Welcome Address

Dear Participants,

Welcome to the 3rd International Conference on Cross-Sea Bridges. The conference focuses on two key themes—Intelligent Freeway Traffic Control and Maritime Traffic Control and Collision Avoidance—which will be explored in depth through two parallel sessions. Our goal is to promote academic exchange and cooperation in China and abroad concerning intelligent control and safety assurance for sea-crossing bridges and to share the latest research findings and technological developments.

Sea-crossing bridges are critical transportation hubs connecting different regions, and their safety and efficiency are vital to sustained economic and social development. The conference will concentrate on intelligent traffic-control technologies, new strategies and systems for preventing ship–bridge collisions, and related topics.

We look forward to your active participation and hope the conference will bring new insights and momentum to the safety assurance and intelligent operation of sea-crossing bridges. We look forward to the fruitful outcomes of this academic exchange.

Centre on Safety and Intelligent Operation of Sea Bridge

Conference dates: September 21–22, 2024

Venue: Bailu Hall, 2nd Floor, Ningbo University Hotel. From the airport or railway station, take Ningbo Metro Line 2 and alight at Ningbo University Station.

Schedule — September 21–22, 2024

September 21, 09:00–11:30 — Keynote Session

Chair: Prof. Yibing Wang

Time

Presentation / Activity

09:00–09:30

Coordinated Control of Internal Boundaries and Signal Timing on Lane-Free Urban Roads under Connected and Automated Driving Conditions

Speaker: Prof. Yibing Wang, Zhejiang University

09:30–10:00

Max-Pressure Signal Control under Uncertain Queue-Length Information: A Two-Stage Robust Optimization Perspective

Speaker: Associate Prof. Zhengfeng Huang, Ningbo University

10:00–10:30

Dynamic Emergency-Lane Management for Freeways under Incidents in an Internet-of-Vehicles Environment

Speaker: Prof. Hongzhao Dong, Zhejiang University of Technology

10:30–11:00

Key Technologies and Applications for Precision Diagnosis of Next-Generation AI Transportation-Infrastructure Defects

Speaker: Prof. Haihang Han, Zhejiang Academy of Transportation Science

11:00–11:30

Digital Development of Traffic Control for Ningbo Datong Expressway

Speaker: Senior Engineer Zuoyi Gu, Datong Company

11:30–12:30

Lunch


September 21, 14:30–17:00 — Keynote Session

Chair: Pengjun Zheng

Time

Presentation / Activity

14:30–15:00

Freeway Ramp-Merging Control under Mixed Connected and Automated Traffic

Speaker: Lihui Zhang, Zhejiang University

15:00–15:30

Driver State and Emotion Recognition and Risk Profiling for ‘Two Passenger and One Hazardous-Materials’ Vehicles on Freeways

Speaker: Cheng Quan, Zhejiang University of Technology

15:30–16:00

Exploration of Digital-Intelligent Active Freeway Traffic-Control Technology Based on Virtual–Physical Integration and Three-Phase Mapping

Speaker: Hang Yang, Ningbo University

16:00–16:30

Using Operational Oceanographic Products as a Tool for Ship Navigation Assessment

Speaker: Prof. Manel Grifoll, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech

16:30–17:00

Freeway Traffic Control: Past, Present and Future

Speaker: Prof. Markos Papageorgiou, Ningbo University

17:30–19:00

Dinner


September 22, 09:00–11:00 — Project Kick-Off Meeting

Zhejiang Provincial R&D Program Project: Research on Active Traffic-Control Methods and Systems for Freeway Networks (2024C01180).