Junzi Sun, Ph.D.

About Me

I am an assistant professor at TU Delft, currently working in the CNS/ATM chair, Control and Simulation group, at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty. In addition to my core research, I am passionate about open-source , open science , and making air transportation more sustainable .

I am the author of book The 1090 Megahertz Riddle, and creator of open-source libraries pyModeS and OpenAP.

Currently, I am also a Co-Principal Investigator for the Sustainable Aviation Lab, which is recently established by the Aerospace Engineering Faculty of TU Delft. We aim at producing more accurate local and global environmental assessment models and providing solutions that reduce air transport emissions.

Research interests

Air traffic management
Aircraft surveillance technologies
Aircraft performance and emission modeling
Trajectory optimization and prediction
Data science and AI for aviation

Research links

Teaching activities

CS4305TU (2020-): Applied Machine Learning
AE4321 (2020-): Air Traffic Management
AE2223 (2017-): Test, Analysis & Simulation
AE3200 (2020): Design Synthesis

Publications

See my publications here

Work experience

2019 - present: Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
2019 (Feb-Jul): Postdoc Researcher, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
2015 - 2019: PhD Researcher, 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., dissertation: Open aircraft performance modeling, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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

2020: Best paper award, 9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation
2019: Young Scientist Award 2019, SESAR Joint Undertaking
2017: Best paper award, 12th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar
2012: Young Leadership Award, Space Generation Advisory Council

Other activities

TU Delft data champion / open science community member (2019-present)
Workers council, AE personnel committee member (2020-present)
OpenSky Symposium program committee (2020), program chair (2021)
Open Aviation Data initiative