Anming Zhang

The University of British Columbia

Speech Title: Big Data Analysis of Airport Connectivity and Resilience

Abstract:

This talk will discuss my recent research on airport connectivity and resilience, applying big-data analysis. First, I’ll briefly talk about a “Global Airport Connectivity Index” (GACI) that Tommy Cheung, Collin Wong and I proposed, which combines topological indicators and new volumetric indicators. The applications of GACI for the impacts of COVID-19 and for assessment of new air routes will be briefly discussed. Second, I’ll discuss a “Global Airport Resilience Index” (GARI) that is on-going research Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun, and I are undertaking. Finally, I’ll discuss further issues in this line of data-driven research and applications.

Short-bio:

Anmin Zhang is a Full Professor in Operations and Logistics and holds Vancouver International Airport Authority Chair Professor in Air Transportation at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC). He served as the Head of the Operations and Logistics Division, Sauder School of Business (2003-2005), and as the Director of UBC’s Centre for Transport Studies (2003-2004). He is the President of the World Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) and was, in 2020, the President of Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG) of American Economic Association. Dr. Zhang is the recipient of the “Yokohama Special Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher” awarded at the 7^th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) in Sydney, Australia in 1995, and of the “WCTR-Society Prize”, awarded to the overall best paper of the 8th WCTR in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1998. Currently, he is also in the Executive Committee of WCTR.

Dr. Zhang has published about 200 refereed journal papers and 30 book chapters in the areas of transportation, logistics, industrial organization, and Chinese economy. He has co-authored two books: Globalization and Strategic Alliances: The Case of the Airline Industry, 2000, Pergamon Press, Oxford; and Air Cargo in Mainland China and Hong Kong, 2004, Ashgate, London (Chinese editions published both in Hong Kong and Mainland China). He is the Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part A, co-Editor-in-Chief of Transport Economics and Management, and is in the editorial boards of a number of other journals.