He worked as a researcher in Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, ETH Zurich and a senior research assistant in the Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. of urban design in The University of Hong Kong and MSc of urbanism in Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). As an urban designer and researcher, Dr. Ye’s research focuses on two fields. The first is applying quantitative morphological tools and big data to inform urban design and assist better place-making. The second is evidence-based urban design based on virtual reality and biometric sensors to achieve human-oriented measurements.