May 2013 - March 2015. B. RPI Mobile Sensors as Traffic Probes Addressing Transportation Modeling and Privacy Protection in an Integrated Framework. National Science Foundation, September 2010 August 2013. - Co-design privacy preserving transportation modeling framework - Develop privacy protection methods for urban traffic modeling using mobile sensors - Develop variational formulation-based methods to reconstruct vehicle trajectories at signalized arterials using mobile sensing data - Propose and develop fuel consumption/emissions estimation methods for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data Using Mobile Sensors for Traffic Knowledge Extraction and Dynamic Network Management. National Science Foundation, May 2011 April 2016. - Co-develop stochastic methods to model arterial traffic flow using Bayesian Networks - Co-develop methods to estimate real time queue length at signalized intersections Vehicle Classification Using Mobile Sensors. UTRC Region-2, July 2011 June 2012. - Mobile sensor data mining and feature selection - Develop SVM-based model for vehicle classification using mobile sensing data Traffic Crowdsourcing Using Mobile Sensors. RPI Seed Funding, January 2010 June 2011. - Co-develop models to estimate cycle-by-cycle signal timing information using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Nonlinear Programming (NLP)
techniques Fuel Economy-Based Optimal Route Choice in Connected Vehicle Environment. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy (China), March 2014 December 2015. - Preparation and proposal writing - Develop mobile-sensing-based method to estimate corridor-wide fuel consumption/emissions Transportation Informatics University Transportation Center (TransInfo UTC): Harnessing the Power of Big Data in Support of USDOT Strategic Goals. USDOT/RITA, October 2013 September 2017. - Propose data fusion and information integration approaches for traffic state estimation Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System (ACS-Lite) for Wolf Road, Albany, NY. NYSDOT, January 2013 August 2014. - In charge of field data collection for the before and after scenarios - Data processing and cleansing, data analysis Development of a Decision-Making Tool for Corridor-Based Transportation Management. NYSERDA/USDOT, June 2010 December 2011. - Develop a simulation-based (Paramics) decision making tool for the adaptive signal control system on Tarrytown Road in the City of White Plains - Field data collection for before and after scenarios, data processing and cleansing Integrative Freight Demand Management in the New York City. USDOT, June 2011 May 2013. - Co-develop methods to identify delivery stop using mobile sensing data - Co-develop methods for performance measurement of urban freight transportation using mobile sensing data Development of Expert Systems for the ITS Decision Website. Old Dominion University and Caltrans, September 2009 February 2010. - Design expert systems and webpages for 8 (eight) ITS-related applications IX. Teaching A. Western Michigan University Transportation Engineering (24 students), Spring 2016 Highway Design Principles (38 students), Spring 2016 Traffic Model and Simulation (35 students), Fall 2015 - Overall teaching effectiveness: 4.1/5.0; Overall quality of the course: 4.3/5.0 Transportation System Planning (14 students), Fall 2015 - Overall teaching effectiveness: 3.5/5.0; Overall quality of the course: 3.6/5.0 Transportation Engineering (37 students), Spring 2015 - Overall teaching effectiveness: 3.4/5.0; Overall quality of the course: 3.5/5.0 Traffic Control and Management (18 students), Fall 2014
- Overall teaching effectiveness: 4.8/5.0; Overall quality of the course: 4.7/5.0 Transportation System Planning (17 students), Fall 2014 - Overall teaching effectiveness: 3.8/5.0; Overall quality of the course: 3.7/5.0 B. RPI Traffic Engineering, Co-lecturer, Spring 2014 Traffic Control and Simulation, Co-lecturer, Spring 2013 Introduction to Engineering Analysis, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010 Introduction to Transportation Engineering, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009 C. Student Advising at Western Michigan University Lusanni Acosta (master), graduated in August 2015 Matt Clark (master), graduated in May 2015 Marino Calderón Díaz (master), graduated in Dec 2014 X. Professional Activities A. Membership of professional organizations Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB); TRB s Standing Committee on International Cooperation Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Member, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Member, Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) Member, Association of Tsinghua Alumni in Transportation (ATAT) B. Reviewer for Journals/Conferences Transportation Research Part C Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations Transportmetrica A: Transport Science Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering Advances in Mechanical Engineering Transportation Research Board Annual Meetings (2011 Present) IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2013) ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2014) C. Session Chairing of Professional Conferences Session Chair, Vehicle Trajectory Estimation and Applications, the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA (2012)