Yulan Liang

Graduate Research Assistant, Cognitive Systems Laboratory, The University of Iowa

yulliang@engineering.uiowa.edu

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, expected graduation 2007 M.S., Precision Instruments and Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2002 B.E., Precision Instruments and Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2000

Research Interests

Cognitive assessment and driver distraction; data mining and knowledge discovery; cognitive modeling and performance prediction.

Using Data Mining Techniques to Assess Driver Cognitive Distraction (SAVE-IT):
The goal of this project was creating assessment models of driver cognitive distraction to help mitigate disruption to driver attention from in-vehicle systems and to support adaptive in-vehicle interfaces. Two data-mining techniques, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Bayesian Network (BN), were used to identify driver distraction, with encouraging results obtained for both techniques. Future research will apply the current models to various driving environments, including on-road evaluation of the approaches.

References

Liang, Y., Lee, J. D.. Comparison of Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and Bayesian Networks (BNs) in detecting driver cognitive distraction (accepted) book chapter

Liang, Y., Reyes, M. L. and Lee, J. D., (2007) Real-time detection of driver distraction using Support Vector Machines. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 8, No. 2, 340-350

Liang, Y., Lee, J. D., and Reyes, M. L. (2007) Non-intrusive detection of driver cognitive distraction in real-time using bayesian networks. 2007 TRB 86 th Annual Meeting. January, 2007. Washington, DC

Liang, Y., Tang, D., et al. (2002) Web-based consignment service platform for mechanical manufacturing simulation. Computer Integrated Manufacturing System (CIMS), 8(12), 997-1001. (in Chinese).

Tang, D., Zheng, L., Li, Z., Liang, Y., et al. (2002) E-DREAM: A web-based platform for virtual agile manufacturing. International Journal of Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications, 10(2):165-183.

Liang, Y., Tang, D., et al. (2002) A web-based collaborative information model for the share of manufacturing simulation. Joint International Conference of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM 2002) and International Conference on Electronic Commerce Engineering (IceCE 2002) (IE&EC 2002), Sep. 2002, Beijing, China.

Cross References

Yulan Liang CSL lab member page