在航空交通工程相关领域开展了多年的研究工作，主持和参与了多项欧盟地平线（Horizon 2020）和英国研究与创新基金（UKRI）等科学研究项目。在西班牙加泰罗尼亚理工大学（UPC）攻读博士学位，曾在法国国立民航大学（ENAC）进行访学交流；后前往英国克兰菲尔德大学（CU）工作，先后担任博士后、讲师、副教授职位，期间曾任先进空中交通系统硕士（MSc in Advanced Air Mobility System）课程主任，以及空管实验室（ATM Lab）负责人。获多次重要国际学术会议优秀论文奖，主持的ISOBAR项目成果获2023年Digital European Sky Award；指导的硕士和博士研究生分别获2023、2024年度SESAR Young Scientist Award一等奖、博士研究生组队获2022年度EUROCONTROL Innovation Masterclass Competition二等奖。主要研究方向为低空无人机空管和城市空中交通系统。入选国家级青年人才计划。

科研项目

主持（PI）：

- EU Horizon 2020 SESAR Exploratory Research

HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER-02, Grant No. 101167187, 06/2023 – 12/2025, U-space Air and Ground Risk modEls Enhancement (U-AGREE).

- UK UKRI Future Flight: Closing Skills Gaps Competition

Grant No. 10069102, 06/2023 – 12/2023, Stackable Programme on Advanced Air Mobility (SPAAM).

- UK EPSRC DTP Programme

EPSRC DTP 10/2021 – 10/2024, Contingency Management of the Advanced Air Mobility System of Systems: UAS/UAM, Integrated ATM/UTM and Infrastructures. In partnership with Boeing Research & Technology Europe.

- EU Horizon 2020 SESAR Exploratory Research

H2020-SESAR-2019-2, Grant No. 891965, 06/2020 - 12/2022, Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Meteo-Based DCB Imbalances for Network Operations Planning (ISOBAR).

联合主持（Co-I）：

-  EU Horizon 2020 SESAR Fast Track Innovation

HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-IR-01, Grant No. 101114855, 06/2023 – 06/2026, Obtain flight mission readiness, enabling rapid intervention for healthcare and critical infrastructure, leveraging all value chain actors and U-Space services (SAFIR-Ready).

- UK UKRI Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 Programme

Grant No. 10023201, 07/2022 – 09/2024, Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium (AMEC).

- UK UKRI Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 Programme

Grant No. 10024815, 08/2022 – 08/2024, High intensity Autonomous Drone Operations (HADO).

- UK UKRI Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 Programme

Grant No. 10025964, 08/2022 – 08/2024, Developing a Blueprint for Scalable UTM-Enabled BVLOS Drone Operations Across the UK (BLUEPRINT).

- EU Horizon 2020 SESAR Very Large Demonstration

H2020-SESAR-2020-1, Grant No. 101017702, 01/2021 - 12/2022, Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstrations (AMU-LED).

参与：

- EU Horizon 2020 European GSA GNSS Innovation Action

H2020-Galileo, Grant No. 776293, 03/2018 - 03/2021, Galileo-EGNOS as an Asset for UTM Safety and Security (GAUSS).

- EU Horizon 2020 SESAR Exploratory Research

H2020-SESAR-2015-1, Grant No. 699338, 06/2016 - 02/2018, Assessment of Performance in current ATM operations and of new Concepts of operations for its Holistic Enhancement (APACHE).

研究方向

空中交通飞行流与空域容量匹配：

- Yan Xu, Ramon Dalmau, Marc Melgosa, Adeline Montlaur and Xavier Prats, 2020. A Framework for Collaborative Air Traffic Flow Management Minimizing Costs for Airspace Users: Enabling Trajectory Options and Flexible Pre-tactical Delay Management. Transportation Research Part B-Methodological, 134, pp.229-255.

- Yan Xu, Xavier Prats and Daniel Delahaye, 2020. Synchronised Demand and Capacity Balancing in Collaborative Air Traffic Flow Management. Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies, 114, pp.359-376.

