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；指导的硕士研究生获2023年度SESAR Young Scientist Award一等奖、博士研究生获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。国家自然科学基金优秀青年科学基金项目（海外）获得者。

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.

- 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.

- Zhang, Q., Le, M. and Xu, Y., 2021. Collaborative delay management towards demand-capacity balancing within User Driven Prioritisation Process. Journal of Air Transport Management, 91, pp. 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.

低空无人机风险评估与协同管控：

- 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, Antonios Tsourdos and Gokhan Inalhan. Urban Corridor-Based Tactical Conflict Resolution with Flight Plan Adherence and Uncertainty Resilience using a Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Solver. 11th International Conference for Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jul 01-04, 2024.

- Yu Su, Yan Xu and Gokhan Inalhan. 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.

航空交通协同仿真试验平台研制：

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

- 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.

- Junjie Zhao, Rodolphe Fremond, Yan Xu and Antonios Tsourdos. Co-Simulation Digital Twin Framework for Testing Future Advanced Air Mobility Concepts: A Study with BlueSky and AirSim. 42nd AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Barcelona, Spain, 01-05 Oct 2023.

• [1]. 2015.9 -- 2018.11

  西班牙加泰罗尼亚理工大学       航空宇航科学与技术       博士研究生       博士学位

• [2]. 2012.9 -- 2015.3

  南京航空航天大学       交通运输工程       硕士研究生       硕士学位

• [3]. 2008.9 -- 2012.6

  南京航空航天大学       交通运输工程       大学本科       学士学位

• [1]. 2024.1 -- 至今

  北京航空航天大学      电子信息工程学院      教授

• [2]. 2023.8 -- 2023.12

  英国克兰菲尔德大学      航空、交通与制造学院      副教授

• [3]. 2019.9 -- 2023.7

  英国克兰菲尔德大学      航空、交通与制造学院      讲师

• [4]. 2018.12 -- 2019.9

  英国克兰菲尔德大学      航空、交通与制造学院      博士后

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