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Chen Peng

Chen Peng

Profile

I am a Research Fellow at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. My background is electrical engineering and human-technology interaction (i.e., understanding human perspectives in interacting with various technologies).

I received my PhD in human factors in automated driving from ITS, University of Leeds in 2024, where I was also a Marie Curie Fellow. I was a visiting researcher at Bosch (2021) and TU Delft (2023), involved in collaborative studies. I hold a Master's degree in Human Technology Interaction from the Eindhoven University of Technology (2019), and a Bachelor's degree in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (2017).

I have been involved in multiple large EU- and UK- funded projects, such as Hi-Drive (Horizon 2020), SHAPE-IT (Marie Curie ITN), and HumanDrive (CCAV and Catapult). My research has been published in leading journals such as Human Factors and Applied Ergonomics.

I am an active reviewer in the community, regularly reviewing for journals such as Applied Ergonomics, Human Factors, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS), and International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), as well as conferences, such as ACM AutoUI, IMWUT, and IEEE IV. I have also co-organised international conference (AutoUI 2021) and multiple symposiums at IEEE conferences.

Research interests

My research interests include user comfort in automated driving, automated driving styles, communication strategies, inclusive designs in transport, and broad human technology interaction. My doctoral research focuses on passenger comfort in automated driving, investigating the role of driving styles and the conceptualisation of comfort, and my postdoctoral research extends this understanding to real-world settings. I am passionate about including more marginalised groups, such as older adults, in research, to provide more inclusive solutions. I am proficient in both qualitative and quantitative, analytical approaches.

  • User comfort and automated driving styles
  • Distributed human automation interaction
  • Kinematic communication for onboard users
  • Inclusive transport design (incl. transport modes, infrastructure, service)
  • Novel measurement approaches for subjective states (subjective, physiological, etc)

My talk about my research at the SHAPE-IT project final event

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD. Human Factors in Automated Driving, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
  • MSc. Human Technology Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • BEng. Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Uni. of Electro. Sci. and Tech. of China

Student education

I currently lecture in engineering psychology and human factors, and previosuly supervised Masters students in the Institute of Transport Studies, and was a teaching assistant for the School of Psycology.

Research groups and institutes

  • Human Factors and Safety