I am currently working on knowledge platform development and agentic systems to advance intelligent system design. If you are seeking any form of academic cooperation, please feel free to email me at wangding@pjlab.org.cn or wangding.mellissa@gmail.com . We are hiring interns! Please feel free to hit me up with your CV if interested.
I received my Ph.D. from New York University, where I focused on large-scale multi-agent simulations for mobility in smart cities. Prior to that, I obtained both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Transportation Engineering and Planning from Beijing Jiaotong University.
My research interests include the development of knowledge platforms and knowledge graphs (KG), artificial intelligence (AI), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic systems, with a particular focus on designing intelligent systems. I have published 20+ papers at top journals and international conferences.
📖 Educations
- 2017.09 - 2022.01, PhD, New York University, NYC, US.
- 2015.09 - 2017.07, Master, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.
- 2011.09 - 2015.07, Undergraduate, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.
🔥 News
- 2025.07: 🎉 HMRAG is accepted at ACM MM 2025!
- 2025.07: 🎉 Valik is accepted at ICCV 2025. See you in Hawaii!
- 2024.06: We released TransWorldNG, a powerful multi-agent framework for mobility simulation TransWorldNG.
- 2023.09: 🎉 Serval papers are accepted to ITSC 2023. See you in Bilbao,Spain!
- 2022.03: I join Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory as a researcher in Shanghai!
- 2021.10: Check out our multi-agent simulation test bed developed for New York City MATSim-NYC.
📝 Selected Publications

VaLiK: Vision-and-Language Knowledge Distillation for Multimodal Large Language Models
J Liu, S Meng, Y Gao, S Mao, P Cai, G Yan, Y Chen, Z Bian, B Shi, Ding Wang*

HM-RAG: Hierarchical Multi-Agent Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation
Pei Liu, Xin Liu, Ruoyu Yao, Junming Liu, Siyuan Meng,Ding Wang, Jun Ma.

