Conference Presentations

Wang, S. & Gao. Y. (2024). Determinants of Airport Parking Revenues: An Econometric Analysis (ACRP Graduate Research Award). Paper presented on the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Dou, Z. & Gao, Y. (2024). Flight Passes Do Stimulate Consumers’ Spending: A Case study of China Eastern Airlines' “Wild Your Weekends”. Poster presented on the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Karanki, F., Bilokach, V., Gao, Y. & Lu, C. T. (2024). The Economic Impact of E-Commerce on U.S. Airports: Cost Savings and Productivity Growth. Paper presented on the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Patankar, M., Henneberry, D., Karanki, F., Gao, Y, & Wang, P. H. (2023). Competency-based Assessment. Workshop presented on the AABInternational Annual Meeting 2023. Indianapolis, IN.
Gao, Y. (2023). Fly Net Zero by 2050: Does the airline industry forget the trips from home to airports? Study presented on the 2023 Global Polytechnic Summit. St. George, UT.
Gao, Y. (2023). Mapping Airport Catchment Areas: A Multidimensional Approach. Study presented on the 11th National Aviation System Planning Symposium. Irvine, CA.
Wang, S., Kong, N. & Gao, Y. (2023). How Does Mobile Location of Airport Passengers Tell and Predict Airport Catchment Areas: A Case Study of the New York Metropolitan Multi Airport Region. Poster presented on the 11th National Aviation System Planning Symposium. Irvine, CA.
Wu, S. & Gao, Y. (2023). Happy or Grumpy?: A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze the Sentiment of Airline Passengers' Tweets. Poster presented on the 2023 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Washington DC.
Wang, S., Zheng, Y. & Gao. Y. (2023). Airport Ground Access Choice Between Transportation Network Companies and Parking: A Case Study of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Poster presented on the 2023 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Washington DC.
Keller, J., Mendonca, F., Spence, T., Asunda, P. & Gao, Y. (2022). Development and evaluation of an online fatigue training course for collegiate aviation pilots. Paper presented on the National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS) 2022. Daytona Beach, FL.
Wang. S, Kong, N. & Gao, Y. (2022). The Use of mobility data in estimating airport catchment areas: A case study of a multiple airport region in Texas. Poster presented on the on the 2022 Applied Geography Conference (AGX).
Gao. Y., Liu, J., & Wang, S. (2022). Visualize Your Research Work. Workshop presented on the 2022 UAA Annual Collegiate Aviation Conference & Expo. Colorado Springs, CO.
Liu, J., Beck, C. & Gao, Y. (2022). Passengers' Perceptions of Airlines' Logo Design and Their Business Models. Paper presented on the 25th Air Transport Research Society Conference (Hybrid). Antwerp, Belgium.
Gao, Y. & Wang, S. (2021). Show me the data: An introduction of public datasets for empirical aviation studies. Workshop presented on the 2021 UAA Annual Collegiate Aviation Conference & Expo. Memphis, TN.
Wang, S. & Gao, Y. (2021). Can COVID-19 data be used to guide airline stock trading during the pandemic? Paper presented on the 24th Air Transport Research Society Conference (Virtual). Sydney, Australia.
Gao, Y. (2019). Precision Mapping Airport Catchment Area. Paper presented on the Passenger Loyalty China Summit 2019 (PLCS2019). Shanghai, China.
Gao, Y. (2018). The possibility of transforming the loyalty arm of Airlines into a data company. Paper presented on the Passenger Loyalty China Summit 2018 (PLCS2018). Shanghai, China.
Gao, Y. & Kuang, J. (2018). Understanding social media in China. the 10th Annual Loyalty Conference (Loyalty2018). Bangkok, Thailand
Gao, Y. (2017). Are frequent flyer programs still loyalty programs for frequent flyers? Paper presented on the Passenger Loyalty China Summit 2017 (PLCS2017). Shanghai, China.
Gao, Y, & Lewinski, R.. (2017) The value of frequent flyer progammes: The gap between wishful thinking and reality. Paper presented on the 9th Annual Loyalty Conference (Loyalty2017). London, UK.
Chen, Y., Nguyen, K., Brincat, R., & Gao, Y. (2015). A comparison of the value of frequent flyer points/miles from the perspective of Australia travellers. Proceedings of the 2015 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Singapore.
Winter, S., Gao, Y., Rudari, L., & Sperlak, L. (2014). Fostering diversity in collegiate aviation programs: Overcoming challenges and leveraging existing resources. Paper presented on the 2014 Fall Educational Conference of the University Aviation Association. Daytona Beach, Florida.
Gao, Y., & Wei, D. (2014) An Operational-Safety Oriented Optimization of Airport Gate Assignment. Paper presented on the 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS2014). Barcelona, Spain.
Gao, Y., KOO, T. T. R., & Qin, R. (2014). Fly from Australia to Europe via China? A qualitative analysis of Australian travelers’ choice of Chinese carriers on the Australia-Europe route. Proceedings of the 2014 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Bordeaux, France.
Chandra, S., Chetan, K. C., Crawford, B., Dwyer, J., & Gao, Y. (2014). Establishing a benchmark of fuel efficiency for commercial airline operations. Proceedings of the 2014 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Bordeaux, France.
Gao, Y. & Cui, Y. (2013, July). Forecasting manpower demand for airport ground service staff: A simulation approach. Paper presented at the 26th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2013), Rome, Italy.
Gao, Y., Bruce, P. J., Newman, D. G., & Rajendran, N. (2013, June). Safety climate of crew members: A cross-sectional investigation of flight crew and cabin crew. Proceedings of the 2013 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Bergamo, Italy.
Bruce, P. J., Gao, Y., Newman, D. G., & Rajendran, N. (2013, June). A comparative study of flight crews' attitudes toward the safety climate of a commercial airline from 2011 to 2012. Proceedings of the 2013 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Bergamo, Italy.
Gao, Y. & Wei, D. (2012, June). A quantitative assessment of the impact of flight delays on the scheduling of airport ground service staff. Proceedings of the 2012 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Tainan, Taiwan.
Bruce, P., Gao, Y., Newman, D. G., & Zhang, C. B. (2012, June). A study of the safety climate of the flight crew of a commercial airline. Proceedings of the 2012 World Conference of Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Tainan, Taiwan.
Gao, Y., Zhang, C. B., & Bruce, P. (2012, June). An analysis of the competitiveness of high-speed-rail in the Beijing-Shanghai market. Proceedings of the 2012 World Automation Congress (WAC). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Gao, Y. (2011, July). A robust optimization approach to the optimization of airline employee scheduling. Paper presented at the 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS2011), Melbourne, Australia.

Conferences that I have chaired

Passenger Loyalty China Summit 2019
Passenger Loyalty China Summit 2018