I am a Ph.D student in Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, supervised by Prof. Inhi Kim. I received my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Transportation Engineering from Tongji University, supervised by Prof. Jian Sun and Prof. Ye Tian.
My research focuses on human-machine interaction, game theory, behavioral psychology, and AI safety, with applications in intelligent transportation systems and autonomous driving. My goal is to build safer and more trustworthy intelligent transportation systems.
If you are interested in related questions, I am always happy to connect and exchange ideas.
🔥 News
- 2026.02: 🎉🎉 My recent work When Trust Meets Deception: Evaluating the Contextual Effectiveness of Deceptive eHMI in Autonomous Vehicle Interactions has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems(IF=8.4). 🚦 This work will be available online soon.
- 2026.01: 🎉🎉 My paper Should Benevolent Deception Be Allowed in EHMI? A Mechanism Explanation Based on Game Theory has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems(IF=8.4). 📊
- 2024.04: 🎉🎉 My paper Should Altruistic Deception of HAVs be Permitted? A Case Study of Unprotected Left Turns under EHMI Application has been accepted by the 35th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2024). I will present this work orally on June 21–24, 2024, in Jeju, Korea. 🚗
- 2023.10: 🎉🎉 My paper Impact of EHMI on Alleviation of Human-Machine Conflict - Taking Unprotected Left Turn Scenario as an Example has been accepted to TRB 2024.💡 I will be attending the conference from Jan 7–14, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
📝 Publications
What if eHMI Signals Are Misaligned with Vehicle Actions? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of AV–HV Lane-Changing Interactions
Boyao Peng, Linkun Liu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian, under review.
When Trust Meets Deception: Evaluating the Contextual Effectiveness of Deceptive eHMI in Autonomous Vehicle Interactions
Linkun Liu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian, accepted in press by IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS). Code
Should Benevolent Deception Be Allowed in EHMI? A Mechanism Explanation Based on Game Theory
Linkun Liu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2026.3654161.
- Should Altruistic Deception of HAVs be Permitted? A Case Study of Unprotected Left Turns under EHMI Application, Linkun Liu, Yiru Liu, Ye Tian, He Zhang, 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)(oral).
- Impact of EHMI on Alleviation of Human-Machine Conflict - Taking Unprotected Left Turn Scenario as an Example, Linkun Liu, Yiru Liu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian, He Zhang, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2023-2024 Outstanding Student Award at Tongji University (Top 5%)
- 2023-2024 Outstanding Master’s Student Scholarship, Tongji University
- 2024.11 ”High-Quality Classroom” Teaching Award, Tongji University Affiliated Experimental Primary School
- 2021.12 First Prize, Shanghai Complex Intersection Improvement and Management Plan, Shanghai Institute of Traffic Engineering
- 2019-2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship, Tongji University
📖 Educations
- 2026.09 - now, Ph.D, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
- 2023.09 - 2026.06, Master of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- 2019.09 - 2023.06, Bachelor of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
📚 Academic Services
Reviews
- Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (TIV)
- Conference Reviewer: IEEE ITSC, IEEE IV