Professor Edward Chung

Broad area of research: Transport

Main areas of research

• Traffic management strategies for enhancing network performance and capacity
• Travel time prediction for motorways and arterial roads using fixed and mobile sensors data
• Data fusion techniques to integrate data from multi sources for providing comprehensive, robust and accurate information to traffic management system
• Traffic noise and emission models for evaluation of transport strategies
• Real time network simulation for evaluating traffic management strategies.

Awards and recognitions

• 1997: Post doctorate fellowship, Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
• 1989: Education Abroad Program, University of California, Berkeley
• 1988: Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award
• 1987: Monash University Research Scholarship

Career history

2011 – Present: Centre Director, Smart Transport Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology

2009 – Present: Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, Queensland University of Technology

2005 – Present: Visiting Professor, Collaborative Research Centre for Advanced Mobility (ITS Centre), University of Tokyo

2005 – 2009: Collaborateur Scientifique, Head of ITS Group, LAVOC, EPFL

2002 – 2004: Visiting Professor, Centre for Collaborative Research, University of Tokyo

1999 – 2001: Manager, Infrastructure Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infrastructure, Victoria, Australia

1996 – 1999: Senior Research Scientist, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Australia

1997: Post Doctorate Fellow, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

1994 – 1995: Engineer/Analyst, R.J.Jairn and Partners, Australia

1993 – 1994: Research Scientist, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Australia