- Yutong Chen, Yan Xu* and Minghua Hu, 2023. General multi-agent reinforcement learning integrating heuristic-based delay priority strategy for demand and capacity balancing. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 153, pp.104218.

空中交通拥堵疏导与冲突管理：

- Yutong Chen, Yan Xu*, Lei Yang and Minghua Hu, 2023. General real-time three-dimensional multi-aircraft conflict resolution method using multi-agent reinforcement learning. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 157, pp.104367.

- Jie Yuan, Yang Pei, Yan Xu*, Yuxue Ge and Zhiqiang Wei, 2024. Autonomous interval management of multi-aircraft based on multi-agent reinforcement learning considering fuel consumption. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 165, p.104729.

- Qiuhan Zhang, Meilong Le and Yan Xu, 2021. Collaborative delay management towards demand-capacity balancing within User Driven Prioritisation Process. Journal of Air Transport Management, 91, p.102017.

航空器四维航迹规划与线性等待：

- Yan Xu, Ramon Dalmau and Xavier Prats, 2017. Maximizing Airborne Delay at no Extra Fuel Cost by Means of Linear Holding. Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies, 81, pp.137-152.

- Yan Xu and Xavier Prats, 2017. Effects of Linear Holding for Reducing Additional Flight Delays without Extra Fuel Consumption. Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment, 53, pp.388-397.

- Yan Xu and Xavier Prats, 2018. Linear holding in Airspace Flow Programs: A Case Study on Delay Absorption and Recovery. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(3): 1042-1051.

低空无人机运行风险评估与抑制：

- Yu Su and Yan Xu*, 2024. A Risk Assessment Method for Mid-Air Collisions in Urban Air Mobility Operations. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.

- Arinc Tutku Altun, Yan Xu, Gokhan Inalhan, and Michael W. Hardt., 2023. Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Utilization for Contingency Management of Future AAM System. In AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (p. 3687).

- Yu Su, Yan Xu and Gokhan Inalhan, 2023. A Risk-Based UAM Airspace Capacity Assessment Method Using Monte Carlo Simulation. 42nd AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Barcelona, Spain, 01-05 Oct 2023.

低空无人机先进空中交通管理服务：

- Yiwen Tang and Yan Xu*, 2023. Incorporating Optimization in Strategic Conflict Resolution for UAS Traffic Management. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24 (11), pp.12393-12405.

- Yiwen Tang, Yan Xu* and Gokhan Inalhan, 2022. An Integrated Approach for Dynamic Capacity Management Service in U-space. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 58 (5), pp.4180-4195.

- Rodolphe Fremond, Yan Xu* and Gokhan Inalhan, 2024. Adaptive Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Solver for Tactical Conflict Resolution in Diverse Urban Airspace Configurations. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2024.3479191.

航空交通协同仿真试验平台研制：

- Lorenzo Turco, Junjie Zhao, Yan Xu and Antonios Tsourdos, 2024. A Study on Co-simulation Digital Twin with MATLAB and AirSim for Future Advanced Air Mobility. In 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference (pp. 1-18). IEEE.

- Conrad, C., Delezenne, Q., Mukherjee, A., Mhowwala, A., Ahmed, M., Zhao, J., Xu, Y. and Tsourdos, A. Developing a Digital Twin for Testing Multi-Agent Systems in Advanced Air Mobility: A Case Study of Cranfield University and Airport. 42nd AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Barcelona, Spain, 01-05 Oct 2023.

- Rodolphe Fremond, Yiwen Tang, Prithiviraj Bhundoo, Yu Su, Arinc Altun, Yan Xu and Gokhan Inalhan, 2022. Demonstrating Advanced U-space Services for Urban Air Mobility in a Co-Simulation Environment. 12th SESAR Innovation Days, Budapest, Hungary, 5-8 Dec 2022.