From October 2rd to October 25th, 2019, in the lead of Xi Lin, some members of THU-LEAD participated in 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle and gave academic reports related to their research topics:

1) Xi Lin: Lane-based Alternating Control Scheme: An Innovative Intersection Control under Connected and Automated Environment

2) Xindi Tang: Online Operation of Electric Automated Taxi Fleets with Combinational Optimization and Reinforcement Learning

3) Chengzhang Wang: Designing Locations and Capacities for Charging Stations to Support Intercity Travel of Electric Vehicles: An Expanded Network Approach

4) Jie Yang: Vehicle Scheduling under Stochastic Trip Times: An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach

5) Zhixiong Luo: Joint Deployment of Charging Stations and Photovoltaic Power Plants with Time-dependent Pricing for Electric Vehicles

6) Yineng Wang: Online Operation Strategies for Automated Multi-storey Parking Facility

Besides, Yineng Wang chaired the session Transportation Operations I. 

INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Annual Meeting is an important international conference in the field of global operations research, management science and business analysis. Participating in the conference and presenting the latest research is an important part in the integration of THU-LEAD scientific research and international academic. Through listening to multiple opinions and strengthening peer exchanges, THU-LEAD will continue to improve the overall research level and promote the academic research to a higher level.