Dr. Jin Liu
- Position: Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Railway traffic management; Train operation and control; Railway control command and signalling; System verification and validation.
- Email: J.Liu12@leeds.ac.uk
- Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar
Profile
Dr. Jin Liu is a Research Fellow at the Spatial Modelling and Dynamics (SMaD) group in the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) at the University of Leeds. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, where he focused on developing multi-agent applications for next generation railway traffic management system. Prior to joining ITS, he worked as a PDRA at the Future Mobility Research Group at Newcastle University. Dr. Liu's research primarily involves modeling, analysing, and optimising rail traffic for both passenger and freight rail. His expertise includes railway requirement analysis, system verification and validation, and algroithm development of novel AI applications for rail systems.
Responsibilities
- ECR rep @ITS
- Innovation Fellow
Research interests
Key research interests:
- Traffic management and control
- Energy efficient train operation
- Railway control command and siganlling
- A.I. in transportation system
Research Projects:
- Leeds Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship – PI
- N8 Network for Innovative Sustainable Transportation Co-Simulation (NIST-CS) (2023-2024) – Co-I
- National Highways: “Tipping points of delays” (2023-2024) – Co-I
- EPSRC-IAA “Train unit capacity strengthening” (2023-2024)
- Innovate UK / RSSB “Assisted Very Short-Term Planning” (2020-2023)
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Railway Engineering, University of Birmingham
Student education
Teaching:
- TRAN5912M Transport Integrated Project
- TRAN5550M Railway Signalling and Control
- TRAN5291M Traffic Network Modelling
- TRAN5032M Transport Data Collection and Anlysis
- MSc project supervisor
Student supervision:
- Pu Xu, visiting Ph.D. (2023-2024)
- Jing Yang, visiting Ph.D. (2024-2025)
Research groups and institutes
- Spatial Modelling and Dynamics