Mobility in Post-Pandemic Economic Reopening under Social Distancing Guidelines: Congestion, Emissions, and Contact Exposure in Public Transit
Ding Wang, Mohammad Tayarani, Brian Yueshuai He, Jingqin Gao, Joseph YJ Chow, Oliver Huaizhu Gao, Kaan Ozbay.
arXiv 2025
RAKG: Document-level Retrieval Augmented Knowledge Graph Construction, Hairong Zhang, Jiaheng Si, Guohang Yan, Boyuan Qi, Pinlong Cai, Song Mao, Ding Wang, Botian Shi.arXiv 2025
FedRecon: Missing Modality Reconstruction in Distributed Heterogeneous Environments, Junming Liu, Guosun Zeng, Ding Wang, Yanting Gao, Yufei Jin.Procedia Computer Science 2025
Assessing the Impact of Electric Vehicles on Traffic Emissions: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach considering Traveler Behavior Changes, Ding Wang, Mohammad Tayarani, Jingqin Gao, Zilin Bian, Kaan Ozbay, Oliver Huaizhu Gao, Joseph YJ Chow.Procedia Computer Science 2024
An agent-based urban simulation to assess the system-wide, spatial, and modal impacts of the deployment of an automated vehicle corridor with mixed traffic: a case study in New York City, Hella Alnajjar, Kaan Ozbay, Ding Wang, Lamia Iftekhar.IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 2023
Autonomous Services: The Evolution of Services Through Intelligent Vehicles, Zheng Jing, Lefei Li, Yudan Lyu, Ridong Wang, Yutong Wang, Ding Wang, Fei-Yue Wang.IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 2023
Mobility 5.0: Smart logistics and transportation services in cyber-physical-social systems, Yilun Lin, Xiaoxiang Na, Ding Wang, Xingyuan Dai, Fei-Yue Wang.ITSC 2023
Transworldng: Traffic simulation via foundation model, Ding Wang, Xuhong Wang, Liang Chen, Shengyue Yao, Ming Jing, Honghai Li, Shiqiang Bao, Li Li, Fei-Yue Wang, Yilun Lin.ITSC 2023
Building transportation foundation model via generative graph transformer, Xuhong Wang, Ding Wang, Liang Chen, Fei-Yue Wang, Yilun Lin.ITSC 2023
RoW-based Parallel Control for Mixed Traffic Scenario: A Case Study on Lane-Changing, Jingru Yu, Yi Yu, Shengyue Yao, Ding Wang, Pinlong Cai, Honghai Li, Li Li, Fei-Yue Wang, Yilun Lin.Transportation Research Record 2023
Multi-stage equitable bus-based hurricane evacuation model with a stochastic driver availability component, Ding Wang, Kaan Ozbay.arXiv 2023
Evolutionary City: Towards a Flexible, Agile and Symbiotic System, Xi Chen, Wei Hu, Jingru Yu, Ding Wang, Shengyue Yao, Yilun Lin, Fei-Yue Wang.IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 2023
Autonomous Services: The Evolution of Services Through Intelligent Vehicles, Zheng Jing, Lefei Li, Yudan Lyu, Ridong Wang, Yutong Wang, Ding Wang, Fei-Yue Wang.arXiv 2023
Mobility 5.0: Smart logistics and transportation services in cyber-physical-social systems, Yilun Lin, Xiaoxiang Na, Ding Wang, Xingyuan Dai, Fei-Yue Wang.Transportation Research Record 2023
Multi-stage equitable bus-based hurricane evacuation model with a stochastic driver availability component, Ding Wang, Kaan Ozbay.arXiv 2023
Evolutionary City: Towards a Flexible, Agile and Symbiotic System, Xi Chen, Wei Hu, Jingru Yu, Ding Wang, Shengyue Yao, Yilun Lin, Fei-Yue Wang.Sustainability 2021
Modeling and Analysis Strategies for Leveraging Ride-Sourcing Services in Hurricane Evacuation, Ding Wang, Kaan Ozbay, Zilin Bian.Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2021
Mobility in Post-Pandemic Economic Reopening under Social Distancing Guidelines: Congestion, Emissions, and Contact Exposure in Public Transit, Ding Wang, Mohammad Tayarani, Brian Yueshuai He, Jingqin Gao, Joseph YJ Chow, Oliver Huaizhu Gao, Kaan Ozbay.Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health 2021
Mobility in Post-Pandemic under Social Distancing Guidelines: Congestion, Emission and Transit Contact Network, Ding Wang, Mohammad Tayarani, Yueshuai He, Jingqin Gao, Oliver Gao, Kaan Ozbay, et al.Transport Policy 2021
A validated multi-agent simulation test bed to evaluate congestion pricing policies on population segments by time-of-day in New York City, Brian Yueshuai He, Jinkai Zhou, Ziyi Ma, Ding Wang, Di Sha, Mina Lee, Joseph YJ Chow, Kaan Ozbay.International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 2021
Impact of COVID-19 Behavioral Inertia on Reopening Strategies for New York City Transit, Ding Wang, Brian Yueshuai He, Jingqin Gao, Joseph YJ Chow, Kaan Ozbay, Shri Iyer.Tech Report 2021
A Polynomial Chaos Expansion Based Approach for Efficient and Robust Calibration of Stochastic Transportation Simulation Models, Di Sha, Kaan Ozbay, Zilin Bian, Ding Wang.Sustainability 2021
Modeling and Analysis Strategies for Leveraging Ride-Sourcing Services in Hurricane Evacuation, Ding Wang, Kaan Ozbay, Zilin Bian.ITSC 2020
A Mixture Model-based Clustering Method for Fundamental Diagram Calibration Applied in Large Network Simulation, Ding Wang, Kaan Ozbay, Zilin Bian, et al.arXiv 2020
Agent-based simulation model and deep learning techniques to evaluate and predict transportation trends around COVID-19, Ding Wang, Fan Zuo, Jingqin Gao, Yueshuai He, Zilin Bian, Suzana Duran Bernardes, Chaekuk Na, Jingxing Wang, John Petinos, Kaan Ozbay, et al.arXiv 2020
Toward the “New Normal”: A Surge in Speeding, New Volume Patterns, and Recent Trends in Taxis/For-Hire Vehicles, Jingqin Gao, Abhinav Bhattacharyya, Ding Wang, Nick Hudanich, Siva Sooryaa, Muruga Thambiran, Suzana Duran Bernardes, Chaekuk Na, Fan Zuo, Zilin Bian, et al.arXiv 2020
Multi-agent simulation-based virtual test bed ecosystem: MATSim-NYC, Joseph YJ Chow, Kaan Ozbay, Yueshuai He, Jinkai Zhou, Mina Lee, Ding Wang, Di Sha, et al.TRB 2018
Reliability Oriented Transit Signal Priority System, Wenxin Qiao, Ding Wang, H Jia.Journal of Advanced Transportation 2017
Relieving the impact of transit signal priority on passenger cars through a bilevel model, Ding Wang, Wenxin Qiao, Chunfu Shao.COTA 2017
Balance of Reliability and Efficiency in Adaptive Signal Control Strategy, Ding Wang, Wenxin Qiao.COTA 2017
Towards Sustainable Transport: A Transit Signal Priority Model Based on Emission and Delay Reduction, Wenxin Qiao, Yujie Sun, Ding Wang.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2023: Shanghai High-Level Overseas Talents Program
- 2021: Most Cited Article of the Year, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
- 2017: NYU SoE Fellowship
- 2015: Excellent Paper & Project Awards, BJTU
💬 Invited Talks
- 2021.01, “COVID-19 and Future Mobility for New York City Transit”, 100th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference. Lectern Session.
- 2021.06, “Mobility in Post-Pandemic Economic Reopening under Social Distancing Guidelines: Congestion, Emissions, and Contact Exposure in Public Transit”, ITS-NY Webinar - Emerging Trends. NY.
- 2020.10, “Impact of COVID-19 Behavioral Inertia on Reopening Strategies for New York City Transit”, Transportation in COVID-19 workshop by Tongji University and C2SMARTER.
- 2020.12, “Impact of COVID-19 Behavioral Inertia on Reopening Strategies for New York City Transit”, Delft University of Technology TRAIL Seminar.
📚 Teaching Experience
- Simulation Tutorial for Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Data-driven Mobility Modeling and Simulation, Spring 2019
- Guest Talk for Dr. Zhibin Chen, Simulation of Traffic, Fall 2022
- Teaching Assistant for Dr. Wenxin Qiao, Traffic Design, Fall 2016
- Teaching Assistant for Dr. Wenxin Qiao, Introduction to Traffic Engineering, Spring 2016
🛠 Services
Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems,etc.
Community Services: Member of Women in Transportation of NYC, Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Member of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Member of The Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA).
Conference Organization:
- Organized the Transportation in COVID-19 workshop by Tongji University and NYU C2SMARTER in October 2020
- Organized a workshop on Transportation 5.0 at the 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems in September 2023
- Organized workshops on ethical guidelines and consensus for ensuring the trustworthiness of AI, a series of workshops from 2023 to 2024