Curriculum vitae

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aug 2024 – Sep 2026, expected)

• Master of Science in Transportation
• Specialization: Public Transit

National University of Singapore (Aug 2019 – Dec 2023)

• Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics), First Class Honours
• Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics), First Class Honours
• Specializations: Quantitative Economics, Machine Learning

Work experience

MIT JTL Urban Mobility Lab (Sep 2024 – Present)

• Research Assistant

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Sep 2024 – Present)

• Contract Researcher

Land Transport Authority Singapore (Jan 2023 – May 2023)

• Information System Developer (Capstone)

Shanghai Airport Authority (Jul 2021 – Aug 2021)

• Information Technology Intern

Selected achievements

VIGO 0.2.5 (Aug 2026)

• Built a resident Rust routing kernel with shared desktop, command-line, Python, route, and matrix interfaces; version 0.2.5 adds recoverable data preparation, clearer routing failures, and complete accessibility surfaces for the reached street network.

VEXTA 0.4.3 development build (Aug 2026)

• Built a research workspace that connects project files, document previews, review, and assistant tools; the current build improves LaTeX and Markdown preview, document navigation, and local storage reliability.

MapEX Studio (Aug 2026)

• Built a local-first planner for compiling GTFS feeds into editable transit system maps; the current 30-system evaluation produced MapSpec, SVG, PDF, HTML, and a manifest for every system, with 16 clearing all 32 reported checks.

DC Student Travel (2026)

• Event-APC work listed in the TransitData 2026 program; the current thesis combines a 53-weekday passenger-count analysis with scheduled-access comparisons for 90,860 modeled obligations at 237 schools.

Selected publications

Optimal Bidding Overtime Strategy for Online Art Auctions: Evidence from Chinese Auction Houses (2024)

• Hanyang Tang and Yingda Zhai. ICIS 2024 Proceedings; Best Student Paper Award, 1st runner-up.

Skills & expertise

• Programming: Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, R, Stata
• IT tools: Django, OpenCV, QGIS, Final Cut Pro
• Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Fluent), Shanghainese (Native)