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Sikai Chen

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2010Rising activity
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyTraffic control and managementTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesTraffic and Road SafetyInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring

Publications

147

Citations

2,467

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Sikai Chen works on intelligent transportation systems, focusing on autonomous and connected vehicles, traffic safety, and infrastructure monitoring. Recent work combines large language models, vision-language models, and reinforcement learning with vehicle trajectory prediction and traffic scene understanding to improve safety and human-machine interaction in self-driving cars. The research also touches on sensing technologies, digital twins, and cooperative planning for intersections and work zones.

Autonomous and connected vehiclesAI and language models for driving safetyVehicle trajectory prediction and reinforcement learningTraffic and infrastructure sensing/monitoringIntelligent transportation systems and traffic management

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from single digits in 2017 to a peak of 27 in 2023, with continued strong activity through 2024-2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.2/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 13 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 16 publications202021: 20 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 27 publications27232024: 24 publications242025: 17 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×34
  • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering×8
  • Communications in Transportation Research×6
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention×6
  • Journal of Infrastructure Systems×5
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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