Publications (8)
Large Language Models for Traffic and Transportation Research: Methodologies, State of the Art, and Future Opportunities
Yimo Yan, Yejia Liao, Guanhao Xu +13
The rapid rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) is transforming traffic and transportation research, with significant advancements emerging between the years 2023 and 2025 -- a peri…
BATON: A Multimodal Benchmark for Bidirectional Automation Transition Observation in Naturalistic Driving
Yuhang Wang, Yiyao Xu, Chaoyun Yang +3
Existing driving automation (DA) systems on production vehicles rely on human drivers to decide when to engage DA while requiring them to remain continuously attentive and ready to…
ADAS-TO: A Large-Scale Multimodal Naturalistic Dataset and Empirical Characterization of Human Takeovers during ADAS Engagement
Yuhang Wang, Yiyao Xu, Jingran Sun +1
Takeovers remain a key safety vulnerability in production ADAS, yet existing public resources rarely provide takeover-centered, real-world data. We present ADAS-TO, the first large…
Exploring Traffic Simulation and Cybersecurity Strategies Using Large Language Models
Lu Gao, Yongxin Liu, Hongyun Chen +3
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks due to their complex, interconnected nature. Ensuring the cybersecurity of these…
Deep Learning for Pavement Condition Evaluation Using Satellite Imagery
Prathyush Kumar Reddy Lebaku, Lu Gao, Pan Lu +1
Civil infrastructure systems covers large land areas and needs frequent inspections to maintain their public service capabilities. The conventional approaches of manual surveys or…
A Closed-loop, State-centric, Multi-agent Framework for Passenger Load Estimation from Heterogeneous Data Streams
Yiyao Xu, Hao Zhou, Yuhang Wang +1
To support operations and passenger-facing services, transit agencies need reliable passenger load trajectories. Currently, load estimates are typically inferred from imperfect sen…
Evaluating Pavement Deterioration Rates Due to Flooding Events Using Explainable AI
Lidan Peng, Lu Gao, Feng Hong +1
Flooding can damage pavement infrastructure significantly, causing both immediate and long-term structural and functional issues. This research investigates how flooding events aff…
Assessing the Influence of Pavement Performance on Road Safety Through Crash Frequency and Severity Analysis
Prathyush Kumar Reddy Lebaku, Lu Gao, Jingran Sun +2
Road safety is impacted by a range of factors that can be categorized into human, vehicle, and roadway/environmental elements. This research explores the connection between pavemen…