Dr. CHOW, H.F. Andy (周浩輝博士)
PhD(UCL), BEng(HKUST)
MIEEE, CMILT
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
| Office: | P6614 ACAD |
|---|---|
| Phone: | 34422155 |
| Email: | andychow@cityu.edu.hk |
| Web: | My Google Sites |
Andy Chow's research focuses on building sustainable and reliable transport and logistics systems with emerging analytics, sensing, and computing technologies. He received his undergraduate education in Hong Kong. His doctoral research on optimal control of dynamic transport networks completed in England received a Gordon Newell Memorial Dissertation Prize in 2008. He is a Board Member of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS), Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTHK), Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). Before joining CityU, he has held academic and research positions at University College London in the U.K., and University of California Berkeley under the California PATH program in the U.S.
Previous Experience
- 2010 - 2017, Senior lecturer / Lecturer , University College London, UK.
- 2007 - 2010, Postdoc fellow, University of California Berkeley, USA.
Research Grants
- Real time optimisation of train system energy consumption via integrated service scheduling and train speed control, Innovation and Technology Fund , Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, Amount: HKD $1,688,200, Apr 2021 - Mar 2023, Andy Chow (PI), Zijun Zhang (Co-I).
- Dynamic traffic signal timings for urban bus services in congested road networks with GPS data, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: HKD $696,000, Jan 2020 - Dec 2022, Andy Chow (PI).
- Reliability-based intelligent transportation systems in urban road network with uncertainty, Research Impact Fund , Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: HKD $9,646,000, Jul 2019 - Dec 2022, William Lam (PI), Andy Chow (Co-PI), SC Wong (Co-PI), Wei Ma (Co-PI), Edward Chung (Co-PI).
- Road network assessment and optimisation with air pollution performance measures, Environment and Conservation Fund , Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, Amount: HKD $500,000, Jul 2019 - Jun 2021, Andy Chow (PI).
Publications
Journal
- Chow, A.H.F. , Su, Z. , Liang, E.M. & Zhong, R.X. (2021). Adaptive signal control for bus service reliability with connected vehicle technology via reinforcement learning. Transportation Research Part C. 129. 103264 doi:10.1016/j.trc.2021.103264
- Nguyen, H.T.M. , Chow, A.H.F. & Ying, C. (2021). Pareto routing and scheduling dynamic urban rail transit services with multi-objective cross entropy method. Transportation Research Part E. 156. 102544 doi:10.1016/j.tre.2021.102544
- Chow, A.H.F. , Sha, R. & Li, Y. (2020). Adaptive control strategies for urban network traffic via a decentralised approach with user-optimal routing. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 21(4). 1697 - 1704. doi:10.1109/TITS.2019.2955425
- Ying, C.S. , Chow, A.H.F. & Chin, K.S. (2020). An actor-critic deep reinforcement learning approach for metro train scheduling with rolling stock circulation under stochastic passenger demand. Transportation Research Part B. 140. 210 - 235. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2020.08.005
- Chow, A.H.F. , Sha, R. & Li, S. (2020). Centralised and decentralised signal timing optimisation approaches for network traffic control. Transportation Research Part C. 113. 108 - 123. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2019.05.007
- Su, Z.C. , Chow, A.H.F. , Zheng, N. , Huang, Y. , Liang, E. & Zhong, R. (2020). Neuro-dynamic programming for optimal control of macroscopic fundamental diagram systems. Transportation Research Part C. 116. 102628 doi:10.1016/j.trc.2020.102628
- Chow, A.H.F. & Pavlides, A. (2018). Cost functions and multi-objective timetabling of mixed train services. Transportation Research Part A. 113. 335 - 356. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2018.04.027
- Chow, A.H.F. , Li, S. & Zhong, R.X. (2017). Multi-objective optimal control formulations for bus service reliability with traffic signals. Transportation Research Part B. 103. 248 - 268. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2017.02.006
- Chow, A.H.F. (2009). Properties of dynamic system optimal assignment and its solution method. Transportation Research Part B. 43(3). 325 - 344. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2008.07.006
- Chow, A.H.F. & Lo, H. (2007). Sensitivity analysis of signal control with physical queuing: delay derivatives and an application. Transportation Research Part B. 41(3). 462 - 477. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2006.06.007
PhD Opportunities
- I am recruiting new funded PhD student(s) in Systems Engineering at CityU HK. Potential topics include, but not limited to, public transport, integrated road transport systems, and urban logistics with applications of data analytics and machine learning. In addition to an engineering background, potential students are expected to have a solid background in mathematics, computing, and statistics. Please email me (with your CV) for further details and discussion if you are interested.
Exceptionally qualified students are encouraged to apply through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS).
