Xin (Bruce) Wu

Transportation researcher at Villanova University working on interpretable AI for mobility data, public transit and railway management, and supply chain optimization.

University Courses

Villanova University campus
Villanova University, where I teach Transportation System Design.

Transportation System Design

Independent Instructor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, 2026

Course materials (syllabus, lecture notes and projects) will be posted here.

Public Transportation

Independent Instructor, Arizona State University, Fall 2019

Course materials (syllabus, lecture notes and projects) will be posted here.

Teaching Assistant

  • Transportation Economics
  • Multimodal Transportation

INFORM Africa: Human Mobility & Infectious Disease Dynamics

INFORM Africa logo

INFORM Africa (Role of Data Streams in Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa) is an NIH-funded research hub that uses big data from Nigeria and South Africa to strengthen pandemic preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 and HIV. I serve as Project Manager of Project 2, led by Dr. Chenfeng Xiong (Villanova University), which links mobile-phone mobility data with COVID-19 risk.

Together with Dr. Xiong, I developed and presented a six-lecture training package that introduces human mobility analysis for infectious disease dynamics:

  • theoretical foundations of human mobility and epidemics
  • big data sources for mobility analysis (LBS, mobile-phone data)
  • fundamental mobility metrics and concepts
  • geospatial visualization tools
  • analytical methods linking travel behavior to infection patterns
  • empirical cases from African countries and our published research

The package is open to researchers, public health professionals, epidemiologists and policymakers.

Hands-on human mobility training session
Presenting the hands-on human mobility training session for INFORM Africa researchers

Photos: inform-africa.org and @INFORMAfricaHub.

Presenting mobility data analysis at the IHVN workshop
Presenting geospatial analysis of personal trip data
Working with workshop participants
Hands-on modeling with workshop participants

In-person workshop at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) campus, June 2024, co-facilitated with Dr. Chenfeng Xiong. Photos: @INFORMAfricaHub.

Resources

Related research: Emerging data, LBS & satellite imagery