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Yanhua Li


Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Research and Background

Professor Yanhua Li received two Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing in China in 2009 and in computer science from University of Minnesota at Twin Cities in 2013, respectively. He joined the Department of Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as an assistant professor in the fall of 2015. His research interests are urban intelligence and smart cities in many contexts, including spatial-temporal data analytics and management, urban planning and optimization. Recently, Dr. Li focuses on developing data-driven approaches to inversely learn the decision-making preferences from urban travelers, who take public transits, taxis, sharing bikes, etc. Dr. Li is a recipient of NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award.

Connect with Yanhua Li

Yanhua Li
yli15@wpi.edu
Atwater Kent Lab 130, 100 Institute Rd.
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609
https://users.wpi.edu/~yli15/