Hanyu Cheng

Industrial Engineering · Tsinghua University

I am currently an undergraduate student at Tsinghua University, studying transportation and logistics systems. My work spans traffic equilibrium modeling for ride-hailing, autonomous transit, maritime logistics, and infrastructure planning.

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1
A Markovian Traffic Equilibrium Model for Ride-Hailing
Song Gao, Hanyu Cheng, Chiwei Yan, Guocheng Jiang
In Preparation Target: Transportation Science
2
Optimizing Urban Electric Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure: A Location-Inventory-Grid Model
Wenqing Ai*, Hanyu Cheng*, Wei Qi  
Minor Revision Transportation Research Part E arXiv
3
Dynamic Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) Management in Stochastic Tramp Shipping Market
Hanyu Cheng, Liangqi Cheng, Xiwen Bai
Minor Revision Transportation Research Part A arXiv
4
Adding Runs of Modular Autonomous Vehicles with Skip-Stop Strategy Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Hanyu Cheng, Qingyun Tian, Zhiwei Wang
Conference ITSC 2025 IEEE Xplore
5
Charting the Uncharted: A Multi-Attribute Ship Clustering Model for Identifying Dark Shipping of Sanctioned Oil Using AIS Data
Yiliang Li, Hanyu Cheng, Shengyao Xu, Xiwen Bai
Working Paper SSRN Working Paper No. 4998119 SSRN
Optimal Control in Battery Swapping Stations March 2026 – Present
Prof. David Yao · Columbia University
  • Constructed a continuous-time MDP model for optimal control in battery swapping stations
  • Proved the optimality of the threshold-based policy
Markovian Traffic Equilibrium for Ride-Hailing Jun 2025 – Present
Prof. Chiwei Yan · University of California, Berkeley
  • Proved equilibrium existence via fixed-point theory; established uniqueness and MSA convergence for directed cycle networks
  • Conducted all numerical experiments on Sioux Falls and Chicago sketch networks (up to 933 nodes, 300K vehicles)
  • Designed ablation studies on myopic vs. forward-looking drivers and congestion-aware pricing
Modular-Vehicle Transit with DRL Jan 2025 – Jul 2025
Prof. David Z.W. Wang · Nanyang Technological University
  • Designed an MDP-based optimization model integrating modular and regular transit
  • Developed a reinforcement learning framework reducing costs by 11.40% vs. rolling-horizon baseline
EV Charging Infrastructure Oct 2024 – Present
Prof. Wei Qi · Tsinghua University
  • Integrated grid regulation with location and inventory management of battery swap stations
  • Approximated the system via continuous models; under minor revision at TR Part E
Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) Management Apr 2024 – Present
Prof. Xiwen Bai · Tsinghua University
  • Built stochastic optimization model for tramp fleet deployment under IMO CII constraints
  • Proved policy paradox; derived VSS and EVPI bounds; under minor revision at TR Part A
Dark Shipping Detection via AIS Data May 2024 – Oct 2024
Prof. Xiwen Bai · Tsinghua University
  • Developed multi-level K-means algorithm to detect illegal voyages, correctly classifying 80%+ dark ships
  • Improved classification accuracy by 28% over baseline using AIS trajectory features
B.Eng. Industrial Engineering
Tsinghua University · Beijing, China · Expected July 2026
3.9 / 4.0
GPA
Statistics & Probability: Probability Theory (A) · Linear Regression (A) · Multivariate Analysis (A-) · Nonparametric Statistics (A)
Optimization & Computing: Deterministic Models (A) · Applied Stochastic Models (A) · Convex Optimization (P) · Dynamic Programming & Reinforcement Learning (A+) · Machine Learning (A)
Economics & Finance: Microeconomics (A) · Macroeconomics (B+) · Political Economy (A+) · Engineering Economy (A-) · Corporate Finance (B+)
Scholarship for Scientific and Technological Innovation Excellence Fall 2024–2025
Tsinghua University
Scholarship for Comprehensive Excellence Fall 2022–2023
Tsinghua University
Outstanding Student Leader Fall 2022
Tsinghua University
Programming
Python · MATLAB · C++ · R · SQL
English
TOEFL 108
GRE V158 / Q170 / AW4.0