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Résumé (Download) 03/2009

Yao-Jan Wu

Date of Birth:
October 21, 1979

Email:
yaojan at u.washington.edu

Phone: +1(206) 543-7827

 

Education

Doctoral : (Jun. 2006 ~ Present )

Major: Transportation Engineering

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Washington (UW), Seattle, USA

Master of Science: (Sep. 2002 ~ Jun. 2004 )

Major: Transportation Engineering

Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan

Bachelor of Science: with honors  (Sep. 1998 ~ Jun. 2002)

Major: Transportation Engineering

Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University (NCU), Taiwan

Research Interests

  • Transportation Safety Analysis and Modeling
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Information Technologies
  • Advanced Safety Vehicles (ASV)
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision Applications in Transportation
  • Traffic Control and Management

Working Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant in the Smart Transportation and Application Research (STAR) Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle. (2006. 6 ~ Present) 

  • Research Assistant in ITS lab, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (2006. 3 ~ 2006. 6)    

  • Transportation platoon leader (second lieutenant) in Subordinate Company of Brigade 904, Taichung, Taiwan (2004.10 ~ 2006.1)

  • Graduate Research Assistant in ITS lab, Graduate Institute of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (2002.7 ~ 2004.10)

Journal Publications (SCI)

  • Yegor Malinovskiy, Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2008), Video-Based Vehicle Detection and Tracking Using Spatiotemporal Maps, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, In Press.

  • Yegor Malinovskiy, Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2008), Video-Based Monitoring of Pedestrian Movements at Signalized Intersections, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2073, pp 11~17.

  • Yao-Jan Wu, Feng-Li Lian, Chun-Po Huang and Tang-Hsien Chang (2007), Image Processing Techniques for Lane-Related Information Extraction and Multi-Vehicle Detection in Intelligent Highway Vehicles, International journal of Automotive Technology Vol.8 No.4, pp. 513~520.

Conference Papers and Presentations

  • Yegor Malinovskiy, Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2009), Video-Based Vehicle Detection and Tracking Using Spatiotemporal Maps, Presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. Paper Number: 09-1580.

  • Yao-Jan Wu, Mark Hallenbeck and Yinhai Wang (2009), Interaction Between Arterial and Freeway Performance: Case Study, Presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. Paper Number: 09-2413.

  • Yunteng Lao, Yao-Jan Wu, Yinhai Wang and Xiaoguang Yang (2009), Applicability of Signalized Single and Double Phase Midblock Crossings in Highly Populated Areas, Presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Paper Number: 09-3366.

  • Hee-Jung Hwang, Un-Kun Lee, Kwang-Ryul Baek，Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2009), Stereo Image Processing Algorithm for Preceding Vehicle Detection Using Lane-Related Information, Presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. Paper Number: 09-0502.

  • Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2008), Google-Map-Based Online Platform for Arterial Traffic Information and Analysis, Presented at 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C

  • Yegor Malinovskiy, Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2008), Video-Based Monitoring of Pedestrian Movements at Signalized Intersections, Presented at 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

  •  Atli Bjorn Levy, Yao-Jan Wu and Yinhai Wang (2008), Accident Risk Modeling for Two-Lane Rural Roads in Washington State, Presented at 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

  • Yao-Jan Wu (11/16/2007), A Google-Map-Based Arterial Traffic Information System, Presented in 5th Annual TransNow Student Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

  • Yao-Jan Wu, Yinhai Wang, and Dalin Qian (2007), “A Google-Map-Based Arterial Traffic Information System,” IEEE International Conference on 10th Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seattle, Washington, USA. 

  • Yao-Jan Wu, Feng-Li Lian and Tang-Hsien Chang (2006),”Traffic Monitoring and Vehicle Tracking using Roadside Cameras,” Presented in 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Yao-Jan Wu, Chun-Po Huang, Feng-Li Lian and Tang-Hsien Chang (2004),” Vision-based Driving Environment Identification for Autonomous Highway Vehicles,” IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control.

  • Tang-Hsien Chang, Chun-Hung Lin, Chih-Sheng Hsu and Yao-Jan Wu (2003), “A Vision-Based Vehicle Behavior Monitoring and Warning System,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

  • Jiann-Sheng Wu, Yao-Jan Wu (2002), “Analysis of the Relationship between Ramp Deployment and Potential Risk in the Expressway: A Case Study of Taipei Metropolitan Area,” (In Chinese). The 17th Annual Conference for the Chinese Institute of Transportation, Chayi, Taiwan.

Project Reports

  • Yinhai Wang, Yegor Malinovskiy, Yao-Jan Wu (2008), “Occlusion Robust Vehicle and Environment Insensitive Algorithm for Vehicle Detection and Tracking Using Surveillance Video Cameras,”  Transportation Northwest Regional Center X (TransNow)

  • Hallenbeck, Mark E; Wu, Yao-Jan (2007), “Review of Private Sector Data for Roadway Monitoring,”  Washington State Transportation Center; University of Washington, Seattle; Federal Highway Administration

  • Yinhai Wang, Ngan Ha Nguyen, Atli Björn E. Levy and Yao-Jan Wu (2007), “Cost Effective Safety Improvements for Two-Lane Rural Roads,” Transportation Northwest Regional Center X (TransNow)

Professional Services 

  •  General Chair, Region 10 (Transportation Northwest) Student Conference (held on 11/7/2008)
  • ITE UW Student Chapter Vice President (2006. 9~ Present)
  •  User Information Systems (UIS) Committee (TRB): Committee Friend
  • North American Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (NACOTA) student member (2008.1 ~ Present)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student member (2007~present)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International IEEE conference on  Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) program book/CD designer/editor (2007)
  •  ITE Trip Generation Book Data Collection Project, student chapter volunteer and organizer (2007, 2008)

Course Instruction

  • CEE 412/599 Transportation Data Management TA (Winter Quarter, 2009)

  •   CEE 412/599 Transportation Data Management TA (Winter Quarter, 2008)

Awards 

  •   Nominated for the 2008 Research Assistant Innovator Award and recognized by College of Engineering, University of Washington.

  • ITE District 6 Annual meeting (2007): James H. Kell Student Competition Strength (Paper Bridge Competition), First Place

  • ITE Washington Section Student Night: Traffic calming project for the City of Bothell and recognized by the City.

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