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Renran Tian

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2007
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyTraffic and Road SafetyHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyVideo Surveillance and Tracking MethodsTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques

Publications

88

Citations

668

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
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Renran Tian works on how self-driving vehicles and other automated systems perceive, predict, and interact with people, especially pedestrians and drivers. This includes building AI models that anticipate pedestrian crossing behavior, detect road users like e-scooter riders, and generate human-understandable explanations for autonomous driving decisions. The work combines computer vision, machine learning, and human-factors methods to study safety and trust in human-automation interaction.

Autonomous vehicle safety and decision-makingPedestrian behavior and intention predictionHuman-automation interaction and trustComputer vision for traffic and driver/occupant monitoringExplainable AI in transportation systems

Publication output has grown from a handful of papers per year in 2017-2018 to a sustained higher level (roughly 5-12 papers annually) from 2019 onward, indicating a generally increasing and steady pace of activity over the last decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 12 publications12212022: 10 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Lecture notes in computer science×10
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×7
  • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting×5
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction×3
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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