The technology underlying Daynamica was developed by a team of faculty and students at the University of Minnesota. In 2017, we were granted a patent on the technology that Daynamica is based upon.
Chief Executive Officer
Guang Yang, Ph.D.
Guang is co-founder of Daynamica, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Peking University (China) and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining Daynamica, he worked as Senior Project Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific for seven years. He has managed multiple R&D projects across all stages ranging from business proposal to product release and maintenance. These projects include next generation X-ray inspection platforms, high-speed online weighing systems, and high accuracy multi-frequency contaminant detection systems.
Chief Scientific Officer
Yingling Fan, Ph.D.
Yingling is co-founder of Daynamica, Inc. and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Minnesota. She is the lead investigator of the five research projects that developed the Daynamica technology between 2011 and 2018. Using the Daynamica technology, she has pioneered the transportation happiness concept and developed systems to measure, analyze, and visualize individual- and population-level travel behavior and the associated emotional experiences. She received her Bachelor of Science in Transportation Engineering at Southeast University (China) and her Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina. Her research has attracted more than $18 million in extramural research funding, including significant contributions from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and multiple private foundations.
Chief Innovation Officer
Julian Wolfson, Ph.D.
Julian is a co-founder of Daynamica, Inc., and is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. He has research interests in machine learning, causal inference, and wearable devices, has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles across a wide variety of areas, and has been lead statistician for several federally-funded clinical trials. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Washington.
Chief Technology Officer
Chen-Fu Liao, Ph.D.
Chen-Fu is co-founder of Daynamica, Inc. His research focuses on using Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies to assist people with vision impairment in finding their way. Dr. Liao has developed a mobile accessible pedestrian signal (MAPS) system to assist the visually impaired with crossing streets at signalized intersections. He is also working on using assistive technologies to help the visually impaired safely navigate work zones and in GPS unfriendly environments. His other research activities include connected vehicles, incident decision support systems, database management and data mining, freight performance measures, and developing undergraduate and graduate curriculum tools to support transportation education and training.
Senior Project Manager
Andy Becker
Andy is a Senior Project Manager with Daynamica, Inc. He is also a Doctoral Candidate in Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include Machine Learning, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), Causal Inference, and Clustering. He has led two major studies featuring Daynamica, including one focused on assessing the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on travel and activity behavior patterns. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Biology, and Applied Philosophy in 2017 from Simpson College.