Ying Jin
Dr Ying Jin – Lecturer, and researcher, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.
Dr Ying Jin lectures on city planning and design. An architect by training, he is particularly interested in understanding how technology, policy and human behaviour affect the development of cities, and in using this knowledge to inspire new solutions in architectural and urban design. His main research interests are computer models of cities, and urban history. He has directed multi-disciplinary teams in building and using computer models as experimental platforms to appraise policy scenarios that involve investment, regulation, pricing, and promotional campaigns. Key projects include strategic planning of London and surrounding regions, sub-regional and local planning in the English Midlands, transport and energy scenarios for the European Union, and long term city region and transport plans in China and in South America. His interests in urban history lie mainly with the European Renaissance cities and the Chinese cities since the Tang Dynasty in the 7th Century.
He is currently leading research under the Cambridge University's Energy Efficient Cities Initiative (website: http://www.eeci.cam.ac.uk/) to create a new generation of conceptual and practical city models. These models are used to assess novel designs of buildings, transport, and energy supply networks, and to identify most effective solutions for reducing overall energy use whilst supporting economic, social and environmental objectives.
Dr Ying Jin is chairing the session Powering the City: Innovations in Energy
