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Baher Abdulhai | |
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| Born | Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Canadian, Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | Civil engineer, academic professor, entrepreneur, and researcher |
| Awards | Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) ITS Canada New Canadian Commercial/Industry/Academic Technology Innovation/R&D Award Sandford Fleming Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) Engineering Medal for Engineering Excellence, Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, Civil Engineering MSc, Civil Engineering PhD, Civil Engineering |
| Alma mater | Cairo University University of California, Irvine |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto, 1998–present |
Baher Abdulhai is a Canadian civil engineer, academic, entrepreneur, and researcher. He is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Director of Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre, and Co-Director of iCity Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation at the University of Toronto.[1] He is also the CEO and managing director of IntelliCAN Transportation System Inc.[2]
Abdulhai's work focuses on exploring the aspects of modeling and simulation of large-scale dynamic transportation networks, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based street and freeway traffic control, traveler information systems, and emergency evacuation optimization.[3]
Abdulhai was elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2020.[4][5] He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Canadian Academy of Engineers (CAE), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),[6] and Intelligent Transportation Society of Canada (ITS-Canada). He served on the board of directors of the Government of Ontario (GO) Transit Authority from 2004 to 2006.[1]
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