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Lin, Yuan 

  • Positional Title: Associated Professor

  • Email: yuanlin@scut.edu.cn

  • Working For: Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering

  • Graduated School: Virginia Tech,Engineering Mechanics, Ph.D.

  • Final Degree: Ph.D.

  • Office: D1-a506

  • Zip Code: 510640

  • Telephone: 020-81182128

  • Mentor Type: Ph.D. Advisor

Personal profile  

Yuan Lin received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech and was a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech and the University of Waterloo. Dr. Lin joined South China University of Technology in 2021 as a tenure-track assistant professor and established Intelligent Vehicles Lab. Dr. Lin’s research interests include Energy management; Autonomous driving; Reinforcement learning. The link to Dr. Lin’s Intelligent Vehicles Lab website is as follows.

https://ivl-scut.github.io/ivl.github.io/

Work Experience  

  • 2021 to present, South China University of Technology, Associate Professor

  • 2018-2020, University of Waterloo, Postdoc

  • 2016-2018, Virginia Tech, Postdoc

Education  

  • 2011-2016, Virginia Tech, Engineering Mechanics, Ph.D.

  • 2007-2011, Nanchang University, Civil Engineering, B.E.

Research Interest  

  • Energy management; Autonomous driving; Reinforcement learning.

Selected Publications  

2022

  • [1]Yuan Lin, John McPhee, Nasser L. Azad, 2022: “Co-optimization of on-ramp merging and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle power split using deep reinforcement learning,”IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Accepted.

2021

  • [3]Yuan Lin, John McPhee, Nasser L. Azad, 2021: “Comparison of deep reinforcement learning and model predictive control for adaptive cruise control,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles,  6(2), 221-231.

2020

  • [2]Yuan Lin, John McPhee, Nasser L. Azad, 2020: “Anti-jerk on-ramp merging using deep reinforcement learning,” 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 7-14.

  • [4]Yuan Lin, Azim Eskandarian, 2020: “Integrating inter-vehicular communications, vehicle localization, and a digital map for cooperative adaptive cruise control with target detection loss,” SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles, 3(3), 193-204.

2019

  • [5].Chaoxian Wu, Yuan Lin, Azim Eskandarian, 2019: “Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control with adaptive Kalman filter subject to temporary communication loss,” IEEE Access, 7, 93558-93568.