2026

Aug 27, 2026 News thumbnail 🚐 We demonstrated remote-driving research at WisDOT's Safer Together Community Event.
Our Sky-Lab team shared remote-driving and autonomous vehicle research with the Madison community at WisDOT's Safer Together event. Read more →
Jun 18, 2026 News thumbnail 🚐 We demonstrated our autonomous vehicle research to WFAA leaders.
Our team demonstrated autonomous vehicle research from Sky-Lab and the CATS Lab to members of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association Board of Directors and Alumni Council. Read more →
May 22, 2026 News thumbnail 🏆 I received the Best Presentation Award at NGTS 2026.
I returned to Purdue University for the 5th Next-Generation Transport Systems Annual Conference and received the Best Presentation Award. Read more →
May 14, 2026 News thumbnail 🌟 I received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentoring Award.
I received the College of Engineering Award for Graduate Student Mentorship and Service in recognition of excellence in research leadership. Read more →
May 8, 2026 News thumbnail 🎓 I celebrated my Ph.D. graduation at UW–Madison.
I attended the UW–Madison doctoral hooding ceremony and the College of Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering commencement. Read more →
May 1, 2026 News thumbnail 🎓 I received the 2026 CEE Academic Stewardship and Leadership Award.
I received the 2026 Academic Stewardship and Leadership Award from the UW-Madison Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Read more →
Apr 10, 2026 News thumbnail 🎓 I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation.
I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation, Toward Safe, Trustworthy, and Deployable AI for Human-Centered Future Transportation. Read more →

2025

Jun 15, 2025 News thumbnail 🎵 I attended CVPR 2025 in Nashville.
I attended CVPR 2025 in Nashville, where our team presented Talk2Traffic and connected with researchers working in computer vision, autonomous driving, robotics, and AI. Read more →
Mar 20, 2025 News thumbnail 🎉 We received two NVIDIA Academic Grant Program awards valued at $43,800.
We received two NVIDIA grants for transportation AI research, including 20,000 A100 GPU hours for SafetyGPT and two RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs for EdgeTwin. Read more →
Jan 12, 2025 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the TRB 2025 Annual Meeting.
I attended the TRB 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where our team presented research in poster and lectern sessions. Read more →
Jan 10, 2025 News thumbnail 👏 I was invited to visit Google.
I visited Google's Washington, D.C., office to meet with its research team and discuss potential collaborations. Read more →

2024

Oct 18, 2024 News thumbnail 🎉 Our paper, Traffic expertise meets residual RL: Knowledge-informed model-based residual reinforcement learning for CAV trajectory control, was published in Communications in Transportation Research.
Sep 1, 2024 News thumbnail 📢 We released a new preprint, Trustworthy Human-AI Collaboration: Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback and Physics Knowledge for Safe Autonomous Driving.
Jun 13, 2024 News thumbnail 🎉 Our paper, Toward C-V2X Enabled Connected Transportation System: RSU-Based Cooperative Localization Framework for Autonomous Vehicles, was published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Apr 8, 2024 News thumbnail 🎉 Our paper, Human as AI mentor: Enhanced human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning for safe and efficient autonomous driving, was published in Communications in Transportation Research.
Jan 12, 2024 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the TRB 2024 Annual Meeting.
I attended the TRB 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where our team presented research in poster and lectern sessions. Read more →

2023

Oct 19, 2023 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
I presented our traffic data recovery research at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more →
Oct 17, 2023 News thumbnail 👏 I visited the BELIV Lab at Arizona State University.
I visited the BELIV Lab at Arizona State University to learn about its research in connected, automated, and electric vehicles. Read more →
Jun 17, 2023 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD 2023).
I presented our roadside unit enabled cooperative localization research at ICTD 2023 in Austin, Texas. Read more →
May 18, 2023 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the 3rd Annual Conference on Next-Generation Transport Systems (NGTS-3).
I presented our cooperative localization research at the 3rd Annual Conference on Next-Generation Transport Systems at Purdue University. Read more →
Jan 12, 2023 News thumbnail 👏 I attended the TRB 2023 Annual Meeting.
I attended the TRB 2023 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where our team presented research in poster and lectern sessions. Read more →