About Me

Junzi is an assistant professor at TU Delft, researching data science and sustainability for air transportation, at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty. His is also passionate in making aviation research open and reproducible. He has developed several popular open-source tools for aviation research, including pyModeS, OpenAP, and TOP. Junzi is also the author of the book The 1090 Megahertz Riddle, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Open Aviation Science.
What’s up?
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Have you heard of tangram? It is an open framework that aggregates and processes ADS-B and Mode S surveillance data for real-time analysis. Join or follow the development on GitHub repository.
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We are promoting the Journal of Open Aviation Science, a diamond open-access journal (free to publish and read), open peer review, with mandatory open data and open tools. Every paper is centered around open-science and reproducibility in aviation research.
Research interests
- Air traffic management
- Aircraft surveillance and performance modeling
- Data science and AI
- Aviation sustainability
Research links
Teaching at university
- AE4321 (2020-present): Air Traffic Management
- IFEEMCS520100 (2022-present): Fundamentals of AI
- TI3150TU (2021-present): Capstone Applied AI project
- AE2223 (2017-present): Test, Analysis and Simulation
- CS4305TU (2020-2021): Applied Machine Learning
- AE3200 (2020-2021): Design Synthesis
- Online courses
Work experience
- 2022 - present: Tenured Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
- 2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
- 2015 - 2019: PhD Candidate, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
- 2012 - 2015: Academic Program Coordinator, International Space University, Strasbourg, France
- 2011 - 2012: Aerospace Researcher, ASCAMM Technology Centre, Barcelona, Spain
- 2007 - 2011: Aerospace Engineer & IT Manager, Barcelona Aerospace Technology Centre, Spain
Education
- 2015 - 2019: Ph.D. in Air Traffic Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. (dissertation: Open aircraft performance modeling)
- 2007 - 2010: M.Sc. of Aerospace Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona.
- 2003 - 2007: B.Sc. of Electronic and Information Technology, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, Beijing, China.
Awards and personal grants
- 2024: Best paper of the session, 42th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (first author, paper)
- 2023: Open Science Fund, Dutch Research Council (more info)
- 2023: Best paper of the session, 41th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (paper)
- 2022: Climate Action Seed Fund, TU Delft (more info)
- 2022: Embassy Science Fellowship, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Dutch Research Council (more info)
- 2022: Best paper award, 10th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (first author, paper)
- 2020: Best paper award, 9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (first author, paper)
- 2019: SESAR Young Scientist Award, SESAR Joint Undertaking (more info)
- 2017: Best paper award, 12th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar
Other activities
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Junzi Sun