Author Biographies

Tengfei Ma is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Design at the City University of Macau under the supervision of Professor Han Haoying. His research focuses on urban infrastructure inequality, environmental justice, and spatial justice. He graduated from Shanghai University with a master's degree and has been engaged in urban planning and design practice for more than ten years. His current PhD research interests are Spatial Justice Evaluation Study Based on Spatial and Temporal Changes in Green Spaces.
Huakai Ye, a master's student in Urban Planning and Design at the City University of Macau, supervised by Professor Han Haoying. His research focuses on urban infrastructure inequality, environmental justice, and spatial justice. Using multi-source and multi-modal open data, he analyzes spatiotemporal dynamic mechanisms across multiple scales, including communities, cities, metropolitan areas, states, and nations. Skilled in data analysis result visualization, he has extensive experience in scientific mapping. In collaboration with the team, he developed a research database on urban green spaces in Texas, USA, integrating socioeconomic and spatial data. Currently, he is exploring the use of large language models (LLM) to simulate multi-agent activity scenarios for simulating the spatiotemporal evolution of urban and green space. Researchers worldwide are welcome to contact him via email at U23091120171@cityu.edu.mo for academic exchanges and collaboration. For urban complexity theory knowledge or cutting-edge urban research updates, visit the Urban Complexity and Management Lab website: www.urbstars.com.
Yujing Lai is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Design at the City University of Macau under the supervision of Professor Han Haoying. She holds a master's degree from Huaqiao University and is presently a lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Shandong Urban Construction Vocational College. She also serves as a member of the expert group of the China National Architecture Research Association. Her research interests include urban spatial visual quality assessment based on public sentiment and semantic segmentation features, as well as vitality evaluation methods for high-density urban streets. She explores the application of multi-source big data and deep learning models in these fields. During her doctoral and master's studies, she was awarded the National Scholarship, the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award of Fujian Province, and the Huaqiao Funded Chengzhi Elite Outstanding Thesis Award. She has participated in multiple projects, including the third batch of national historical building surveys, the protection and renewal application for UNESCO World Heritage status of historical buildings in Gulangyu, community building in Nankan Zhuwei, New Taipei City, Taiwan, urban renewal and individual building renovation in the Yingping area of Xiamen, the design of the Three Museums in Yanggu County, Liaocheng, and the digital preservation of the Three Confucian Sites in Qufu.
Haoying Han is a professor at the City University of Macau. He serves as the chief expert of the China-Canada Culture and Arts Foundation, the deputy director of the Professional Committee on Digital Life and Future Governance under the China Society for Urban Science Research, a council member of the Urban Design Branch of the Architectural Society of China, and a committee member of both the Overseas Urban Planning Branch and the Planning Implementation Branch of the China Society of Urban Planning. Additionally, he serves as an anonymous reviewer for the Engineering, Geography, and Management Departments of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His main research areas cover urban planning decision-making, complexity theory, the theory and methodology of urban growth management, and urban sustainable development. His planning practices involve multiple cutting-edge fields, such as resilient cities, future communities, and characteristic small towns. He has published over 100 academic journal articles and several monographs and translations. In his career, Professor Han has achieved remarkable results in the field of urban planning. His research focuses on urban planning decision-making, complexity theory, urban growth management, and other related areas. In the practical field, he is involved in cutting-edge work such as resilient cities, future communities, and characteristic small towns.
Yangguang Song is a Master's student in Urban Planning and Design at the City University of Macau, under the guidance of Professor Han Haoying. He holds a bachelor's degree in Urban and Rural Planning from Beijing City College, where he developed a solid foundation in planning theory and practical skills. During his master's studies, he focused on policy text evaluation research, utilizing large language models to conduct an in-depth analysis of Beijing's green space system planning policies. His work explores quantitative evaluation methods for policy texts, offering new insights for optimizing urban planning policies. In addition, Song actively participates in team research, concentrating on the spatiotemporal dynamics and driving factors of green space changes in Texas. He is committed to uncovering the patterns of urban green space evolution and the socio-economic and environmental influences behind them. His research demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach, integrating big data analysis with traditional planning methods to provide a scientific basis for sustainable urban development.
Yile Chen holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, graduating in 2024. She completed a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Design at the Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, in 2020. She has published over 40 papers in prestigious SCIE, SSCI, and A&HCI journals, including the International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Heritage Science, Open House International, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Island Studies Journal, Buildings, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Geocarto International, Frontiers in Earth Science, Atmosphere, and Sustainability. Her primary research interests include artificial intelligence technology, the scientific analysis of healthy human settlements, and the application of spatial information technology in cultural heritage protection. She focuses on cutting-edge research in architectural technology for high-density urban forms and healthy environments and the preservation and renewal of urban and architectural cultural heritage in Macau and Portuguese-speaking regions. She is also a member of the PLOS ONE Editorial Board and serves as a peer reviewer for numerous SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI, and ESCI journals, including internationally renowned publications such as the International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, the Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, and Frontiers of Architectural Research.
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