Baher Abdulhai, University of Toronto

Research

Automated Vehicles Connected Vehicles Deep Learning Intelligent Transportation Systems Shared Transportation Traffic Control and Management Traffic Signal Control Trip Pricing

Latest funding

Automated and transformative transportation systems - building the analytical foundation
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$375,000
21st Century Traffic Control and Management for Large Congested Cities: Exploiting Pervasive Vehicular Automation, Connectivity and Sharing
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$216,000
Spatiotemporal Closed-Loop-Optimal Dynamic Road Pricing for Urban Congestion Control
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$170,000

All 7 grants and awards

Automated and transformative transportation systems - building the analytical foundation

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Shalaby, Amer S

$375,000

21st Century Traffic Control and Management for Large Congested Cities: Exploiting Pervasive Vehicular Automation, Connectivity and Sharing

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

Keywords: Automated Vehicles; Connected Vehicles; Deep Learning; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Shared Transportation; Traffic Control and Management; Traffic Signal Control; Trip Pricing; Trip Reservation; Vehicle Automation and Connectivity Systems (VACS)

$216,000

Spatiotemporal Closed-Loop-Optimal Dynamic Road Pricing for Urban Congestion Control

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

$170,000

High performance optimization of integrated transportation management methods for emergency evacuation

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

$170,000

Automating multi-jurisdictional traffic network control using machine learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

$120,000

CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (CRC-ITS)

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

Keywords: CRC

$100,420

Vehicle tracking based on inductance-signature matching using neural networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdulhai, Baher

$68,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Automated Vehicles Dear Professor Abdulhai, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on automated vehicles connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "21st Century Traffic Control and Management for Large Congested Cities: Exploiting Pervasive Vehicular Automation, Connectivity and Sharing" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]