Yuan Liao
CGA Associate
Gothenburg, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolYuan Liao is a postdoctoral researcher in mobility data science with eight years of experience applying big-data analytics, GIS, and machine learning to understand urban mobility and social segregation. Currently based in Gothenburg, he bridges academic research and policy-relevant insights, having led funded projects at Chalmers, DTU and Lund that leverage large-scale geolocation and social media data to inform sustainable, inclusive city planning. His background in automotive engineering and driver behaviour (Tsinghua) complements his empirical work on accessibility, traffic dynamics, and driver-centred safety, giving him a rare blend of transport engineering and computational skills. Yuan’s research routinely combines continuous data streams (mobile phones, Twitter) with spatial analytics to reveal mobility patterns that traditional surveys miss. He is motivated by translating complex mobility signals into actionable urban policy, and his work on social segregation explicitly connects movement, built environment, and inequality in novel ways.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High school -, High school - at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of ChinaMaster’s Degree Driver behavior and vehicle active safety, Master’s Degree Driver behavior and vehicle active safety at Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Energy and Environment, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Energy and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology
Github Skills (31)
blackbox8
interpretable-machine-learning8
transport7
xai7
spatial-data7
transparency7
iml7
spatial6
differential-privacy6
geography6
networkx6
spatial-analysis6
ai5
urban-planning5
gis5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
TheYuanLiao/mad4abm
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
TheYuanLiao/academic-website
Oct 2020 - Apr 2026
Contributions:107 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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