Alexandre Bayen

Alexandre Bayen is the Associate Provost for Moffett Field Program Development and the Liao-Cho Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley. He holds dual professorships in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering. Previously, he served as Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies (2014–2021). He is also a Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Bayen received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University (2004) and has been at UC Berkeley since 2005.

His research focuses on intelligent transportation systems, cyber-physical systems, and AI applications in traffic modeling, environmental monitoring, and autonomous systems. Notable projects include Mobile Millennium (real-time traffic monitoring), Floating Sensor Network (water flow analysis), and FLOW (mixed-autonomy traffic control). He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and two books.

Bayen’s awards include the PECASE (2010), IEEE awards (Ruberti Prize, TCCPS Mid-Career Award), and Okawa Research Grant (2013). He has advised numerous students and led major initiatives like the Berkeley Deep Drive consortium and the Connected Corridors project. His academic service spans UC Berkeley, LBNL, and national/international committees in transportation and control systems.