Zihao Chen

I am a PhD student at the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence. My research involves using a comprehensive national level (England) bus timetable and real time location data to analyse bus travel time variability to uncover socio-spatial inequalities in accessibility. I am supervised by Dr Federico Botta at Computer Science and Prof Stewart Barr at Geography.

Prior to joining Exeter, I completed a Bachelor of Sciecne (Hons) degree in Computer Science at the University of Liverpool and a Master of Science degree in Urban Informatics at the Centre for Urban Science and Progress London (CUSP London), King's College London. I also worked as a Technical Instructor for 2.5 years at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (University of Liverpool in China) before starting my PhD, where I actively engaged in research and lab demonstration work.

I have a broad interest in using data science to solve urban issues, with a particular interest in public transport especially rail. I am a rail enthusiast - not a train spotter, perhaps a train spotter spotter ;).

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